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WMRSD School Board Adopts 2015-16 Budget of $20,817,757, up 3.75 Percent www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com Publishing news & views of Lancaster, Groveton, Whitefield, Lunenburg & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New Hampshire & Vermont [email protected] VOL. CXLVII, NO. 52 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES 75¢ The Balsams’ investors file first NHDES permit application BY EDITH TUCKER At most, 34 cfs rep- the Aquatic Base Flow ond per square mile of ommends a minimum 4.0 csm in the spring for [email protected] resents 2,937,600 cubic (median August flow) drainage area (csm). flow rate of 1.0 csm in the entire spawning and feet per day; continuous as 0.5 cubic feet per sec- The USF&WS also rec- the fall and winter and Balsams, PAGE A8 ERROL — Horizons use would only be for a Engineering Inc. of portion of the season as Littleton filed the first temperatures and con- permit application on ditions allow, the Hori- Wednesday, Dec. 17, zons’ application points with the state Depart- out. ment of Environmen- The intake would be tal Services (NHDES) located approximately on behalf of Dixville 1,700 feet downstream Capital, LLC, of Bethel, of the Errol Dam hydro- Maine, whose investors power project. are planning a $100 mil- Current plans call for lion redevelopment of two 36-inch-diameter in- The Balsams Grand Re- take pipes that would be sort and Wilderness Ski located some 30 feet east Area in the Unincorpo- of the river’s west bank. rated Place of Dixville. The top of the pipe The resort developers would be a minimum of applied for a 401 Water four feet below the nor- Quality Certification mal height of the water to allow snowmaking in the river. water to be withdrawn A pump station from the Upper Andro- would also be construct- scoggin River Basin. ed on the west bank. The application seeks Final designs for the to a permit to withdraw intakes and station will a maximum of 34 cubic be submitted once they feet per day (cfs) from have been completed. the Androscoggin River The New England on an intermittent ba- Flow Policy, estab- sis between Nov. 1 and lished by the U.S. Fish March 15. & Wildlife Service, set COURTESY PHOTO A group of youngsters from the Lancaster Play and Learn Center spent the day delivering holiday cheer throughout town last Thursday in the form of homemade cookies. Their rounds included a stop at the Coös County Democrat’s offices on Main Street, and we thank them for their delicious gift! WMRSD school board adopts 2015-16 budget of $20,817,757, up 3.75 percent BY EDITH TUCKER a proposed 2015-16 oper- en-member board voted including local assessed [email protected] ating budget, for a 3.75 “no.” valuations in most Dis- percent increase. Throughout the bud- trict towns, with voters WHITEFIELD — The Both Lancaster school get discussions over hurting financially. WMRSD school board board members — Pe- recent weeks, the two The board accept- voted 5 to 2 on Monday ter Riviere and Randy men pointed out that the ed a default budget of night, Dec. 15, to adopt Boggess — on the sev- local economy is down, $20,571,922 that is a 2.53 percent increase over the current budget that, Mount Washington sets ridership as required under the SB-2, simply moves this record for third year in a row year’s budget forward, with only very specific BY EDITH TUCKER General Manager foot high summit at the exceptions. PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER [email protected] Charley Kenison, a Jef- same time, Presby ex- The board has collec- Jennie St. Martin, who directed Holiday concerts at both ferson native who has plained. Trips now only tively wrestled during the Whitefield and Jefferson Elementary Schools this THOMPSON & lived near the Cog shops take 37 minutes and the recent meetings with month, is a third-year WMRSD teacher. She teaches four MESERVE’S PUR- for a number of years, changes underway will how to keep up the mo- days a week at the 300-student WES, and one day a week CHASE — “We did have will officially retire on allow trains to leave the mentum of raising the at the 70-student JES. another record-breaking New Year’s Eve Day, al- Marshfield Base Station quality of its academic year,” replied Mount though, Presby points every 45 minutes, rather and other offerings in a Washington Cog Rail- out, that is not entirely than every hour. year in which the Dis- way president and true. “We’ve also decided trict is being hit in sev- ‘Tis the season… co-owner Wayne Presby Kenison has commit- to build a sixth bio-die- eral areas with increas- of Littleton to an e-mail ted to continue to work sel locomotive as well as es in non-negotiable for early deadlines inquiry about this year’s on improvement proj- another air ride coach, costs: $355,433 in health ridership. “This year, ects. In particular, he both of which he will be insurance rates; $130,965 LANCASTER — With the holiday season in we had over 90,000 rid- will continue to work working on,” he said. in required payments to full swing, there will be some changes in our ers! We were up almost on the completion of the Air ride coaches the state retirement sys- publication schedule over the next few weeks 10 percent over last year. $500,000 new switch-and- smooth out what can be tem; a total of $99,000 in that readers and advertisers should bear in And this is our third re- siding project, designed a jolting trip in one of special educational tui- mind. cord-breaking year in a to allow the Cog to con- the older coaches. tion costs for residential Due to the fact that our offices, located at 79 row.” tinue to increase its rid- The new “greener” or out-of-District place- Main St. in Lancaster, will be closing at noon The ridership is up by ership and also to build locomotives, featuring ments for identified on Christmas Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 24) and will more than 50 percent in flexibility into its sched- John Deere motors, as students; and $43,085 in remain closed through Friday, the 26th in obser- the last five years since ule by allowing four well as the coaches are student transportation; vance of Christmas, next week’s edition of The 2009. trains to be at the 6,288- Railway, PAGE A8 plus increases in both Coös County Democrat will be arriving on local fuel and electricity costs newsstands and in subscribers’ mail boxes a day in contracts already in earlier than usual, on Tuesday, Dec. 30. effect. To ensure that the production of our Dec. 30 The whopping 23.5 issue runs smoothly despite this change in our WMRSD, PAGE A8 usual publication schedule, the submission deadline for any press releases, letters to the edi- tor, and obituaries intended for publication next INDEX week has been moved up to Tuesday, Dec. 23 at Business Directory ......... B6 4 p.m. Any submissions received after 4 p.m. on the 23rd will be held for publication in the next Calendar ........................... B5 available edition. Classified ...................... B7, 9 For information regarding the holiday dead- Editorials & Letters ....A4-5 lines for display advertising, please contact our Obituaries ....................... A2 Sales Representative, Bruce Pelletier, at 788-4939 or [email protected]. Real Estate ............... A10, 11 For information on Classified deadlines, Sports .............................B1-3 please call 1-877-766-6891 or e-mail jumbo@sal- monpress.com. FILE PHOTO The staff of The Coös County Democrat After setting a ridership record for the third year in a row, members of the Presby and Bedor thanks our readers for their cooperation with families, of Littleton, who own the Mount Washington Cog Railway have decided to build its our accelerated schedule, and wishes one and all sixth bio-diesel locomotive like this one over the winter, as well as another air-ride coach over a very safe and happy holiday season. and once conditions allow it next spring to complete installing a platform, switch and a segment of dual track close to the summit in Sargent’s Purchase. A2 COÖS COUNTY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014 ••• Mary E. Albee, 84 Rose E. Dion, 98 LINCOLN — Mary E. Bertram E. Albee, Jr., COLUMBIA — Mrs. vievre, Gaege, and Ga- Albee of Maltais Farm of Lincoln; a son, Bert Rose E. Dion, 98, of Co- briealla Lemay. Road passed away Tues- Albee III of Whitefield; lumbia, passed away She was preceded in day, Dec. 16, 2014 at five daughters (Donna early on Sunday, Dec. 14, death by her beloved Speare Memorial Hospi- Richardson and hus- 2014, at her home after a husband of 67 years, tal in Plymouth follow- band Butch of Wheaton, brief period of declining Albert “Pete” Dion, in ing a period of declining Ill., Becky Bourassa and health. 2006; a brother, Joseph health. She was 84. husband Buddy of Lin- She was born on Markovich; and a sister, Born on Aug. 4, 1930 coln, Sandra Avery and Jan. 9, 1916, in Berlin, a Mary Lovejoy. in Palatka, Fla., she was husband Dalton of No. daughter to the late Jo- Calling hours were the daughter of Jeff and Woodstock, Andrea Al- seph and Mary (Truka) on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, Mary E. (Vaughn) Par- bee-Besougloff of Thorn- Markovich. She was a from 9 to 11 a.m. at the rish. Mary Albee ton, and Cynthia Bart- 1934 graduate of Berlin Rose E.
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