ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - FREE Public Weighs in on Alton Central Conceptual Plans
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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011 COVERING ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - WWW.NEWHAMPSHIRELAKESANDMOUNTAINS.COM FREE Public weighs in on Alton Central conceptual plans BY TIM CROES Committee hosted a third fo- Wednesday, June 15, and it Chip Krause of CMK Ar- ceptual design. ple would need to park at the Staff Writer rum on the conceptual de- was well attended and mem- chitects answered questions Krause explained that back of property near the ALTON — The Alton Cen- signs for renovations at Al- bers of public voiced ques- and welcomed suggestions to New England School Devel- ball fields and walk over to tral Buildings and Grounds ton Central School on tions about the plans. add or subtract from the con- opment Council estimated the gym. that the school population A question was raised would reach 800 students in about building a new build- 10 years, and this estimate is ing as opposed to renovating cut in half, meaning the pro- the current building, and jection of 800 students would Krause said the project be reached in 15 to 20 years. would probably cost 40 to 50 Krause explained that in percent more to build new as addition to the new class- opposed to the conceptual rooms and a new gymnasi- renovation. um, new ceilings, new win- A question was raised dows and a completely new about a state regulation re- HVAC system would be in- quiring a certain amount of stalled and added to existing land per student. Superin- building. tendent Kathy Holt said this Krause talked about the standard has been changed portion of renovation that and wouldn’t effect the pro- will add three floors, with the posed renovation. third floor being unfinished. Krause was questioned This third floor could be used about a time line to complete for additional classroom the project. He said that phas- space in the future but will es would need to be imple- include wiring, lighting and mented but isn’t sure of a de- other utilities. tailed plan. Krause talked about turn- “You can accomplish a lot ing the current gym into a during one summer, but you new cafeteria, which would can’t accomplish the whole allow the number of lunches thing,” Krause said. to be trimmed. Currently,the A question was raised first lunch is served to the about adding a card-key sys- students at around 10:45 a.m. tem in the interim to make due to the limited size of the ACS more secure. cafeteria. Krause said this could be JOSHUA SPAULDING Krause said that fields done, but it was pointed out Weekend sweep would re-graded as part of that students coming from renovations. Concern was the modular building need to The Suncook Valley 10U Cal Ripken team swept through four games at the District Eight Cal Ripken tournament over the weekend and com- raised about parking for be able to enter the building pleted round robin play on Monday with a fifth win to earn the top seed in the tournament finals. Connor Blandini (pictured lacing a hit against events at the new gymnasi- freely. Kingswood on Sunday) and his teammates played in the tournament finals against Mount Washington Valley after deadline Tuesday. For a recap of the weekend’s games for both the 10U and 12U teams, see the sports section, starting on page B1. um, and Krause agreed that Principal Bonnie Jean this is an issue. Kuras said the school board With the new design, peo- SEE ALTON, PAGE A14 Board continues campground discussion Early ad deadlines ahead BY BILLY PERKINS mally met with Phillips to ad- longer pursue placing boat ing, Phillips said at last Contributing Writer dress the cases at their May racks at the park, while the week’s meeting that he would WOLFEBORO — The Baysider office in Wolfeboro ALTON — Members of 17 meeting. other was that drillers would discuss items based off of the will be closed for the Independence Day holiday on Mon- the Alton Planning Board Since that meeting, no longer need to drill under older plans. day, July 4. last week continued dis- Phillips noted at the onset of abutter Sandra Esposito’s And Phillips engaged in a Therefore, all advertising deadlines that traditional- cussing a proposal to turn a discussions last week, two property to provide a hookup lengthy discussion with ly fall on Monday will be moved to Friday, July 1. parcel of land off Route 28 addendums had been made to town water.However,since board members about a num- Deadlines for letters to the editor,obituaries, press re- into a 150-unit RV park. to the plans he originally sub- the discussions dealing with ber of specificities in the leases and other editorial items will not change. That Tyler Phillips of Horizon mitted to the board. One of the cases were a continua- plans, including the stan- deadline is noon on Tuesday. Engineering, who repre- them was a decision to no tion from the previous meet- SEE PLANNERS, PAGE A14 sents Robert Carleton, the owner of the land on which the park would sit, came be- fore the board at its June 21 Alton fireworks meeting to address a pair of planning cases dealing with the proposed facility. One of are Sunday the cases governs an appli- cation for a site plan of the ALTON — The town of Alton is would-be park, which would sponsoring fireworks on Sunday, feature wastewater disposal July 3, in celebration of Indepen- and town water on-site, dence Day; the rain date is July 9. while the other deals with a The fireworks will be launched potential lot line adjustment off the barge in Alton Bay at that would reconfigure two approximately 9:20 p.m. Boat lots of land for the facility. parking to watch the show from Members of the board the water will be available south conducted a site walk on the of Shibley’s Restaurant and plot of land where the park north of the channel markers go- is proposed, which lies just ing into Back Bay. Vehicle parking west of the Alton traffic cir- will be available on Route 11 and in Al- cle, June 13. They also for- ton Bay.The East Bay Jazz Ensemble will perform a free TIM CROES concert at 7 p.m. at the Alton Bay Bandstand. PICTURED left to right are volunteers that were involved in completing the project: Scott Williams, Peter INDEX Bolster, Mike Caverly, Marty Cornelissen, Mark Gingras, David Morse and Dave Hussey. ▼ Volume 7 • Number 26 New walkway open to the public Business......................A7, A15 Churches.............................A8 Sweet BY TIM CROES way is located just to the Selectman Peter Bolster Classifieds ...................B6 - B9 Strawberries Staff Writer right of Alton Police Depart- said he hopes to connect the Editorial Page......................A4 . $ 99 ALTON — After some do- ment, is an extension of the walkway to the Railroad John Harrigan ...................A16 2Lb 1 nated materials, donated B & M Railroad Park and Park in the future. Letters.................................A4 Pack time and support from mem- runs all the way to Route 28. The plan would involve Obituaries ...........................A8 bers of the community, The The state paved part of the clearing some brush, trees Public Notices.....................A7 John Racine Memorial Way walkway as part of the re- and completing some land- Sports ..........................B1 - B5 has been completed and is cent traffic circle project. scaping work behind the po- open to the public. More paving will be complet- lice station. 28 pages in 2 sections An official ribbon-cutting ed in the coming weeks, as As part of the project on ©2011, Salmon Press, LLC. ceremony will be held in the currently the paving only ex- the walkway,Bolster and sev- Call us at (603) 569-3126 near future. tends just before the traffic eral other volunteers came email: [email protected] The recreational walk- light in front of Hannaford’s. SEE PATH, PAGE A13 www.salmonpress.com A2 THE BAYSIDER, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011 Barnstead El sends 57 on to Prospect Mountain BY TIM CROES na Horohov. Staff Writer The chorus performed BARNSTEAD — A gradu- “Wheel of the World,” and ation ceremony to celebrate Jordan Benson delivered a the promotion of 57 eighth speech looking back on the grade students to Prospect years spent at BES. Mountain High School was Benson talked about held at Barnstead Elemen- friendships changing and the tary School on Wednesday, challenges of high school. June 22. She knows that memories With a packed cafegymato- have been created that they rium comprised of students, will never forget and is look- family and friends, Principal ing forward to high school. Tim Rice recalled the classic “We are on the fast track to children’s story “Charlotte’s the rest of our lives,” Benson Web.” said. Rice talked to the students Scholar Leader awards about the support they have were presented to Parker and gotten from their parents. Jacob Piaseczny; Perfect At- ‘You are who your parents tendance awards were pre- raised you to be,” Rice said. sented to Megan Fournier,Ja- Rice talked about champi- cob Alderette, Minnie Thor- onships in the different oughgood and Piaseczny; the sports, success in NECAP Adam Morse Award was giv- tests and this class being one en to Piaseczny and the Mu- of the best-behaved classes. sic Award was given to Hailey He ended his comments Kelley. with a line from one of his fa- President’s Education vorite poets Marshall Math- Achievement recognition ers, also known as Eminem. was given to Natasha Byers, “If you had one shot, one Nathan Farnham,Sepulveda, opportunity to seize every- Ladieu, Kaela Simoneau, thing you ever win, in one mo- Thoroughgood, Zach Smith, ment would you capture it or Parker and Morgan Holton.