THE MOULTONBORO NEWS THE SANDWICH NEWS THE CENTER HARBOR NEWS The Meredith News VOL. 128 NO. 1 2 SECTIONS 34 PAGES MEREDITH, N.H., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010 meredithnhnews.com 603-279-4516 75 CENTS Meredith will not seek withdrawal from IL BY ERIN PLUMMER will instead pursue avenues lectmen to examine the op- school district meeting that men attended an informa- tion. [email protected] of discussion with neighbor- tion of withdrawing from the many Meredith residents tion session on May 5 on “It was very clear to me MEREDITH — Meredith ing towns. district. The motion was said were determined by withdrawal procedures and that the process is extremely Selectmen said they will not Resident Mark Flanders brought by petition a week Sandwich voters. law presented by Barrett complicated and not an easy seek withdrawal from the In- made a motion at town meet- after a series of controversial The School Board and Christina of the New Hamp- one to fulfill,” said Board of ter-Lakes School District and ing advising the Board of Se- decisions were made at the Meredith’s Board of Select- shire School Boards Associa- Selectman Chair Chuck Palm. Palm raised the issues of the town having to pay for A piece of Moultonboro History recognized the school buildings still in town as well as the town be- The Long Island Inn goes on the state Register of Historic Places ing subject to potential liti- gation as one other town has BY ERIN PLUMMER gone through. [email protected] “I’m not sure that’s the av- MOULTONBORO — In enue we want to go down by the turn of the 20th century, any means,” Palm said. the grand house on a now- quiet section of Long Island SEE WITHDRAWAL PAGE A5 was a hub of activity, at- tracting visitors from the busy Long Island wharf. Meredith The Long Island Inn has now received state recogni- examines tion by being placed on the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places. changes to The large, distinctive building surrounded by lilac government bushes sits at 76 Old Long Is- BY ERIN PLUMMER land Road next to private [email protected] houses and summer homes. MEREDITH — Select- It is now a bed and breakfast, men will examine options evolving from a farm to a for revising its form of gov- bustling inn to its current ernment from changing the quieter state. date of town meeting to According to the histori- looking into a charter sys- cal inventory form submit- tem. ted by Moultonboro Heritage The board received a cit- Commission Chair Cristina izen’s petition at the 2009 Asjian, the Long Island Inn town meeting asking the started as a homestead built town to examine having a by John Brown. Brown ar- charter or any other poten- rived in Moultonboro in 1821 tial changes to town gov- and purchased 200 acres of PHOTO BY ERIN PLUMMER ernment. Barbara and Wilbur Austin on the porch of the Long Island Inn land at the end of Long Is- According to communi- land with his brother-in-law cations between town attor- Daniel Follett. The land was and homestead. now comprises the main liv- became successful and pro- Improved King Phillip Corn, ney Walter Mitchell and Ad- later divided, leaving Brown The original homestead ing room of the inn. Over the duced high yields of corn. In ministrative Services Di- with 100 acres for his farm was a small building that next 30 years Brown’s farm 1852 he received a patent for SEE HISTORY PAGE A7 rector Brenda Vittner, the petition does not require the selectmen to take any action. Winnipesauke speed limit expected to be approved by Senate The board does have the BY LAUREN TINER the bill. dangerous combination. study established to assess the lake was not really an ac- option of determining if a [email protected] Although Johnson no House Representative of how speed limits would affect curate assessment,” said charter is best for the town Now that Senate Bill 464 longer lives right on the lake, New Hampton Fran Wendel- Winnipesaukee, but Wendel- Wendelboe. and taking steps to form a passed the House with a 263- he said he did for 11 years and boe said she voted against the boe said last year was not the She said she feels there are charter commission. An- 79 vote, the bill will go before has heard concerns from bill, because she is not com- best time to conduct a study. already other laws in place for other option is to form a the Senate, and representa- over 200 visitors and locals pletely convinced of its effec- “Due to the rain, it was wet, reckless driving on the lake committee to examine oth- tives are saying permanent through e-mails and phone tiveness. and there were not many peo- speed limits on Lake Win- calls, eager to push perma- Two years ago there was a ple on the lake. The safety of SEE SPEED PAGE A7 SEE MEREDITH PAGE A5 nipesaukee are just about a nent speed limits. “done deal.” With his 19-foot powerboat SB464 would set daylight years back, Johnson said he ILES gets $1,000 donation from Hannaford program speed on the lake at 45 mph, had some safety concerns BY ERIN PLUMMER and 30 mph during the when boating in the water. [email protected] evening hours. “One time we went out and MEREDITH — Inter- District 5 State House Rep- got sandwiched between two Lakes Elementary School resentative Bill Johnson said large boats traveling at high received a generous dona- he was in support of the bill speeds,” said Johnson. tion from the Meredith and feels that Gov. John He said he has witnessed Hannaford store after being Lynch will support the bill as boaters speeding and almost the top pick for donations well. flailing their dogs into the wa- by shoppers. “The house OK’d the Sen- ter.He also has some concern The donation was a part ate Bill, and my understand- over those trying to share the of the Hannaford Helps ing is that the Senate will con- lake on kayaks, which could Schools program. From cur with this. It looks like it is be easily taken out by larger, September through Decem- a done deal,” said Johnson. speeding boats. ber,shoppers had the option “There is really no reason the “It should become a law,” of designating points from governor wouldn’t OK this. It said Johnson. “I think it has sales from a participating looks like it should pass.” become more of a concern be- brand to a school of their Now that the House has cause of the increasing choice. The school that re- COURTESY PHOTO amended the bill and John- amount of boats on the water. ceived the most points from From L to R, back row: Pierre Doda (Hannaford Assistant Store Manager), Everett Bennett (Gr. 5-8 Principal), son has personally spoken People have had enough of shoppers would receive an Mary Williams (Inter-Lakes PTO President), Geralynn Fountain (PTO Hannaford Helps Coordinator), and Steve with a number of Senators, it.” additional $1,000. Kelley (PK-4 Principal); front row: I-LES students Jack Williams, Rachel Taggett, and Megan Fountain. he said he feels safe saying Johnson said after listen- Inter-Lakes Elementary the governor should approve ing to friends on the lake, he School received the most $1,000 to Inter-Lakes Ele- ILES Principal Steve Kelley Kelley and Middle Tier could gather that the increas- number of points from mentary School’s PTO. said the school received the Principal Everett Bennett, ing number of boats and in- shoppers. As a result, Han- ILES received $535 additional $1,000 on top of Index creasing speeds could be a naford made a donation of through the program and that. SEE HANNAFORD PAGE A6 ↔• BREAK TIME A15 CLASSIFIED B11-16 Crowns, dancing, EDITORIAL A4 Moultonboro talks and fun at IL and Moultonboro about Safe Routes ENTERTAINMENT B3 MA prom nights. production lets to Schools. kids be stars EVENTS CALENDAR B8 See A3. See A13. See B1. TOWNS A8-11 A2 MAY 20, 2010 LOCAL NEWS THE MEREDITH NEWS ↔• IL schools show great progress in AYP scores Weather Report BY ERIN PLUMMER In the previous years, range,” said ILES Principal enough students in any sub- [email protected] schools had missed AYP in Steve Kelley. group to warrant a report. Date High Low Prec. Avg. Bar. MEREDITH — Schools the subgroup for education- Students with education- Inter-Lakes High School 5/12 . .61 . .38 . .none . .4.41 across the Inter-Lakes ally disabled students, and al disabilities also made AYP made AYP through Safe Har- 5/13 . .62 . .36 . .none . .4.42 School District reflected sig- previous year’s tests showed at the Middle Tier under Safe bor in Math as well as Safe 5/14 . .67 . .43 . ..07” of rain . .4.42 nificant improvements in drops. Administrators and Harbor, meaning the catego- Harbor in Math for econom- AYP scores. teachers then took part in ry received at least 10 per- ically disadvantaged stu- 5/15 . .65 . .47 . ..01” of rain . .4.4 District Curriculum Co- initiatives to encourage stu- centage points better than dents. The 11th grade, the 5/16 . .65 . .46 . .none . .4.41 ordinator Kathleen Hill dents further and bring the previous year. grade that was tested, also 5/17 . .70 . .41 . .none . .4.4 made a presentation to the scores up. “We were talking more has too few educationally 5/18 . .77 . .45 . .none . .4.4 Inter-Lakes School Board on The index scores to reach than a 20 percent gain,” said disabled students to report Tuesday showing how all this year were 91 in reading Middle Tier Principal on.