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Winter athletes New Durham planners honored at PMHS: discuss impact fees: See page B2. See page A3. Mailing Label The Baysider THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009 COVERING ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - THEBAYSIDER.COM FREE Board, DOT talk Route 28 BY BRENDAN BERUBE asked Lyford to confirm Staff Writer whether the current 10-year ALTON — While safety plan could be followed “as improvements at problem in- written” with the available tersections are the only funding. Route 28 repairs called for in Lyford replied that $1.25 the state Department of million had already been set Transportation’s (DOT) cur- aside in the upcoming bien- rent 10-year plan, a team of nial budget for safety repairs engineers from the DOT met to Route 28. with selectmen and other lo- “The money is there,” he cal officials in Alton Monday said. “We just need help de- to discuss whether the mon- ciding what to do with it.” ey would be better spent on a Asked by Lyford to clarify re-alignment of the highway. what the DOT meant by the DOT Project Manager term “alignment,” prelimi- Don Lyford explained that nary design engineer Trent while the plan at one time Zanes explained that the JEANNIE FERBER – COURTESY ■ was to completely re-con- DOT would be looking at Good morning, bear struct the seven-mile section eliminating dangerous Bears have been spotted by neighbors three times already at Gilman's Corner. This one showed up at the back door of Peter and Jeannie of roadway between Alton curves by shifting the road Ferber's home last week just to say good morning. He lumbered around for about 15 minutes and then sullied off to the woods, disap- and Barnstead, the project slightly to the east or west, pointed at not being invited to breakfast. was repeatedly put off as and would also be leveling money ran short until the out the highway in order to DOT was finally forced to mitigate the “crest and sag” present the two communities effect produced by the hilly with the option of either set- terrain between Alton and School board receives discipline update tling for intersection work, Barnstead. BY BRENDAN BERUBE of schools nation-wide) was time last year, that number teria and playground behav- or nothing at all. Using an aerial photo- Staff Writer designed to offer a systemic had been reduced to 29 this ior, Drouin said, the main of- With money finally in the graph of Route 28 and a top- BARNSTEAD — Assis- approach to preventing inap- year. fice received 422 referrals state’s budget for work on ographical schematic with tant Principal Jeff Drouin in- propriate behavior in various As an example of the pro- stemming from incidents in Route 28, he said, the DOT alignment scenarios super- formed the school board dur- areas of the building through gram’s success, Drouin cited those two areas. was seeking input from the imposed over them, Zanes ing its March 24 meeting that positive reinforcement, inter- the case of a student who had Following the Feb. 12 roll- gathering of local officials presented the panel of offi- things were looking promis- vention and “roll out” assem- received 25 referrals by early outs, he added, the office had (which, along with the board cials with two possible ing in the realm of discipline blies featuring videos and February,and was sent to the received a total of 81 referrals. of selectmen, included Town alignments, one based on a at Barnstead Elementary skits demonstrating behav- Targeted Team for an inter- Noting that the 81 referrals Administrator Russell Bai- 40 mph speed limit and the School, providing the board ioral expectations for certain vention on Feb. 6. received over the five weeks ley, Town Planner Sharon other based on a speed limit with an update on the status areas, such as the cafeteria or Following the intervention since the roll-outs for the cafe- Penney, Barnstead Select- of 50 mph. of the school’s Positive Be- hallways. (during which the Targeted teria and playground repre- man Dave Kerr,and state rep- While Zanes said the 40 havioral Interventions and Commenting that the out- Team worked with the stu- sented roughly the same num- resentatives Laurie Boyce mph alignment would entail Supports (PBIS) program. look for February and March dent and met with the par- ber of referrals per week (16) and Jim “Doc” Pilliod) on less work, and would mini- Introduced at Barnstead was “so far, so good,” Drouin ents), he said, the student had that had been coming in be- whether the time, effort, and mize the potential impact on Elementary last year, the explained that while 31 stu- received only two referrals. forehand, board Vice Chair money would be better spent property owners with land PBIS program (an initiative dents had five or more refer- During the five months pri- in pursuit of a re-alignment along the highway, Select- recently adopted at a number rals to his office at the same or to recent roll-outs on cafe- SEE SCHOOL PAGE A11 designed to make the seven- man Pat Fuller commented mile stretch of road safer. that realistically, “people “What I want to know is, aren’t going to slow down Court decision could affect milfoil treatments why do we keep falling into to 40.” second or third place?” Se- “I would more seriously BY BRENDAN BERUBE the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of 2007, the EPA determined that ter, the EPA’s “final rule” on lectmen’s Chair Steve McMa- look at the 50 mph adjust- Staff Writer Appeals in the case of Na- permits would not be re- pesticide permitting require- hon asked. ments,” she added. REGION — The efforts of tional Cotton Council v. EPA quired for the application of ments was based on the belief The Lakes Region puts a Selectman Dave Hussey, local communities to combat to negate the EPA’s “final pesticides directly into, over, that the application of pesti- great deal of money into the agreed, stating he “would the invasive aquatic plant rule” exempting pesticide- or near U.S. waterways, pro- cides does not constitute the state’s coffers in the form of love to see it built to the 50 known as milfoil could be spraying activities on or near vided the treatment applica- discharge of a pollutant (de- property tax revenue, he mph standard.” hampered by a recent U.S. ap- water bodies from National tion was in compliance with fined under the terms of the commented, adding that he Asked by Lyford whether pellate court decision affect- Pollutant Discharge Elimina- the requirements of the Fed- federal Clean Water Act felt getting people into and he was concerned that peo- ing the permitting process for tion System (NPDES) permit- eral Insecticide, Fungicide (CWA) as chemical or biolog- out of the area safely should ple might drive at speeds up- pesticide and herbicide treat- ting requirements. and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). be a top priority. ments. In its “final rule,” issued in According to Neister’s let- SEE MILFOIL PAGE A10 Selectman Peter Bolster SEE SELECTMEN PAGE A10 In a letter sent to federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Barnstead Old Home Day Lisa Jackson and also for- warded to The Baysider last meeting is Wednesday week, Barnstead Milfoil Con- trol Committee Chairman Ed BARNSTEAD — The next meeting of the Barnstead Neister expressed concern Old Home Day Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, about the Jan. 7 decision of April 8, at 6:30 p.m. at Barnstead Town Hall. As always, any- one interested in helping organize Old Home Day is most INDEX welcome at the meeting. ▼ Old Home Day is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 29. This Volume 5 • Number 14 year, Barnstead Old Home Day will help celebrate the cen- 22 Pages in 2 Sections tennial year of organized fire-rescue service in the town of Barnstead. If you have any items of historical interest re- Business..............................A7 lated to the town’s fire service that you would be willing to Churches.............................A8 loan for the celebration, the committee would love to know about them. Please contact Eileen Murley at 435-6692. Classifieds ...................B6 - B8 In addition to the theme celebration, the Old Home Day Committee is focusing attention on adding activities to ap- Editorial Page......................A4 peal to the older kids and teens. Based upon the huge suc- John Harrigan .....................B5 cess of the karaoke activity last year, the committee is cer- tainly planning to bring that activity back. They are also Letters.................................A4 looking at ideas to expand into other music participation activities. Obituaries ...........................A8 You might want to wear your sneakers this year so you Public Notices .....................B8 will be better able to climb the rock wall that will return again. And, those sneakers may also come in handy for the COURTESY ■ Sports ..........................B1 - B4 basketball-shooting contest that is being added. Each year The magic of television ©2009, Salmon Press, LLC. the committee tries to change things up a bit and to add One lucky volunteer made her television debut — sort of — during magician Mr. Phil’s act at the Alton Call us at (603) 569-3126 new activities to keep the day fun and fresh. The commit- PTSA’s Mother/Son Night on March 28. email: [email protected] tee members look forward to seeing you at Old Home Day. www.salmonpress.com A2 THE BAYSIDER, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009 Alton School Board discusses eligibility policy BY BRENDAN BERUBE Noyes takes over ative impact on the drama board reviewed a payroll and grade mini-laptop project; The Buildings and Staff Writer club, Passanisi offered to manifest for the month of and approved policies dealing Grounds Committee is sched- ALTON — The recent cas- as Chair; St.

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