A1 GET OUT Shoes & Brews Kicks Off FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 2020 Page 13 Cyan Magenta Yellow Yellow Black Handing Over History. Old Man Site To Be Turned Over To The State In 2020. Pages 2 A2 2 The Record Friday, January 3, 2020 Cyan FILE PHOTO Magenta A steel “profiler” recreates the image of the Old Man as seen from Profile Plaza on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. Yellow Yellow Old Man Memorial Site To Be Turned Over To State In 2020 Black them engraved with their names and messages. BY ROBERT BLECHL Remaining are just two more projects - the first, Staff Writer a walkway to Profile Lake, to the deepest part, that will accommodate those with disabilities and For a decade in Franconia Notch State Park, the include small fishing platform, and the second, a Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund has been larger platform over the wetlands that will connect making a lasting memorial to the Old Man of the to the Pemigewasset Trail. Mountain, the state’s most famous rock formation “When the turnover to the state happens will resembling a human profile that crumbled in May depend on when we complete these two projects,” 2003. said Hamilton. In 2020, once the last phase is completed, the The walkway of crushed stone to the lake will legacy fund will turn the memorial site over to the lead to the small platform. state. “It’s for fishermen to cast their flies and for peo- “We’re excited,” Dick Hamilton, a founding ple to enjoy the view from there, because it’s really member and past president of the OMMLF, said spectacular,” said Hamilton. Thursday. The second project’s larger platform will cover The site includes the main part, a memorial plaza and help preserve the wetlands that have been bad- with engraved pavers and benches, as well as seven ly denigrated through the years, he said. stainless steel profilers that when viewed from the “It will be an elevated platform on granite blocks correct angle replicate a perfect profile Old Man on that will connect the site with the Pemi Trail, which the mountain 1,200 feet above, a pathway back to is a great hiking trail on the other side of the lake,” the gift shop, interpretive signage that reflects the said Hamilton. natural and human history of the Notch, and the The original plan had been to have a trail around restored stone Profile Cottage. the lake, but environmental concerns voiced by FILE PHOTO The legacy fund has had an agreement with the some and concerns by the New Hampshire Depart- state to construct projects for the Old Man memo- Dick Hamilton, chairman of the Old Man Legacy Fund, speaks during a ceremony to ment of Transportation ended the full trail idea. rial. mark the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Old Man of the Mountain on May 3, 2013. The two projects are estimated to take six to Those projects have been paid for largely eight weeks to complete. through sales of stone pavers, beginning in 2010, to Construction could begin in early May, when the ON THE COVER: Woodsville Fire Capt. Jason Fullerton fills the ice rink at the Com- individuals, families, organizations, and business- snow is expected to be gone and the frost out of the es that purchase the stones, set in the walkway on munity Field in Woodsville late last month. The rink opens for its second season. Profiler Plaza at the shore of Profile Lake, and have (Photo by Paul Hayes) See Old Man, Page 7 A3 Friday, January 3, 2020 The Record 3 Littleton: Town Scrutinizes Newly Created Sober Houses site, told Anderson that it appears some treat- given time. manager who oversees all of the homes. He is BY ROBERT BLECHL ment could be going on in the homes as tenants “He may still have to go before the board to also the manager for the Serenity Center [on Lit- Staff Writer are required to participate in the Alcoholics ask for a variance because there are more than tleton’s Main Street]. We have a working agree- Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous 12-step three people who are unrelated,” said Bratz. ment with the peer-to-peer support center.” As the North Country sees a broadening of program meetings every day for the first 90 days Anderson said all the tenants now are current- Before they come to the homes, tenants are services to treat addiction and assist those in and five days a week thereafter. ly men, though in the future there could be re- required to have a complete drug screening, and recovery, four new recovery/sober houses have Anderson said the homes are not places of covery houses for women. those failing it are discharged from the recovery launched in Littleton. treatment. “All the men who come to the homes are house, he said. Recently, town officials have looked into “The word treatment appears seven times, but working, and a part of them coming into the Some come from the Friendship House in-pa- whether their presence is attributable in part to from what he told us, nothing is going on inside community is to find work, unless they are col- tient treatment center in Bethlehem as well as the increase this year in the town welfare bud- the house and drug testing is done off-site,” lecting some sort of Social Security disability other in-patient treatment centers, including get and if the residences go beyond mere rental Bratz said Wednesday. income,” said Anderson. “They are all self-suf- those from out of the area, he said. houses and are acting as treatment centers that Bratz gave Anderson until the end of the year ficient and contributing back to the community.” “Our priority is for people in the North Coun- would need to go before the Littleton Zoning to issue a letter to the town stating no treatment Participants are required to pay a $140 fee per try because we are in the North Country,” said Board of Adjustment for a variance. is occurring in the homes and that they are ba- week, are required to have house chores and at- Anderson. The homes at 198 Union St. and 87 Union St. sically offering rentals for families or unrelated tend outside therapy, submit to weekly drug test- The homes are certified through the New are owned by Jeff Winn and the homes at 669 people. ing, and those not working and collecting Social Hampshire Coalition of Recovery Residences, Union St. and 11 Cross St. are owned by Keith After the letter, Bratz said he will make a de- Security income are required to volunteer in the voluntary group of those providing recovery Anderson. cision on whether or not the homes can also be community. housing throughout the state. Anderson runs White Mountains Recovery considered treatments centers. “They are all required to attend meetings ev- Regarding the town welfare budget, one Homes LLC, founded in October 2017 and If they are deemed solely rentals, though, a ery day,” said Anderson. “They have curfews tenant, not long after the homes launched, did which also has one recovery house in Plymouth zoning issue could still arise because there are they need to abide by. They sign contracts. They go to the town office to apply for welfare to pay and one in Northfield/Tilton. more than three tenants, he said. need to give a two-week notice to employers be- his fee, but Anderson said that was stopped. Last week, Anderson had a phone conversa- In November, Anderson told The Caledo- fore changing jobs … There is a lot of structure “We don’t want them doing that,” he said. tion with Littleton Zoning Officer Milton Bratz, Cyan nian-Record that the four homes in Littleton and oversight, each location has two managers “We are trying to contribute back to the com- who, after reviewing the recovery housing web- accommodate 35 to 40 men in recovery at any living in a home, and we also have a regional See Sober Houses, Page 7 Magenta Meet Your Farmers I: Weekly Specials Fri. 1/3 — Thu. 1/9/2020 Harvest Hill Farmth, 10AM on Saturday, Jan 11 2020 in the Co-op Café Each Saturday in January, join us in the Littleton Food Co-op Yellow Café as we host the folks from around the North Country who grow the delicious food we all love. Part educational, part Q+A. RSVPs appreciated. 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