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DUBLIN Heroes honored Police, crash survivors thank men who ran toward fiery crash on Route 101 By ASHLEY SAARI Grice, June 18 was an ordi- road, go down a steep em- when the car went off the Suokko said Sunday. “For a car the car, stopped, and rushed Monadnock Ledger-Transcript nary enough day, as they drove bankment, where it burst into road. on fire and two people trapped down the embankment to along Route 101 in Dublin, go- flames. O’Hara was able to get her- inside. You can’t get there fast help. The Dublin Police Depart- ing about their afternoon rou- There were two women in self out of the car, though she enough. No matter how fast O’Hara recalled the relief ment honored two heroes, who tine. In a split second every- the car. The driver, Nicole badly broke her foot in the ac- you drive, it seems like you’re she felt when she saw White jumped into action in June to thing changed. O’Hara of Swanzey, an em- cident. The passenger-side going in slow motion.” running to their aid. save two women from a burn- Sunday, the Dublin Police ployee of Monadnock Develop- door was wedged shut, how- The women didn’t have to “I wasn’t going to leave ing car on Route 101, at a cere- Department honored White mental Services, was driving a ever, so Kaysie was stuck and wait for emergency respon- [Kaysie],” she said. “When I mony at the Dublin Commu- and Grice for their actions that client, Kaysie, to Monadnock she couldn’t get out. ders to arrive for their rescue. saw a strapping young man in nity Center Sunday. June afternoon, when they Community Hospital in Peter- “It’s never a call we want to In only moments after the For Dan White and Kevin witnessed a car veer off the borough for a volunteer shift, get,” Dublin Police Chief Tim crash, White, of Swanzey, saw SEE HEROE S A6 Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - 09/25/2018 Copy Reduced to 94% from original to fit letter page Page : A01

RINDGE PE TERBOROUGH Town to file injunction over gun club Code violations, Stay said. “Then it would fall back to the town.” including wetlands, Meanwhile, after two at heart of dispute months under a cease and desist order which prevents the Monadnock Rod and Gun By ASHLEY SAARI Club from using its gun Monadnock Ledger-Transcript range, the club reports the lost revenue has resulted in a The town of Peterborough budget pinch. plans to file an injunction While the club has been with the Manchester Supe- under a cease and desist or- rior court this week over code der, it has been unable to hold violations at the Monadnock several of its planned or tra- Rod and Gun Club. ditional events on the gun PHOTO BY JASON LITTLE The range has not been range, including weekly pub- Franklin Pierce University professor Jason Little spent the month of July in the Territory in , where he operating since July 25, ac- lic Rimfire shoots (a target mentored entrepreneurs. cording to a post on its web- shooting competition), a Boy site. On that date, Peterbor- Scouts of America Merit ough executed an adminis- Badge and training shoot, trative search warrant to de- Crotched Mountain Rehabili- The intersection of life’s termine the existence and tation shooting events, a extent of code and wetland vi- Ruger invitational shoot, the olations committed when the RWVA Appleseed Riflery club allegedly extended its Training shoots, and the range without receiving town club’s annual turkey shoot. passions leads to trip per missions. In a post on the club’s Earlier this month, Peter- website, the club stated not borough received a report being able to hold these rifle FPU professor takes out New England and Canada. from wetlands surveyors that range events “provides a se- In the summer of 2008, Little confirms wetlands were filled vere financial burden on the sabbatical to Native paddled the 600-mile long in or otherwise impacted at Club coffers”. American village Kazan River in Nunavut, a trip various points in the club’s The club has a cap of 300 that ended at a small, Inuit history. Peterborough plans family memberships, at a By NICHOLAS HANDY settlement. to pursue injunctive action rate of $100 per household Monadnock Ledger-Transcript “It was extremely powerful, with the superior court over membership, according to it was a vast landscape… it’s the alleged violations, likely the club’s website. It was in the northernmost very easy to get lost if you to be filed this week, accord- When contacted, club territory of Canada that Jason a r e n’t paying attention,” Little ing to Town Administrator president Mark Carbone de- Little was able to merge all of said. Nicole MacStay. clined to comment on how his passions into one unforget- Much like his love of pad- The town is seeking in- much revenue the canceled table experience. dling, Little can trace his in- junctive relief related to al- events would have generated The 59-year-old Franklin terest in Native American cul- leged code violations related for the club, referring ques- Pierce University marketing ture back to is youth. to not following town pro- tions to the club’s lawyer, professor spent the month of “My parents recently stum- cesses or obtaining building Penny S. Dean. July on sabbatical on Baffin Is- bled upon an old research re- permits when allegedly ex- Dean did not respond to land in the Nunavut Territory port I did in the first grade that tending the gun range, Mac- requests for comment by to mentor young business en- PHOTO CREDIT: JASON LITTLE had to deal with Eskimos. I Stay said. The town has noti- press time Monday. trepreneurs and research Na- FPU professor Jason Little (second from the right) stands pretty near fell apart when I fied the state about alleged The club announced on its tive American business prac- with three of his mentees, Chris Idlaut, Michael Milton, saw that – I feel like things filling of wetlands, and any website it has started to ac- tices, merging his love of the and Jamesie Itulu (left to right). came full circle,” Little said. fines or action taken against cept dues for its 2019 year to wilderness, Native American “… I’m fascinated with a lot of the club would come from the bolster its budget, as well as culture, business, and mentor- things about the culture – state, she said. starting a Go Fund Me page ing. people have the opportunity to tle’s love of canoeing and pad- their connection with the “The wetlands fall under to collect donations for a le- “It’s a compelling intersec- reach this intersection, but dling. Earth, the creativity, and the state purview first, unless the gal defense, which has col- tion of my life, where all of my I’m blessed.” Little, who has been pad- artwork that comes out of the state decided not to pursue it interests have met,” Little In many ways, the concept dling “for many years,” has for some reason,” Mac- SEE RO D A6 said. “I don’t know how many for the trip was routed in Lit- done canoeing trips through- SEE FP U A6 Copyright © 2018 Monadnock Ledger-Transcript 09/25/2018 October 8, 2018 8:01 am (GMT +4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA T EMPLE D on’t miss a single issue — Call (603) 924-7172 to subscribe today Neighbors disgruntled about old cars Few options for select pacts of old cars and other de- lect Board agenda on and off Temple does not have a tritus gathered in the drive- for more than two years, ac- specific ordinance about the board when it comes to way and yard of a property on cording to Select Board min- regulation of junkyards, but Opinion 8 C alendar 15 Kullgren Road property Kullgren Road, the Select utes. The property has multi- does reference the state RSA Viewpoint s 9 Crossword 15 Board has few options to ad- ple unregistered cars on site. 236, which regulates them. Green Living 7 For the Record 16 By ASHLEY SAARI dress the issue, according to The town’s zoning ordinance The ongoing issues at the Sports 11 Obituaries 6, 8,18 Monadnock Ledger-Transcript officials. allows only two unregistered property will be discussed dur- Business 14 Classified 1 8, 1 9 The property at 69 Kull- vehicles to be stored on a ing tonight’s (Tuesday) Select Despite neighbor concerns gren Road, owned by Travis property before the town can about aesthetic and health im- Woodbury, has been on the Se- consider it a junkyard. SEE NEIG HBORS A6 6 MONADNOCK LEDGER-TRANSCRIPT | Tue sday, Sept ember2 5, 2018 ledger transcript.com Heroes honored O B I T UA R I E S William David “Bill” E s p o s i to

RINDGE - William David ents: William “Bill” and Mary- on Friday, September 28, 2018 “Bill” Esposito, 37, died unex- Lu ’ Esposito of Rindge; his at 11:00 am with reception to pectedly, Tuesday night, siblings: Jennifer Spingola follow at the Mildred Cutter September 18, 2018, in the and her husband Christopher Memorial Hall. comfort of his home. of Rindge and Katie Esposito Burial services will be held Bill was born in Waterbury, of Rindge, his two nieces: in the family lot in Hillside CT the son of William Gerald Tessa and Sophia Spingola of Cemetery in Rindge at a later and Mary Lucy (Rose) Espos- Rindge; as well as many ex- date. In lieu of flowers, memo- ito. He lived in Naugatuck, CT tended family members in rial donations may be made in until second grade when the Connecticut. He was prede- William D. Esposito’s name, to family moved to Rindge, ceased by his maternal and the William D. Esposito Musi- where he spent the remainder paternal grandparents. cians Fund: https://www.go- of his life. He was a member of Calling hours will be held at fundme.com/william-d-espos- the Class of 1999 from Conant the Cournoyer Funeral Home ito-muscian039s-fund or STAFF PHOTO BY ASHLEY SAARI—Monadnock Ledger-Transcript High School. & Cremation Center, 33 River checks can be sent to the Dublin Police Chief Tim Suokko honors Dan White of Swanzey A hard working young man, Arrow. He was also previously St, Jaffrey, NH on Wednesday, United Church of Jaffrey with during a Life Saving Award ceremony on Sunday at the Dublin Bill worked for Premier Con- a camp counselor for the Boy September 26, 2018 from 4:00 a memo for the William D. Es- Community Center for their actions during a crash on Route crete for 16 years and, most re- Scouts at Camp Wanocksett. pm until 6:00 pm. A brief posito Musicians Fund. 101 in Dublin on June 18. cently, for MPC Construction He was a skilled musician, prayer service will conclude To share memories or pho- and Concrete. playing keyboard and nearly the evening. tographs with Bill’s family, HEROE S FROM A1 foot to repair the break, said He was a member of the Jaf- anything with strings, but fo- A Celebration of Life will be please visit his permanent on- she knows better. frey Boy Scouts, Troop #33 and cused mainly on the guitar. held at the United Church of line memorial page at a red t-shirt run down the em- “They are heroes, abso- a member of the Order of the He is survived by his par- Jaffrey, 54 Main St, Jaffrey, NH www.cour noyer fh.com. bankment, I got out of the way, l u t e l y, ” she said. “We ’re grate- Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - 09/25/2018 Page : A06 because I couldn’t do what ful for such self-sacrificing For more obituaries, see pages 8 and 18 needed to be done.” braver y.” By the time White arrived, The two men, she said, are the car was already in flames. “evidence of angels on earth.” He was able to reach through White, who said he had the driver’s side door and pull been kept up-to-date on Kaysie to safety. O’Hara’s and Kaysie’s Professor finds passion at intersection of life Grice, of Manchester, progress through the police lucky and the ice is out, by Apparel Company. challenge in the territory, how meanwhile, pulled his box department and Monadnock FP U FROM A1 boat. Most of the time, things “Over time, it was great. I to balance that cultural iden- truck across both lanes to halt Developmental Services – culture.” are froze over, so the only way felt I was able to develop per- t i t y. ” traffic, and ran to join White who had contacted him to After some encourage- out is by plane.” sonal relationships with the Little has also been able to with a fire extinguisher. White thank him for his actions that ment from his wife and the It took a while to pull his mentees I was with,” Little weave his experiences into had already gotten Kaysie day – said Sunday was the first FPU administration, Little trip together, as he had no said. his teaching at Franklin free, Grice said, and so his time they had seen each other decided to combine his love of contacts in the area. Little Now that he has returned, P ierce. next concern was the fire and in person since the accident. exploring the wilderness, Na- said he emailed “a zillion” Little is preparing a research In the spring 2018 the possibility the car might Seeing them in good health, tive American culture, men- government officials before study – the topic of which he semester, Little worked with explode. The two men helped and Nicole walking without toring, and business into a cold calling an office in Pond believes may be the first of its six undergraduate students – the women away from the car her cast, was more important sabbatical trip to northern Inlet and finding someone to kind. members of the university’s and back up to the roadway. to him than his award, he Canada. help out. The study focuses specifi- small business advisory “I don’t want to understate,” said. Little spent his time in two He would eventually be put cally on online marketing group – to research market- Suokko said, before awarding “It gave me some closure locations: , the capital in contact with a group of communication used by Inuit- ing communication utilized by both men with Citizen Life Sav- on this incident,” he said. “It of the Nunavut territory, and young entrepreneurs, who he owned organizations. Inuit-owned businesses. ing awards. “You definitely was pretty traumatic, the day , a remote settle- began having monthly video Little interviewed about a “My love of mentoring, saved their lives that day, noth- it happened. It was over- ment on the northern tip of conferences with in Feb. 2017. dozen business leaders dur- that’s why I teach. I enjoy ing else to say about it.” whelming. It’s good for me to Baffin Island. During the video confer- ing his week in Iqaluit in order working with people who Both men said they don’t know everyone was relatively Pond Inlet’s largely Inuit ences, Little worked with five to examine how Nunavut learn, I’m a true believer in see it that way. well and on the road to recov- population is just over 1,600 as Pond Inlet entrepreneurs – businesses use marketing lifelong learning,” Little said. “I didn’t even think,” Grice er y.” of a 2016 Canadian Census re- though the sessions featured and communications and how “To be able to mentor not only said. “There was not time to port. Located approximately a core group of three – dis- things could be improved. my students at Franklin think. Anyone driving through Ashley Saari can be 1,200 miles from the North cussing business strategies “Any government publica- Pierce University but to be would have done the same.” reached at 924-7172 ext. 244 or Pole, Little said the settle- and philosophies, writing a tion has to be printed in three able to replicate that with an- O’Hara, who is still a week asaari@ledgertran- ment can be a challenge to mission statement, website languages: English, French, other culture – it was great to away from returning to work script.com. She’s on Twitter reach by many modes of development, and more. and , which is the be able to have that opportu- after several surgeries on her @ A s h l e y S a a r i M LT. travel. The trip allowed for Little Inuit language. You can imag- n i t y. ” “The roads don’t go any- to meet many of his mentees, ine how a marketing concept where, they might go eight although he spent most of his – if you are trying to commu- Nicholas Handy can be kilometers out of town and time with Jamesie Itulu, who nicate a slogan or a marketing reached at 924-7172 ext. 235 or then end,” Little said. “The is working with partner message – you have to have it nhandy@ledgertran- Town to file injunction only way to get in an out is ei- Michael Milton to grow their translated into three different script.com. He is also on ther by plane or, if you are apparel business, High Arctic languages,” Little said. “It’s a Twitter @nhandyMLT. RO D FROM A1 pute over the land and the gun range is what first brought the lected about $1,400 in dona- alleged code and wetland vio- tions for legal fees. lations to the town’s attention. In addition to the pending The suit was set to be before Neighbors upset about old cars, junk injunction from the town of Pe- the court in early September, terborough, the club is also in- but the court schedule re- NEIG HBORS FROM A0 ordinance, with no action the process to see whether Neighbors have expressed volved with another civil suit quired it to be pushed back, taken on Woodbury’s part to the foreclosure will go concerns about the property over the land the gun range is first to November, and now to Board meeting, but Bill Ezell, remove the unregistered ve- through or not. affecting their own property located on with their neighbor. a date to be scheduled. a Select Board member who hicles, Ezell said. The pro- After a notice of violation, values and even water supply. Their neighbors, Scott and will be chairing that meeting, cess has been further compli- the town has the option to pur- Chad Desmarais, who lives Bridgette Perry, hold title to Ashley Saari can be said there is little the board cated by the property being sue the matter in civil court, across the street, said the the land, though the gun club reached at 924-7172 ext. 244 or can do to move forward with set for foreclosure in April, which could impose fines, view of the driveway has be- alleges it has used the prop- asaari@ledgertran- the problem, he said in an in- until Woodbury filed for Ezell said, but the town will come “an eyesore for the erty without challenge for script.com. She’s on Twitter terview Monday. bankruptcy, which stalled the not move forward with that road, both for those that live shooting for decades. The dis- @ A s h l e y S a a r i M LT. The Select Board has al- sale of the house. Now, Ezell process until the foreclosure there and those that drive ready sent Woodbury a notice said, the town has been ad- issue is resolved, if they do at b y. ” of his violation of the zoning vised by its lawyer to wait out all. Desmarais said he only built his home about three years ago, and is concerned Shoppers & Consignors, about his home value due to the aesthetics of the neigh- We Welcome Your Visit! borhood, as well as waste oil or other materials running off Summer Organizing? his neighbor’s driveway and impacting his shallow well. Downsizing? “We have no idea what the runoff from his property has in it,” he said. He said he is WE CAN HELP! looking into getting his well “A Fun, Friendly, Creative Place tested. filled with Lots of Good Things.” Ezell said that though the board will be discussing 69 375 Union Street, Peterborough, NH Kullgren Road during its Across the street from Nature’s Green Grocer Copyright © 2018 Monadnock Ledger-Transcript 09/25/2018 October 8, 2018 8:02 am (GMT +4:00) meeting tonight,Powered it will by onlyTECNAVIA be an update on the status of the 603-924-0909 201072 property. The town doesn’t re- www.piggysgoods.com ally have an avenue to enforce Daily 10-5 • Sun Noon-4 • Closed Wednesdays a clean-up of the property, Ezell said, though he knows neighbors are concerned about it. “He has a lot of trash in the BIRCHWOOD ORCHARD yard. We can’t do anything FUELING YOUR PEACE OF MIND about that,” Ezell said. Now Open “There’s nothing in our zon- ing that says you can’t have Pick your own trash in your yard.” Oil heat has been proven to be a safe heating source in New Ezell said the town could APPLES toughen its zoning ordinances Hampshire for decades. Plus, its abundant supply and low cost make it to cover issues such as the one on Kullgren Road, but a great time to be an oil heat consumer. It’s also a great time to save; if said in the past, the town votes haven’t reflected a will- your heating system is 20 years or older, you could significantly lower ingness for the ordinance to your heating bill by upgrading to a high-efficiency system. New be more stringent. “People like to complain, clean-burning oil heat technology provides savings, reduced but don’t want to change the zoning ordinance so we can maintenance, and greater safety to protect your home and your future. enforce things,” he said. “The town has said in the past that they don’t have a need for Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. more strict zoning ordi- (weather permitting) nances.”

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