Barnstead school warrant preview: See page A5 THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 COVERING ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - WWW.SALMONPRESS.COM FREE Voters approve new police station plans Barnstead also votes to replace fire truck BY DAVID ALLEN announced that the re- 3 involved the accep- ger necessary for the prove this expenditure given the selectmen Contributing Writer count would be held on tance of the Town Re- Town Meeting to ap- because they had just SEE BARNSTEAD, PAGE A11 BARNSTEAD — In Thursday, March 23, at port. None of the as- last week’s Baysider 2 p.m. at Town Hall. sembled voiced any article describing the By law the recount objection. content of the warrant is conducted by the Article 4 was writ- articles coming before members of the school ten to appoint the se- the Barnstead Town board, the school mod- lectmen as agents to Meeting, it was sug- erator, and the school expend from the Pub- gested a few of them clerk. lic Safety Building might generate some Hipkiss then took Capital Reserve. Until controversy. a moment for a brief this meeting a decision Confusion would celebration of two long to expend from the have been a more accu- time town activists. Public Safety Reserve rate prediction. The town recognized required a vote of the The meeting began Eileen Murley for her Town Meeting, but that with Moderator Chris 10 years of service on was not pointed out in Hipkiss explaining the the zoning board of ad- the article or by the se- rules and procedures justment, uncounted lectmen or by anybody for the meeting. He years of service to the at the meeting. surprised many when Fire Fighters Asssoci- The Article passed he went on to inform ation, and many other without any signifi- the assembly that a activities on behalf of cant discussion. Ar- formal request had the town. ticle 5, which moved been filed for a recount The town also recog- the decision to expend in the election of two nized Denise Adjutant from the Highway De- members to the Barn- as a founding member partment Heavy Equip- stead School Board. of the Barnstead His- ment Fund from Town Kevin Genest and torical Society in 1972, Meeting to the select COURTESY PHOTO Michelle Brown were and her 45 years as a board also passed. Baysider on the road on the ballot. Jason member and leader Article 6 asked the Russell and Judy Kelly, uncle and aunt of editor Joshua Spaulding, took the Baysider on Henry ran a write-in since then. She recent- Town Meeting to ap- their road trip from upstate New York to Houston, Texas. Here they pose at the grave of campaign. The tabulat- ly retired from many prove $100,700 to hire Traveller, the beloved horse of General Robert E. Lee. The grave is located at Washington ed results were Brown: years of service as a an engineer to design and Lee University in Lexington, Va. If you have a photo of you and The Baysider in a unique 195; Jason Henry: 115; New Hampshire state and provide construc- location, send the photo and pertinent information to [email protected]. and Genest: 106. Nine employee including 40 tion plans and specs votes separated Henry years with the Depart- for a new police sta- and Genest. Brown and ment of Inland Fisher- tion not to exceed 4,500 Henry were declared ies, several years with square feet. About half the winners. the Office of Energy the funds for this pur- New Durham officials say A request for a re- and Planning and re- pose would be taken count for a school of- sponsibilities in other from the Public Safety ficer must be filed by parts of state govern- Building Capital Re- right decision was made the Friday following ment. serve Fund. the Election Day with Hipkiss then pro- Selectman Gordon Town’s election one of dozens postponed due to blizzard the school clerk. The ceeded to the business Preston started to tell clerk will then set the of the meeting. Arti- the voters that the BY MARK FOYNES vice coming from state The Baysider con- date for recount within cles 1 and 2 were voted board would like to Contributing Writer leaders in Concord pri- nected with Leonard 5-10 days of receiving on at the town election withdraw this article. NEW DURHAM — or to last week’s town the day after the elec- the request. Hipkiss on Tuesday. Article He said it was no lon- With conflicting ad- election, local officials tion via telephone. needed to make a dif- He noted that, on ficult choice as a bliz- the one hand, state zard bore down upon safety officials were the region. blunt about advising Chase defeats Bickford for At the crux of each non-essential traffic to town’s decision - made remain off the roads. statewide by town State police and DOT moderators in all officials routinely cau- New Durham selectman’s seat non-city municipali- tion against driving ties - was how best to in major snow events. balance public safety He said minimizing Brown and Henry lead Barnstead School Board race with a need to uphold traffic volumes reduce BY JOSHUA SPAULDING an election calendar, the chance of acci- Editor whose elasticity is not dents, and allow local REGION — New completely clear. and state road crews Durham residents Of the three towns in to clear thoroughfares went to the polls a cou- the Baysider’s cover- and side roads. ple of days late (see age area, New Durham However, Leonard separate story) and was the only one that continued, the gover- overwhelmingly gave a postponed its sched- nor’s office was urging victory in the race for uled March 14 election. towns to uphold sched- a three-year seat on the Voting in the SB2 town uled elections. board of selectman to took place two days lat- “There was a defi- Cecile Chase. er, when elected offi- nite set of mixed mes- Chase challenged cials were chosen and sages that we were get- incumbent David Bick- citizens had a chance ting,” Leonard said. He ford for the seat and re- MARK FOYNES to weigh in on a hand- described what towns ceived 414 votes to 142 "IN THE END, we're all neighbors," said selectman candidate Cecile Chase, left. Appearing ful of warrant articles. were hearing from beside her are fellow candidate David Bickford and budget committee incumbent Ellen Phillips. The decision to state leaders as a “dis- NDEX Bickford echoed Chase's sentiment and said that everyone expressing an interest in getting postpone was made connect.” I involved should be acknowledged for their commitment to service. New Durham was among t by Town Moderator Leonard said there several N.H. towns that postponed voting due to last week's blizzard. Election officials said they Pro Tem, Rich Leon- was a statewide confer- believed the town made the right choice and described last Thursday's turnout as "brisk" and ard, after consulting ence call Monday when Volume 11 • Number 12 "steady." Voting took place at the fire station community room. Although considerably smaller with town department municipal officials re- than the school gym, there were no lines at midday. Business .......................A7 heads, state officials ceived a briefing on Churches ......................A8 for Bickford. residents signed up seats on the school and legal counsel. the status of state law Classifieds ............B8–B11 In Barnstead, two for a pair of three-year board but it was a Leonard was tem- as it relates to towns’ write-in candidate who porarily appointed to authority to postpone Editorial Page ..............A4 made the cut. this role since long- elections. John Harrigan ............A16 Barnstead School District Michele Brown re- time moderator, Cecile Leonard said that Letters ..........................A4 ceived 195 votes to win Chase, was a candidate Town Administrator Obituaries ....................A8 Meeting is Saturday one seat and write-in for selectman. Scott Kinmond partic- Sports ...................B5 - B7 Jason Henry received Leonard said that ipated and briefed him BARNSTEAD — The Barnstead School Dis- 115 votes to edge Kevin the Secretary of State’s on the discussion. 28 pages in 2 sections trict Meeting will be taking place on Saturday, Genest with 106 votes. office and governor Via Facebook, Leon- ©2017, Salmon Press, LLC. March 25, at 9 a.m. at Barnstead Elementary. A recount has been provided conflicting ard summarized, “Af- Call us at (603) 569-3126 See page A5 for a preview of the warrants to requested and will be guidance on how to ter holding a joint email: [email protected] be discussed. conducted. make plans based on meeting with heads of www.salmonpress.com SEE RESULTS, PAGE A10 weather conditions. SEE BLIZZARD, PAGE A10 A2 THE BAYSIDER, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 COURTESY PHOTO THE UNIVERSITY SINGERS from the University of Maine Farmington performed at Prospect Mountain High School last week. University Singers pay visit to Prospect Mountain BY CATHY FRASER with their Director, tesani. PMHS parents Brahms, as well as some Just Wanna Have Fun, For the last selection, Contributing Writer Francis John Vogt, con- and a local church com- more contemporary and The Maine Stein- Wesley Raines, music ALTON — On Thurs- ducted a workshop for munity provided lodg- pieces. ers, the men’s group, teacher at PMHS and day, March 16, the Uni- the choral students at ing and a potluck sup- There was a concert who performed a bar- UMaine Farmington versity Singers from PMHS. per for the students in within a concert as the bershop-style medley of alumnus, joined the University of Maine The choir is 60 mem- the choir.