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CXLIV, NO. 34 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 FORTY PAGES 75¢ Stark Covered Bridge to be Judge Samaha resigns from the court rehabbed with 80% federal funds By Jeff Woodburn By Edith Tucker built in 1857 and repaired in The white-painted two-span ting, with the bridge in the back- LITTLETON - Long-time [email protected] 1954, will receive $$904,000 in Paddleford truss structure that ground of a typical 19th century Judge Stephen Samaha, who federal funds under the Nation- crosses the Upper Ammonoosuc New England Village Center, is serves the district courts in STARK — One of Coös Coun- al Historic Covered Bridge River is a popular location for one of the most photographed Berlin, Lancaster and Ply- ty’s most photographed icons is Preservation program. The photographers, artists and cov- locations in the State,” the de- mouth, resigned his position slated for a complete rehabilita- monies are part of a $5.1 million ered bridge enthusiasts, the scription reads. “Pictures of the recently because new rules tion. funding package announced on funding application points out. that prevent justices and mem- The Stark Covered Bridge, Wednesday. “The truly picturesque set- Stark,PAGEA3 bers of their law firm from practicing in courts for which they serve. As a part-time Judge Stephen Samaha judge, Samaha had to make a New plaque unveiled, memorializing Terri Jones’ son choice between practicing law with tough economic times. “I By Edith Tucker or being a judge. He served on don’t think the public will be [email protected] the bench for 29 years. made to suffer from these NORTH WOODSTOCK — Terri Being a judge was both “in- cuts,” he added. He predicts Jones of Dalton clasped her teresting and humbling” Sama- the Colebrook court will even- hands together, palm-to-palm, ha said during an interview in tually be closed. Samaha also and cried on Saturday afternoon his law office, Samaha and Rus- pointed out that more case- at Lost River Gorge when she first sell, last week. The consolida- loads and the increase in new saw the brand-new replacement tion and cutbacks in the judi- laws and tougher enforcement plaque memorializing her only cial system have caused great adds to the pressure. “Every- son, Danny Hebert. pressure on the administration thing gets pushed back.” he Daniel J. Hebert died at age 17 of justice, he said. The North said. on Oct. 16, 1982, in a small town Country, especially he said, Samaha has seen a lot of in Massachusetts when riding as has been hit hard by this be- changes in nearly three a passenger in a car driven by a cause people must drive fur- decades of service. drunk driver. ther and the region is plagued Samaha,PAGEA4 “Danny would be 46 years old,” said Jones sadly. He and his fellow passenger, Chris Barrett, both students at Conn. Firm Proposes $9M Apponequet Regional High School in Lakeville, Mass., had Development in Guildhall hitchhiked after a dance, accept- By Mike Fournier for shipping and handling. The ing a ride from a 16-year-old driv- Contributing Writer second phase, to be built within er who survived the crash, Jones GUILDHALL–A Connecti- five years, would add 20 green- explained. Both Hebert and Bar- cut-based corporation has houses and three residential rett were killed instantly, only proposed construction here of units for use of company offi- blocks away from Barrett’s home a two-phase, $9 million facility cials. The second phase would where her son had planned to that would generate its own cost an estimated $1.5 million. spend the night. PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER heat and power and enable the The combined heat and pow- A bronze plaque, installed in raising of organic vegetables er plant would consist of a bio- 1983 after his death using dona- Terri Jones spoke of her son, Danny Hebert, who died in 1982 at age 17 in a car crash in southeastern Massachusetts where she and her family then lived. The bronze plaque installed in 1983 at Lost River Gorge and fish. The projected site is mass-fueled steam boiler with tions in his memory to the Soci- a 179-acre parcel of recently heat exchangers to power a tur- ety for the Protection of New to memorialize him was stolen three years ago, and she and her daughter, Rochelle, unveiled a new informa- tional plaque, also dedicated to Hebert’s memory, on Saturday afternoon. logged land fronting on the bine, which would in turn power Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) that western side of Vermont Route an electric generator. The closed owns Lost River, was stolen three by guides that they could not en- took the marker. her daughter, Rochelle Hebert 102 between the Klinefelter loop system would generate one years ago. Apparently disgrun- ter the boulder caves wearing on- Jones, who was accompanied Plaque,PAGEA5 and McGrath properties. megawatt of electricity, the ex- tled Gorge visitors who were told ly flip-flops and bathing suits and by her husband, Dan Jones, and The town Board of Select- cess of which would be sold to men was briefed on the pro- the grid. It would also produce posal at their July meeting by 15 million BTU’s of hot water or Compromise agreement reached on Berlin Station James Homer, vice-president low pressure steam with the sin- By Edith Tucker boiler and stack. the paperwork is signed and that the biomass plant will of Greener Living LLC of New gle boiler. The residential units [email protected] The six independent power PSNH had filed the PPAs at the bring jobs to Berlin, Coös Coun- Preston, Conn. Homer, one of would be passive solar, built into BERLIN — Life has been producers (IPPs) that burn NHPUC. ty, and the North Country, Halle three owners of the company, the side of the slope of Duren breathed back into the Berlin chips of low-grade wood to gen- “This agreement will jump- explained. told the board that if the com- Mountain, approximately mid- Station biomass project. erate electricity have agreed to start Berlin’s economy,” said The in-town biomass plant pany gains approval to build lot. Although expecting to burn A compromise has been drop their appeal before the Cate Street Capital’s president itself will provide 40 to 50 jobs in Guildhall, it will move its en- wood as the primary fuel, the reached and that, if approved state Supreme Court in ex- and CEO John Halle in a tele- and many more will be created tire operation to Vermont. CHP would also be capable of by the state Public Utilities change for various considera- phone interview. in the woods for loggers and The first phase of the proj- burning household trash as it Commission (NHPUC), will re- tions, including 20-month pur- Gov. John Lynch, DRED com- foresters, plus truckers, ect would see $7.5 million would be built with electrostatic sult in the construction of a chase power agreements missioner George Bald, the gov- haulers and support service spent to construct 27 30-foot air scrubbers in place. wood-burning biomass plant (PPAs) at above market rates ernor’s legal counsel Jeff Mey- providers, he pointed out. by 90-foot greenhouses and The aquaponics facility would with an up-to-75-megawatt ca- from Public Service of New ers, and Sen. John Gallus all Halle was so confident that a three additional buildings of produce primarily tomatoes in pacity on the site of the Burgess Hampshire (PSNH). played important roles in work- compromise could be reached comparable size to house a the vegetable greenhouses and pulp mill, designed to reuse the The Governor’s Office plans ing out this compromise be- combined heat and power Berlin Station,PAGEA4 tilapia in the fish farm and would existing Babcock and Wilcox to announce the deal after all cause of their common belief (CHP) plant, offices and space initially employ 10 to 15 people. Of the 179 acres in the parcel, approximately one-third would be developed, primarily in the Labor Day center of the lot. Most of the par- cel’s road frontage is considered Editorial and wetlands by the state and the back portion of the lot contains Advertising a fairly large boulder-strewn area just below the steeply rising face Deadlines of Duren Mountain. The selectboard approved a motion giving tacit approval to With the Labor Day hol- the project, pending the outcome iday fast approaching, The of any zoning changes that might Democrat will have tighter deadlines for the Sept. 7 Guildhall,PAGEA2 paper. If you wish to sub- mit something for that pa- per, please adhere to the following editorial dead- INDEX lines: B Section (Business, Business Directory . .B7 Sports): Please have all Calendar . .B6 press releases, photos and other submissions to the Classified . .B9-11 office by 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. Dining . .A11 A Section: Please have Editorials & Letters . .A4-5 all letters to the editor, press releases, photos, Obituaries . .A2 obituaries and any other Real Estate . .A12 submissions to the office by 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. Sports . .B1-3 Please follow the fol- lowing advertising dead- lines: For ads in B and A, Thursday, noon Sept. 1 ART MCGRATH/COOS COUNTY DEMOCRAT A 1/3 scale Newport World War I fighter plane owned by Fun Flyer John Brooks Jr. takes to the air during this past weekend’s annual Classified ads: 10:30 Warbirds Over Guildhall, put on by the Guildhall Fun Flyers.