Dancing with the Community Stars Breaks Winter's Grip – at Least for a Night

THURSDAY, FEBRUARYMAY 2, 2013 19, 2015 ESTABLISHED 1859 WOLFEBORO, N.H. GRANITESTATENEWS.COM 75¢ Dancing with the Community Stars breaks winter’s grip – at least for a night BY ELISSA PAQUETTE area dance partners to for the winners during Staff Writer swing their hips, kick intermission. On this WOLFEBORO — The up their heels or glide occasion, it was legal to 3rd annual Commu- gracefully center stage, buy votes – at $1 each – nity Dancing with the all for a good cause. to express enthusiasm Community Stars was a The Kingswood The- for the couples of one’s crowd pleaser last Sun- ater Boosters and the choice. Judges had their day night, Feb 15, at the Wolfeboro Area Cre- say as well. Allan Bai- Kingswood Arts Center. ative Arts Center shared ley, Megan Rohrbacher, Seven community stars the proceeds. Scott Giesler and last joined with professional The audience voted year’s champion Greg Cooper gave their own ratings. A Heroin Epidemic Charles Hossack and Patty Edson played mas- ters of the ceremony in Carroll County for an evening that also included the unveiling Solutions that Work, “There aren’t a lot of the Children’s Sum- Part II of detox and outpatient mer Theatre’s theme BY JOYCE EL KOUARTI care services around for this year’s produc- ELISSA PAQUETTE Contributing Writer anymore,” she said. tion, Shrek the Movie; FIRST PLACE WINNERS Chris Brennion and Kaylin Dean dance to “Super Mario,” choreo- [Editor’s Note: This “In fact, a recent study graphed by Dean, at the Kingswood Arts Center in the “Dancing with the Community Stars” is the sixth and final in- showed that New Hamp- SEE DANCING PAGE A12 fundraiser for the Kingswood Theatre program and the Wolfeboro Area Creative Arts Center. stallment of our report shire is 49th in the coun- on the heroin epidemic in try for access to treat- Carroll County.] ment.” According to Cheryle One of the most effec- Tuftonboro holds public hearing on Pacapelli, the director of tive new trends in addic- the nonprofit organiza- tion treatment is peer- tion Hope for NH Recov- based recovery support. financing proposed new library ery, both Carroll Coun- Different from clinical ty and the State of New services, peer-based re- BY ELISSA PAQUETTE opened a hearing on fi- bank of deposit for the proposal entails fixed Hampshire offer limited covery support provides Staff Writer nancing for designing, duration of the loan. The principal payments of treatment options for TUFTONBORO — building and equipping total payment would $90,000 with a steadily heroin addicts. SEE HEROIN PAGE A12 The Board of Selectmen the proposed $2.3 million come to $2,709,396.74 declining proportion new library, in the event The NH Municipal of interest. By 2035, the that the project obtains Bond Bank has offered town will have paid a to- the supermajority vote two 20 year bond op- tal of required at Town Meet- tions, both with a fixed $2,561,600 including ing, scheduled for March rate of four percent: one $761,600 in total interest. 11. based on level debt; the The impact on the Selectman Carolyn other on level principal. tax rate would be higher Sundquist, charged with The level debt propos- for the first seven years, investigating financing al shows payments of ranging from 15 to 17 options, told those in at- a gradually increasing cents per $1,000 until go- tendance that the actual proportion of principal ing down to the 10 – 14 amount to be bonded is and decreasing propor- cent per $1,000 assessed $1.8 million. Existing tion of interest. By 2035, property value range. Library Building capital the town will have paid Gordon Hunt, Chair- reserve funds and pri- a total of $2,653,400, in- man of the Library vate contributions make cluding $853,400 in total Trustees observed, look- up the difference. interest. ing at the level principal Northway Bank of- The impact on the option, that if the town ELISSA PAQUETTE fered only a ten-year tax rate over the 20 year increases in value the “ WOLFEBORO HAS A TREASURE that is being replicated nationally,” wrote Powder Magazine loan. Meredith Village span (using the current available dollars would of Abenaki Ski Area. Director of Parks and Recreation Ethan Hipple gave a pitch for support of Savings Bank developed total assessed property increase. Dave Ford, the warrant article to build and equip a new ski lodge, replacing the undersized 1940 lodge. a proposal for a twen- value throughout) would Chairman of the Li- ty-year loan at a fixed vary from 13 cents per brary Building Advisory rate of 5 percent with the $1,000 of property valua- Board, commented that New four-season lodge proviso that the bank tion to 14 cents. would be the principal The level principal SEE LIBRARY PAGE A12 proposed for Abenaki Ski Area Wakefield to consider a new BY ELISSA PAQUETTE important ski terrain of the ski area coincides Staff Writer in America.” Local ski- with fairly recent con- WOLFEBORO — ers seem to think so too, struction of the walking plan for Maple Street Bridge Powder Magazine says judging by the burgeon- and biking trail that Wolfeboro’s Abenaki ing growth in atten- begins at Abenaki and BY THOMAS BEELER met with Stephen Lia- The bad news is that Ski Area’s 18 skiable dance. Since the instal- connects to the trail sys- Editor kos, Bridge Engineer to qualify the town acres “may be the most lation of snowmaking tem that loops through- WAKEFIELD — At for the NH Department would need to appropri- equipment, skier and out Sewall Woods. the Wakefield Board of Transportation to see ate 100 percent of the cost INSE ID rider visits have grown Director of Parks of Selectmen;s Feb. 11 what could be done to and then be reimbursed n from 1,402 in 2006 to and Recreation Ethan meeting, Town Admin- repair the Maple Street by the state for the 20 7,017 in 2014. Hipple, speaking at the istrator Teresa Williams bridge in Union. percent. Volume 156 • Number 8 This historic junc- reported that she and The bridge has been The good news is that 34 Pages in 3 Sections ture in the popularity SEE ABENAKI PAGE A12 Road Agent Fred Clough closed to traffic since CLH & Sons of Auburn, Tuftonboro News ....A1, A7 June 2010. Several Union Maine, the company Wakefield News ......A1, A6 residents have urged that did the work on the the selectmen to get the North Wakefield Road Wolfeboro News ......A1-A7 bridge repaired and re- bridge, may be able to Arts & Entertainment ......... opened. Faced with a provide a design that ..........................B7-B9, B11 repair estimate of more could be used for Maple Business ................. B11, C2 than $1 million and one Street where the abut- Churches ........................ A8 more urgent bridge to ments are reconstructed repair, selectmen have but the bridge deck can Classifieds .................C5-C8 not moved forward, but be reused. That would Editorial & Letters A11-A13 responded that there is reduce the cost of repair John Harrigan .................B9 second bridge in Union considerably. Legal/Public Notices A4, C5 that is still open. Williams said she is Obituaries .................A8-A9 Williams reported waiting for a plan from People & Places ..............C2 that the meeting cleared Travis Stearns at CLH. up some issues. First She noted that no pe- School News .............A4-A6 was that simply by get- tition warrant article to Sports .......................B1-B6 ting an estimate to re- repair the Maple Street Week Ahead ...................C3 pair a bridge does not bridge was received by ©2015, Salmon Press, LLC. get it on the state list of the deadline. Such an ar- Call us at (603) 569-3126 bridges needing work. ticle had been mentioned email: [email protected] The second was that as a way to raise funds there are funds available for the bridge repair. JOSHUA SPAULDING now, thanks to the gas Williams also learned Missing something? tax increase, to do local that the North Wake- Despite missing a glove and a pole, Kingswood’s Payten Vincent skis through the giant bridges on an 20/80 split field Road bridge is still slalom course at Waterville Valley on Thursday, Feb. 12, during the Division II State Meet. basis: one cent of the on the state red list be- The Knight girls skied to fourth place overall. See the story and more photos on page B3. tax increase went to the bridge repair fund. SEE WAKEFIELD PAGE A13 A2 THE GRANITE STATE NEWS, Thursday, February 19, 2015 FREE HOME SENIOR CITIZEN DELIVERIES 10% DISCOUNT Every Thursday EVERY TUESDAY (Weather Permitting) Must be 55 or over. 60 South Main Street • Wolfeboro, NH 03894 • 603-569-4755 • Fax 603-569-1388 3-5 lb. Pkg. 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