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. CXLIV, NO. 29 WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 FORTY PAGES 75¢ Fighting Fifth re-enactors honor Col. Edward Cross By Edith Tucker but that we are here for the right [email protected] reasons.” Benedetto noted that from his LANCASTER — Six Civil War re- earliest days Cross had a fascina- enactors from Company A of the tion with the military. He read a 5th New Hampshire Volunteers laid piece of Cross’ poetry and said it a wreath at the Cross Monument was a shame he did not survive the on Main Street, Saturday, and paid war, as he had a true literary gift. their respects at the grave of the After honoring Cross, the reen- Civil War hero who died at Gettys- actors broke formation to get a burg leading the regiment. closer look at the grave, their fa- The men presented arms and miliarity and enthusiasm for Cross, the National Colors dipped in his family and history, obvious and salute before the grave in the infectious. Wilder Cemetery of Col. Edward E. The reenactors had turned out Cross, who succumbed to a wound on the grounds of the Lancaster received on July 3, 1863, in the Historical Society on Saturday to Wheat Field, an especially bloody simulate the recruiting effort that PHOTO BY ART MCGRATH PHOTO BY ART MCGRATH portion of the Battle of Gettysburg. took place in 1863 when soldiers Standing at attention, reenactors from Company A of the 5th New Saturday afternoon, reenactors from Company A of the 5th New Within a week of being killed, had to return to the Granite State Hampshire Volunteers salute the grave of the regiment’s commander, Hampshire Volunteers flank the grave of the regiment’s commander, Col. Cross’ body was in Lancaster for to refill their heavily depleted Col. Edward E. Cross, who was killed at Gettysburg. Edward E. Cross, at the Wilder Cemetery. burial. ranks, Benedetto said. “We are here to honor a true pa- This was after the Battle of Get- der a bright full moon. None are Later that day, the men laid a Fifth,” written by Mike Pride and But the granite Col. Cross triot,” said Chris Benedetto of tysburg at which 31-year-old Col. from the North Country but from wreath at Col. Cross’s grave in Mark Travis, both then of the “Con- obelisk still stands on Main Street, Rollinsford, representing a corpo- Edward E. Cross such towns as Laconia, Goffstown, Wilder Cemetery. cord Monitor.” and New Hampshire continues to ral in the regiment, speaking to the This year marks the 150th an- Londonderry, Rollinsford, and It’s been 10 years since Lan- Faith Kent, granddaughter of remember the ultimate sacrifice handful of people watching in the niversary of the start of the Civil Cape Neddick, Me. The original reg- caster was fascinated by re-enac- Cross’s best friend, Henry Kent, and made by so many to preserve the cemetery, surrounded by the War in 1861. iment was made up of men from all tors who came to celebrate the pub- “keeper of the flame” as William Union. graves of Lancaster’s founders. “It Some Fighting Fifth re-enactors of the state’s 10 counties, the re-en- lication of “My Brave Boys: To War Holden described her in his Fore- Staff writer Art McGrath also doesn’t matter the size of the crowd spent a chilly night encamped un- actors explained. with Colonel Cross & the Fighting word to “My Brave Boys,” has died. contributed to this article. Family Dollar Store application incomplete DES denies new By Edith Tucker [email protected] Alteration of Terrain LANCASTER — The Planning permit for Dalton raceway Board voted unanimously, 5 to 0, on Wednesday night, to reject as in- KHELA KUPIEC ses are listed as reasons for de- complete the application of JDH [email protected] nial in the four-page letter pro- Capital LLC of Charlotte, N. C., to vided to The Littleton Courier build a 9,180-square-foot Family DALTON – The proposed by the DES. Dollar Store on two lots, which Dalton drag strip suffered an- Ingerson said Friday he had would require the razing of two his- other blow earlier this month not received notice that his ap- toric Main Street houses. when the Department of Envi- plication was denied, and did- The Main Street lots are both ronmental Services (DES) de- n’t submit a second Alteration zoned commercial. Planning Board nied owner Douglas “Chick” In- of Terrain, or AOT, application members Claude Reed, Steve gerson an Alteration of Terrain for the raceway in the first Young, Joe Hoey, Mark St. Pierre, permit. place. He says he submitted an PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER and Dave Rexford supported the Lucy Wyman who walks and bicy- In a letter dated July 6, the application for a concrete op- department said it had re- eration, and still has the AOT motion. PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER cles around Lancaster’s downtown Chairman Justin Carter did not Mary Snowman of Depot Street said at Thursday night’s Planning Board asked the Planning Board to work ceived insufficient information permit for the drag strip that vote because there was not a tie. meeting that as an abutter to the proposed Family Dollar Store in down- energetically to preserve the beau- on the project, even after a re- the DES gave him two years During the three-hour-plus dis- town Lancaster she is very concerned about having a retention pond (to ty, historic character, and leafy quest for and receipt of addi- ago. That permit is good until cussion, many residents praised which she is pointing) behind her home and a view of a commercial environment of the county seat’s tional details. Several incon- Dec. 16, 2015, but is currently the recently completed Master Plan property that would also be noisy. Main Street. sistencies – largely having to under appeal, said James Mar- update, describing it as an excel- do with engineering – found in schedule in September to prepare Don Doolan, who said two years JDH Capital presented the applica- lent, well-written document that the submitted plans and analy- Raceway, PAGE A16 planning and zoning ordinances, were spent on the update, drawing tion to the Board. Andrew Nadeau, captures the importance of the aes- based on the Master Plan’s Chapter little or no public interest. a Planning Board alternate who re- thetics, historic character, and 9, “Present and Future Land Use,” Lucy Wyman said she had tried cused himself because of a conflict walkability of the town’s down- for possible town meeting action. at least three times to become in- of interest, assisted him. JDH Capi- Dr. Mat Forest started town. The Master Plan is non-regula- volved in the process but had been tal has not yet purchased either of As the meeting wore on, the tory, designed for use in devising denied a seat at the table. the two lots, although purchase and Planning Board voted unanimously Monday as GES principal and revising regulations, explained Don Bouchard of Horizons Engi- sale agreements have been signed. to direct planning-zoning coordina- By Edith Tucker alternate Planning Board member neering of Littleton, representing tor Ben Gaetjens-Oleson to set up a Dollar Store, PAGE A12 [email protected] GROVETON — Dr. Mat For- Brooke Ramsdell meets Carrie Underwood est of Lancaster, who recently earned his doctorate in Arts in By Edith Tucker matter-of-fact attitude toward the [email protected] Leadership at Franklin Pierce challenges she was facing in her University, began his new job on senior year of high school. Monday as principal of the 135- WHITEFIELD — Brooke Rams- “While interviewing Brooke we student kindergarten-to-grade-5 dell had some one-on-one time last found that she liked Carrie Under- Groveton Elementary School. week with country singer- song- wood a lot and would love to be “I’m very excited,” he said, writer and actress Carrie Under- able to meet her,” Dave recalled in enthusiastically. “I have a very wood. an e-mail exchange. “Make-A-Wish good feel about this school. This Ramsdell, who has almost com- New Hampshire — working with is my first day on the job, and I pleted her treatments for breast their National office — was able to look forward to meeting with the Mat Forest of Lancaster, a native cancer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock set up a meet-and-greet with Car- 33 staff members — teachers, of Concord, Vt., who earned his Medical Center in Lebanon, and B.S. at Plymouth State and rie Underwood (http://www.car- para-educators, custodians, members of her immediate family recently earned a doctorate in rieunderwoodofficial.com/)in and food service workers — that — her parents, Judy and Bob, and Arts in Leadership from Franklin Ohio. work here. I’m looking forward her older brother Tyler — spent Pierce University, is now on the to meeting parents and their four nights in Fort Loramie, Ohio, job as principal of the 135-stu- “We worked with Make-A-Wish kids.” dent Groveton Elementary School. attending a three-day concert fea- to get the family stage-front seat- Forest said that he’s also turing Carrie Underwood and ing for the entire three-day con- looking forward to working with many other big-name country per- cert, starting on Thursday, July 7. SAU 58 Superintendent of formers, thanks to the Make-A- INDEX “All this was made possible be- Schools Dr.