THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE Downtown merchants air concerns with Tilton selectmen BY DONNA RHODES close at 5 p.m. and don’t open pick-up would be feasible.
[email protected] again until 10 a.m., this cre- “I’d be skeptical of a mid- ates a hardship since Best- day pick-up with all the traf- TILTON — “This is about way Disposal Service picks fic along Main Street,” Allen anything and everything,” up trash on Main Street ear- said. said Tilton Select Board ly in the morning. Consentino presented the Chair Pat Consentino as she “The garbage is a big con- idea of consolidating trash opened a public hearing cern for us,” said Steve from the stores by designat- with business owners along Beaulieu, one of the owners ing a few collections sites Main Street last Thursday of Blooming Iris. “I’ve been along the street. That, she evening. bringing it home with me in- said, might make it easier After receiving an invita- stead, and that’s really not for businesses to comply tion to meet with the board, fair to the town I live in.” and collections to be made a handful of the merchants Selectmen agreed that in a quick and safe manner came to discuss issues business hours and traffic during the day. Business unique to their locations in on the busy street make owners who were present the busy downtown section trash collection a tough is- agreed that could be a viable of Tilton. sue to resolve.