What’s on the Warrant in Timber Wolf hoop boys win Barnstead Saturday? See page A3. regular season finale: See page B1. Mailing Label The Baysider THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009 COVERING ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - THEBAYSIDER.COM FREE Alton voters turn down big ticket items BY BRENDAN BERUBE Sidewalk Capital Reserve Staff Writer Twombly property, operating budget, municipal Fund (461-476); ALTON — The declining Article 19, a proposal to economy appeared to be fore- building renovations all go down to defeat change the purpose of the most on the minds of the 958 Beach Capital Reserve Fund voters who weighed in on Al- for the purpose of purchas- department (313-593); Building and Site Improve- 557); ton’s town Warrant Tuesday ing and equipping a new SUV Article 17, asking for ments Capital Reserve Fund Article 18, asking for SEE ALTON PAGE A8 as they turned down a num- patrol vehicle for the police $40,000 to be added to the for the transfer station (363- $10,000 to be added to the ber of big-ticket spending items, including the pro- posed 2009 town operating McMahon, budget. Article 20, which asked voters to raise and appropri- Hussey get ate an operating budget of $6,138,838 was rejected by a margin of 519-404, leaving the nods the board of selectmen with a default budget of BY JOSHUA SPAULDING $6,043,629. Editor Under the provisions of ALTON — Unofficial re- RSA 40:13, X and XVI, the se- sults from the Alton polls on lectmen also have the right Tuesday showed that Alton to hold a special meeting on residents approve of the job the issue of a revised budg- that Selectman Steve McMa- et. hon is doing. Article 12, which asked The incumbent won an- voters to raise and appropri- other three-year seat on the ate $1,999,000 in municipal board of selectmen, garner- bonds and notes for exten- ing 384 votes to hold off chal- sive renovations to Town lengers Harold Bothwick Hall, the Central fire station, (283) and Bob Longabaugh the police station and the (222). Pearson Road senior center, Residents also faced an- was overwhelmingly shot other race for selectman, as down, with 682 voters oppos- a two-year seat was up for ing the proposal, and 223 in grabs to replace former ■ support. BRENDAN BERUBE board member Alan Sher- Voters also rejected the Star attraction wood, who resigned earlier following articles: “Ben,” a Clydesdale belonging to Barnstead resident Brett Tiede, received just as much attention as the candidates after bringing his own- Article 13, asking them to ers to the polls at Town Hall Tuesday. SEE RACES PAGE A8 raise and appropriate $34,500 Jarvis wins selectmen’s seat in New Durham Barnstead meetings coming up Barnstead Town Meeting: Saturday,March 14, 9 a.m., Vote on proposed Business District Ordinance ends in a tie elementary school gymnasium BY BRENDAN BERUBE Trust Funds, with 453 votes. gham said took her staff by ing that she planned to con- Barnstead School District Meeting: Saturday,March Staff Writer Resident Joan Martin will surprise, the final tally on a sult the RSAs Wednesday 21, 9 a.m., elementary school gymnasium NEW DURHAM — Zon- have a decision to make in controversial amendment to morning. ing board Chair and former the coming days, after win- the town’s zoning ordinance A second proposed fire department member ning election as a write-in proposed by the planning amendment to the zoning or- Terry Jarvis edged out Pad- candidate to three-year board, which asked resi- dinance, which asked voters Grillo defeats Darrell in dy McHale by 35 votes Tues- terms as both a cemetery dents to adopt a new Town to amend Article III by al- day in a close race for Peter trustee and a library trustee. Center Mixed Use Business lowing the fire chief or build- B’stead selectmen’s race Rhoades’ seat on New As of press time Tuesday and Residential Zoning Dis- ing inspector to condemn a Durham’s Board of Select- night, Town Clerk Carole In- trict, ended in a tie, with 293 burned or dilapidated build- BY JOSHUA SPAULDING elected to a three-year term men. gham said she had not yet re- votes in favor and 293 ing without needing review Editor over challenger Doug Dar- Jarvis garnered 299 votes ceived a response to an e- against. by the planning board, BARNSTEAD — Resi- rell. Grillo received 298 votes, to McHale’s 264 in the con- mail asking Martin which Ingham was unable to passed with a vote of 383 to dents of Barnstead only had and Darrell checked in at 148. test for a three-year term, position she intended to confirm at press time 203. one contested race on the bal- Grillo’s colleague on the while Bob Kroepel came in a take. whether the deadlocked vote lot when they went to the board of selectmen, Gordon distant third, with 29 votes. (which was determined by a Brendan Berube can be polls on Tuesday, and they Preston, was elected to an- With no challengers, Vote deadlocked hand count) signified defeat reached at 569-3126 or showed their faith in Phil other one-year term on the Dorothy Martin Veisel easi- In a turn of events that In- for the amendment, explain- [email protected] Grillo by returning him to board with 372 votes. ly won election to McHale’s the board of selectmen for Veteran treasurer Mar- former seat on the planning three years. jorie Terry was returned to board, earning 460 votes, Grillo, who was appointed her post for another three while incumbent David Al- to fill former selectman Jack lyn was re-elected to a three- O’Neill’s seat last year, was SEE BARNSTEAD PAGE A6 year term as Trustee of INDEX Kingswood renovation gets ▼ Volume 5 • Number 11 the go-ahead from voters 20 Pages in 2 Sections BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Article II on the school dis- Business..............................A6 Editor trict ballot was the expan- REGION — The children sion project and 2,954 district Churches.............................A7 of the Governor Wentworth voters gave their approval to School District were the big the plan, while 999 voters vot- Classifieds .................B9 - B11 winners in Tuesday’s school ed in the negative. The bond Editorial Page......................A4 district elections, as voters needed a 60 percent vote to overwhelmingly approved pass and the school board’s John Harrigan ...................B12 the school board’s plan for a plan went through with 75 renovation and expansion of Letters.................................A4 the Kingswood complex. SEE GWRSD PAGE A8 Obituaries ...........................A7 COURTESY PHOTO ■ Sports ..........................B1 - B3 Enjoying the sun Limits set on Alton roads These folks ventured across the frozen waters of Merrymeeting Lake on snowshoes Saturday, enjoying ©2009, Salmon Press, LLC. ALTON — The Alton Highway Department announces Call us at (603) 569-3126 the warmth of the sunshine and mild temperatures. The outing was sponsored by Explore for Grown- that as of Tuesday, March 10, roads in Alton are posted Ups, which has a number of new educational opportunities beginning now. See page A5 for more info. email: [email protected] with a six-ton limit, and this will be strictly enforced. www.salmonpress.com A2 THE BAYSIDER, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009 Planners approve wood pellet operation at former Timco site BY BRENDAN BERUBE the board that he, his son verting raw lumber into six- with plans to increase pro- True pointed out that 20 to 30 district were to convert to Staff Writer Erik, and two other local in- millimeter-sized, environ- duction to 10 tons per hour as employees would be needed wood pellet heating systems BARNSTEAD — With vestors had scaled back their mentally friendly pellets soon as possible. to run the wood pellet facili- in their buildings at any their initial proposal having plans for the 135-acre site in (which he said would be a 24- Company President Hal ty. point in the future, the com- fallen through due to issues Center Barnstead after prob- hour-a-day operation fueled Smith, who currently owns The construction phase, pany would be willing to sup- with financing, the core lems with Sanco’s short-term by the re-activation of the ex- the former Timco property, he said, would bring an addi- ply them with pellets. group of entrepreneurs who financing prevented the com- isting Wellons boiler at the informed the board that tional 20 jobs to Barnstead, Board member Chris won approval last year on be- pany from purchasing the site at partial capacity), True plans for the property in- while the production of pel- Carazzo asked whether the half of Sanco Energy, LLC property by its December noted that the company had cluded a retail location lets could create up to 50 an- company’s site plan would for a biomass cogeneration deadline, and narrowed their pre-sold its entire output for where residents of Barn- cillary jobs for local loggers, meet the requirements of facility at the former Timco focus to the manufacture of the first year, ensuring that stead and surrounding com- foresters and truckers. the town’s Large Building property returned to the wood pellets under the aus- the funding was already in munities could purchase pel- “We’re very excited about Fire Protection code. planning board on March 5 pices of a new company, place. lets. it because it’s us,” he said, Greg True replied that af- under a new name, and with Lakes Region Pellets, Inc. (of “It’s a pretty simple oper- Explaining that if all goes adding that the company’s of- ter walking the site and mak- a new site plan for a wood pel- which he was now the Exec- ation,” he said, explaining well this year, the company ficers were all residents of ing a few suggestions recent- let operation.