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Friday, April 5, 2019 Murray Search Vol 10, No. 42 Comes Up Empty

On Wednesday, a stone’s throw from where Maura Bath w Bethlehem w Dalton w Easton Murray was last seen on the night of Feb. 9, 2004, N.H. w Franconia w Lancaster w Landaff w State Police and FBI investigators searched a home for Lisbon w Littleton w Lyman w Monroe possible evidence related to her disappearance. Sugar Hill w Whitefield w Woodsville See Coverage Page 4

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Fred Murray, left, and Associate Attorney General Jeff Strelzin, right, address the media outside the Grafton County Courthouse on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Earlier in the day members of the New Hampshire State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched a residence on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 in connection with the disappearance of Fred’s daughter, Maura, who was last seen on Route 112 in Haverhill on the night of Feb. 9, 2004. (Photo by Paul Hayes) Cyan

Magenta Maura Murray Disappearance: House Search Comes Up Empty

on the night of Feb. 9, 2004, N.H. State Police searched on the outside, with dogs and teams, in In February, NHSP dog teams were brought in BY ROBERT BLECHL and FBI investigators searched a home for possi- the days after Murray’s disappearance, with no for a preliminary search that resulted in no evi- Staff Writer

Yellow Black ble evidence related to her disappearance. evidence turning up. dence, he said. Like other homes in the vicinity, the sin- This week, 15 years later, after private citizens In March, the state police and FBI returned to HAVERHILL — On Wednesday, a stone’s gle-family home called Riverstone Cottage at 92 several months ago brought in two cadaver dogs the home for a further survey of the basement, throw from where Maura Murray was last seen Wild Ammonoosuc Road/Route 112 had been and ground penetrating radar, the NHSP and FBI and on Wednesday, a team of FBI agents and investigators, who now had the invitation of a NHSP detectives went back for a deep search of cooperating property owner, searched the inside the basement, he said. of the house, in the basement. “They did that by cutting and removing the But after a team of more than a dozen inves- concrete in the area where the ground pene- tigators dug and combed the area for several trating radar had detected a disturbance,” said hours, they found no human remains or any ev- Strelzin. idence connected to Maura Murray, Senior As- The radar detected not an object or piece of sistant New Hampshire Attorney General Jeffery evidence, but an area of disturbed ground, he Strelzin said during a press conference outside said. Grafton Superior Court. After removing the concrete, the team Not that they expected to, he said. searched several feet down and covered the en- “It was really done to cross something off the tire area and beyond of the disturbed ground, he list,” said Strelzin. “We try to be as methodi- said. cal as possible … The search today is based on “They discovered absolutely nothing other PHOTO TAKEN 3/31/19 many allegations that somehow there might be than a piece of what looks to be a piece of pot- evidence in that house.” tery or piece of old piping,” said Strelzin. “That EVENTS & SPECIALS brettonwoods.com In the last several months, the home had be- is all they found.” SPRING TICKET SPECIALS ALL tickets are now just $29 every day thru April 14! come the target of increased speculation by a There was no basis to enter the home after CANOPY TOUR FLASH SALE For a limited time, soar and $AVE up to $191! Get the details group of private citizens, said Strelzin. Murray disappeared in 2004, and to do so, in- and buy now at brettonwoods.com/specials The theory there was a body in the basement vestigators would have needed probable cause, APRIL 15 PATRIOT’S DAY Join us for the ﬁnal day of the 18-19 season with $17.76 tickets AND receive a return voucher to kick off the next season, valid opening day through is based on their searches with the dogs and the which they did not have, he said. December 13, 2019. radar, the videos and results of which were re- “I want to be clear,” said Strelzin. “We cer- NEW! ‘NO REGRETS’ SEASON PASSAges 5-29 ski the rest of this season AND next viewed by the New Hampshire attorney gener- tainly did not believe there was any credible ev- for just $399! Other 2019/20 passes on sale now at the lowest prices of the season. al’s office and NHSP, he said. idence in this house that was connected to Ms. brettonwoods.com/passes. “Based on that review, we determined there Murray’s disappearance … Based on our search, $110 ZIP & SKI Hit the slopes then soar above them on the Bretton Woods Canopy Tour. was no credible evidence, any evidence con- Maura Murray is not in that house.” LOCAL’S SPECIALS Visit brettonwoods.com/locals for exclusive deals for our locals! nected to that case in that home, and certainly After Strelzin spoke, Fred Murray, Maura’s Offers may not be combined, restrictions & black-out dates may apply. Residency qualiﬁcations apply for Local’s Specials. Events & activities subject to change without notice. Valid during 2018-19 ski season. no evidence of human remains, and no probable father, said he doesn’t know what to think. cause to do any search in that home,” said Strelz- The investigative team could have dug farther, in. “Despite that, we did contact the homeown- he said, to the corner of the wall and under where ers and they graciously gave us consent to search the heater and water tank had been installed on that home.” Route 302, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire • (603) 278-3320 • brettonwoods.com See Search, Page 15 A5

Friday, April 5, 2019 The Record 5 North Country School Districts Study Fairness In School Funding

gional school and one comes from a low tax Lancaster’s rate $22.51, Bethlehem’s rate education, and, in a more immediate measure, BY ROBERT BLECHL base town and another from a higher tax base $17.27, Lisbon’s rate $19.05, and Franconia’s supporting a moratorium on further cuts to Staff Writer town, they could sit side by side in class and rate $8.97. state stabilization grant aid and restoring the one student is costing twice as much as the The average cost per pupil in New Hamp- amount that has been reduced since 2015. As school districts across New Hampshire other,” he said. shire is $15,865. Nilhas said restoring the cuts to stabiliza- grapple with rising education costs, a new The crux of the problem, said Tobin and Some North Country districts are thousands tion grants – currently being reduced by 4 per- group is making presentations across the state Hall, is that although the New Hampshire of dollars higher, including Littleton’s cost, at cent annually – would be a big step forward. to inform districts and residents about mea- Constitution requires that the state has a duty $19,682, and Bethlehem’s cost, at $20,328 “This has cost us $60,000 a year,” he said. sures being floated to increase state support to pay for the cost of an adequate K-12 public “The current school funding system hurts House Bill 177, which seeks to restore sta- for public education and create fair local prop- education and that the taxes New Hampshire students, their parents, local homeowners, and bilization aid to the poorest districts to 2012 erty tax rates. uses to pay for it must have a uniform rate businesses and it works directly against the ef- levels, passed the N.H. House. Last week at Littleton High School in what across the state, the reality is that the amount forts to attract and keep young people, enlarge Another proposal SAU 84 supports is to in- was dubbed a School Funding 101 Forum, of aid the state provides to meet the standards the workforce, and encourage new businesses crease the current $3,636 statewide base rate John Tobin and Doug Hall, of the N.H. School is insufficient. in all regions of the state,” Tobin and Hall said of adequacy aid per pupil to $7,500, said Nil- Funding Fairness Project, visited Littleton More than 70 percent of the cost of public in their presentation. has. High School to meet with the school boards, education is footed by local taxpayers at rates In 2019, the N.H. Legislature began ad- About 50 area residents attended the preschool staff, administrators, and residents dramatically disproportionate from town to dressing the issue of school funding in several sentation at LHS on Thursday. of Littleton School District SAU 84, White town, they said. pieces of legislation, some sponsored by a lo- “We thank everybody for coming out,” said Mountains SAU 35 (Profile School, Bethle- Towns with much property wealth can raise cal lawmaker, state Rep. Rick Ladd, R-Haver- Nilhas. “We did have several communities hem Elementary School, Lafayette Regional enough money to spend on students while hill represented and I think that’s important.” School, and Lisbon Regional School), and their tax rates remain low, but taxpayers in Tobin and Hall advocated supporting leg- At the end of the day, a student’s town of White Mountains Regional School District property-poor towns make greater financial islation to require the state to update its ad- residence should not be a driving force behind SAU 36 (White Mountains Regional High sacrifices and struggle to raise enough money equacy grants to realistic levels, supporting the kind of education he or she receives, he School, Lancaster Elementary School, and to pay for schools’ needs, they said. legislation that will make school property tax said. Whitefield School). The 2017-2018 local and state equalized ed- rates fair and equitable across the state, build- “No matter, where a student lives, they On Monday, SAU 84 Superintendent Ste-

ucation tax rate was $12.70. ing coalitions with legislators across New should get the same educational opportuni- Cyan ven Nilhas gave the issue perspective. Littleton’s rate for that time was $15.78, Hampshire to increase state support for public ties,” said Nilhas. “When you have students attending a re- Magenta

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6 The Record Friday, April 5, 2019 LITTLETON: Senate Eases Bill Targeting Urgent Care Clinics to put a for-profit urgent care clinic on Meadow For a for-profit clinic like ConvenientMD, needed to come up with a solution that allows BY ROBERT BLECHL Street, just a few miles from LRH, a designated Starr said SB 97 as amended no longer carries for affordable health care providers in rural ar- Staff Writer nonprofit organization. onerous conditions for another clinic wanting eas of New Hampshire, and it also ensures that On Thursday, Bradley offered an amendment to establish itself near a critical access hospital. rural hospitals continue to have the opportunity A Senate bill that sought to make it more on the Senate floor to SB 97 that is relative to “That was essentially the idea,” he said. to thrive,” said Puyanic. “The bill now moves difficult for urgent care clinics to set up near special health care services licenses and would “We wouldn’t vote against it, but would water to the House, where it will be subject to further critical access hospitals like Littleton Regional establish a committee to study providing cer- it down to the point where it didn’t make any review and amendments. It’s important to sup- Healthcare passed the N.H. Senate last week tain health care services while ensuring in- difference.” port the study committee and provide informa- with an amendment that waters it down. creased access to affordable health care in rural The urgent care clinics just have to get a li- tion on this difficult subject to representatives In fact, it’s nothing like the bill proposed, parts of the state. cense like every other health care facility, said in the House.” state Sen. David Starr, R-Franconia, a former The bill as amended passed in a N.H. Sen- Starr. If the bill passes the House as is without co-sponsor of the bill who came out opposing ate voice vote and now moves on to the N.H. Under the amended bill, the committee, modification, it would not prevent Convenient- it, said Monday. House of Representatives, where it could be which would include two members of the N.H. MD from opening in Littleton, where Puyan- “The part that had my constituents up in further amended. Senate and four members of the N.H. House of ic said the company wants to open to provide arms, putting a 15-mile radius around every There are more patients in the North Country Representatives, would study all issues relat- high-quality and affordable health care in the hospital and saying they are it and nobody else than there are people connected with hospitals ed to providing emergency medical services, North Country. can compete, that language was completely re- and those patients want services that are far less essential inpatient and obstetrical service and In a statement citing concerns about Conve- moved,” he said. “At this point, the bill simply expensive than emergency room visits to treat outpatient services while ensuring the increased nientMD and its impact on LRH services, Gail requires that they get a license from the health non-life-threatening conditions, a difference access to affordable health care services in ru- Clark, spokesperson for LRH, said, “Little- commissioner.” of $100 or $200 for a service at an urgent care ral New Hampshire. ton Regional Healthcare has supported SB 97 Senate Bill 97, sponsored by state Sen. Jeb clinic versus $1,000 or more for the same ser- Representatives of LRH were not immedi- which sought to further strengthen the Legis- Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, and co-sponsored by vice at a hospital emergency room, said Starr. ately available to comment Monday afternoon lature’s intent – under SB 481 a few years ago lawmakers that include state Rep. Erin Hen- “The urgent care facilities make sense,” he about the amendment to SB 97. – to protect vital health care services offered by nessey, R-Littleton, originally sought to require said. Representatives for ConvenientMD, which critical access hospitals. If enacted, the recent an applicant seeking to construct certain health LRH representatives have said LRH is ad- was granted a height variance for the building amendment to create a study committee would care facilities to submit a report showing how

Cyan vancing a plan that has been several years in in Littleton and is applying for a building per- provide an important opportunity to examine the proposed project would affect health care the works to establish an urgent care clinic mit, said they hope to break ground on their the direct financial threats faced by critical ac- services offered by a critical access hospital. on the hospital campus, possibly to open this proposed clinic along Meadow Street, some cess hospitals in New Hampshire’s rural com- Magenta In Littleton, ConvenientMD, a for-profit spring and offering competitive prices lower time this spring. munities.” company founded in 2012 and expanding its than emergency room prices. Following the amendment to SB 97, Conve- Clark said, “LRH stands ready to demon- network of clinics across New England, seeks nientMD co-CEO Max Puyanic, in a statement, strate to state and local leaders the serious ad- said “We are grateful to the senators for paying verse impact that a proposed for-profit health Yellow Black close attention to North Country residents, who care facility in Littleton would have on health overwhelmingly provided feedback that they care services in the region. We are prepared to did not support legislation which prevented af- make a compelling case for denial of the appli- fordable health care alternatives from opening cation based on the criteria already established in the North Country.” under current law. If such a for-profit facility As a result, the floor amendment deleted the is allowed to enter Littleton, it would threaten section of SB 97 that would have prevented the hospital’s continued ability to offer essen- ConvenientMD from opening in Littleton and tial services like obstetrics to the communities Belmont, and replaced it with language creat- it serves and have provided for more than 110 ing a legislative study on the subject, he said. years.” “This was a wise decision, as more input is

Drawings of a ConvenientMD Urgent Care facility planned for Littleton. The proposed clinic would be located on Meadow Street, one highway exit away from Littleton Region- al Healthcare. A7

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8 The Record Friday, April 5, 2019 News Briefs St. J Resident Hired and welcome the insight and input of residents. struction and property management company In 2008, Taber, then 17, was arrested for so- I am very excited to begin this new journey.” in St. Johnsbury. liciting sex through an instant messaging chat As Haverhill’s New Codling, who has a B.A. in architectural A meet and greet with Codling, whose annu- room with what he thought was a 14-year-old Town Manager studies from Vermont College of Norwich Uni- al town manager salary will be $93,000, is in boy. The boy turned out to be a detective from versity and is currently enrolled in a master’s of the process of being scheduled and the date and the Keene Police Department. After the former town manager resigned in science program in management and leadership time will be advertised. After police seized Taber’s computer, they November and the manager who served before at Western Governors University, has worked In a statement, Haverhill Board of Selectmen found images of child pornography as well as a her was brought back on a temporary basis, for nearly two decades at the AOT, where, in Chairman Darwin Clogston said, “The select video showing Taber sexually abusing Roscoe, Haverhill selectmen announced they have hired 2000, she began as an asphalt binder techni- board is very excited about hiring Brigitte Cod- his family’s Golden retriever. a resident of St. Johnsbury as Haverhill’s new cian and since then accumulated experience in ling as the town manager of Haverhill. We look The discoveries led to multiple counts of town manager. program and project management, contracting, forward to her taking the reins on April 24. We child pornography possession and two misde- Brigitte M. Codling, contract manager and highway construction, and electronic bidding. would also like to take this opportunity to thank meanor counts of animal cruelty. construction management business lead with Since 2017, she has held the post of contract interim Town Manager Glenn English for his In a plea that involved felony charges re- the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT), manager and construction management busi- service and patience.” duced to misdemeanors and no time behind begins the job April 24. ness lead with the VAOT. In November, after two years as Haverhill’s bars, Taber pleaded guilty in October 2009 to “I look forward to developing a positive and Outside of her career with AOT, Codling, town manager, Jo Lacaillade resigned, citing in six counts of possession of child pornography productive relationship with the residents of who lives in St. Johnsbury with her husband, an exit interview that she was dissatisfied with and one count of cruelty to animals at Grafton Haverhill where we establish collective goals Mark, and three children, has served as a se- the then-Board of Selectmen at that time and Superior Court. for the future and work together to achieve lectman in the town of Cabot and interim road that board’s management methods and she will The sex solicitation charge to which he those goals,” Codling said in a statement. “I agent and as the program manager for the area now be retiring and relocating. pleaded guilty in 2011 was suspended on the intend to continue [interim Haverhill Town snowmobile club. English, who served as Haverhill’s town condition of good behavior. Manager] Glenn [English]’s open door policy She and Mark also own and run a small con- manager for 20 years until his retirement in The sentence requires him to register as a sex 2016, expressed interest in serving as a tempo- offender for 10 years rary town manager until a permanent manager In her motion, Brown wrote that Taber’s con- could be found. Selectmen hired English on a duct “was impulsive, juvenile behavior and not part-time basis and stated they were looking to indicative of his character …” have a permanent manager in place after the In 2008, Taber was a typical senior at Lit-

Cyan SpringSpSprSpriprinriingingg WeWelWWellnessellllnllnenesesssss FFaFaiFairairirir March town meeting. tleton High School, respected by his teachers, On Tuesday afternoon, English, who will helping to organize the junior prom, working be going back into retirement, said he will be and saving money, and looking forward to Magenta working with Codling for a week or two to help graduating and working in the field of medi- her transition into her new job. cine, she had argued. “I told her and the board I’ll stay around as Filing an objection to Taber’s motion to va- long as they need me,” he said. “I’ll think she’ll cate and seal his convictions, Assistant Graf-

Yellow Black HEALTH do great.” ton County Attorney Antonia Barry wrote that Taber was considered an adult under the law in Judge Rejects Sex 2009 and he “continued to engage in criminal behavior after high school, post-adolescence, ROCKS Offender Request To when, at age 22, he was convicted of indecent Vacate Criminal Record exposure and lewdness. Thus, as an adult, he violated the terms of the conditional no pros NORTH HAVERHILL — A Grafton Supe- agreement, resulting in the charges remaining rior Court judge has rejected a request by a on his record.” THUR,TTHHUUR,R APRAAPPPRR 1111 474477PMPM registered sex offender, formerly of Littleton, In his denial of Taber’s request to vacate INN THTHEHE LRLLRHH MEDICALMEDICMEDMMEEDIDICALICCAALAL OFFICEOFOFFICFFFICCECE BBUILBUBUIBUILDINGUIILLDLDININGINGG to have his criminal convictions for possessing and seal the convictions, MacLeod, citing case child pornography and sexually abusing the law, wrote that when an amendment to a law is ENTNTT FEFFEAFEATUEATATUATTURTTUURING:URINRINRINGRRINNGG:G: family dog vacated and sealed. procedural, as in the case raising the legal age Ryan Taber, 28, now of Weare and who is of adult to 18, it is presumed to apply retro- represented by attorney Donna Brown, of Man- actively to cases that, on the effective date of the statute, had not been resolved at the court, llyy (60( 003)033) 2592559-763 chester, argued that at the time of his pleas of guilty in 2009 he was 17, which, after a law and Taber’s cases at the time of the 2014 statute change in 2014, is now considered a juvenile change had been resolved and closed through and no longer an adult under the amended New pleas of guilty. Hampshire statute that raises the beginning age of an adult to 18. State’s Highest Court kin a j In an order issued last week, however, Judge Prepares To Hear Lawrence MacLeod wrote “the court finds that hel it would not be in the interest of justice to apply the Northern Pass Appeal ess the 2014 amendment to RSA 169-B:2, IV [the statute on delinquent children] retroactively to The nearly decade-long marathon known as every individual similarly situated as the de- the proposed Northern Pass Transmission line fendant, meaning those individuals who were is nearing the finish line, its fate to soon be de- convicted of crimes at 17 years of age during cided by the highest court in New Hampshire. Questions? Call Marketing & the period when a 17-year-old was deemed to On Friday, the N.H. Judicial Branch an- be an adult under the criminal code rather than nounced that the N.H. Supreme Court, at 10 Community Relations: (603) 444-9304. a ‘delinquent’ …” a.m. May 15, will hear oral arguments by attor- In denying the motion to vacate convictions, neys from Eversource Energy, parent company 600 St. Johnsbury Road, Littleton, NH 03561 | 603.444.9000 | MacLeod said, “This issue is more appropriate- of Northern Pass, and attorneys representing ly left to the Legislature than to the court.” See News Briefs, Page 10 A9

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to conclude that the 192-mile transmission line Pass and if there is a reversible error. room,” he said. News Briefs would not have any discernible undue inter- The high court could issue its decision be- The MWRA Commission met Wednesday, Continued from Page 8 ference,” Amy Manzelli, attorney for SPNHF, fore the end of the year. but did not discuss the status of Littleton, Day- wrote in a legal brief. ton Goudie, Littleton’s representative on the intervenors against the project that include a The proposed 192-mile transmission line Littleton’s Future In Airport commission, said Thursday. number of North Country towns. that would run through 32 communities, have In the near future, Goudie said he will be It won’t be a normal Supreme Court pro- overhead towers about 100 feet tall running Agreement Uncertain contacting the Littleton Board of Selectmen ceeding, where each side is allotted 15 minutes through Coos County and 52 miles of line bur- to determine their thinking Littleton’s MWRA to argue their case. ied along state roads through Bethlehem, Sugar Whether Littleton will remain a member membership and role with the airport. Instead, each side on the Northern Pass di- Hill, Franconia, Easton, and other towns, began town with the Mt. Washington Regional Air- The MWRA operates on a tight budget of vide will be given 50 minutes to present their its public process in late 2010. port remains to be seen, but the town won’t $93,811, about half of which goes to purchase case, meaning oral arguments could run up to After a project revision in 2013 that incorpo- be using money in its budget to pay its annual fuel that it sells, leaving the airport itself, over- nearly two hours. rated the buried line, Eversource, in late 2015, share after the failed article at town meeting. seen by an all-volunteer commission, running Legal brief were due by the parties on March filed its application for a certificate of site and “I think the issue now is no means no,” said on about $46,000 a year. 21. facility with the N.H. Site Evaluation Commit- Littleton Town Manager Andrew Dorsett. The commission has expressed concerns The North Country towns intervening tee. In a 383-725 town vote, Littleton residents about the other member towns dropping out or against the project that filed to participate and In February 2018, after two years of hear- rejected Article 22, which asked them for the not funding their shares, said Goudie. present their arguments in the appeal process ings involving 154 witnesses, more than 20,000 town’s annual $6,000 appropriation to support One possibility is for the airport to form a are Littleton, Bethlehem, Easton, Franconia, pages to review, and comments by more than the Mt. Washington Regional Airport, which is nonprofit group that could ask any entity for Northumberland, Sugar Hill, and Whitefield. 1,500 state residents - the vast majority op- based in Whitefield. support, including businesses, he said. “I am hopeful that the Supreme Court will posed - the SEC denied the application, stating Until this year, that appropriation had been “That is in the future and I don’t think it deny this appeal,” Cheryl Jensen, chair of the Eversource did not bear its burden of proving a line item in the budget with no voter approv- would happen right away,” said Goudie. Bethlehem Conservation Commission, who that Northern Pass would not unduly interfere al needed, but that changed when the budget Member towns of the MRWA have dwindled represented and informed the town on Northern with the orderly economic development of the committee, questioning if Littleton receives through the decades and today include Little- Pass, said Friday. region. a benefit from the airport, asked selectmen to ton, Lancaster, Dalton, Sugar Hill, and White- Residents across the state, many without le- Although it would be a moneymaker for move the $6,000 from the budget and put it on field. gal experience, spent years of their lives learn- Eversource – $10 billion in revenue during the a warrant article. Each town’s share is based on a formula that ing about the project and the legal process, and 40-year term of the line, according to its feder- Under the MWRA’s inter-municipal agree- factors in its population. disrupted their lives to testify before the SEC, al filings – opponents argued New Hampshire ment (IMA) with its member towns, a town not Under the IMA, if any member town does which unanimously denied a permit for North- would have in effect subsidized a for-profit paying its share could constitute a breach of the not pay its portion of the airport budget the Cyan ern Pass, she said. venture through reduced property values and agreement it has with the airport and that mu- commission can terminate that town as a mem- “We convinced the SEC members that this scarred scenic landscapes, negative impacts to nicipality can be ejected as a member. ber. Magenta was a bad project, financially and environmen- tourism, and small businesses impacted during Regarding the failed town meeting article, In the alternative, the commission can make tally, for the towns, and I hope the Supreme the burial portion of line in the roadways. there is a court ruling that once a town votes an agreement with the governing body of the Court will look at all that evidence and make Eversource appealed the SEC’s decision in against something, for instance the dog park member town for temporary participation on the same decision,” said Jensen. August, arguing the project would carry bene- that also failed in Littleton, its governing board some agreed basis.

Yellow Black The Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust and fits and property tax revenue for communities cannot use money in the budget to pay for what Any member town that does not appropriate the Society for the Protection of New Hamp- and reduce energy costs. voters opposed, said Dorsett. its apportioned share of the budget for two con- shire are also intervenors against the project. The New Hampshire Supreme Court will That isn’t to say the town of Littleton won’t secutive years, however, shall be terminated “Only with blinders on and working in their review the case to determine if the SEC erred work with the MWRA Commission, he said. per the agreement. own silos were [Eversource’s] witnesses able within its own rules in its denial of Northern “I plan to reach out to the airport and talk with the board and see if there is some middle ground and see what they want to do,” said Residents Say Planners Dorsett. Should Follow Will Of Littleton budget committee members would like to see more tracking of the benefits the Voters In Filling Vacancy town of Littleton receives from the airport to ensure the town is getting a good return on in- BETHLEHEM — After some residents vestment, he said. voiced concerns earlier in the month about a Perhaps there can be a multi-town communi- candidate for the planning board having a pos- ty work session that involves the airport and the sible conflict of interest, a recent vacancy on parties can strategize, said Dorsett. the planning board has caused another split in “It is an important asset to the community town regarding the board. and adds a lot to the economy,” he said. Some residents want planners to appoint to According to state data from the N.H. Bu- the board a write-in candidate who nearly won reau of Aeronautics, the MWRA generates an the March 12 town vote and who they said is estimated annual economic output of $1.1 mil- more than qualified. lion to the North Country region and its towns. Planners, though, say they want to advertise the position to attract more candidates. A CLEAR ALALTERNATIVELTTERNATERNATIVE FOR TEENS! A state study estimates the airport sees about 7,000 flight operations annually, including sev- The discussion about how to fill the vacancy, Did you know that we can treattreat teenage patients with Invisalign clear aligners, as well as how to proceed with getting alter- which can be used for simplemple to comcomplexplex cases? YYoYourourour lifestylelife isn't interrupted, eral dozen jet operations. meaning you still can enjoy the activities you love and the foods you can't live Commission members said the airport sees nate planning board candidates, lasted more without, while shaping your awesome new smile moremore gentlygently.entlyy.. people who fly in and then visit local towns than an hour during Wednesday’s board meeting, which saw Jonathan Stevenson appointed STRAIGHT TEETH ARE WITHIN REACH.REACH. and their businesses and restaurants, all provid- CallCall Dr.Dr. Alan Kennell today forr a frfree,reee, no-obligation consultation. ing an economic benefit, and said the airport chairman in a unanimous board vote, and Mi- is used by owners of primary and secondary chael Bruno, a past planning board chairman, Schedule a Freeee Consultation To TToday!oday! homes that contribute to the tax bases of North appointed vice-chairman in another 6-0 vote. Dr.Dr. AlanAlan F.F. KennellK KENNELLKENNELL Country towns. Planners on Wednesday voted to accept the The focus now for Littleton would be to track resignation of former planning board member The Clear Alternative to Braces the benefits specific to the town, said Dorsett. and chairman David Rodrigues, who tendered “It would be great if we could get all of the his letter of resignation on March 6, after tak- KennellOrtho.com | 524-7404 LaconiaLaconiaa | 536-7404 Plymouth | 444-7403 LLittletonittleton stakeholders and communities in the same See News Briefs, Page 11 A11

Friday, April 5, 2019 The Record 11 LITTLETON: As Bears Emerge, Town To Enforce Dumpster Rules

garbage container inaccessible to wildlife, or in Although the town is still operating in a grace BY ROBERT BLECHL a bear or wildlife-proof dumpster, or at an appro- period, at some point repeat offenders need to Staff Writer priate town disposal site. be addressed to protect the integrity of the ordi- Violators face a $100 fine, and three offenses nance, he said. LITTLETON — As bears emerge from hiber- in one year can land the offender in district court In the short term, as the process toward com- nation, town officials will be checking to see if and subject to court proceedings and additional pliance advances, pouring some bleach in dump- solid waste management companies, restaurants, fines. sters will help keep mosquitoes, bears, and other businesses and apartment building owners are in Selectmen can also enforce the ordinance animals out of them, said Bratz. compliance with the dumpster ordinance, which through superior court action and are entitled “Bears aren’t going away,” he said. “In fact, is entering its second year. to recover court costs and attorney’s fees from the population is getting bigger, as far as my un- Failure to comply can result in a fine. violators. derstanding. To protect families and health, we On Friday, Littleton Health Officer Milton A letter recently went out to 48 dumpster com- have to bear-proof.” Bratz, who enforces the ordinance, said he will panies and Littleton business owners informing On Friday, Andy Timmins, the state’s bear not be immediately slapping people with fines if them of the hazards of wildlife getting into biologist with the N.H. Fish and Game Depart- they demonstrate they are working to get their dumpsters that include bear-human conflicts that ment, expects a lot of bear activity right after dumpsters bear-proof. can lead to injury (Littleton ranks number four they come out of hibernation and go on the This year, though, could see more fines be- in the state on bear-human encounters), people prowl for food. yond the first one issued in 2018 if there are per- being near animals with rabies, and, from mos- “I think it will be for the primary reason that sisting issues of non-compliance. quitoes that lay eggs in stagnant water, diseases food conditions are no better right now than they In a 784-281 vote at the 2018 town meeting, that include West Nile Virus. were last fall,” he said. “We are expecting to be Littleton residents adopted a dumpster ordi- Mothers with cubs can be dangerous to hu- pretty busy initially, but I’m also hopeful that we nance requiring all food matter to be placed in a mans if someone inadvertently gets between a “This becomes very complex because dump- are looking at better food conditions this year.” bear-proof container or dumpster and requiring mother and a cub, said Bratz. ster companies might abide by this … but ten- Natural food should be available for bears by open dumpsters to be covered with a waterproof For enforcement, Bratz approaches the dump- ants may not,” said Bratz. mid-summer, said Timmins. cover to prevent the buildup of water, which ster companies first (there are seven or eight in Because bear-proofing dumpsters comes with “We can’t expect much of a change until the during warm months can be breeding ground for Littleton), and once they are in compliance, it a cost - it can be several thousand dollars or latter part of June,” he said. “We are asking peo- mosquitoes that can carry several diseases. Cyan then becomes the responsibility of the restaurant more depending on how many dumpsters a com- ple to be extremely vigilant this spring. I hope “It’s a public health issue and also a safe- owner or a property owner to ensure dumpsters pany has in Littleton - the town is sensitive to the that once the bears start getting active here, ty issue,” said Bratz. “We have to get past this Magenta are kept wildlife-proof. cost and will take time to work with companies its a rapid green-up to give them something to next phase. A lot of people have been notified by There is even a state statute, RSA 540, which toward compliance, he said. munch.” warnings, and one was fined.” states uncooperative tenants renting apartments In terms of enforcement, Bratz said, “I don’t Timmins said, “I’m excited about the efforts The ordinance requires that all domestic and or homes can have actions taken against them in want people to feel we’re running around at Littleton is putting into their ordinance. That commercial refuse, i.e. animal and vegetable terms of eviction. night to see where a violation.” will pay dividends, for sure.” Yellow Black food matter, be placed in a building, house, or

In fairness to other potential candidates, a one-year seat might Resident Betsy Phillips said if the planning board appoints News Briefs draw more interest and be more attractive to residents as op- someone else and not Koprowski it would be akin to overriding Continued from Page 10 posed to a three-year seat, and other residents should be given the votes at town meeting. the opportunity to apply, said Roy. Resident Andrea Bryant said she thinks the process of posting ing a job in Boston. Rodrigues had one year left on the board, Bruno agreed with Roy, saying Koprowski has her application See News Briefs, Page 12 and whoever is appointed will serve a one-year term before the packet in, but in fairness to the town more residents might be seat goes up to a town vote in 2020. interested in the open seat. On March 12, before a March 22 recount, two candidates “In fairness to the town, Kim had 209 votes,” said Jensen. for two seats, Kevin Roy and Stevenson, were elected to the Resident Teresa Wood said, “Clearly, it shows the will of the board, with Stevenson landing 221 votes, Roy 216. Dann (no voters. Give it the weight it deserves.” last name), who was also on the ballot, received 46 votes. Write- in candidate Kim Koprowski received 211 votes. After the recount, Stevenson landed 222 votes, Roy kept his 216, Koprowski had 209, and Dann, 47. EEliminatesliminates high On March 6, after the vacancy left by Rodrigues was posted heaheatingting bills.bills. and soon removed because planners hadn’t yet accepted it, Ko- prowski, who was elected to the Profile School Board on March Up ttoo $2500* 21, wrote a letter of intent saying she’s interested in filling the IInstantnstant RRebateebate NOW ENROLLING planning board vacancy or serving as an alternate. TThehe Classic EEdgedge is the perperfectffeect ccombinationombination Contact us today for the 2019-2020 school year The first to voice support for appointing Koprowski on of pperformanceerformance and valuevalue Wednesday was new Selectman Chris Jensen, an ex-officio [email protected] member of the planning board, who said it was a close contest • Easy ttoo operateoperate and easy ttoo maintainmaintain between her and Roy. • EPEPA-Certified,PAA-Certified, clean-burningclean-burning 603-823-9995 “Obviously, the voters wanted her on the board,” said Jensen. • SStainlesstainless modelsmodels available,available, ask about Located at Ski Hearth Farm in Sugar Hill, NH “There was a lot of support from voters. That’s one way to solve our TTitaniumitanium SSerieseries it very quickly.” www.galerivercoop.org Roy, however, who came under the spotlight during candi- APPALACHIAN dates night when some residents said his position as district manager with Casella Waste Systems would make for a conflict SUPPLY of interest if he votes on Casella-related matters, said planners St. Johnsbury, Vt. • 802-748-4513 OOutdoorutdoorrW WoWWoodood FurnaceFurnace *Instant rebate of $2,500 off of select in-stock Central Boiler just accepted Rodrigues’ resignation so the vacancy hadn’t be- outdoor furnace models, available at participating dealers only. Savings shown is on an E-Classic 1450 model. See CentralBoiler.comCentralBoilerr..com come public until Wednesday. dealer for details. 16-3011 A12

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puter modeling of flooding after the new bridge count of domestic violence criminal threaten- The site, which debuted Tuesday, provides News Briefs is built. ing with a deadly weapon and two Class B fel- educators, entrepreneurs and nonprofit groups Continued from Page 11 “It’s just a continuing version of what’s been ony counts of reckless conduct. with a central place to tap into existing ed- going on for the last three years,” said Beattie. On Dec. 2 in Lancaster, prosecutors said ucational resources and connect with other the vacancy and then appointing a candidate is Raising Route 2 is unacceptable because it Dewitt purposely placed a family member or in-country and global organizations. a waste of time because the board already has a will, in effect, create a dam that will impact his household member, known as K.D. in the in- In the United States and other countries, candidate in Koprowski. She asked what qual- property, he said. dictments, in fear of imminent bodily injury advocates are working to ensure that girls and ifications the planning board will look for at it The 70 feet of spillway and highway raising by pointing a gun and firing it in his general women are getting affordable access to femi- determines a candidate. would come when Beattie said his property is direction. nine hygiene products in schools and other in- To serve on a town board, a resident must be just six inches from the level of the flood of The second felony count of reckless conduct stitutions. over 18 and a registered voter. 1998. charges her with placing another family mem- Daniel Benjamin of Dartmouth’s Dickey In considering an appointment, Stevenson The property is in a floodway and requires ber known as S.D. in danger of serious injury Center for International Understanding said it’s said he, as a board member, will look to see if increased scrutiny and analysis, he said. by firing the gun in his vicinity. a project that aims to promote human dignity. a candidate served on a board in Bethlehem or The first public information meeting on the On March 15, Dewitt filed a notice of in- Deborah Jordan Brooks, project leader of the another town and if he or she is an active com- bridge replacement project — which carries a tent to plead guilty in the case, and a plea and site, the International Menstrual Health Entre- munity member. total estimated project cost of $11.545 million, sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 15 at preneurship Roundup, is scheduled to testify The vacancy does not have to be posted by with New Hampshire to pay $10.162 million Coos Superior Court, according to a check with Wednesday at the Statehouse on a bill requiring law, but the N.H. Municipal Association, which and Vermont $1.284 million — occurred in No- the N.H. Judicial Branch. feminine hygiene products in school restrooms. was told it was a close planning board race, rec- vember 2012. Specifics of the plea and terms of the pro- ___ ommends it, especially given the contention in Beattie has owned his property, which is sur- posed sentence were not available Tuesday. Online: town, said Deb Bayley, Bethlehem planning rounded on three sides by the Connecticut Riv- In February at Grafton Superior Court, De- International Menstrual Health Entrepre- and zoning assistant. er, since 2006, and his parents lived on it for the witt was indicted on a Class B felony count of neurship Roundup: https://imher.net/ The board voted 5-1, with Jensen casting previous 24 years. unlawfully possessing a quantity of metham- the nay vote, to post the vacancy on the town “I’m all for the new bridge, but I just wish phetamine in Bethlehem on Nov. 20. Committee Debates website, and in the library and post office until they put the bridge back in its original place,” On Feb. 26, Dewitt agreed to a plea agree- April 5 and to move forward and make an ap- said Beattie. “Then, nothing will be being ment that would reduce the felony drug charge Decorum After pointment during its next meeting on April 10. fooled with. We know what it is now. We lived to a misdemeanor count that involves no time Complaints About Pearls They also voted to post vacancies for two al- there long enough so everyone knows what to behind bars, according to Grafton Superior ternate seats on the planning board and close it expect. But don’t know what to expect when Court documents. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Are pearls prop- on April 19. the state starts filling it in.” According to the plea, she received a Cyan er? Are hats harmful? Both questions came up When the state makes a decision to take a 12-month sentence in the Grafton County Tuesday as New Hampshire lawmakers dis- Roger’s Rangers Bridge piece of private property for a project, it files House of Corrections, all suspended for two

Magenta cussed the delicate issue of decorum as they do Replacement Prompts first at the N.H. Board of Tax and Land Ap- years, and one year of probation. their jobs. peals, said Frizzell. According to the probable cause affidavit The House Criminal Justice and Public Safe- Landowner Concerns A property owner then files a preliminary filed by Bethlehem police, Bethlehem police ty Committee drew attention recently when objection, after which the case is sent to a local officers went to the Casella transfer station in some members who opposed a gun control bill Yellow Black As the state prepares to replace the 70-year- judge, who can deny a request for a hearing or Bethlehem on the morning of Nov. 20 to speak wore strands of fake pearls to a public hearing. old Roger’s Rangers Bridge that spans the river hold a hearing and either issue a ruling favor- with Dewitt about a verbal argument and drug They said they were showing support for the between Guildhall and Lancaster on Route 2, able to the property owner or not. activity. Women’s Defense League of New Hampshire, a Lancaster property owner is trying to slow With the oxbow nature of the land and the The visit, they said, came after officers in but members of the Moms Demand Action ad- down the process, saying his concerns about likelihood Beattie’s property will be flooded, Bethlehem received a call from Littleton Po- vocacy group said they felt mocked. the new bridge changing the flood pattern have the state should simply use a temporary bridge lice Dep. Scott Powers regarding a man, Pat- At another recent hearing, the pearls were not been answered. as it tears down the old bridge and puts the new rick Whittum, and his girlfriend, Dewitt, who back and a lawmaker displayed a hat with Pres- Shane Beattie, who enlisted Lancaster attor- one in its place, said Frizzell. had been arguing, and Whittum reported that ident Donald Trump’s “Make America Great ney Jonathan Frizzell, has filed a preliminary The state says its computer model concludes Dewitt had methamphetamine in her purse and Again” campaign slogan. The sponsor of a objection at Coos Superior Court to the state’s a new bridge won’t change the flood pattern, was using it in the restroom at the transfer sta- gun control bill testified wearing red, to match plan. He’s made a request for discovery and a but Beattie wants the opportunity to see that tion. the Moms Demand Action colors. A lawmaker hearing to address his concerns; the state has computer model, he said. Dewitt initially denied the story and claimed called a colleague a “snowflake.” filed a motion to dismiss. In his filing, Frizzell wrote, “As to the merits Whittum was lying, according to the police re- Noting that “tensions have arisen,” Chair- They are now waiting on the judge to issue of the case, the state has not met its burden, and port. man Renny Cushing on Tuesday opened a dis- an order. the taking of [Beattie’s] property should not be She then consented to a police search of her cussion of decorum, saying he won’t tell mem- Under eminent domain, Beattie said the state condoned.” purse and bags, and police found crystals in a bers what to wear but asking them to consider took just under an acre of his property in Sep- On Wednesday, DOT bridge administrator plastic bag in one of them, according to the af- how they appear to members of the public, par- tember as DOT prepares to move the road 70 Bob Landry said his department will be releas- fidavit. ticularly crime victims. feet upriver, closer to his house. ing some materials requested. In her statements to police, Dewitt said she “People are coming here and talking about “The whole purpose of them justifying what “We will be providing Mr. Beattie the sec- used a dollar bill to snort the drug, had used the worst thing that ever happened to them,” they are doing is they want to save $3 million ond hydraulic analysis and some other items in the restroom at the transfer station, and said said Cushing, D-Hampton. “If we can’t set the by not putting a temporary bridge in,” he said. requested by his lawyer,” said Landry. Whittum had obtained the drugs for her. example of making the Criminal Justice and “They want to put a new bridge in and use the Before the case went to a plea, Dewitt’s pub- Public Safety Committee a safe space for vic- old one until the new one is up.” Lancaster Woman To Plead lic defender, James Brooks, filed a motion re- tims of crime, who is going to?” But Beattie said he has serious concerns questing that the court suppress her statements Rep. John Burt, R-Goffstown, held up the about how the new bridge 70 feet north of Guilty In Gun, Meth Cases to Bethlehem police. pearls he has worn to past meetings and insist- Route 2 will impact the river when the season ed he wasn’t trying to mock anyone. He said of high water comes. A Lancaster woman who was indicted in Dartmouth Develops Democrats also have worn stickers, pins and two counties and pleaded guilty for possessing “That will act as a spillway for us,” he said. Website On Global certain colors to show their support for various DOT landed an excavator on site to begin meth at the Casella Waste Systems transfer sta- causes and said while he agrees people need taking trees down, said Beattie. tion where she worked in Bethlehem, has an- Menstrual Health to be treated with respect, he won’t be “shut But Beattie said the state has not responded nounced her intention to plead guilty in another down” when it comes to asking tough questions to his questions about changed flood patterns felony case involving a gun fired in the direc- HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth Col- during hearings. as a result of a new bridge closer to his prop- tion of a family member. lege has developed a website to provide infor- “When someone sits there and says, A, B, C, erty, and about impacts from higher elevations In January, Michelle Dewitt, 49, was indict- mation about global menstrual health. of Route 2, or to his request to see DOT’s com- ed at Coos Superior Court on a Class B felony See News Briefs, Page 13 A13

Friday, April 5, 2019 The Record 13 Balsams Withdraws Tax Abatement Requests, Looks Toward PILOT Agreement With County

to us that as we go forward with the project and Otten took an amended request to the Coos tiations with the county on establishing a TIF BY ROBERT BLECHL initiate the TIF district, we’d be negotiating a County, asking its commission and delegation to district and negotiations with the PILOT agree- Staff Writer payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement after all,” administer the loan without the county guaran- ment,” he said. said Tranchemontagne. teeing it. Critics of the county becoming involved ar- The developers of the Balsams Grand Resort How much the county will receive through Tranchemontagne was asked if the $28 mil- gue that if the redevelopment fails, the county have withdrawn their request to reduce their a PILOT, how it would compare to property lion is the last piece of financing or seed money and its taxpayers would be on the hook and the property taxes through abatements and seek taxes currently paid, and what the length of a to attract investors. county’s bond rating would take a hit. instead to focus a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PI- PILOT will be has not been determined, said “When you are lining up financing and fund- Tranchemontagne said, “It’s extremely un- LOT) agreement with Coos County. Tranchemontagne. ing for a project of this size, everything is hap- likely, if you have all your construction fi- First, though, House Bill 540, which would Until the bond is paid off — it could take up pening concurrently, but every piece needs to nancing in place, the project would fail during authorize a redevelopment, or tax increment to 20 years, an average length of PILOT agree- fall into place for other pieces to follow,” he construction. Once the project is built, you now financing (TIF), district for the unincorporated ments and possibly the length of a Balsams PI- said. “ The $28 million bond would be the first have real tangible assets and it’s worth much place of Dixville, needs to pass and pave the LOT — Coos County would not be collecting piece to close. We are constantly talking to in- more than $28 million. way for the county to issue and administer a $28 property taxes on the TIF district. vestors, and we have identified other sources of “We are not asking for the county to guarantee million bond that would be bought by a private “We want to be a great corporate neighbor and funding, but the $28 million bond needs to close the bond, so there is no liability to the county lender before all financing is in place and con- want to create jobs for the county and also for the to first for the others to close.” or the county taxpayers,” he said. “The indepen- struction can begin, project spokesman Scott state meals and rooms tax,” he said. “We would All the other pieces of financing to complete dent counsel [Greg Im, of Drummond Woodsum Tranchemontagne said Wednesday. certainly want to negotiate a PILOT that is fair the $175 million project have been identified, Law] hired to review this for the House subcom- On March 13, the three-member Coos County to all sides and fairly compensates the county” and the great hope and expectation is all of the mittee testified for that.” Commission was presented with property abate- The resort, which closed in September 2011, financing can be completed this year, he said. In a Feb. 25 email to Coos County Adminis- ment requests for 12 parcels for tax year 2018 by is entering its eighth year of sitting idle. On March 20, HB 540, which would allow trator Jen Fish, Im wrote, “I think there should four Balsams-owning entities. Lead developer Les Otten came on board five the county to establish a redevelopment district be no impact on the county or state bond ratings In Dixville, the total assessed value of Bal- years ago. in an unincorporated place and issue bonds for if a TIF revenue bond defaults because it is not sams property, for which a total of $43,404 in He seeks a $175 million investment that in- revitalization projects, passed the N.H. House of a general obligation of the county (or obligation property taxes was due in 2018, is an estimated volves the reconstruction of the Hampshire, Dix Representatives in a 287-60 vote. of any kind) and the state is not guaranteeing the $5.841 million, according county figures. and Hale houses, a new 400-room Lake Glori- The bill, which states the county would not be bond.” In Colebrook, which includes the Panorama ette House hotel, a new conference center and obligated in any way to pay the bond principal or The private lender who would buy the bond Cyan Golf Course property, the total assessed value, marketplace, condominiums, a revamped Pan- interest, now moves to the N.H. Senate. would be liable, would be in first position on the according to the tax card in that town, is $1.675

orama Golf Course, and a quadrupling in size If it passes the Senate and is signed by the property and own it, and be liable for any exist- Magenta million, which brings the total value of the Bal- of the Wilderness Ski Area, all to make the Bal- governor, it will go before the Coos County ing debt and taxes, said Tranchemontagne. sams property in Colebrook and Dixville to sams a four-season destination. Commission and county Delegation, which The county will be compensated for adminis- about $7.7 million. After the N.H. Business Finance Authority in would ultimately decide whether to issue a bond. tering the bond, he said. Tax abatement requests for Colebrook were 2018 passed on a request that would have had “My assumption is if HB 540 becomes law The development team has begun the process also withdrawn this week. Yellow Black the state guarantee the $28 million bond loan, then we would move very quickly into nego- to find a buyer for the $28 million bond, he said. “In looking at the situation, it became clear

ing $26 million on a 60-bed facility for mental state’s treatment infrastructure. target population requires a significantly differ- News Briefs health patients who haven’t committed crimes “Can you cite an instance in history when ent environment and staff. Continued from Page 12 but are held in prison because they are deemed we’ve had a crisis of this level with families Critics argue that the building will divert too dangerous for treatment at the state psychi- that are sitting the hallways of this very build- money and workforce from where they are most I want to be able to call them out. Now, when atric hospital. ing being warehoused, maintained for days, needed — community-based mental health ser- children get up there or somebody that’s testi- But in crafting their budget, House Demo- weeks on end?” he said. “So yes, are we taking vices that help people avoid hospitalization. fying for the first time, I think all of us agree, crats argued that more planning is necessary drastic measures? You bet we are. Are we tak- “The governor should work with us on low- we don’t go after them,” he said. “A lobbyist before committing to construction. They fo- ing the right measures? Undoubtedly.” ering the need for new admissions in the first sits there, or somebody else like that, or an an- cused instead on transitional housing beds for Jeffrey Meyers, commissioner of the Depart- place, which we can accomplish through fund- ti-gunner? I’m gonna beat the tar out of them, people leaving the state mental hospital, early ment of Health and Human Services, called ing for community health efforts,” said Rep. because that’s what they need.” intervention programs and a mobile crisis team Sununu’s a thoughtful and well-considered Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, chairwoman Rep. Ray Newman, D-Nashua, said he had for children. approach that supports the state’s new 10-year of the House Finance Committee. worn a sticker in the past to show his support Sununu responded with a news conference mental health plan. Sen. Chuck Morse, R-Sa- Sununu said that while he supports adding for a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty but Tuesday at Concord Hospital, considered lem, echoed Sununu’s attempt to take politics more mobile crisis teams, doing so now doesn’t will no longer do anything like that. “ground zero” for people waiting for days in out of the debate. make sense when the workforce isn’t there to “When the public is testifying I don’t want emergency departments for psychiatric care “We can talk about income taxes, we can staff them and the state got no bidders the last anything to indicate that I’m not listening to due to its proximity to the state hospital. He talk about capital gains taxes, we can talk about time it tried to create one. both sides,” he said. was joined by hospital officials, state agency raising business taxes, but this is about people. But Michael Skibbie, the center’s policy heads and Republican state senators who urged That’s why we’re here today,” he said. “We’re director, said the stand-alone facility would Sununu Defends Idea Democrats to reverse course. letting the public down today by voting on strain the state’s workforce significantly more “This is about us standing here and just be- anything less than what the governor proposed than mobile crisis teams or some of the other For Stand-Alone Secure ing a voice for these families who have asked because these are real people right now who community-based services, and said the state Psychiatric Unit for action now. To be honest, they asked for ac- are sitting in hospitals that can’t transition any- should put out contracts for mobile crisis teams tion years ago, and they deserved it,” he said. where right now.” with provider rates that are high enough to at- CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Chris “So when we hear folks in Concord say, ‘It’s While Democrats and some mental health tract bidders. Sununu on Tuesday defended his proposal for too soon?’ It’s 20 years too late, for goodness advocates say renovating existing space at the “It’s understandable that everybody wants a stand-alone secure psychiatric unit, insisting sake. It’s really time to get on the ball and make state hospital would be a better move, sup- to waive around the tragedy of the emergency he’s not battling for his budget but trying to be sure these families have a voice.” porters of Sununu’s plan argue that there isn’t room waiting population, and we absolutely a voice for families. The state, he said, is facing an unprecedent- enough room even once the children’s unit is are outraged about that. But, you don’t need to Sununu, a Republican, has proposed spend- ed crisis that demands action that rebuilds the moved elsewhere as planned. And they say the See News Briefs, Page 16 A14

14 The Record Friday, April 5, 2019 Obituaries Louise Minnie (Hart) Darling Ricker Funeral Home & Cremation Care of Woodsville is in Rita was predeceased by her husband, Louise Minnie (Hart) Darling, 70, of Darling Drive, of Groton, charge of arrangements. Raymond Frederick Nickles, Sr. on Sept. Vt., died on Monday, April 1, 2019, at Portsmouth Regional Hospi- 8, 2012; a son, Raymond F. Nickles, Jr. tal in Portsmouth, N.H. Ellen Cady-Bussey on Dec. 7, 2014; and a sister, Bette Hud- Louise was born in Haverhill, N.H. on Ellen Cady-Bussey died on March 18, 2019. She was born in son. Oct. 1, 1948, to Ernest and Lillian Mae Littleton, N.H. to Robert Cady & Eunice Survivors include her daughter, Laura (Moses) Hart. On Sept. 29, 1967, she mar- (Harrigan) Cady on Oct. 12, 1953. She Rodimon and husband Frank of Pier- ried Kenneth Darling. graduated from Littleton High School. mont; two sons, Mark Nickles and wife Louise was a stay-at-home mom who Ellen started working at Burndy’s in Shirley of North Haverhill, and James enjoyed her family and her home. In her Littleton before moving to Massachu- Nickles and wife Beulah of St. Johns- spare time, she enjoyed crocheting and setts. She was a hardworking woman bury, Vt.; a daughter-in-law, Laura Nick- Rita Nickles tended her wild flower garden. She liked who loved her family dearly and was an les of Haverhill, N.H.; seven grandchil- to go berry picking and collecting wind avid fan of the Bruins and Patriots. dren and eight great grandchildren and one expected this summer; chimes. Her bird feeders were always full She leaves behind her husband Don- a brother-in-law, Raymond C. Nickles and wife Georgia of Ben- so she could watch the birds and the squir- Louise Darling ald Bussey, her son Josh Morton, his ton, N.H.; and several nieces and nephews. rels. She loved attending the Hart and Moses family reunions. wife Kathi and son Noah, along with her There will be no calling hours. A memorial graveside service will be on Thursday, May 30, at She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Kenneth Darling of brother Robert Cady, wife Gail and son Ellen Cady-Bussey Groton; two sons, Brent Darling and wife Erin and Jeremy Darling Ken. noon, at the Sawyer Cemetery, Bradford, Vt. with Rev. George and wife Naomi, both of Groton; three grandchildren, Kristi, Rose, Ellen was predeceased by her father and mother Robert and Hemway from the Trinity Church of the Nazarene officiating. and Dylan; two great grandsons, Orison and Archer; a sister, Mavis Eunice Cady, a sister Wanda Kelley and daughter Kasey Stark. For more information or to sign an online condolence please Bruleigh of Topsham, Vt.; three brothers, James Hart and wife Pat, A service will happen later in the spring. An announcement visit www.rickerfh.com. Lawrence Hart, Sr., and Robert Hart, all of Topsham; along with with details will follow. Ricker Funeral Home & Cremation Care of Woodsville in nieces, nephews, and cousins. charge of arrangements. Calling hours will be on Monday, April 8 from 6-8 p.m. at Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, N.H. Rita Louise Nickles Nancy Ann Bellefeuille A graveside service will be on Saturday, June 1 at 11 a.m. in the Rita Louise Nickles, 89, died on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Groton Village Cemetery. the Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, N.H. Hennessey Cyan For more information or to offer an online condolence, please vis- She was born in New Haven, Conn., the daughter of Bennett Nancy Ann Bellefeuille Hennessey, of Berlin, N.H. passed it www.rickerfh.com. and Rita (Hanks) Miller. away on March 24, 2019 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Cen- She married Raymond Frederick Nickles on July 4, 1953 and ter after a short illness surrounded by her family. Born May 14, Magenta together they had four children, Laura, Raymond Jr., Mark, and 1934 in Berlin, N.H., the daughter of the late Julius and Louise Your Community Health Partner Since 1975 James. (DiProspero) Porretta, she attended pub- Rita was a receptionist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center lic schools in Berlin, N.H. and graduated for over 20 years. She enjoyed her cat “Ollie,” crocheting, and Berlin High School in 1952 as the class Yellow Black handwork. Rita loved time spent with her family, grandchildren, Valedictorian. She attended Plymouth and especially her great grandchildren. State college to study business administration, and after one year transferred to Boston University and graduated in 1956. She later obtained a Master’s De- gree from Lyndon State College in 1980. Nancy married Richard Bellefeuille in 1957 and together they raised two sons, David and Paul in St. Johnsbury, Nancy Hennessey Vermont. She taught business administration (typing, shorthand, and book keeping) at St. Johnsbury Academy from 1970 to 1995. ACHS = Integrated Health Care Her hobbies included playing clarinet in the St. Johnsbury Town Band. In the winter she enjoyed skiing and, in the summertime, Primary Care playing tennis and golf, as a longtime member of the Androscog- gin Country Club. She also enjoyed traveling, especially in Eu- Behavioral Health rope and Russia. She was active in her Catholic faith by serving Dental & Oral Health as a Eucharistic minister at St. John the Evangelist Parish in St. Johnsbury, St. Kieran Parish and St. Anne Church of Good Shep- Clinical Pharmacy Services herd Parish in Berlin, N.H. She was pre-deceased by her first husband Richard Bellefeuille all under the ACHS roof! 1983, grandson Nicolas Bellefeuille 2005, and second husband Jim Hennessey 2018. 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Friday, April 5, 2019 The Record 15 New Hampshire State Police and the Fed- eral Bureau of Inves- tigation searched a home at 92 Wild Ammonoosuc Rd. in Haverhill, left, on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 in connection with the disappearance of Maura Mur- ray. The residence was located nearby the place where Mur- ray was last seen on Route 112 at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2004. (Photo by Paul Hayes)

the NHAG does not name suspects. Search Several years ago, the Murray case was added the N.H. Cold Continued from Page 4 Case Unit, which is listing it as a missing person case and treating her disappearance as suspicious. what was a cement floor put in after his daughter’s disappearance. NHSP and the attorney general’s office continue to follow up on Cyan Based on what he heard about the people who lived there at the leads generated by the public and other sources and by additional time, early on, right after his daughter disappeared, Murray said investigative measures police generate on their own, said Strelzin. he thought he and his family had a good shot of finding evidence “That will continue,” he said. “This has been a criminal inves- Magenta connected to his daughter’s disappearance in the house. tigation from the start. We simply don’t know what happened, but “I don’t know whether the police are right or if we could look we are keeping our options open and that is why law enforcement further in the corner,” he said. is involved.” Murray said, “I still think we need to get under the devices The house searched Wednesday has had several owners since Yellow Black that have been placed there … Then they will have looked at it 2004. completely. I’m not satisfied they got anywhere near close to the The current owners are Michael and Joanne Huff, according to corner.” Haverhill property records. Murray, a critic of NHSP, encouraged the FBI to take a more active role in the case. “Otherwise, it’s a half dozen of us doing the best we can,” he said. Going forward, Murray said he’ll continue to ask for the public’s help and will “stick my nose back on the trail. That’s all I can do.” Earth Day Celebration Of his daughter, he said, “She wants to come home and be buried in her hometown. She can’t. She’s buried up here.” @ Gale River Preschool He said he can’t find out what happened to Maura alone. “I need all the help I can get,” said Murray. “Please help. Please help my daughter.” Strelzin said the last credible sighting of Maura Murray, 21, What: Kids’ activities including ﬂower planting, face painting, homemade of Hanson, Mass., was around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2004, after bird feed, and more! There will be snacks, a raffle, and music! her 1996 Saturn, eastbound on Route 112 and on a sharp curve, Proceeds beneﬁt Gale River Cooperative Preschool. crashed into a snowbank near the Weathered Barn in what police Who: said was a single-car accident. Families and kids of all ages! She had been a nursing student at the University of Massachu- When: Care-a-VanCare-a--VVVaaan Sunday, April 14. 12-2 pm TransportationTTrransspportattiioion ServiceSSeervviice setts-Amherst and had driven north into the White Mountains after Where: emailing her college instructors, falsely, that she was taking time Gale River Cooperative Preschool FREE scheduled rid off because of a death in the family. 392 Streeter Pond Rd, Sugar Hill 7:30am–5:30pm, At the accident scene, a school bus driver reported finding a * $20 Suggested Donation. Raffle Ticket Included woman at the car, and told police he asked her if she needed help, * Call 603-823-9995 for more information or email [email protected] Monday–Friday. but she declined. When police arrived, Murray was gone. If you need transport Investigators, who said there were bottles of alcohol and signs WRRU IURP /5+ RU \RX please call Murray had been drinking in the car, reported no evidence of a 800-499-0 struggle or footprints leading into the woods. Her destination remains a mystery, and theories abound as to whether she staged the accident and ran away to create a new life, was suicidal, fled into the woods and succumbed to the elements, or met with foul play and was murdered. 600 St. Johnsbury Road, Littleton, NH 03561 | 603.444.9000 Strelzin declined to say if there are suspects in the case, and said littletonhealthcare.org A16

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House Democrats Put Final nities, the House wants restore so-called stabilization grants to expand government programs. schools and adjust the formula used to send education money to He also criticized Democrats for not including funding for the Touches On Proposed Budget towns and cities to benefit those with lower property values and new secure psychiatric unit. Mental health advocates for years higher percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price have been calling for an end to sending patients deemed danger- CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — House Democrats are putting the lunches. That would amount to about $150 million in the second ous to the prison unit, and the state has faced lawsuits over it. final touches on a $13.4 billion two-year budget that spends year of the budget and would be paid for by extending the 5 per- “I am shocked that Democratic leadership went from ap- more and significantly departs from Republican Gov. Chris cent interest and dividends tax to cover capital gains. plauding this initiative in my budget address to failing to ful- Sununu’s proposal on mental health, education and other issues. The House plan eliminates the $40 million Sununu included fill New Hampshire’s obligations in the state’s 10 Year Mental The New Hampshire House will vote next week on the plan for a new building to move the secure psychiatric unit out of the Health Plan,” he said in a statement. “New Hampshire families being crafted by its Finance Committee. Top Democrats on the state prison and replaces the voluntary paid family and medical have waited over 20 years for a solution and it is unconscionable committee shared some details with reporters on Monday, say- leave plan he has proposed with the governor of Vermont with that House Democratic leadership is now telling them that it is ing their focus has been crafting a budget that provides property the mandatory plan that Democrats in the Legislature are push- ‘too soon’ to move forward with this solution.” tax relief to towns and cities by boosting education aid. ing. Republicans consider that an income tax, and Sununu will Democrats said they still support the goal of moving the unit “I think we have a good document to present to the House,” never support it, his spokesman repeated Monday. out of the prison, but more planning is necessary before decid- said Rep. Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, chairwoman of the “House Democrats have proposed over $300 million in new ing a new building is the answer. Their budget calls for mov- committee. “Every year for the last many years, we’ve heard spending that would have to be paid for by the hardworking tax- ing the children’s beds at the state psychiatric hospital to a new how our schools and our communities are really struggling to payers of New Hampshire. Governor Sununu’s proposed budget location and for creating 40 transitional housing beds, both of fund our schools. And I think what you’re going to see in our smartly invests in targeted areas of need without creating new which would free up space at the hospital. Their plan also funds budget is a really good first step.” taxes or raising any existing fees,” Ben Vihstadt said. early intervention programs to treat mental illness and a mobile Sununu’s proposal totals $13.1 billion, about $5 billion of House Democrats said they rejected most of the one-off crisis team for children and youth. which is general fund and education spending. The House fi- spending proposals for local infrastructure upgrades that crit- “There are a lot of moving parts, and we just tried to start nance proposal includes $5.5 billion in general fund and edu- ics called Sununu’s pet projects. In a statement, Sununu urged with what we thought would be worthwhile to start the process, cation spending. the Legislature to reverse course, and defended his plan to use going in all these different directions,” said Rep. Sharon Nor- While Sununu has proposed using $64 million in surplus one-time surplus funds for one-time projects instead of trying to dgren, D-Hanover. money for school-building projects in property-poor commu-

within the walls of New Hampshire Hospital.” viduals enrolled in marketplace coverage. It would appropriate funding to reimburse insurers. Cyan News Briefs Continued from Page 13 Shaheen Introduces Health Care Another part would increase the value of tax credits for families currently eligible for federal assistance and expand eligibil- Magenta solve the problem multiple times. You need to solve the problem Affordability Package ity to include more middle-income families. A third part would once. And you don’t need to solve it through a forensic hospital establish caps on now much hospitals and doctors could charge because just by moving the kids out, you’ve solved that prob- CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New enrollees in the individual market for services provided by out- lem,” he said. Hampshire has introduced a health care affordability package to of-network medical providers.

Yellow Black “If you want to go ahead and solve your secure psychiatric reduce patient costs and expand access to critical medical ser- unit problem,” he said, “we think they ought to at least be will- vices. Construction Worker Dies While ing to carefully consider whether they can solve that problem Shaheen, a Democrat, says the goals are to lower premiums, reduce deductibles, drive down out-of-pocket costs and improve Doing Equipment Maintenance the health care system. One part would reduce deductibles and co-pays for low-in- CHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say a come and middle-income patients by expanding the cost-sharing construction worker has died while performing maintenance on reduction assistance that insurers are required to provide to indi- a piece of equipment near a housing development. WMUR-TV reports Chester police said the incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. Monday in the sand pits behind the Mill Pine We Have a Large Retail Inventory For Sale Village housing development. Authorities say the worker was doing maintenance on a drag- Jewelry • Tools • Coins • Etc. line crane. His name has not been released. The state medical examiner has been called in. Police believe the incident was an accident. Paying Cash For High school Students To Gather For ‘Youth Summit’

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — About 350 high school students GOLD SILVER from across New Hampshire are expected to take part at the start of a “Youth Summit” hosted by Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Students will be gathering in Concord April 5-6. The first day’s program, “Knowledge, Empowerment, Understanding,” includes discussion groups focusing on mental health, diversity GUNS and respect, school violence, the pressure for success, and dis- tracted driving. Each group will have a student facilitator, sup- Includes broken jewelry & coins. ported by an adult subject-matter expert. The focus turns to adults on the second day with a program Nightingale Pawn Shop called, “They’re Talking: Are We Listening?” 603-838-2444 Speakers at the event include World Cup champion and Olym- pic gold medal-winning skier Hannah Kearney; actor, producer Open Monday-Saturday • 10-5 and director Jim Wahlberg; social media innovator Wendy Sue 21 Bishop Cutoff, Lisbon, NH Corner of Route 302 and Lyman Road See News Briefs, Page 17 A17

Friday, April 5, 2019 The Record 17 online casino gambling in 2017. New Hamp- in this case, he wrote. to benefit the party in power. News Briefs shire is among at least nine states that allow lot- Despite being fired numerous times over drug “Representatives and senators should not Continued from Page 16 tery tickets to be purchased online. allegations, Kwiatkowski had worked in 18 hos- choose their voters, voters should choose their pitals in seven states before being hired by Ex- representatives,” said Sen. Shannon Chandley, Swanson; and Ford Racing driver, coach and Sununu Jabs Democrats On eter Hospital in New Hampshire in 2011. After D-Amherst. “Please vote for Senate Bill 8, so instructor Mike Speck. his arrest the following year, 46 people in four we can say firmly to all our constituents that we Taxes At Conservative Rally states were diagnosed with the same strain of the respect you as a voter, we respect our democracy Lottery Lawsuit Looms hepatitis C virus he carries, including a woman and we stand for fair elections.” CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican New who died in Kansas. Opponents argued that the Legislature Over Budget Writing Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s calling out At his sentencing hearing, Kwiatkowski shouldn’t outsource its responsibilities to a com- Democrats in his state over tax policies in the apologized to his victims, saying his crime was mission and noted that the state Constitution CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire months before an expected budget showdown. caused by an addiction to painkillers and alco- requires the Legislature to set election districts. lawmakers are writing the state budget without Sununu headlined a rally in the state capi- hol. In the motion he filed himself from prison in “There is a legislative process. A committee is knowing whether they can rely on a key source tal Saturday. He told a crowd of hundreds that Florida, he argued that his lawyer allowed him formed, their meetings are held in public, public of revenue, but the state attorney general hopes the state legislature, which is controlled by the to plead guilty under extreme emotional distress input is taken. Nobody’s voice has been quieted, the question will be settled soon in court. Democrats, is threatening the state’s longstand- and that his sentence was calculated incorrect- in fact, sometimes those public hearings were The New Hampshire Lottery Commission ing opposition to income tax. ly. He also said the sentence should have been quite contentious,” said Sen. Sharon Carson, sued the federal government last month over the The Concord Monitor reports Sununu is op- much lower and that his mental state “should R-Londonderry. U.S. Department’s recent re-interpretation of the posing moves to roll back cuts to the business have been in question” for agreeing to the deal. The current district designations were ap- federal Wire Act, which was enacted in 1961 to profits tax. He also characterizes the planned Hepatitis C is a viral infection that attacks the proved in 2012, when Republicans controlled target the mob and prohibits interstate wagering. creation of paid family leave as a form of in- liver. In all, 32 patients were infected in New the Legislature. But the map was vetoed by In 2011, during the Obama administration, the come tax. Hampshire, seven in Maryland, six in Kansas Democratic Gov. John Lynch, who argued it was department said online gambling within states Granite State Taxpayers put on the rally. and one in Pennsylvania. Kwiatkowski also unconstitutional because it denied 62 towns and that does not involve sporting events would not Democratic Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes worked in Michigan, New York, Arizona and wards their own seats in the House and that it violate federal law. But officials reversed that in says Sununu’s mischaracterizing the nature of Georgia. needlessly broke up municipalities. The Legis- November, saying the law applies to any form of the state’s tax trouble. Feltes says property tax- lature overrode the veto, and the state Supreme gambling that crosses state lines. es are going up in New Hampshire while taxes Senate Passes Independent Court later found the plan constitutional. That raised concerns about the viability of on corporations are going down. Lawmakers killed several bills in recent years multistate online poker agreements, as well as Redistricting Commission Bill that would have created an independent com- state lotteries like the one in New Hampshire, mission to handle redistricting. Another failed Bill Would Halt Employers Cyan which is projected to bring in $192 million in CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The latest effort bill sought to take not just politics out of the the next two years. Asking About Criminal to remove partisanship from the process of re- process but people. It would have created a pro- While only about $5 million a year of that to- Convictions drawing New Hampshire’s legislative districts cedure to draw electoral districts using a com- Magenta tal comes from the “iLottery” platform the state cleared the state Senate on Thursday over the puter algorithm. The House also considered a launched in September, the broadest interpreta- CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire objections of Republicans who argued it would constitutional amendment this session to create tion of the opinion would prohibit all lottery-re- employers would not be able to ask potential violate the state Constitution. an independent commission, but it was retained

lated activities that use the internet, Attorney Yellow Black workers about past criminal convictions on The Democratically controlled Senate voted in committee. General Gordon MacDonald argued in the com- their initial applications under a bill that has 14-10 along party lines Thursday to create a Supporters of the Senate bill defended its con- plaint. passed the state Senate. 15-member independent commission to redraw stitutionality, noting that the commission would A judge will hear the case April 11, MacDon- Democratic supporters of the bill say em- the state’s two congressional districts, five Ex- submit its recommendations to the Legislature ald told lawmakers Tuesday, and he expects a ployees shouldn’t throw out a job application ecutive Council districts, 24 state Senate dis- for final approval. ruling by the end of May. Lawmakers have until because of someone’s criminal past until the tricts and districts for the 400 House seats. The “Are we just going to do nothing and wing the end of June to pass a two-year state budget. person has a chance to be interviewed in person bill now goes to the House, which has already it, and say, ‘Whatever party’s in control, have at “In view of this important revenue item to the or by phone. They argued it would particularly passed a similar bill. Republican Gov. Chris it’?” said Sen. Dan Feltes, D-Concord. “Or are budget, we’ve made clear to the court that we help those in recovery from opioid addiction Sununu opposes the idea. we right now, before the 2020 election, going to respectfully would like an answer to the ques- get a second chance. Supporters argued the current system that puts say, ‘Let’s be independent and fair, regardless tions we posed in time for this body to make a Republican opponents said the bill would lawmakers in charge of redistricting allows for of which party it is.’” decision,” he said. take away decision-making power from em- gerrymandering, in which boundaries are drawn NeoPollard Interactive, which provides New ployers. Hampshire’s iLottery hardware and software, The bill now goes to the House. joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff, and the states of New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania filed briefs in support. But in their response to the State: Tech In Hep C lawsuit filed Friday, attorneys for the U.S. De- Cases Took Too Long On partment of Justice argue that the federal court lacks jurisdiction because the plaintiffs are seek- Sentence Request ing an advisory opinion about a law. Is your insurance company no longer providing Home and Auto coverage? “The heart of the plaintiffs’ claim in this case CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling med- is not that the government is threatening to do ical technician convicted of infecting patients This is a perfect time to review. Call the Marshall Insurance Agency. something that would violate their constitutional with hepatitis C waited too long to ask a judge You could save hundreds on your insurance premiums. rights, but rather that they disagree with the gov- to vacate his sentence, New Hampshire prosecu- ernment about whether a federal criminal statute tors said Friday. The Marshall Insurance Agency applies to certain commercial wagering activi- David Kwiatkowski was sentenced in 2013 to has been an Independent ty,” the lawyers wrote. 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and re- Trusted Choice Agency since 1928. They also argued that the plaintiffs showed no placing them with saline-filled syringes tainted Check us out at www.marshallinsuranceagency.com evidence that they are at imminent risk of pros- with his blood. In January, he acted as his own ecution. attorney and asked to be released, saying his for- Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware legalized mer lawyer was ineffective. online gambling after the 2011 opinion, and In a response filed Friday, U.S. Attorney Scott the three states have agreements allowing pok- Murphy said that such claims must be made er players to compete online across the states. within a year of conviction. While there are Pennsylvania became the fourth state to legalize some exceptions to the requirement, none apply 92 Main St. | Lancaster, NH | 603-788-4657 324 Main St. | Berlin, NH | 603-752-2304 A18

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happily with her father in Little Sebago Lake. In BY EVAN ALLEN AND LAURA CRIMALDI around 2010, they adopted their boys, who were The Boston Globe then about 2 and 4 years old, from Russia through KidsFirst Adoption in Indiana, according to agen- ALTON, N.H. (AP) — The boy was gone. In- cy director Inna Pecar. side the farmhouse, where the Eckert family had James and Lizette were thrilled to have their come to start over, his parents lay bleeding. little boys, Pecar said. Their neighbors in Maine Outside, snow covered the open land where remember all three children riding bikes around they raised chickens and pigs and cows, home the neighborhood, picking blackberries. schooled their three children, and tried to lead There were cracks in the picture. James and lives pleasing to God. A sign posted at the top of Lizette were quietly running up almost $100,000 the narrow dirt road that led to the farm forbade in credit card debt; their student loans topped government agents from trespassing, at the risk of $250,000. They bought luxury items they never fines, prison, or force. seemed to use, neighbors said. And the Eckerts Clouds threatened rain. Someone called 911. had never been considered particularly social in The air was damp and cold and still, but just after their lakeside neighborhood. They were standoff- 7:30 a.m. on March 15, it began to crackle with ish and abrupt, and had dogs that always seemed the radio broadcasts of the state and local police to be outside barking in the middle of the night, now speeding toward 76 Dobbins Way, trying to said neighbor Ray Topar and a neighbor couple contain the horror spilling over the radio in frag- who asked not to be named. But up until the last ments. couple years of their time in Maine, they kept a “Can we respond to Alton. . . 76 Dobbins. . . neat house. They had people over. They went to shots fired.” work. “The suspected shooter (unintelligible) is run- JESSICA RINALDI/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA AP Later, when they lived in Alton, James and Li- Cyan ning off into the woods. He’s wearing a bright, The home of James and Lizette Eckert in Alton, NH is pictured on March 28, 2019. zette would tell friends and clients that they had bright blue shirt with pajama pants and he is an James and Lizette Eckert had fled to an isolated farmhouse, to home school their chil- left Maine because life had become too full of

Magenta 11-year-old.” dren and to keep the government at bay. They had steeled themselves against the things and they wanted something simpler, more “10-5 and he’s presumable to still have the world, but not against an 11-year-old boy allegedly with a gun. Police have declined meaningful. They spoke glancingly of troubles, weapon?” to talk about the case, citing the age of the boy they have arrested and charged with or of a “court battle,” but they were private peo- “Confirmed.” ple. There was no reason to pry. In the coming days, friends would remember second-degree murder. They have not confirmed that he is James and Lizette’s son, Yellow Black The “court battle” stemmed from a 2009 IRS how James and Lizette Eckert seemed to love the though two people with knowledge of the investigation told the Globe that he is. Author- audit of Innate Chiropractic. The agency hit little boy they adopted from a Russian orphanage ities have not detailed a motive, or answered questions about how the children were the Eckerts with an assessment of more than as a toddler along with his older brother, and won- treated, or how an 11-year-old boy had access to a gun. $100,000. der what they had missed. They would describe It was the beginning of a financial and emo- the child as happy but quiet, and thumb through Maine, and ran a successful chiropractic practice they changed a lot of lives.” tional crisis for the family that would drag on for the coloring books he scribbled in during Bible in South Portland. Far from the quiet, self-reliant The pair had met at the Palmer College of Chi- years, pitting them against the IRS, federal bank- study meetings looking for clues. But on that gray existence they would embrace later, in Maine ropractic in Iowa, married in 1997, and opened ruptcy court, and an ever-expanding universe of morning, there were only the lights and the sirens they lived large, buying timeshares, a boat, and a their practice, Innate Chiropractic, the next year. creditors. and the dying breaths of James and Lizette. Mercedes camper, and working endlessly on their They seemed to share a deep connection, said The couple tried to challenge the audit but Somewhere in the woods, the boy with the gun house. Neighbors were amazed at how fast they Worster, who was so inspired by their example failed. They filed for bankruptcy in August 2011, waited. seemed to spend money. But James and Lizette that she abandoned her pursuit of a social work hoping they could use the proceeding to fight the Before they retreated from the wider world were popular healers, and for a while, they wrote degree and became a chiropractor herself. validity of the IRS assessment, which they con- into their Alton farmhouse, before they hung the later in court documents, they could afford it. James co-wrote a book on wellness, and taught sidered “bureaucratic caprice,” according to court “No Trespassing” signs at their property edge, “They were straight-on chiropractic and trust- seminars on health. Lizette’s passion was taking documents. The same month, they dissolved their the Eckerts owned a big house on a lake in Gray, ed what we say is ‘the power of the adjustment,’” care of families, Worster said. She performed chi- said Kelly Worster, who met ropractic adjustments on babies, pregnant wom- chiropractic business. In court documents, they the couple in 1998 after a chi- en, and women in labor. “She was fearless,” said listed their assets at a little less than $600,000, ropractor in Boston sent her to Worster. and their liabilities at more than $2 million. see them for help with her mi- They had one biological child, a smart, pret- They hoped to pay down debts and keep their graines. “A lot of miracles hap- ty little girl who neighbors remember studying a property. But James and Lizette did not have a pened in that office. As a result, second language at an early age and swimming See Terror, Page 19

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trust that the systems in place would take care of him or his family. Police have declined to talk about the case, citing the age of the Terror The Eckerts didn’t have television, and home schooled the children. boy they have arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Continued from Page 18 But James wasn’t a zealot, Youssef said: “He thought: Live and They have not confirmed that he is James and Lizette’s son, though let live.” two people with knowledge of the investigation told the Globe that lawyer representing them, and began skipping hearings and failing The family wasn’t isolated from the community, friends said. They he is. Authorities have not detailed a motive, or answered questions to file paperwork, or filing it incorrectly. They hired and then fired were a regular presence at youth soccer games, church events, and about how the children were treated, or how an 11-year-old boy had an attorney and refused to pay some of his fees. road races, and hosted an annual pig roast at the farm. Lizette had a access to a gun. By March 2012, they had stopped paying the mortgage on their job as a chiropractor at Sanctuary Body Works in Pittsfield. James ran In an undated family photo posted on Facebook, James and Li- house, according to state court documents. Their bankruptcy was his chiropractic business in Alton, calling it “The Big Idea.” zette stand behind their three children, all wearing matching shirts moving, against their wishes, toward liquidation. They stood to lose “Now let me tell you a little more what I believe and why I do with the word “Family” in a heart. The boys stand in front, smiling. everything. what I do. . .” James wrote in a March 2013 article for the local They look happy. They saw themselves as victims of a hostile judiciary, and in a paper. “Because I desire to help the newborn, the aged, and those When police arrived at the farmhouse on March 15, Lizette was June 2012 filing, accused the court of bad faith and bias. “The debt- without hope. Because I choose to care for the patient with the dis- already dead, a single bullet in her head. James was still breathing, ors object to producing anything further in this case based on their ease, not the disease. Because I wish to assist rather than intrude, but barely. The boy was headed toward the neighboring town of right to remain silent,” they wrote. to free rather than control.” He didn’t take insurance, he wrote — New Durham, they thought. Maybe a friend’s house on Berry Road. In July 2012, the bankruptcy was dismissed at the Eckerts’ re- which kept “the bean counters” out of his business. “If we could push a few more units up to the house so we can quest, and they were left underwater with all their debts — and The family’s friends described James, Lizette, and their daugh- lock down an inner perimeter and get EMS in here, one of the vic- a fierce and bitter disbelief in the existence of justice in America. ter vividly. James: gregarious, optimistic, generous. He taught an tims is still alive currently,” came the police transmission just be- Years later, James would tell a good friend, Josh Youssef, that a informal class on the US Constitution, had a dry sense of humor fore 8 a.m. “court battle” reshaped his perception of the world. Youssef, who and a goofy chuckle, ran ultramarathons, and swore by FiveFinger “OK 10-5 I’m uh, I’m en route to the house.” owns a small computer repair business and was a Republican state running shoes, they said. Lizette: gentle, loving, patiently teaching Officers requested backup and dogs and a patrol of the perim- Senate candidate, said he told James, “When you’re in school they the boys to cook pancakes and her daughter to knit. Their daughter: eters they’d set up. They checked the friend’s house, but the boy teach you, tell the truth, and liberty and justice will prevail, and whip-smart, she sold homemade soaps and jewelry and saved up was not there. that’s a lie.” enough to buy herself a horse. DeLemus treasures a beautiful pair “Keep your eye when you’re on that post,” came the radio chat- James agreed, Youssef recalled. He said he had been living that of boiled wool mittens in robin’s egg blue the girl knit for her. ter. “He’s in the woods. Unaccounted for.” They took the Eckerts’ lie for years, but now he saw the truth. But in these stories, the boys are indistinct. Many people be- remaining children, the girl and the older boy, to the fire depart- In the Eckerts’ last few years on the lake in Maine, as their le- lieved they were twins, though they were born two years apart. ment. They locked down the schools. They looked for footprints gal and financial troubles mounted, their neighbors watched with When they attended DeLemus’s Bible study several years ago, they in the snow. growing alarm as they became more isolated. James stopped going would color in the kitchen while their older sister sat with their Police set up a command post about a mile from 76 Dobbins to work. The children roamed with what appeared to be little super- parents. They were shy — but of course, DeLemus said, they were Way, in a 97-year-old woman’s dining room under an amber glass Cyan vision. The youngest boy often cried. children. James’s chiropractic patients remember seeing them when lamp. She read an Erma Bombeck book while they worked. Out- And in the little waterfront neighborhood, where residents swam they arrived at the farm for treatment, but they didn’t interact. But, side, fog was rolling in. and fished and boated, the family began farming — growing vege- then, why would they? “To the units in Alton, Berry, and Valley Road area, the Belk- Magenta tables and raising chickens and goats. Their property smelled. Peo- Russia requires annual updates about children adopted by Amer- nap County special ops team has seven, eight people going into ple complained. icans, said KidsFirst Adoption director Pecar, but the Eckerts the woods following tracks from the house towards the Berry and Then, late one night around the end of 2012, the neighbors said, stopped sending them after three years. Any child who comes from Valley Road Area,” the radio announced. “All units be advised.” they heard clanging at about 11 p.m. It was the Eckerts, packing up. a Russian orphanage has trauma, Pecar said; there is often no way And then, a half hour later, and nearly two hours after the shots Yellow Black They took everything: firewood, the generator, the water heater. In to know what they suffered. Sometimes, that trauma can resurface were fired: “The child’s in custody.” the morning, they were gone. when a child hits puberty. The Eckerts had braced themselves against so many dangers, but When the bank sued the Eckerts the next year, seeking near- On Facebook, Lizette “liked” a TV show called “Disconnected not the boy in the bright, bright blue shirt, the boy with the gun. ly $500,000 in missed mortgage payments, the deputy sheriffs Kids, Reconnected Families” and a page for “Beyond Trauma and James died after Lizette. He, too, was shot once in the head. couldn’t find them to serve them the paperwork. Attachment,” a group that supports parents raising children who The family’s farm is quiet now. Signs still warn intruders away, “The structure is vacant,” one deputy scrawled on a court filing. have suffered complex trauma and have attachment difficulties. But still guarding the family’s secrets. The snow clings to brown earth, “Snow undisturbed.” there are few other clues about their life at home with the boys. The black birds rise and disappear into the naked trees. The farmhouse in Alton where the Eckerts moved, built in 1770, woman who runs the trauma and attachment group said she never was purchased for $140,000 in October 2012 by a man who appears spoke to Lizette. Neither James nor Lizette gave any hint of any to be Lizette’s father, according to public records. It was a beautiful trouble with either of the boys, friends said. 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Catamount Crossing for this month’s Cata- on Saturday, April 20, at Catamount Arts is Topic of the Town Plan for a loop of about 2.5 to 3 miles with mount Bluegrass Jam. The Robinsons are two free, but donations are always welcome, and light to moderate elevation gain. Children guitar-playing, banjo-wailing, fiddle-sawing, refreshments are available for sale. For more FAMILY RESTAURANT are encouraged to join and dogs are also wel- harmony-singing purveyors of America’s rich information on this and other Catamount Arts 30 MAIN STREET Gift “Where People come! Certificates Never Leave musical heritage. 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