THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 FREE IN PRINT, FREE ON-LINE • WWW.NEWFOUNDLANDING.COM COMPLIMENTARY Bristol voters approve sewer to Newfound Lake BY THOMAS P. CALDWELL that it was a pleasure committee for the town Contributing Writer to serve, saying he and report dedication, with BRISTOL — There his wife had made a a special recognition of were just enough votes conscious choice to live Barbara Greenwood for to approve an extension here even when he had to her many years of dedi- of the municipal sewer commute to his job. cation to the entire com- line to Newfound Lake “I remember early on munity, working in many during the Bristol Town seeing a picture of three capacities and attending Meeting on Saturday, selectmen — Burt Wil- every meeting she could. March 16, and residents liams, Charlie Green- also increased the oper- wood, and George King Sewer project ating budget and passed — and thinking that was The town has con- the other spending re- something I’d like to do,” sidered extending the quests in a five-and-a- he said. municipal sewer line to half-hour session. He said he takes great Newfound Lake since In a special recogni- pride in being able to 1971 and gave condition- tion at the start of the call people by their first al approval to a plan in meeting, Selectman Rick names. 2009 that was contingent Alpers and former select- Alpers also noted upon receiving a grant man Paul Fraser praised TOM CALDWELL that the selectmen had to cover a significant Edward “Ned” Gordon Voters at the Bristol Town Meeting make their way to the ballot box to vote on a $20 million chosen the space needs SEE BRISTOL, PAGE A12 for his 25 years’ service project to extend municipal sewer to Newfound Lake. as town and school dis- found Family Practice trict moderator, as well building as a new town as his other roles, includ- hall. His roots to the com- ing as a selectman and munity run deep: While serving as chair of the attending school here, space needs committee he had been named “Mr. that helped with the pur- Bristol.” chase of the former New- Gordon responded Local election results at a glance BY DONNA RHODES Ober, Sr. was elected as COURTESY [email protected] a Trustee of the Trust REGION – After ral- Funds, 204-73, in a run JDBee Kind Challenge lies in voter participa- against Walter Dura- The entire Jennie D. Blake Elementary School student body was invited to participate in a Bee Kind Challenge sponsored by tion over the last few ck; elected as Library Franklin Savings Bank and the Hill General Store. Students were all given Bingo Boards, and each square had a different election cycles pertain- Trustee, Alica Staples; random act of kindness to do. They spent the month of February completing the challenge, with encouragement from mem- ing to state and feder- Electric Commissioner, bers of the JDB Kindness club. Students who participated received a $5 coupon to be used at the store. Many thanks to Ms. al candidacies, most Glenn Dion; Water and Schultz, the Kindness Club, FSB SmileSquad reps Nicole Rea & Taylor Laro, and the Hill Village Store. Representatives from towns in the Newfound Sewer Commissioner, FSB and the Kindness Club below. and Pemi-Baker Re- Alan Cilley; Cemetery gion reported low voter Trustee, Bobbi Hoerter. turnout for local elec- Bridgewater: There Voters issue rebuke to Newfound Area School Board tions on March 12. were no contested rac- Results of the town es. Henry Woolner was BY THOMAS P. CALDWELL fault budget and, in a budget. to residents who sup- elections are as follows. re-elected to the Board Contributing Writer non-binding vote, asking The decisions were ported more spending Alexandria: There of Selectmen. Kather- BRISTOL — Voters that proposed capital ex- not unexpected follow- but did not cast ballots, were no contested rac- ine Hicks won a write- at the polls have dealt penditures of $25,000 or ing a tumultuous year in and redefining what es. For selectman Rob- in campaign for Li- a strong rebuke to the more be placed on sep- which the school board constitutes a “one-time ert Piehler received 286 brary Trustee and with Newfound Area School arate warrant articles, turned common practice expenditure” in order to votes; Treasurer, Mela- no candidates for Trust- Board, stripping it of rather than being bur- upside-down by giving include new capital im- nie Marzola, 286; Trust- SEE RESULTS, PAGE A12 the ability to set the de- ied within the operating special consideration SEE VOTERS, PAGE A14 ee of the Trust Funds, Susan Hunt, 292; Trust- ee of the Cemeteries, Susan Hunt, 289; Plan- ning Board, two open- ings, Karen Demers 250, Ian MacInnis 202. Ashland: Eli Badger received 168 votes in an uncontested race for Selectmen; David Ruell was elected to a term on the Budget Commit- tee by a vote of 158-109 over Kathy Beard; Mark INDEX n Volume 6 • Number 12 Opinion .................. A4-A5 Obituaries ....................A6 DONNA RHODES Towns .................... A5,A6 Jamie Rafael and his seven-year-old daughter, Vivian Spurrell from Hill, posed for a photo during the Father-Daughter Dance at Tapply-Thompson Community Churches ...........A6,A7,A9 Center in Bristol last Friday (left) while four little princesses, Payton, Charleigh, Vivian and Piper (right) opted for a “gal-pal” photo to showed off their beautiful dresses as their dad’s snapped photos of the friends. Health ..........................A9 Business ................. A6,A9 Daddy-daughter duos hit the dance floor in Bristol Sports ................. B1 & B6 Classifieds ...............B2-B5 BY DONNA RHODES community, the Fa- cial time for dads ing refreshments and few weeks while the 20 pages in 2 sections [email protected] ther-Daughter Dance and little girls of all chatting with friends gym at TTCC was be- ©2019, Salmon Press, LLC. BRISTOL – A long- at Tapply-Thompson ages where they could and family. ing refurbished, but Call us at (603) 279-4516 standing tradition Community Center spend a night dancing, This year’s event it was worth the wait email: [email protected] in the Newfound provided some spe- playing games, enjoy- was postponed for a SEE DANCE, PAGE A14 www.salmonpress.com Local A2 NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019 n Plymouth State University unveils new Honors program Project-focused program complements PSUs integrated clusters model; high-achieving students will collaborate across disciplines on projects PLYMOUTH — clusters. In this mod- ect, such as a scholarly visors. student-driven, pro- integral to the re-cre- Plymouth State Uni- el, students work with paper, film, artwork, “We [PSU] have im- motes collaboration ation of our honors versity (PSU) recently peers, faculty mem- or website, through plemented a new way across programs, and program, and we are unveiled a new proj- bers, and community independent study un- of educating students truly enriches and ex- thrilled to move for- ect-focused honors partners on interdisci- der the supervision of to help them become pands upon the aca- ward with it this fall,” program designed plinary projects tack- a PSU faculty member. critical thinkers and demic experience for Dorff said. to enhance the ac- ling real-world prob- Students in the hon- collaborators – vital high-achieving stu- Students who par- ademic experience lems to develop critical ors program may also skills for career suc- dents.” ticipate in the PSU of high-achieving thinking skills and ex- choose to take a lead- cess in the 21st centu- The top 8-percent honors program will students within the perience working with ership role on a cluster ry – and our revital- (by grade point aver- have honors-specific framework of its inte- dynamic teams. project or open lab. In ized honors program age (GPA)) of incom- housing options and grated clusters educa- Through the new either case, students will complement this ing first-year students dedicated study and tion model. project-focused hon- will be encouraged to approach,” said Rob- in the Class of 2023 collaboration space In 2015, PSU began ors program, PSU stu- collaborate across dis- in Dorff, provost, will be invited to par- on campus, as well as its transformation to dents will participate ciplines on shared top- Plymouth State Uni- ticipate in the honors opportunities for ex- an integrated clusters in a ‘passion project’ ics, but the final proj- versity. “Rather than program, which will tra-curricular experi- model, in which aca- in which they will ex- ects will be their own the traditional ‘hon- also be open to current ences. Students who demic programs are plore a topic of inter- and will be evaluated ors class’ model, our students who meet the successfully complete organized into seven est and develop a proj- by their faculty super- honors program is program’s academic the program will be criteria. Students who recognized at com- are accepted into the mencement. Pasquaney Garden Club prepares for program will be re- To learn more about quired to maintain a Plymouth State Uni- GPA of 3.0 to remain versity and the PSU spring with entertaining array of programs eligible. honors program, visit Based on input from go.plymouth.edu/uni- BRISTOL — Ready in New London will hands on floral and joy this beautiful spot current students, PSU versity-honors. to feel like spring? The create a variety fresh gardening activities with us. formed a committee About Plymouth Pasquaney Garden flower arrangements have also been chosen Other programs to that conducted focus State University Club, with membership and offer one in a raffle in response to survey look forward to will groups with high-per- Established in 1871, in the greater New- to attendees.