Kingswood construction moving along: See page A15. The Baysider THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 COVERING ALTON, BARNSTEAD, & NEW DURHAM - THEBAYSIDER.COM FREE Contract gets more debate Barnstead Budget Committee discusses proposed teachers’ contract BY WESTON SAGER place.” Staff Writer PMHS Superintendent BARNSTEAD — The Paul Bartolomucci once Prospect Mountain High again defended the contract, School teachers’ contract con- citing excellent teaching at tinued to generate debate, PMHS as the primary reason this time amongst the Barn- to recommend the agree- stead Budget Committee ment. members Monday evening. “A $19,000 raise is a mere Many of the same issues pittance of a reward,” he said. raised during the recent Bartolomucci praised the Prospect Mountain High teachers for going above and School (PMHS) budget com- beyond their required duties. MATTHEW FASSETT – COURTESY PHOTO mittee meetings, including He described several in- Sound the alarm pay scale, personal day buy- stances where teachers un- The Alton Fire-Rescue Department showed off a couple of its antique trucks (and the newer ones as well) in Alton’s Old Home Day parade back, and the contract’s ever- derwent additional training on Saturday, Aug. 14. green status, resurfaced in without getting compensated the budget committee’s work for their time. session. “I’d suggest that 99 percent “We’re all thrilled with the of teachers are cutting it,” he high school,” said Paul said. New Durham board hears recycling proposal Landry, chairman of the He also mentioned how Barnstead Budget Commit- students at PMHS are ex- BY BILLY PERKINS rate with the cooperative in in part to an increase in the idea of becoming associate tee. “But our business is the celling in Advanced Place- Contributing Writer its venture to open up a new, tipping fees of properly dis- members of the cooperative dollars and cents.” ment (AP) courses and in the NEW DURHAM — Select- single-stream recycling facil- posing waste at its waste-to- that would ship recyclables The public hearing for the arts. men were presented with a ity in the capital city. energy facility. The coopera- to the single-stream site. Barnstead Budget Commit- Diane Beijer, the school proposal Monday night to The cooperative, which is tive has raised sufficient Single-stream recycling is tee is this Thursday,but given board representative to the join forces with a cooperative made up of 25 communities funds to build the $15 million a form of recycling where that three of the budget com- budget committee, singled waste facility to ship recy- and has been in operation site. materials are mixed in one mittee members already vot- out the “evergreen clause” as clables from the town's trans- since 1985, is a non-profit Even though the coopera- container and are not indi- ed against the teachers’ con- the major flaw with the con- fer station to a soon-to-be- agency.It currently provides tive does have 25 member vidually separated. Because tract at the PMHS Budget tract. built site in Concord. solid waste disposal services communities that it provides the single-stream process is Committee public hearing The “evergreen clause” Jim Presher, director of for its members at a waste-to- a number of disposal servic- more simplistic than the last Monday, the committee’s means that contract language the Concord Regional Solid energy facility in Penacook. es to, it needs more recycla- process of separating recy- decision is all but a foregone remains the same until a new Waste/Resource Recovery But for the past few years, ble materials to operate the clables, Bedard said, recy- conclusion. contract is negotiated. Cooperative, and Liz Bedard, Presher explained in his proposed facility. Because of cling by New Durham resi- “There is some language “When Governor Lynch a consultant for Presher's fa- presentation, the cooperative this, it has presented to a dents can increase by 30 or 40 in the contract that needs to signed evergreen into law, he cility, gave selectmen the has been looking at the number of New Hampshire percent. be changed,” said committee took control away from the presentation. Their proposal prospect of building a single- towns — as it did to the se- SEE NEW DURHAM, member Bruce Grey. “It taxpayers,” she said. “It’s the calls for the town to collabo- stream recycling facility,due lectmen Monday night — the PAGE A10 comes from some other SEE BUDGET, PAGE A14 Sun shines as parade returns to Alton Old Home Day celebration BY WESTON SAGER day afternoon. grindstone and just got it the Year in part because of Staff Writer They were sounds not ABA’s carnival a hit in its first year done,” said Alton Business her role in revitalizing B&M ALTON — Drums, sirens heard in the area for more Association Chairman Chris Railroad Park. and organ music filled the than 15 years: the sounds of a Racine. It was the first year in town of Alton from Main parade procession. said Roger Sample, chairman tee. “People have really come The lengthy parade route, which the park was used for Street to the Bay last Satur- “This is magnificent,” of the Alton Parade Commit- together in this town.” which measured over a mile Alton Old Home Day festivi- Some 48 entrants partici- long, was a concern heading ties. pated in the parade, which in- in. But despite the distance “It draws attention to the cluded handshaking politi- and the midday heat, the pa- park that’s right here in the cians, plodding antique auto- rade’s participants made the village,” said Fry.“It’s nice to mobiles, and unwieldy floats journey without much trou- have a downtown.” made of plastic, cardboard ble. Judging by the packs of and hay. “[The route]’s downhill,” people that filtered in and out Judy Fry, Alton Citizen of assured Racine. of the carnival throughout the Year,led the procession in The parade was not the on- the morning and afternoon, her Model T Ford. Highlights ly new sight on Alton Old it is likely the festivities will included a towering hay Home Day.An Alton Business return next year. sculpture and rock band Association-sponsored carni- In addition to the carni- courtesy of Alton Home and val at B&M Railroad Park val’s games and vendors, per- Lumber,a black steam engine was the other major addition. formances by the Alton replica built by Building Happy children and adults Dance Academy and the Maintenance Services and a participated in carnival Prospect Mountain High trio of Shriner mini-cars. games such as the ring toss, School Robotics team enter- But it was no easy task or- dunking booth, bounce house tained those who visited the ganizing the parade. In bring- and basketball-shooting con- park. WESTON SAGER THE PMHS ROBOTICS TEAM reloads a giant red ball on one of their old ‘bots as part of a demonstration at ing back the old tradition, the test. Of course, Alton Old Home Alton’s Old Home Day celebration on Saturday. See more photos on page A12. parade committee had little But perhaps no one there Day brought back its long- time to prepare. was happier than Fry, who SEE OLD HOME DAY, “We put our noses to the was named Alton Citizen of PAGE A14 INDEX ▼ New students can Volume 6 • Number 33 RY RGE •RE 26 Pages in 2 Sections SU ST • O S R C A Business........................A7, B6 I T T I check out ACS today E V E H ) ) Churches.............................A8 T • S ( ) P E ALTON — Are you new to tion packet can be obtained R EGGS A E V Classifieds .................B8 - B11 • E Alton? There will be a “New at the Alton Central School S H ¢ N T T N A A /doz. 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