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Maggie Hassan. Hassan lion annually. it’s official: guns are out at the State- house in Concord. the democratic- officially took hold of the corner Odell’s bill would also make controlled house of Representatives office during the inauguration cer- the credit, which is set to expire in reinstated a ban on guns in the emony Thursday, Jan. 3. In her 2015, permanent. house chamber. the GoP-led house speech, she called for bipartisan- removed the ban two years ago. CCOONNCCOORRDD ship and openness. Ayotte gets assigned “To address our challenges and U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte recently Just in the nick of time, Fire chief seize the opportunity of innova- received her committee assign- Bradley ober rented a house tion, we must summon our best ments. Ayotte will serve on Armed in Tilton to fulfill a residency traditions of cooperation and Services; Commerce, Science and requirement. had ober waited one more day, he would have problem solving,” Hassan said. Transportation; Homeland Secu- been fired as chief of the tilton-HHHHHHooooooooooookkkkkksssssseeeeeetttttttttttt “The people of our state collab- rity and Governmental Affairs; northfield Fire & eMS depart- Sen. Kelly ayotte will serve as counsel to orate and make things work all Budget; and Aging committees. ment, according to a concord Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell. the time, and their elected lead- According to reports, Ayo- courtesy photo. Monitor article. ober’sGGG oooreffffffssssitttdoooewwwnnnncy ers must be able to do the same. tte will also be serving in a key had been an issue for more than a year, the article said. The people of New Hampshire leadership post as counsel to have made it clear that they want Senate Minority Leader Mitch state’s highway cameras. The MMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR to restore balance, that they want McConnell. state is offering the access as part us to work together.” “These assignments put me in of a public-private partnership the Mcdonald’s on South Wil- Both sides of the political a strong position to stand up for between DOT and TrafficLand, a low Street in ManchesteBBBBBBreeeeee iddddddsffffff oooooorrrrrrdddddd aisle welcomed Hassan, though New Hampshire citizens,” Ayotte Virginia company. kicking off the new year with many Republicans tempered their said in a statement. “With more People can go to trafficland. a grand reopening. a ribbon- a woman called ManchDDDeseeetrrrrrreyyyr police remarks. than $16 trillion in debt, it’s time com to view traffic and road con- cutting cereAAAmmmmohhhneeeyrrr ssswtttill take laMMseet rrwrriimmeeaakcc kkafter encountering a 9-year- Go“vIe rwnoour ldH alisksea nt oo nc onhgerr atiunlaaute- feonra cCt osnpgernesdsi nagn dc uthtse parneds idbeundtg teot dreigtiioonnss ussitnagte wDiOdTe. caTmhee racsa imn e1r0a p1l1a:c3e0 o an. mMMMMMMMSiiiiiiia.lllllllffffffftooooooourrrrrrrrdddddddday, Jan. 12, at omlda sg,i rwl hoou tLLLtsooooilnnnddddde tooo honnnneddd eeewarrr orrrbyyymikaen w heearr ifnagm pilayj a- had been the victim of a crime. the guration, and we wish her well,” reforms. As a member of the Bud- locations are tied to interactive girl ran away when the woman called said New Hampshire GOP Chair- get Committee, I will continue my Google maps, which display trav- police. according to police, the girl has man Wayne MacDonald. “It is my efforts to rein in out-of-control el speeds as color-coded lines, so beNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHloUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUcaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAted, and she was lying about hope that she stands by her word Washington spending.” viewers can determine where a the crime. a family member contacted and would veto any broad-based traffic slowdown may be occur- police after seeing a media account tax, however, I am concerned with rec plan released ring, and bring up real-time video and recognizing the child and the bike’s description, police said. her vague statements on funding from nearby cameras to confirm The state Division of Parks certain initiatives that she is com- conditions. and Recreation, in cooperation mitted to. I urge the governor to Green equals normal speeds, ice accumulation on vehicles can to endanger any person or proper- with the Office of Energy and be realistic about New Hamp- yellow indicates there are slow become dangerous. Snow and ice ty, according to state police. Large Planning, recently released its shire’s financial obligations and downs occurring, and red can falling from a moving truck can amounts of snow accumulating on five-year statewide comprehen- not add more taxes and fees onto mean there is slowed or stopped create hazardous driving condi- a vehicle can melt and refreeze sive outdoor recreation plan. The the backs of taxpayers.” traffic. tions and possibly result in fines over time, causing ice buildups state must produce the plan every Among Hassan’s first tasks will and or civil liability for failing to that can often damage other vehi- five years to comply with Nation- be to develop a budget proposal. Clean off your car take reasonable steps to remove cles when it falls while vehicles al Park Service requirements. She has already asked department With winter upon New Hamp- snow or ice. are moving. “The [plan] is an excellent tool heads to produce budget propos- shire, in particularly cold fashion Under state law, a driver can Removing snow and ice right for the Division, other state agen- als detailing a 3-percent reduction last week, the state police want be cited for driving a vehicle in a away after a storm is the best way cies and local communities to use in funding. to remind drivers that snow and manner that endangers or is likely to prevent accumulations. as a resource,” said Phil Bryce, “While we are seeing signs director of the Division of Parks of recovery and growth, we still and Recreation, in a statement. “A face fiscal uncertainty,” Hassan tremendous amount of work went said. “We will need to be prudent into the development of this doc- MAGGie hAssAN AND JOhN LYNch stAcie LAuGhtON as we develop our budget. And I ument through outreach to state New Gov. Maggie Hassan formally took office Laughton, who made headlines following the am mindful that innovation is not agencies, local government, and last week and stressed bipartisanship and work- November elections as the state’s first transgen- confined to the private sector. We the general public.” ing together. Now-former Gov. John Lynch left der elected official, won’t run for the seat she need to continue to find ways to The plan provides the out- on a high note, with high approval ratings. The vacated after all. Laughton was elected a Nash- innovate in state government, so door recreation community with state’s longest-serving governor might have ua state representative in November, but a few that we can honor our tradition of a proactive framework based on a been the state’s most well-liked governor. Has- days later, news broke Laughton had previous- fiscal responsibility while serv- strategic vision, current data and san has a looming challenge in the form of the ly been convicted of a felony. Under pressure, ing the people of New Hampshire public input, while also offering state budget, but on Inauguration Day, everyone Laughton resigned before she was sworn in. effectively and efficiently.” priorities, goals and actions. got to sing kumbaya. With the city set to hold a special election to fill One thing Senate leaders are the seat, Laughton announced she’d run for the happy about is Hassan’s asser- seat again, despite legal questions as to whether real-time traffic tion that she’d like to double the she could serve. Laughton ultimately decided The state Department of state’s research and development last week she won’t run. According to a Union Transportation is now provid- tax credit. Leader article, Laughton will also be removed ing real-time viewing of the In November, Sen. 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An anonymous donor recently donated Today, the Forest Society typically only 700 Elm St., Manchester NH $500,000 to the society to help pay for con- considers potential easements for 50 or more I-293, Exit 5 servation easement monitoring. acres of land, through there are some small- Admission $8.00 (603) 225-3846 “Over the coming decades, pressure both er exceptions, such as if an easement adds www.dipromo.com from private and public sources on con- to other conservation land. Easements range 081454 served land will be intense,” the donor said from 50 acres to 6,000 acres. The average in a press release. “It is absolutely critical to easement is 180 to 200 acres. On average, Generator Muchyedo Banks in canterbury is one of the few con- its mission that the Forest Society have the the Forest Society will take on 17 easements servation easements the Society for the Protection of Installation resources to monitor and protect the ease- each year, said Ryan Young, director of con- new hampshire Forests holds that allows public access. Photo by Jerry and Marcy Monkman, ecophotography. ments that it has procured on thousands of servation easement stewardship. acres over the past half century.” “There is this idea out there that con- annual monitoring expenses, and with cases Portable generator and legal installation starting at $1250 As part of the society’s charge, it serves servation easements somehow end or are that go above and beyond annual expenses. as the steward for more than 750 conserva- extinguished,” Savage said. Young recalled a recent case in a rural Automatic generator and legal tion easements spanning more than 130,000 In very rare circumstances — eminent area that proved expensive for the society. A installation starting at$3200 acres statewide, including working forests, domain, for example — easements can be landowner had previously created an ease- critical wildlife habitat, drinking water and overridden, but most are permanant, he said. ment on his property. After the landowner farmland. Those easements last forever. That’s why it’s important to have an passed away, the land was passed down to Don’t be limited to only 6-8 circuits “A conservation easement deed is a per- active monitoring department that is out his children. To bring broadband Internet to Call Scott today to schedule manent, legally binding agreement between there interacting with landowners and edu- the area, landowners agreed to have a wire- installation at a landowner and a qualified conservation cating them on what is and isn’t permissible, less tower on the property. 603-361-3130 organization or public agency that restricts Young said. The monitoring department The new landowners, who did not live on use of the land to protect its significant natu- works to keep in contact with landowners. the property, weren’t going to see any gain, 081039 ral features,” the Forest Society states. financial or otherwise, from the tower; in “We’re extremely grateful for a substan- The process fact, it was providing a public good, helping tial gift like this,” said Jane Difley, Forest The Forest Society does not act as a an area obtain broadband. But the conser- Society president and forester. “It is partic- “nanny.” Landowners manage their land, vation easement explicitly prohibited any ularly meaningful coming from a person so officials said. The Forest Society just keeps structures being built. After consulting with supportive of our land protection efforts ... an eye out — an eye out from the sky. the Forest Society board, the Society had to Our easement donors well understand the Every year, the Society contracts with a request that the tower be taken down. need to monitor conservation easements company to provide aerial digital images of regularly. Our easement stewardship staff conservation easements. The images, which Dealing with issues does a terrific job working with aerial imag- are layered digital images, provide Forest Generally, easements allow landowners ery and on-site visits to make sure that the Society staff with information on whether to use land for agriculture, forestry, non- terms of any easement are upheld, and that major changes have taken place. The images commercial outdoor recreation and wildlife the conservation values of the easement will tell staff if a road has been constructed habitat management. Conservation ease- property continue to be protected.” or if a shed has been erected on a property, ments generally prohibit subdivision and Conservation easements were introduced Young said. development, commercial and industrial to New Hampshire in the early 1970s as a When Young and his staff spot a potential activities (except agriculture and forestry), means to permanently protect important issue, it’s time for a site visit. Staff per- mining and excavating, filling or distur- conservation values while allowing the land formed 368 site visits in 2011. bance of wetlands, and disposal of man made to stay in private hands and remain produc- Forest Society staff try to visit proper- waste or hazardous materials. tive, according to the Society. It’s still a ties once every two or three years to talk By far, the biggest issue is third-party relatively new concept, said Jack Savage, with landowners often set them up with for- compliance — that is, neighbors and abut- Forest Society vice president for communi- esters to make sure the land is managed in ters. Someone builds a shed or a driveway cations and outreach. accordance with a forestry plan, Young said. on the property. These properties are not In a conservation easement, the Forest When a property with an easement changes quarter-acre plots in the middle of a sub- Society does not own the land. In fact, the owners, Young and his staff try to make con- division. These are often 100- to 500-acre land can and does change hands multiple tact with the new owner right away. swaths of land abutting more forested land. times. When a landowner decides to cre- “A lot of it is educating,” Savage said. Dumping is a big issue as well, Young said. ate a conservation easement on his property, “That’s the best way to avoid problems.” “The owners aren’t out there all the time,” he can set the ground rules with the help of Problems and issues on properties can Savage said. “It shouldn’t happen, but it’s the Forest Society. Easements rarely guaran- become costly. The monitoring department not hard for it to happen.” tee public access, though a few do, such as functions with a $250,000 annual budget. Some cases do require legal proceedings. Muchyedo Banks in Canterbury. One big case could easily double the moni- “When the owner is several times Even after a landowner dies, the Forest toring budget for a year. The Forest Society removed, the new owner often doesn’t own Society must continue to monitor the land. has an annual operating budget of about the land for the same reasons,” Savage said. 080638 No matter how many times the land changes $4.2 million. The $500,000 will help with Hippo | january 10 - 16, 2013 | page 6 7 TAKE THE CHALLENGE Team Up. Get Fit. Win Prizes. Lighten Up Nashua is a FREE It’s easy as 1,2, 3! community weight-loss challenge. Friendly, Caring, Reassuring It provides powerful online resources 11 FormaTeam to help you succeed in meeting your Getyourfriends,familyandco-workerstojoin weight-loss goals! youinthechallenge.Youmayregisterasan Comprehensive Dentistry with State-of-the-Art Technology individual,butlosingweightwithateamisbetter! 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Crowns $990 new superintendent, there are a lot of issues “People intimately involved in the business Closed Wednesdays facing the Manchester School District. The community are expressing concerns that Same Day Emergency Accepting New Patients business community has taken notice. the resources are too limited for our partic- Service Available* Most De5n%t aSle Innisourr Daniscceosu Anctcepted! *In Most Cases “It’s not unreasonable to assume there is ular demands.” 081534 a direct tie [between a community’s educa- The Chamber has sent a survey to tion system and its business community],” business members gauging concerns. said Robin Comstock, president and CEO Anecdotally, businesspeople are concerned of the Greater Manchester Chamber of schools are not getting enough funding. Commerce. They’re also concerned the city’s education “We need to definitely understand that system might need a reboot. education needs to be a really critical agen- Comstock said there is concern the city’s da item when it comes to growing the socioeconomic and cultural diversity are economy,” Joseph Mendola of the Nor- not being embraced, that the conventional wood Group real estate firm said. education system is limited in how it can Comstock said that in general, business address those unique needs. leaders believe a solid, high quality, inno- Some business community suggestions vative education system is the foundation include having school year-round. Some of a successful community, and successful suggest school should run 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. business. daily. Others have suggested alternative “There are a lot of questions to the learning opportunities on Saturdays. Some essence of the very quality, character and are more focused on reorganizing the phys- 080867 condition of the education system,” Com- ical makeup of the district, Comstock said. stock said, adding those questions were The Manchester Chamber has a long his- directed at the school board and the board tory of being involved with education. It of mayor and aldermen. “There are a lot of used to have a department devoted to edu- questions about resources and what is the cation. That came to an end when No Child vision for our particular needs.” Left Behind forced the school system to Comstock said that, naturally, the busi- retool and regroup, Comstock said. ness community cares about education in terms of workforce development and work- Filling a gap place readiness, but there’s more to it. Will Mendola is concerned there is a gap businesses continue to locate in Manches- between the needs of businesses and the ter? Will people of childbearing years skills prospective workers have. He ref- choose to live in Manchester? What will erenced a company in Nevada that was happen to property values? There are all recently highlighted on 60 Minutes. The kinds of implications for the community company needed workers with high-school tied to education, Comstock said. level educations to operate fairly sophis- “Everybody cares,” said Jeremy Hitch- ticated pieces of machinery and partnered cock, CEO and chairman at Dyn in with the government and the community Manchester. “Everybody wants smart peo- college system to develop training. ple to come out of schools and be good Most of the time, companies don’t go to products of the public education system. those lengths and just leave, Mendola said. The fact that we’re having this dialogue, He is hoping to start a dialogue about what this conversation about it, that’s at least skills workers are lacking and why. From somewhat of an indication that we all care.” there, he wants business leaders to team up Hitchcock said education matters a lot with education officials and fill the gap. to his company’s workforce. Employees Mendola mentioned a business located in are often relocating from elsewhere, and New Hampshire that needed workers to be they’re going to take into consideration able to perform basic mathematical equa- communities’ education systems when tions while operating certain machinery. they’re deciding where to live. The company was having difficulty finding “Some of the controversies drive people workers who could do it, since students do away,” Hitchcock said. so much work with calculators. “Therein lies a gap,” Mendola said. 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We were able to doc- oliver peoples al rock for the mill buildings downtown, to ument 10 drownings over the years. The kata i.c. berlin build the whole mill complex. They suc- last one of those occurred in June 1983. ... masunaga cessfully took granite out of there for many That became the tipping point. Enough was kio yamato years, either horse-drawn or oxen-drawn. enough. So the city drained the quarry as la eyeworks They used to come down Blodgett Street. best as possible and filled it with debris to jeremy tarian the row It was a good, long trip but it was a good, discourage people. The city spent $30,000 linda farrow reliable source of granite. At some point to construct a seven-foot razor-wire fence ... in the 1890s, we think, an underground around the property. Now it’s been 30 sub- spring was struck. They used dynamite in sequent years of tree growth. It’s kind of a the blasting process and the place filled spooky place. It’s this huge gouge in the with water. It made further granite mining earth. Clearly, there are signs that people 204 Main St., Downtown Nashua • 880-6700 impossible. From the 1890s on, we know still go up there. There is … some interest- 080861 people were up there recreating on a reg- ing-looking graffiti. ... Clearly, people are ular basis. breaching the fence. [A group called the Brownies was an What jumps out at you about the Ledge’s attraction at the Ledge.] history? From 1890 to 1940, that’s when it was First of all, there was the quarry. It makes used by a group called the Brownies. It was perfect sense. They had to come up with a local group that did swimming. There rock for the massive mill complex. ... There were a lot of documented news articles that were actually 18 different rock quarries there were 10,000, 12,000, even 15,000 around Manchester in the 1800s. There was people who went out into the middle of a Daily Mirror article that interviewed a the woods to watch their exhibitions. They stone mason... I had no idea that it had that used to swim year round. To be a member, much. But with all the houses’ stone foun- you had to swim every day for 365 days, dations … it makes perfect sense. ... And outside. We were able to compile a large then there were the Brownies. It’s a fasci- number of names. The Brownies used it as nating chapter. We actually found newsreel a swimming location. The city became ner- footage from 1927 of the Brownies at work vous, but the city didn’t own it. They were [cliff diving]. The record dive was 130 feet worried about law enforcement and pos- from the top of the south side of the ledge. sible injuries. Eventually, the Amoskeag There was a tree that added additional feet. Company deeded the land to the city. Then At one point the tree fell down so they had a there was a movement a couple decades lat- builder build a platform, and the record was er to close down the swimming hole. 130 feet, blindfolded, in the winter. [But there was a problem with that.] So today, the land just sits there with no Nora Kennard ... whose family owned purpose? vast real estate holdings in the city, owned It’s just sitting there. There are hiking half the ledge. Her family used to mine trails around Weston Tower and there is a granite for their own purposes. She still cross-country course the high school uses, owned half of it, and she was opposed to so there are people up and around there. closing it to the public. You can’t build a fence over the middle of a water hole. So Have you been up there? it was in a state of detente, where noth- I have been. It’s probably totally inappro- ing happened and many swam there and priate to build on. — Jeff Mucciarone 079044 Hippo | january 10-16, 2013 | page 10