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Layout 1 (Page www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com Publishing news & views of Lancaster, Groveton, Whitefield, Lunenburg & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New Hampshire & Vermont [email protected] VOL. CXLIV, NO. 1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES 75¢ 20-unit elderly housing project awarded HUD funds By Edith Tucker near to a pre-school-to-grade- [email protected] eight elementary school, and Shaheen spoke warmly and en- LANCASTER — Federal grant thusiastically about the possibil- funding for 20 units of affordable ity of intergenerational friend- housing for the elderly to be built ships as well as the volunteer op- on the vacant six-acre vacant lot portunities for both youth and at 2 Bridge Street (Route 2) in elders. front of the Lancaster School was The Lancaster School has a announced on Wednesday by the new walking trail along the river U. S. Department of Housing and that likely will also appeal to sen- Urban Development (HUD). ior citizens and their friends and The nonprofit Southern New family members. Hampshire Services (SNHS) Man- SNHS has sponsored many agement Corporation will receive successful elderly housing proj- a capital advance of $3,245,500, ects around the state, including allowing it to build a connected the Echo Valley Village in Pitts- single-story building. burg. County commissioner and The award also includes a Pittsburg selectman Burnham three-year rental subsidy of “Bing” Judd pointed out recently This rendering depicts the west elevation of the future just-funded Lancaster Senior Housing at 2 Bridge Street as provided by David M. White $243,300, designed to cover the that the Village is not only very Architects of Goffstown. difference between the residents’ well managed but has also contributions toward rent and brought a group of lively senior the cost of operating the project. citizens into town who stay year- Senator Jeanne Shaheen ex- round and volunteer their time in Northern Pass opponents consider plained in a Wednesday after- various community activities. noon telephone interview why The Lancaster housing proj- she had worked hard to secure ect will benefit from recent bi- funds for this North Country partisan changes to this sup- another way to fight HVDC towers housing facility. portive housing program, ex- “There is a real need for af- plained HUD Secretary Shaun fordable housing,” Shaheen said. Donovan in a prepared state- Self-governing rights-based town ordinance proposed “In addition, the construction in- ment. Residents must be “very By Edith Tucker likely will be presented as a war- dustry has been among the sec- low income” with household in- [email protected] rant article at the March 13, 2012, tors hardest hit by the economic comes less than 50 percent of town meeting. downturn. This worthwhile proj- their median for that area. Most LANCASTER — Town resi- Community organizer Gail ect will also provide much-need- households that receive Section dents were offered a chance on Darrell of Center Barnstead of the ed jobs in northern New Hamp- 202 assistance earn less than 30 Wednesday night to sign up to Community Environmental Legal shire.” percent of the median for their tweak and edit a six-page tem- The senior citizens will live Housing,PAGEA2 plate of a town ordinance that Pass,PAGEA3 Rappaport one of 2 state reps to ask that Obama’s name be struck from primary ballot By Edith Tucker [email protected] CONCORD — Rep. Larry Rap- paport of Colebrook teamed up with Rep. Harry Accornero of La- conia to support a California lawyer and dentist, Dr. Orly Taitz, who filed a complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office challenging President Barrack PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER Obama’s eligibility to be listed Community organizer Gail Darrell of Center Barnstead of the Community on the state’s Democratic presi- Environmental Legal Defense Fund explained at Wednesday night’s meet- dential primary ballot. ing how Lancaster could use a self-governing rights-based town ordi- The five-member quasi-judi- nance to fight the proposed Northern Pass Transmission project. cial state Ballot Law Commis- sion, chaired by attorney Brad Cook, heard testimony on Friday PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER afternoon from both Taitz and California attorney Dr. Orly Taitz, left, Rep. Larry Rappaport of Colebrook, Rep. Harry Accornero of Laconia, assistant secretary of state and Clarksville moderator Roger Sylvester held a strategy session on Friday in the State House cafeteria two hours before the state Ballot Law Commission met.Taitz testified on the two reps’ behalf, asserting that Obama Obama,PAGEA2 is ineligible to be listed on the state’s Democratic presidential primary ballot. Congress passes funds to open Berlin Prison By Edith Tucker And her prediction proved cor- Obama was able to sign the bill telephone interview, Bass exu- [email protected] rect. on Friday to avert that possibili- berantly pointed out that Sen. Senate and House negotiators ty. Shaheen had incorporated the WASHINGTON, D.C. — The An- had reached a conference com- The bill that passed includes same language into the bill’s Sen- droscoggin Valley and all of Coös mittee agreement on the 2012 $6.5 billion for the federal Bureau ate version. This kind of mutual County have one more thing to be Commerce, Justice and Science of Prisons. It specifically priori- effort is characteristic of how grateful for on Thanksgiving: appropriations bill as part of a tizes funding for the three pris- New Hampshire’s delegation Funding is now in place to open Continuing Resolution that had ons across the nation — includ- works across the aisle, he said. the federal prison in Berlin. to pass in order to avoid a gov- ing the Berlin Prison — whose Bass is a Republican, Shaheen a Senator Jeanne Shaheen had ernment shutdown that would construction had been complet- Democrat. announced on Wednesday after- have gone into effect at midnight ed but needed funding to open. “This is very, very good news noon, Nov. 16, that by this week- on Friday. That is the specific provision for for the North Country and New end the Berlin Prison would re- Because of action in the House which Rep. Charlie Bass claims Hampshire,” Shaheen said. “By ceive the funds it needs to open. and Senate, President Barack credit. In a Thursday afternoon creating more than 300 jobs, the PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER Berlin Prison will provide a $40 Lancaster town manager Ed Samson said at Wednesday night’s meeting million economic boost to a com- that he now believes that the negatives of the Northern Pass Transmission munity that really needs it. Once project, as now proposed, outweigh its positives. He also said, however, the bill passes, the Bureau will that he believes the proposed local self-governing ordinance would be Prison,PAGEA2 illegal. Fire Marshal: Weathervane Barn fire INDEX case remains open, undetermined Business Directory . .B6 By Jeff Woodburn shire fire marshal’s office, ”the Calendar . .B7 [email protected] investigation remains open and Classified . .B9-11 WHITEFIELD – The fire that under investigation and the destroyed the old barn that was cause is undetermined.” Dining . .A11 attached to the Weathervane The Weathervane Theatre’s Editorials & Letters . .A4-5 Theatre remains unresolved, Lyn Winters reported that the but the property has been re- “property has been returned to Obituaries . .A2 turned to the theatre indicating us” and they are working with Real Estate . .A12 that the physical site is no their insurance company to de- longer being used in the investi- termine the amount of the loss. Sports . .B1-4 gation. She added, “It’s hard to de- “At this time, “said John termine cause when the struc- Southwell, of the New Hamp- ture burns to the ground.” PHOTO BY JEFF WOODBURN The historic Groveton Bridge (circa 1852) is duplicated in the Ammonoosuc River that runs under it. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! A2 COÖS COUNTY DEMOCRAT NOVEMBER 23, 2011 ••• Albert R. Fuller Jay C. Leicht LANCASTER—Albert R Fuller, ily. ing place at the United Methodist Jay C. Leicht passed away sud- 18 by himself to discover anoth- Jay and Anne went to St. Croix 86, of Lancaster, died Nov. 18, Calling hours will be held at Church on Wednesday Nov. 23 at denly at his home on St. Croix on er culture outside his home in at the end of December 2005, then 2011 away after a brief illness, at the Bailey Funeral Home on Tues- 10:30 a.m.. A full obituary will fol- Oct. 20, 2011. Pennsylvania. moved there permanently from his home surrounded by his fam- day Nov. 22 with the funeral tak- low next week. Jay was born in York, Pa. on Without any formal training, Florida in April 2006, where he Oct.15, 1946, the younger son of Jay could imagine, design and again set up his own hearing aid Ralph and Dorothy (Bamberg- build many things. He built a business. He also worked part Annette Goldreyer, 97 er) Leicht. He was pre-deceased beach cottage at Pelican Point, time at the tool department at LANCASTER—Annette Gol- ologist for the State of New band Al, her sister Evelyn and by both parents and his only sib- Grand Bahamas Island, and a two Gallows Bay Hardware. dreyer, 97, of Country Village Hampshire. Her grandchildren her brother Hal. ling, brother, Vernon Leicht. Jay storey round house in New Hamp- Jay always wanted to live on Genesis Elder Care Center died called her Chummy, her nieces Annette had style and is survived by his wife, Anne shire. On St. Croix, he built his an island, called himself “Island at Country Village on Thursday, and nephews called her Anta.
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