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Salem Animal Rescue League To volunteer, call Stephanie Micklon at Help the veterinarians in routine proce- 893-5586. dures, and make sure that all the cats are paper letters returned to suitable cages. Volunteers are Pelham Parks and Recreation Among many ways to get involved in your Letters to the editor can be sent to needed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays Help with a summer camp for students welcome community is to read about and participate [email protected]. They must be at SARL in Salem. For more information, call who are going into grades 9 or 10 in the fall. A new town means new faces and new in local happenings. no more than 200 words long. They must be SARL President Lori Bertrand at 890-2166, The camp will take place from through Aug. places. It’s a new house, a new school and The Salem Observer has been pub- accompanied by the author’s name, address or e-mail [email protected]. 13 at Veterans Memorial Park, 6 Village a whole new area. For most people, this lished every week since 1966, and we cover and phone number or e-mail address; this is Green St. For more information, call 668- means at least several months of uncomfort- the towns of Pelham, Salem and Windham. used for verification purposes or if we have Salemhaven Nursing Home 8601 or e-mail recreation@pelhamweb. able scrambling for information on things For a more detailed history on our paper, turn any questions. Volunteer with ceramics and crafts from com. that once seemed familiar – like schools, to page 17. 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Thursdays at Salem­ utilities and where to shop or find something We can be reached at 893-4356 and are Meals on Wheels haven Nursing Home, 23 Geremonty Drive to do over a long weekend. located at 88 Stiles Road, Salem. You can Prepare food and serve it to senior in Salem. Or help with baking from 9:30 This publication is aimed at being a solu- also reach us at our main office at 314-0447 citizens at Salem’s Ingram Senior Center, 1 to 11:45 a.m. on Mondays. Help transport tion to those new-place jitters. Inside this and that is located at 1662 Elm St., Suite 100, Sally Sweet’s Way, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. residents to Doris and her Banjo from 10 to second edition of the Discover section of Manchester, NH 03101. web 11:45 a.m. Manicures are given from 9:30 to weekdays. For more information, call Judy the Salem Observer, the reader can find all Most stories and features are online 11: 45 a.m. on Fridays. Friendly visitors can Lalmond at 893-2137. the basic facts needed to get settled in any at www.salemobserver.com and www. come any time to help set up card games. of the three towns covered by The Salem newhampshire.com. Observer. And there’s a little extra, too. Places to news ‘It's a good shop, things to do with the kids and a smat- Have a proud accomplishment, a tering of history to give depth to the new graduating student or community yard community to live hometown. sale? E-mail the information to news@ Indeed, the information is aimed to help salemobserver.com. adverts Starting a new business? E-mail in. Good friends, make this new town in which you now live [email protected] for advertising into a hometown, by putting the familiar only rates. good neighbors’ a few flips of the pages away. — Patty Frydryck and son Patrick of Salem reprints See a picture of your child in your paper and want a copy? Simply contact Photo Editor Bruce Preston at bpreston@salemobserver. com with requests, or visit www. SalemObserver.com/reprints to see if subscribe Like what you see here and in the weekly Save on they’re already available. paper? You can easily subscribe by calling 30,000 mile 893-4356. 60,000 mile 90,000 mile Recommended Maintenance HOW’S YOUR CAR? Towing and Repair Services including Timing Belts & Adjusting Valves GENESSE AUTO REPAIR, Inc. • Oil Changes Robert Genesse, Prop • Tune-ups Bruce Paris, General Manager GAR INC • AC Re-charging Affiliated FOREIGN & DOMESTIC Auto care • State Inspections approved facility Brake • Tune-ups • Exhaust • Tires • Shocks • Motorcycle State Inspections Batteries • Wheel Alignments • Towing • Brake & Exhaust Work 24 Hour NH STATE INSPECTIONS • Front End Suspension Work Emergency Towing

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traffic and was the main thoroughfare for much commerce including, according to records, a herd of more than 4,000 turkeys. Enter William Meserve and Thomas Montgomery Dustin. Meserve, a local tinker and inventor, built and marketed one of the first snowplows used in the area, and sold the first car in Salem in history 1900, an engine-driven wagon. Duston is credited with building the first car, a steam-driven carriage in 1899. The dawn of the new millennium in Salem has brought a host Little did the these auto visionaries and Rockingham Toll Road of challenges. There are clogged roads, increasing population investors know that their combined efforts would drive Salem’s future. coupled with a decreasing amount of open and green space. There Taking a historical step off the road, Salem was and remains is the perennial struggle between what residents can and want to something of a summer haven. Canobie Lake Park is now more pay in taxes with what the town needs and than a century old, and Rockingham Park wants. is closing in on a century. Both parks, as For information on Salem history the But this is the present and recent well as the ponds and lakes, provided the following books are recommended. They past. Before the rapid changes in the impetus for trains, buses and trolleys to also served as the base for this brief 1950s and 1960s, with the introduction run lines into the community, spurring on history. of Interstate 93 and the popularization a steady but slow population and busi- • “At the edge of megalopolis: A History of of the automobile, Salem was simply ness growth. In the town’s golden years, Salem N.H. 1900-1974,” No specified authors, another rural farm community, although from the turn of last century until post- published by the Town of Salem. one noted for its foresight. World War II, movie stars, sports stars and • “A History of Salem,” by Edgar Gilbert, Jump back to the time of Lewis and notable singers, actors and big bands 1907 Clark’s expedition across the uncharted summered and entertained in the town. • “Images of America: Salem, NH, Vol. 1,” territories of what would become the The advent of Interstate 93 changed by Katherine Khalife and Douglas W. Seed, Midwest and Western United States. the face and substance of the town. It Arcadia Publishing, 1996. Thomas Jefferson was president, the became more of a bedroom community • “Images of America: Salem, NH, Vol. 2: Revolutionary War had wrapped up less catering to commuters seeking work in Trolleys, Canobie Lake and Rockingham than a half-century before and the idea of Massachusetts but craving the close- Park,” by Douglas W. Seed and Katherine the sovereign nation of the United States ness of small-town life. Property values Khalife, Arcadia Publishing, 1996. was still a fresh idea. rose, the small businesses that once It was 1804 and a few local investors lined Rockingham Road have been decided to build a straight toll road connect- replaced by larger corporate creations, and the ing Boston and New Hampshire’s capital, Concord. The new road, summer camps that once dotted the shores of the lakes are now later to become Rockingham Road and the original section of Route being converted to permanent homes. 28, was the first road built that attracted homes and business to it, But the changes have wrought the character of the town only in rather than the opposite. The road was finished and opened in 1806, visible ways. Under the surface is the same community that hosted setting in motion Salem’s financial future. The town was the halfway baseball great Mel Ott after games at Boston’s Fenway Park and the Salem’s old fire house Observer/Intern Katie Boisvert point between Massachusetts and Concord and three taverns and same one that became a favorite of singer Patti Page. inns rose to accommodate the traffic that grew on the road. For And for many in the community Salem is not simply a place to roughly the first century of its life, the road saw horse and carriage build a house, it’s a place to call home.

town I grew up in. Most of 28 was market gardens,” said Barnes. Before starting his career at the gov’t demographics fire department 26 years ago, view Board of Selectmen Total population (2001) 29,399 Barnes actually worked as Salem Fire Chief a milk farmer. “That’s all Median age (2000 Census) 38.1 Everett McBride Arthur Barnes history now.” Population density (2000 Census) 1,151.7 per square mile Mike Lyons “Nevertheless, it Total households (2000 Census) 10,866 Ronald Belanger Fire Chief Arthur was a great place Total families (2000 Census) 7,602 Stephanie Micklon Barnes has lived in to grow up,” he said Average size of family (2000 Census) 3.16 persons Richard “Dick” Gregory Salem for 52 years, after raising his own Per capita income (2000 Census) $26,170 and half that time children in the trans- Median household income (2000 Census) $58,090 he’s worked for the fire Town Manager formed town he grew Median value owner-occupied housing (2000) $168,900 department in Salem. Henry LaBranche up in. Families below the poverty level (2000) 238 During that time Salem has “Even though Salem has Salem Town Hall Labor force (2000 Census) 15,692 gone through a rapid revolution from changed quite a bit, it’s still a great 33 Geremonty Drive Unemployment rate (2000 Census) 467 a rural farm town to a growing com- place to grow up in,” Barnes said. mercialized community. Salem, NH 03079 Mean travel time to work (2000 Census) 26.4 minutes “Salem has changed from the 890-2200 Page 4 • Salem Observer • discover salem-pelham-windham• July 21, 2005 salem

Post Office Walter Haigh School Main branch 24 School St. Salem High School 51 South Broadway Principal Gail Rowe 44 Geremonty Dr. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays Grades 1 through 5 Principal William Hagen 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays 893-7064 Grades 9 through 12 town info www.usps.com schools Integrated vocational programs Lancaster School 893-7069 County: Rockingham Post Office Salem School District 54 Millville St. North branch Superintendent of Schools Town Hall 112 East Broadway Michael Delahanty Principal Edith Soley Private/Parochial Schools 33 Geremonty Drive North Salem 38 Geremonty Drive Grades 1 through 5 Salem, NH 03079 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays 890-7040 893-7059 St. Joseph Regional Catholic School Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays www.salemschooldistrictnh.org 40 Main St. 890-2000 Soule School Principal Pauline Belanger www.townofsalemnh.org Kelley Library Salem has no public kindergarten. 173 S. Policy St. Preschool, Grades K through 8 234 Main St. Principal Maura Palmer Preschool – 893-5232 Directions to Town Hall: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays Grades 1 through 5 Kindergarten and school – 893-6811 Take Route 93 to Exit 1. Go straight through Elementary Schools: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays 893-7053 three sets of lights, crossing Route 28. 898-7064 Granite State Christian School Continue to blinking yellow light, and turn www.salem.lib.nh.us Barron School left onto Geremonty Drive. The Town Hall is 55 Butler St. North Salem School 1 Sand Hill Road 140 Zion Hill Road Principal Tammy Gallagher on the right after the courthouse. Salem District Court Principal Anthony DiNardo 35 Geremonty Drive Grades 1 through 6 Principal Pauline Richard Grades 1 through 6, K, preschool Form of Government: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays 893-7067 Grades 1 through 5 and day care Selectmen/town manager 893-4483 893-7062 893-0898 Jurisdiction: Salem, Windham Mary Fisk School Emergency Services: and Pelham 14 Main St. Woodbury Middle School Salem Christian School Police, fire and ambulance: Dial 911. Principal Susan Rhodes 206 Main St. 101 School St. Department of Motor Vehicles SEED preschool, Grades 1 to 5 Principal Deborah Jordan-Connell Principal Eldon Long Police Department Operated by state of New Hampshire Grades 6 through 8 Grades Pre-K through 8 9 Veteran’s Memorial Parkway 893-7051 33 Geremonty Drive 893-7055 893-4289 Business line: 893-1911 (lower floor of Town Hall) www.salempd.org 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. weekdays 893-8734 Fire Department Natural Gas Supplier: Central Station: 152 Main St. Taxes: Northern Utilities Business line: 890-2200 2003 local property tax: No New Hampshire office $20.22 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Poison Control: (800) 562-8236 Taxes are due July 1 and Dec. 1 436-0310 Animal Control: 890-2390 utilities Water Supplier: Salem Community Television: Electric Supplier: Ingram Senior Center Salem Water Department 44 Geremonty Dr. Granite State Electric 1 Sally Sweet’s Way Salem, NH 03079 33 Geremonty Drive 9 Lowell Road 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays 893-7069 ext. 118 890-2171 890-7000 890-2190 898-0206 fax [email protected] Telephone Company: Transfer Station Cable Company: Verizon Shannon Road Comcast Distance to: Residential services: (800) 474-9999 7 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Manchester: 17 miles Service through Manchester Business services: (800) 941-9900 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Portsmouth: 35 miles 626-9900 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays Concord: 38 miles 890-2164 Boston: 32 miles The town has no curbside trash pickup. Transportation: Residents who do not have private trash No public transportation. haulers can bring their garbage to the town Taxi services are available. waste transfer station. Residents must get a Nearest commercial airport is transfer station permit at the Town Hall each Manchester Airport, in Manchester. Send us your year. The cost is $10; the stickers expire at www.flymanchester.com the end of every March. Newspaper, glass Discover stories, thoughts and advice. and metal must be separated out of the gar- Click ‘Discover’ when you visit bage. www.SalemObserver.com July 21, 2005• discover salem-pelham-windham • Salem Observer • Page 5 near boston

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Mills were later run by steam engines fired by wood. A formal structure of educating stu- dents began in the late 18th century, when the town divided itself into five school dis- history tricts. Each district received one-fifth of the Settled in the early 1720s, Pelham is money raised by the town to pay for educat- believed to have been part of the British ing students. Colony of Massachusetts. One-third of Schooling typically lasted two to four western Pelham was part of Dunstable, months during the winter and was taught Mass., while the rest of the town had been by schoolmasters. Summer terms, usu- part of Dracut, Mass. Pelham was chartered ally taught by women, typically lasted two as a New Hampshire town in 1746. or three months. By the mid 1880s, the town Faced with the challenge of crossing had built schools in all its districts. the town’s numerous brooks and tributaries, In the early 1900s Pelham was a popular settlers often used rafts as ferries. summer resort location. Summer cottages They later built wooden were built on local ponds and large bridges and used them for homes were converted to more than a century. But summer boarding houses. these structures were But with the popularity of constantly rebuilt after automobiles, tourists being wrecked by annu- could travel farther from al floods and spring ice Pelham to other places, thaws. and the town found its In the late 1830s, resi- attraction to tourists dents built a stone bridge declining between the Pelham’s Abbott Bridge Observer/Intern Katie Boisvert over Beaver Brook, south mid 1920s and 1950. of Pelham Center. The Local charitable bridge is known today as ‘I grew up in organizations, however, could be crossed south of Pelham Center. the Pelham men who fought in the American Abbott Bridge and a his- found the town to be an The oldest double-arched stone bridge Revolution. Because the bridge was built torical marker calls atten- Pelham. My attractive place to provide that remains in New Hampshire, Abbott close to his house, it became known as tion to it. The construction husband grew summer fun for its mem- landmark Bridge was constructed without mortar, Abbott Bridge. Residents sometimes bers. of other stone bridges up in Pelham. Pelham’s first stone bridge, Abbott sustained only by the ex­pert shaping of referred to it as South Bridge. followed. In the 1930s the Girl Bridge, was built in 1837 on what is now arched stones. A state historical marker that stands From the town’s set- It's wonderful Scouts bought more known as Old Bridge Street North. The The bridge was built near the home of near Citizens Bank calls attention to the tlement to the early 1920s community. It's than 200 acres west of bridge was constructed so Beaver Brook the Abbott family. Uriah Abbott was among bridge, which was restored in 1998. almost all residents were Little Island Pond. Camp subsistence farmers, who a becoming a Runels is still oper- raised their own cattle and big town; it's ated by the organization food to feed their families. today. The Lowell YMCA This included the town’s changed but it's purchased 56 acres of blacksmiths, lumbermen, really exciting Pelham land, including gov’t carpenters, lawyers, doc- a beach on Long Pond, tors and ministers. and still a small in the 1940s. Known as Board of Selectmen With the growth of the community.’ Camp Alex­ander before demographics Jean-Guy Bergeron mill cities of Nashua and it was sold to the town, — Jennifer Pendergast, Total population (2001) 11,300 Victor Danevich nearby Massachusetts the land now serves lifelong resident of Pelham Median age (2000) 36 Thomas Domenico communities, profession- as Pelham Veteran’s with daughters Georgia Population density (2002) 429.9 per square mile Harold “Hal” Lynde al farmers came to play Memorial Park. and Meghan Edmund Gleason a vital role. These farm- A popular form of Total households (2000 Census) 3,606 ers fed the thousands of transportation used by Total families (2000 Census) 2,983 mill workers whose long Pelham residents was Average size of family (2000 Census) 3.3 persons Town Administrator workdays gave them no time to grow their trolleys. Trolley cars transported tex­tile mill Per capita income (1999) $25,158 Tom Gaydos own food. These farmers prospered and workers to their jobs and brought residents Median household income (1999) $68,608 their holding grew to large estates. to popular destinations, such as Canobie Median value owner-occupied housing (2000) $172,200 Pelham Town Hall Lake Park in Salem. Another component of the local econ- Families below the poverty level (1999) 1.6% 6 Village Green The town’s Old Home Day tradition omy were sawmills, thanks to the town’s Labor force (2002) 7,120 Pelham, NH 03076 began in 1906. Twenty-five years later, it 635-8233 abundance of timber and running water. Unemployment rate (2002) 7.85% Other types of mills were opened. Some became a fund-raiser to support the Con­ gregational Church. Mean travel time to work (2000 Census) 27.2 minutes July 21, 2005• discover salem-pelham-windham • Salem Observer • Page 7 pelham

local inspection stations in town) Distance to: Manchester: 17 miles Department of Motor Vehicles Portsmouth: 35 miles Operated by state of New Hampshire Concord: 38 miles 33 Geremonty Drive, Salem Boston: 32 miles town info (lower floor of Town Hall) 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. weekdays Transportation: County: 893-8734 • Liberty Taxi, 437-TAXI. Hillsborough • Nearest commercial airport is Taxes: Manchester Airport, in Manchester. Town Hall 2004 local property tax: www.flymanchester.com 6 Village Green $29.85 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Pelham, NH 03076 Taxes are due July 1 and Dec. 1 Houses of worship www.pelhamweb.com • Cross Roads Baptist Church Directions to Town Hall: From Route 38, turn Pelham Trash/Recycling 635-1556 onto Main Street. Take a left at traffic light, 635-3964 43 Atwoood Rd. then take an immediate right onto Marsh No pickup. Drop trash and common sorted crossroadsbaptistchurch.com Pelham’s old library Observer/Intern Katie Boisvert Road. Entrance to Town Hall is on the right. recyclables at Transfer Station located on • St. Patrick Parish Windham Road. 635-1447 (religious education) use to a library and memorial building or Form of Government: 635-3829 (clubhouse) other educational purpose. Failure by the Selectmen/town administrator Voter registration 12 & 16 Main St. town to do so would revert ownership of the Town Hall, 635-2040 • First Congregation Church of Pelham land to the couple’s heirs. Emergency Services: landmark Completed in 1896, the library featured 635-7025 The use of the Pelham Public Library Police, fire and ambulance: Dial 911. Pelham Library Main Street building by the Pelham Historical Society wood paneling donated by a Civil War vet- 24 Village Green • New England Pentecostal Church maintains the wishes of donors that a tract eran in its memorial room. Marble plaques, State Police 635-7581 898-4637 of land they gave to the town be used for a mounted on walls, were engraved with the (800) 525-5555 www.pelhamweb.com/library 327 Gage Hill Road library or other educational purpose. names of the town’s veterans. An ornate In 1896, Frank M. Woodbury and his wife, Victorian clock was donated that kept time Police Department Salem District Court Synagogues Zena, donated a piece of town center land in the building for than 100 years. 14 Village Green, Pelham 35 Geremonty Drive, Salem • Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry for Pelham to build a library on. Pelham’s After Pelham built a new library, voters Business line: 635-2411 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays 432-0004 library, previously housed in town hall, was authorized in 2003 the leasing of the original www.pelhampolice.com 893-4483 • Temple Emanuel, Haverhill, Mass. running out of space when residents voted library building to the historical society so Jurisdiction: Salem, Windham, Pelham (978) 373-3861 in 1895 to spend $4,000 to construct a the group could use it to exhibit historical Fire Department library building. artifacts and hold educational programs. 65 Old Bridge St. North 2003 local property tax: The Woodbury deed restricts the land’s The clock now stands in the new library. Business line: 635-2703 $27.95 per $1,000 assessed valuation. Poison Control: Employment services utilities (800) 562-8236 • State of N.H. Employment Services 29 South Broadway, Salem, 893-4700 Electric Supplier: Animal Control: • private services available as well Granite State Electric 635-2211 9 Lowell Road, Salem Pelham Fish & Game 890-7000 Animal Licensing Simpson Mill Road, 635-8311 Dog licensing: $6.50 for spayed /neutered, Cable broadband services Pelham Memorial School if not, then $9. Seniors: $2/dog. Must be Hospitals Adelphia (adelphia.com) Principal Catherine Pinsonneault done by April 30 of the year or $1/month • Parkland Medical Center, Derry, 432-1500 (888) 683-1000 schools 59 Marsh Road fine. Having five or more dogs: Need kennel parklandmedicalcenter.com 635-2321 license for $20. • Holy Family Hospital, 70 East St., Meth­ Water, natural gas, oil, propane: Pelham-Windham School District Grades 6 through 8 uen, Mass., (978) 687-0151. through private providers Superintendent of Schools Car registration www.holyfamilyhospital.org Elaine Cutler Pelham High School Town Hall , 635-2040 • Lawrence General Hospital, 1 General St., Telephone Company: 19 Haverhill Road, Windham Principal Dorothy Mohr Lawrence, Mass., (978) 683-4000. Verizon (www.verizon.com) phone: 425-1976 85 Marsh Road Car inspection www.lawrencegeneralhospital.org Residential services: (800) 474-9999 windhamsd.org/SAU28/sau28.htm 635-2115 at registered and certified inspection Business services: (800) 941-9900 Grades 9 through 12 station, within 10 days of registration (at Pelham has no public kindergarten. Parochial School ‘It's great to live in a community that houses Pelham Elementary School Principal Roger Dumont two very diverse but historically Principal Alicia Lafrance St. Patrick School 61 Marsh Road 16 Main St. significant parks, namely 635-8875 635-2941 Canobie Lake and Rockingham Race Track.’ Readiness through grade 5 Grades K through 8 — Ron Penczak, Freelance writer and columnist Page 8 • Salem Observer • discover salem-pelham-windham• July 21, 2005 pelham

Fire Fighters Association 635-2703 Lions Club 635-7711 Pelham Girl’s Softball 635-9927 Food Pantry 635-2671 Men’s Slow-Pitch Softball League 635-1656 Pelham Little League 635-1063 Friends of the Library in Pelham 635-7581 Mom’s Group Pelham-Windham Razorbacks 635-7167 local groups Garden Group 635-7642 [email protected] People for Education in Pelham 635-3177 Girl Scouts 627-4158 New Greeley Singers 635-7337 Police Relief Association 635-2411 American Legion Post 100 635-8345 Good Neighbor Fund 635-3457 Parent/Tot Play Group 635-2721 Pulpit Rock Lodge 103 F. & A.M. 635-7888 Boy Scouts – Daniel Webster Council (800) 221- Hannah Dustin Pelham Quilt Group 635-2612 Pelham Community Spirit 635-7642 Skate Park Committee 635-8233 0009 Historical Society 635-7212 Pelham Community Theatre 883-1618 Veterans of Foreign Wars 635-3870 Fire Auxiliary 635-2703 League of Women Voters 635-9777 Pelham Fish and Game Club 893-3370

Pelham’s history, possible causes included a railway signal system that had been struck by lightning and a motorman who had lost sleep the night before because of a sick child. ¥ Faux Painting ¥ Claims from the crash were so large Call us today for a that the Hudson, Pelham & Salem electric free estimate. railway was forced into receivership the following year. A new company emerged 888.NHCerta in 1907, which later consolidated with a (888.642.3782) Massachusetts railway. But the railway www.certapro.com/certaprosalem abandoned its tracks from Salem to Pelham and Nashua in 1924. During World War II the car portion of Crash claimed six lives in 1903. Courtesy file photo the trolley barn on Main Street was razed, blind curve about a half-mile west of Pelham and the office and substation became St. Center. Six people died and more than 40 Patrick Parish’s hall. were injured. A plaque outside of the hall, placed eventful According to Reflections, a book of there as part of an Eagle Scout project, is In 1903, two trolley cars collided on a dedicated to the victims of the crash.

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Salem, Pelham and Windham have windhamcommunityband.com. Also, the classical, contemporary and pops tunes in sical and pop music alive many local art and culture events through- organization’s general manager, Roanne performances that are sure to delight the for almost 80 years. With out the year. From performance art to fine Copley, can be reached at 432-2727. whole family. The Philharmonic performs frequent visits by guest arts, people throughout the area are adding Operafest! in Derry offers locally pro- mostly at Manchester’s Palace Theatre soloists, the relatively their own special flavor to local culture. Here duced opera starring a cast of nearly all while the Symphony Orchestra tours to dif- inexpensive tickets are a are a few highlights. New Hampshire residents. Performing at ferent locations around the Granite State. great deal. Call 595-9156 Established in 1997, the Windham locations throughout the area, including its For information, call the Philharmonic at for tickets and upcoming Community Band and its 60 members main stage at the Memorial Opera House 647-6476 or the Symphony at 669-3559. performance informa- have been delighting audiences of all ages in Derry, the opera company also offers Performing at Nashua’s historic Keefe tion. with their concert band, swing band and children’s shows. Call 437-4732 for more Auditorium at Elm Street Junior High School, With a summer flute ensemble. The bands perform at vari- information. the Nashua Symphony Orchestra and home in Milford and a ous locations and keep an active upcom- The N.H. Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society have been keeping clas- winter home at a historic ing concert listing on their Web site at www. N.H. Philharmonic Orchestra perform playhouse in downtown

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New zoning in the 1960s designated specific ‘Transportation areas in town for commerce. Previously, most has been businesses were operated out of homes. Farms and mills have been an important the defining part of Windham’s economy through its history. history influence on Windham has long been known as a farming Originally home to Pawtucket Indians, town – particularly a dairy farming community Windham was settled in 1719 by Scottish immi- the town of – but young people were later attracted to the cit- grants seeking religious freedom. Their settle- Windham. Rail ies for work, and the Great Depression and World ment, including parts of Derry and Londonderry, War II brought an end to most local farms. By was known as Nutfield. and the 1975, only two farms were still in existence. In 1741 some of the original settlers peti- availability of Some of Windham’s rich history remains tioned the governor to have 27.2 square miles today, thanks to preservation efforts. The Searles of land delineated as their own community. The trolleys in the School and Chapel, given to the town by philan- governor honored their request, and Windham ’20s and ’30s thropist Edward F. Searles in the early 1900s, in was incorporated as a town the following year. exchange for land, has recently been restored. Throughout its history, Windham has been and Route 93 The building was used for classroom space known as a “rural oasis,” a quiet town that has since the ’60s prior to Golden Brook School’s opening in 1971. escaped the large growth of development in Searles Castle, now run by the Sisters of neighboring communities. has increased Mercy, was built by Searles in the early 1900s. With its large bodies of water, including the population, In the quaint town center, a historic district, Canobie Lake and Cobbetts Pond, much of the stands various historical buildings: the Town Hall; town’s economy over the years relied on tourist but at the same the Armstrong Memorial Building, which was recreation. Summer vacationers were attracted time has allowed made of stone in 1898 and served as the town’s to waterfront cottages, and the opportunities for library for many years; the Windham Presbyterian swimming, boating and fishing. for a diversity Church, constructed in 1834 in keeping with the Ironically, the advent of the automobile of ideas and custom of Scottish ancestors to build a church as didn’t provide an influx of vacationers, as tour- close to town as possible; the original fire station, ists sought to travel to larger lakes, the White opinions.’ and the historic Bartley House, both of which are now occupied by town offices. Mountains and Maine beaches. — Peter Griffin, Trains coming through Windham have been The 1961 opening of Interstate 93, which Windham Historic an important part of the economy, having pro- cut through the town, brought urban dwellers to Commission Windham who could enjoy living in a country set- vided some interesting history. ting while commuting to their Boston-area jobs. In the early 1900s, the train station in West Although the new highway brought a hous- Windham provided more than 100 carloads of ing boon to town, zoning changes adopted by wood and lumber during winters. And a train once Windham residents saved local land from turn- brought President Teddy Roosevelt through ing into development. This enabled the town to town. He made a whistle stop at the Windham Windham’s Union Hall Observer/Darrell Halen maintain much of its rural character. Depot during the 1904 presidential campaign. the Londonderry border, was constructed for $650. Union Hall was filled to capacity on Nov. 27, 1880, when ministers from several towns joined a gathering of residents, a band and a gov’t demographics landmark chorus for its dedication. Despite improvements over the years, Total population (2004) 12,452 Board of Selectmen During the 1870s, western Windham the hall has kept its New England charac- Bruce Breton Median age (2000 Census) 37.8 was a busy part of town. The village had a ter – a no-frills structure, straight and plain. Alan Carpenter Population density (2000 Census) 430 per square mile post office, general store, grain mill, black- To this day, there is no running water in the Margaret Crisler Total households (2000 Census) 3,906 smith shop, baker shop, railroad station and building. Roger Hohenberger Total families (2000 Census) 3,018 a growing population. Over the years, the hall has been the site Galen Stearns Average size of family (2000 Census) 3.25 persons Residents, who believed it was too far of religious services, parties and other social Per capita income (2000 Census) $38,559 to travel to the town’s center for activities, functions. It is owned by the Neighborhood Town Administrator Median household income (2000 Census) $94,794 decided to construct a local building for Club, a small organization that uses the social, religious and literary purposes. David Sullivan Median value owner-occupied housing (2000) $230,100 building for annual events such as indoor Shares were sold to raise money. Some Families below the poverty level (2000) 35 yard sales, Easter egg hunts, Christmas Windham Town Hall residents donated their labor. Most of the Labor force (2000 Census) 5,779 parties and a haunted house. 3 North Lowell Road wooden building, at Anderson Road near Unemployment rate (2000 Census) 136 Windham, NH 03087 432-7732 Mean travel time to work (2000 Census) 31.5 minutes July 21, 2005• discover salem-pelham-windham • Salem Observer • Page 11 windham

Animal Licensing Taxes: Dog licensing – $6.50 for spayed/ neutered, 2004 Property tax if not, then $9. Seniors: $2 for first dog (nor- $18.50 per $1,000 assessed valuation. mal fees after that). Employment services town info Pelham Fish & Game • State of N.H. Employment Services County: Simpson Mill Road, 635-8311 29 S. Broadway, Salem, 893-4700 Rockingham • private services available as well Car registration Town Hall 3 North Lowell Road, Town Hall Hospitals 3 North Lowell Road 434-5075 • Parkland Medical Center, Derry, 432-1500 Windham, NH 03087 Car inspection parklandmedicalcenter.com www.windhamnh.com/windham at registered and certified inspection sta- • Holy Family Hospital, 70 East St., Meth­ tion, within 10 days of registration (at local uen, Mass., (978) 687-0151. inspection stations in town) www.holyfamilyhospital.org Directions to Town Hall The Armstrong Memorial Building Observer/Bruce Preston From I-93 North or South: Take Exit 3. Turn • Lawrence General Hospital, 1 General St., onto Route 111W. Go straight through lights Department of Motor Vehicles Lawrence, Mass., (978) 683-4000. The building, constructed of fieldstone, at Village Green. Take first right onto Church Operated by state of New Hampshire www.lawrencegeneralhospital.org is 53 feet long by 33 feet wide. It became the Street, and follow to the end. Town hall is 33 Geremonty Drive, Salem home of the Nesmith Library, which for 28 directly across the street on the hill. (lower floor of Town Hall) Transportation: landmark years, since its 1871 opening, had operated From Nashua/Hudson: Follow Route 111E 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. weekdays • Liberty Taxi, 437-TAXI. out of Town Hall. into Windham. Go straight through the lights 893-8734 • Green Cab Company, 432-7800. The Armstrong Memorial Building, Today, the building houses the Windham at the intersection at Mammoth Road (128), • Nearest commercial airport is which stands next to Windham Town Hall, Museum. Windham Community Television, and at Windham Center School. Turn left at Windham Trash & Recycling Manchester Airport, in Manchester. was dedicated on Jan. 4, 1899. The build- the cable access channel, operates out of next set of lights onto No. Lowell. Road Town 426-5102 www.flymanchester.com ing was a gift to the town by George W. the building’s annex. Hall is directly to the left on the hill. No pickup. Drop trash and common sorted Armstrong of Brookline, Mass., as a memo- Spruce trees next to the building were recyclables at transfer station located at 1 Houses of worship rial to his ancestors. planted by the Windham Women’s Club. Form of Government: Ledge Road. Recycling is mandatory. • St. Matthew Parish, Rectory, 2 Searles Natural gas, oil, propane: Selectmen/town administrator Road. 898-4818 through private providers Voter registration • Windham Bible Chapel Office, Cobbetts Pond Road. 898-9899 Emergency Services: Town Hall, 434-5075 Telephone Company: • Windham Presbyterian Church, 1 Church utilities Police, fire and ambulance: Dial 911. Verizon (verizon.com) Road. 432-2150 Nesmith Library Electric Supplier: Residential services: (800) 474-9999 State Police 8 Fellows Road PSNH Business services: (800) 941-9900 (800) 525-5555 432-7154 Synagogues (800) 662-7764 www.pelhamweb.com/library • Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry Non-emergency fire & police 432-0004 Cable broadband services 434-4907 Salem District Court • Temple Emanuel, Haverhill, Mass. Adelphia (adelphia.com) (978) 373-3861 schools 35 Geremonty Drive, Salem (888) 683-1000 Poison Control: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays Pelham-Windham School District (800) 562-8236 893-4483 Water & Sewer Superintendent Elaine Cutler Jurisdiction: Salem, Windham, Pelham Pennichuck 19 Haverhill Road, Windham Animal Control: 382-7102 425-1976 434-5577 windhamsd.org/SAU28/sau28.htm

Golden Brook School Daughters of the American Revolution 432-6479 Nobody’s Children 893-7634 Principal Beth McGuire Derry Area Home Schoolers 898-0828 Parent/Teacher Association 421-9360 112 Lowell Road Fire Association 434-0944 Pelham-Windham Razorbacks 635-7167 898-9586 local groups First NH Regiment 434-6152 Playground Maintenance Committee 894-5429 Transition through Grade 2 AARP (603) 434-5931 Friends of Art and Recreation 894-5668 Police Association 434-5577 American Legion 434-8403 Friends of the Library of Windham 886-4690 Rock Pond Improvement Assn. 893-1953 Windham Center School Babysitting Co-op 893-1077 Garden Club 898-9065 Republican Committee 898-4860 Principal Maureen Bass Baseball/Softball Assn. 432-8877 Girl Scouts 893-1330 Windham Seniors 898-9520 2 Lowell Road Basketball – youth/adult 437-2136 Historical Society 898-7433 Shepard’s Pantry 434-7800 432-7312 Beta Sigma Phi 898-8891 Knights of Columbus 890-3824 Sister City Committee 898-9520 Grades 3 through 5 Boy Scout Troop 263 421-0906 Lacrosse 434-7196 Talent Express Theatre 894-5668 Boy Scout Troop 266 890-5544 Ladies Fire Auxiliary 893-0828 Tennis Association – Men 893-1809 Windham Middle School Cobbetts Pond Improvement Association 898-8158 Lions Club 432-5698 Tennis Association – Women 898-2606 Principal Stephen Plocharczyk Cobbetts Pond Village District 893-0674 Men’s Soccer 432-8986 Windham Athletic & Soccer Club 537-0170 112 Lowell Road Community Band 432-2727 Men’s Softball League 434-8088 Women’s Club 898-0100 893-0434 Community Coalition 432-5209 Newcomer’s Club 898-3678 Grades 6 through 8 Cub Scout Troops 262,263,266 898-8474 Neighborhood Club 432-2985 PagePage 12 8 • • Salem Salem Observer Observer • • discover discover salem-pelham-windhamsalem-pelham-windham•• July July 21, 15, 20 200054 places to go

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