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The Greenfield Spirit Apr-May 2015 GREENFIELD’S COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER VOLUME 22.0 Visit the town website at http://www.greenfield-nh.gov/ for more information FREE TOWN MEETING RESULTS Please consult the green pages of your annual report for the text of the warrant articles. Article 1: Inside this issue Selectboard - Stephen Atherton Jr. 225th Anniversary ........................13 Fire Chief - David Hall Cloverly Farm CSA .......................6 Town Clerk - Dee Sleeper Emerald Ash Borer ....................9 Trustee of Trust Funds - 3 years - Kenneth Paulsen Food Pantry...................................6 Trustee of Trust Funds - 2 years - Vicki Norris Fire Chief’s Corner.........................5 Trustee of Trust Funds - 1 year - Linda Nickerson Free CPR Training .........................6 Library Trustee - 3 years - Jami Bascom Cemetery Trustee - 3 years - Margo Charig Bliss From the Recycling Center .............4 Planning Board - 3 years - Kenneth Paulsen Historical Society News..................3 Budget Committee - 3 years - Kevin Taylor Memorial Day Planning .................3 Budget Committee - 3 years - Myron Steere III Monadnock Roller Derby ...............6 Budget Committee - 2 years - Kenneth Paulsen Recreation..................................11 Budget Committee - 2 years - Norman Nickerson Roadside Round-Up .....................10 Budget Committee - 1 year - Susan Moller Spirit Deadlines......................6, back School Representative - Myron Steere III School Board Moderator - 3 years - Timothy Clark Stephenson Library News............8 Town Directory................................2 Amendment Number 1 - Passed Article 2 - Passed Townwide Yard Sale........................3 Article 3 - Passed Tradespeople............................14, 15 Article 4 - Passed Variety Show .................................12 Article 5 - Passed but reduced to $300 Volunteer Opportunities .................7 Article 6 - Passed with addition of $9700 for water & septic Article 7 - Passed Article 8 - Passed MEMORIAL DAY Article 9 - Passed Article 10 - Passed OBSERVANCE Article 11 - Passed Article 12 - Passed SUNDAY, MAY 24th Article 13 - Passed with deletion of $2500 to go back to Town Clerk’s budget Article 15 - Passed Article 16 - Passed Article 17 - Passed Article 18 - Passed with addition of $2500 from Article 13. Article 19 - Not passed Parade at 12 PM The full text of Town Meeting is on our website at http://www.greenfield-nh.gov/ With the South Meadow School Band Free Luncheon Immediately Following This Issue’s Sponsor The Parade All Welcome Kilkenny Horse Center Sponsored by The Town of Greenfield and The GIVers see backcover Page 2 The Greenfield Spirit, Apr-May 2015 T O W N D I R E C T O R Y TOWN OFFICES OTHER DEPARTMENTS EMERGENCIES GREENFIELD SELECTBOARD DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Executive Selectboard meetings are Thurs. Temp. DPW Manager: Aaron Patt 547-3442 DIAL 911 at 5pm starting April 9th unless otherwise Email: [email protected] posted. >NEW POLICE/FIRE/AMBULANCE Selectboard: Karen Day Chair, Margo Bliss, STEPHENSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY DIAL 911 or 352-1100 Steve Atherton Jr. Wed 10am to 8pm, Thurs 2pm to 8pm Aaron Patt, Town Administrator Fri 2pm to 6pm, Sat 10am to 4pm >NEW FIRE & POLICE Email: [email protected] Tel: 547-2790 FIRE DEPARTMENT Town Offices open: Mon.-Thurs 9:00am to Julie Steenson, Director Chief: David Hall 547-3501 or 2222 5:00pm. Closed to the public on Friday. [email protected] Station hrs: Mon. 9-12, Thurs. 12-4 Please call if you need an appointment [email protected] Emergency Dispatch: 352-1100 or 911 during closed hours. Circulation/General Questions [email protected] Email: [email protected] Catherine Shaw, Office Manager Tel: 547-3442 Fax: 547-3004 Monthly meetings at the library Business Mtg. 1st Mon. of month at 7:00pm Email: [email protected] Library Trustees 1st Wed at 7:00pm Training 2nd & 3rd Tues of month at 7:00pm Friends of the Library 3rd Wed 7:00pm Officer’s Mtg 4th Tues of month at 7:00pm BUILDING/HEALTH INSPECTOR Insp’s by Appt/as needed RECYCLING CENTER FIRE WARDENS Inspector - Mike Borden 547-0437 Hours: Tuesday 8:00am to 12:00pm FOR BURN PERMITS CALL: Town Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-4pm Thursday 1:00pm to 7:00pm Fire Warden: Jim Morris, 831-8562 Email: [email protected] Saturday 8:00am to 4:00pm Dep. Fire W.: Mike Borden 547-0437 Stickers for residents at the Town Office. Dep. Fire W.: Steve Coombs 547-5760 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Supervisor: Carol Burgess Tel: 547-8617 Dep. Fire W.: Fred Ierlan 547-6823 Meets 4th Wed. of the Month at 7:30pm Email: [email protected] Dep. Fire W.: James Murphy 547-6336 Chair: Carol Irvin Tel: 547-2037 Dep. Fire W.: Chaz Babb 562-0545 Email: [email protected] ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Dep. Fire W.: Shawn Ploude 562-5529 Meetings as needed Dep. Fire W.: Joel Boutin 716-6573 PLANNING BOARD Chair: John Gryval Please call the Town Dep. Fire W.: Chad Murray 831-4977 Office for information Tel: 547-3442 Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mon. at 7:00pm POLICE DEPARTMENT At the Town Offices. Normally the 2nd Mon. Brian Giammarino, Chief meeting is for hearings and the 4th Mon. OTHER COMMITTEES Office: 547-2535 Dispatch: 547-2525 meeting is for other business. Email: [email protected] Chair: Kevin O’Connell 486-8071 OR CONTACTS Email: [email protected] BUDGET COMMITTEE TOWN CLERK (Registrations) Meetings as needed Mon. 6:00pm to 7:30pm Myron Steere - 547-3332 The Greenfield Spirit Thurs. 9:00am to 12:00pm Thurs. 6:00pm to 7:30pm CEMETERY TRUSTEES 1st & 3rd Sat. from 9:00am to 12:00pm Gil Bliss Ch. 547-3606 The Greenfield Spirit is published Town Clerk - Dee Sleeper bimonthly by the Town of Greenfield Tel: 547-2782 TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST FUNDS Selectboard’s Office at PO Box 256, Email: [email protected] Ken Paulsen - 547-2180 Ch. Greenfield, NH 03047. Tel: 603-547-3442 Fax: 603-547-3004 TAX COLLECTOR SCHOOL BOARD REP: Mon. 1:00pm to 7:30pm Myron Steere Graphic Designer: Karen Day Thursday 6:00pm to 7:30pm 547-3332 Editors: Karen Day, Margo Bliss, 3rd Saturday 9:00am to 12:00pm Steve Atherton, Aaron Patt, and Tax Collector - Kathleen Valliere TOWN FORESTER Catherine Shaw Tel: 547-2782 Fax: 547-2242 NH Licensed Forester Email: [email protected] Karla Allen To submit articles to the Spirit: E-mail text to: greenfieldnhbos@myfair- WELFARE DEPARTMENT Tel: 662-5646 Email: [email protected] point.net, or drop off typed articles to the Welfare Director: Leah Fiasconaro-Conway Town Offices. Also, please send in photos, Walk-in Hours: Weds- 5:00pm to 7:00pm articles, announcements, news of the Email: [email protected] town, poems, drawings, historical info, For Appts: 547-3442 letters to the editor, etc., with the name of Emergency assist: Call Police at 547-2525 the writer and/or photographer. Thanks! The Greenfield Spirit, Apr-May 2015 Page 3 Independence was soon going full tilt. Charles knew he had to MEMORIAL DAY PLANNING join in this fight and went to Londonderry where he signed up in General John Stark's regiment. He returned briefly to the Memorial Day is on May 24th this year. The GIVers will Society Land before spending more time as a soldier in some be continuing to discuss plans for the activities on that battles of the Revolutionary War. day at its April 15th meeting. Thus far, the activities are as follows: After the war, Charles married and started a family. Sometime, Parade 12pm, Line-up 11:30 along the way, he changed his name from "Kavanagh" to above the Greenfield Inn. "Cavender", and purchased land in Greenfield. A friend, John Ramsey, had moved to Greenfield, and Charles had assisted Luncheon immediately following him, and subsequently obtained some land and settled here. And that- is the "rest of the story". If you aren’t a veteran, please consider marching in honor of a loved one. This information about Charles Cavender and more may be found in the book, Charles Cavender: His Tale by Alice Anyone who has suggestions can contact one of the Cavender Bodenoch. You may purchase this book at the GIVers or is welcome to come to the meeting at the Museum. library on the 15th at 8:30 am. For more info, call Neal Brown at 547-2023. Our April General Membership Meeting will be held on an April Saturday at the Museum. A brief business meeting will precede a talk by Steve Seigars speaking about the famed 2nd ANNUAL "Yankee Siege", his trebuchet that garnered awards in "punkin TOWN WIDE YARD SALE chunkin" competitions. The business meeting portion will be devoted to next year's budget and the formation of a nominating Saturday, May 23rd committee. Look for an announcement of the exact date in the 9am - 3pm press, on posters about town, and on the Society's Facebook Contact Adele Hale at 547-3403 to be included on a map page. which may be picked up at the library. Then, on May 7th, 2015, another General Membership Meeting will convene in the Wensberg Room of the Stephenson Library GREENFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY at 6:45 PM to vote on the proposed budget and elect officers and Board of Directors members for the upcoming year. A NH Kavanagh Road ??? Humanities program, " AWalk Back in Time: The Secrets of by Lenny Cornwell Cellar Holes" will be given by Adair Mulligan. With several cellar holes in town documented, this should be of interest. Several years ago, Cavender Road featured prominently in Town Meeting discussions. Road conditions were the topic, as This year's June Fair is scheduled for Saturday, June 6th, 2015. well as the closing of the Cavender Road Bridge to Hancock. The main theme for the event is Greenfield's Schools. We are Surprisingly, this roadway is actually named for Charles busy putting together this event while also gathering informa- Kavanagh. tion for other displays, activities, and demonstrations.