ECRWSS PRESORT STD U.S. Postage PAID Winnisquam Echo Postal Customer Winnisquam Echo THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE Tilton invites Sanbornton, Belmont into fire discussion BY ERIK ZYGMONT establishing a new fire dis- gestion of Municipal Re- field Fire District. lectmen, then that door is shares fire services. In April, [email protected] trict. sources Inc. MRI is currently “What those letters did, re- open.” Senior Consultant Wally TILTON — Tilton has According to Tilton Board conducting an $18,000 study, ally, is open the door,” Daw- The Tilton selectmen had Stickney of MRI advised the asked the neighboring towns of Selectmen Chair Kather- due July 1, on the plusses and son said. “If MRI wants to ap- asked MRI to focus the study Northfield Board to work of Belmont and Sanbornton ine Dawson, letters were sent minuses of Tilton’s current proach the Belmont select- on several areas. They asked more closely with the Tilton to discuss the possibility of to the two towns on the sug- situation in the Tilton-North- men and the Sanbornton se- MRI to provide detailed cost selectmen to put together a benefit analyses for Tilton to “master plan for the future.” remain in the Tilton-North- Last month, in a joint field Fire District, to dissolve meeting between the Tilton the district and provide its selectmen and the Tilton- own fire and EMS services, Northfield Fire Commission, or to dissolve the district and the two bodies concluded form a new and restructured that any action taken by one with neighboring com- Tilton that changes fire serv- munities. ices should be part of a Much of the study has fo- “whole package” that ad- cused on improving fire and dresses Northfield’s fire medical response time to the needs as well. east-of-93 portion of Tilton, The Belmont selectmen which borders Belmont and learned of the letter from Sanbornton. Tilton at their meeting last “We are looking for direc- week, and interpreted it as tion (from the fire study),” an invitation to discuss re- Dawson said. “If that means gionalization of fire servic- communicating with Bel- es. Town Administrator mont and Sanbornton to see Jeanne Beaudin said that the if they want to join the dis- letter asked to discuss a “re- trict, then that’s what it is.” gional service delivery mod- MRI has already met with el.” the Board of Selectmen in “It’s time we do something Northfield, the town with regional,” said Belmont Se- which Tilton currently SEE FIRE PAGE A7 Court orders Martin to clean PHOTO BY KEVIN SPERL Route 3 property Shootin' at Shooters BY ERIK ZYGMONT Belmont's Dick Click cues up a shot at the Best of the Bikers 8-ball pool championship at Shooters Tavern in Belmont Friday night. Click, play- [email protected] least eight vehicles with for ing tournament director Ron Boucher, was one of 16 finalists competing for over $2,000 in cash and prizes at the 14th annual event. sale signs, a number of gas TILTON — Ronald Mar- cans near the river, and as- tin, owner of the Route 3 bestos that was “allowed to property across the street accumulate and blow about.” Skate park should be ready in August from the present Tilton po- According to court docu- lice station, has been issued ments, the town of Tilton al- BY MEGHAN SIEGLER there would damage the The Tilton-Northfield Rotary some control, as the North- a formal Cease and Desist or- so argued that Martin’s use [email protected] Pines, so the park was post- Club donated a total of $5,000 field Police Department will der from Belknap County Su- of the property requires a NORTHFIELD — Skate- poned until the Surrette site over two years. be able to lock it up each perior Court, and must clean site plan review from the boarders may have to find was agreed upon. “That sort of put us over night, probably around dusk, up the property and stop sell- Planning Board, which he their own tricks for a couple Along with fund-raising the top in terms of being able Troy said, and open it in the ing vehicles from it. never obtained. more months, but come Au- through events like a golf to get going,” Troy said. morning. Judge Larry Smuckler ap- Martin argued, according gust, they should be able to tournament and a dunking For approximately $15,000 “That was where the mon- proved the order on June 13, to the documents, that he was ollie and grind at the skate- booth at Old Home Day, sev- to $16,000, the 60-by-80-foot ey needed to be spent,” Troy following testimony from protected by the grandfather board park being construct- eral businesses, community site has been prepared, the said. Tilton Code Enforcement Of- clause, as he has been selling ed by Project TNS, says the organizations and individu- asphalt laid and a fence put Next will come the fun ficer and Selectman Al La- vehicles on the property for nonprofit’s board president, als have donated to the park. up. The fence will allow for SEE SKATE PARK PAGE A9 Plante, and selectmen 19 years. Pat Troy. Katherine Dawson and Tom Although Tilton’s zoning “We’re proceeding slowly, Cavanaugh. laws were amended in March but we’re doing it right,” Mobile home park OK’d, with conditions According to their testi- 2007, Martin’s use of the Troy said. BY ERIK ZYGMONT teria for age-restricted hous- that the rules and regula- mony, Martin’s property, property changed after that [email protected] The park has been in the ing. Coviello has proposed tions of the park will be tai- which is in a “mixed-use” date, the court ruled. works for years now, with BELMONT — The Plan- that the development be des- lored to meet the needs and zone and borders the Win- The disagreement goes residents approving the use ning Board unanimously ap- ignated 55-and-older, mean- wants of older people, dis- nipesaukee River, had sever- back a couple of years, ac- of the former Surrette Bat- proved, with conditions, de- ing that 80 percent of the couraging swing sets, etc. al violations of the zoning, cording to Dawson. She said tery site, across the river veloper James Coviello’s pro- housing units must have at Coviello has not yet pro- including heavy construc- that at one point, Martin had from Tilton’s Riverfront posal to build an 18-unit mo- least one resident of that age. vided the Planning Board tion equipment, a partially- argued to the selectmen that Park, in 2007. Prior to that bile home park on the south To restrict the occupancy SEE MOBILE PAGE A7 dismantled tanker truck, at SEE ROUTE 3 PAGE A7 Project TNS had been fund- side of Durrell Mountain of a development in that raising for years to get a start Road, just west of its inter- manner, a developer must on the park, which, as origi- section with Swallow Road. provide a certain type and nally proposed, would have Monday night’s public amount of age-specific serv- gone behind the Northfield hearing was a continuation ices, per state law.Daigle said Police Department. Resi- from an April hearing, at she is waiting to hear back dents feared putting a park which many abutters and from the NH Human Rights residents near the subdivi- Commission on whether INDEX sion criticized Coviello’s Coviello’s plan offers suffi- ● plans. cient services. Monday night was also the The plan specifies a bocce Volume 3 • Number 26 end of the Planning Board’s court, horseshoe pits, and 24 Pages in 2 Sections 65-day period allotted for de- hiking trails. Space is also Sports .................................A16 cision-making. Town Plan- provided for a bus stop and a Local News........................A2-3 ner Candace Daigle advised recreation hall, which may the board members that they or may not be constructed, Editorial Page .......................A4 had to deny or approve the depending on the future ten- Classifieds .....................B6-B10 proposal, or they could ask ants’ desires, Coviello said. Coviello for an extension. The plan has also been Schools..............................A5-6 The board decided to approve amended to include a side- Religion ..............................A11 the proposal, with condi- walk, the lack of which was tions. protested by Planning Board Spotlight...............................A3 PHOTO BY MEGHAN SIEGLER The board’s full approval Chair Peter Harris and some Good point Culture .......................A8,10,12 hinges on, among other fac- nearby residents at a public Hunta Rumrill points out some facts on the display board he made after studying the State of Oklahoma. Regional........................A13-14 tors, whether or not Coviel- hearing in April. He dressed as Mickey Mantle, who was born in Oklahoma. lo’s plans meet the state’s cri- Additionally,Coviello said WHOLESALE TO THE PUBLIC – AUCTION PRICES EVERY DAY 603-581-7133 WWW.BELKNAPHYUNDAI.COM A2 June 26, 2008 LOCAL NEWS WINNISQUAM ECHO ■ School district takes next step in assessing energy usage BY MEGHAN SIEGLER “Honeywell has agreed to “We specialize in this kind money. School District in Meredith and oil, as far as the differ- [email protected] do that,” Davis said last of work of doing this on a “Our goal is to do an as- in 2005. Since the $2.3 million ence in usage, is noticeable,” SANBORNTON — The week. “We’re just tidying turnkey basis,” Lucy said. sessment of how much we project was completed, Lucy he added. Winnisquam School District that all up.” With a performance con- can save you,” Lucy said.