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On May 1st, NH Governor Chris Sununu announced the fi rst phases of re-opening the state’s economy, touting the gradual and cautious plan to allow stores, restaurants, state parks and other business-es as “Stay-at-Home 2.0,” which will last through the end of the month.
Hospitals, using extra precautions, are able to phase in non-emergent procedures, like knee replacements and MRI’s, but only after creating strong internal guidelines.
“Although we anticipate a prolonged period of COVID-19 infection, we believe current patient volumes can be accom-modated by the existing healthcare infra-structure,” the Stay at Home guidelines for hospitals reads. “We also, however, must remain prepared for periodic and unpre-dictable ‘hot spots’ occurring throughout the state and region for several months.”
Critical to reopening, the statement says, is providing screenings and “enhanced use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).” It continues, reading that serving patients with the most urgent needs and those whose procedures have already been pushed back should take place fi rst.
Golf clubs, like Angus Lea in Hillsbor-ough, can re-open as of May 11 but only to NH residents and members.
“We think we can do it safely,” owner of Angus Lea, Linda Niven says.
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“MainStreet Bookends will not be changing what we do. We do not feel it’s safe to reopen yet.” — Katharine Nevins
GOLF, CAMPING AND HAIRCUTS ARE BACK!
By lucy PivonkaStone Bridge Post
See NH 2.0, Page 9
As we go to press lo-cal social media groups are abuzz about the ar-
ea’s largest employer fur-loughing most, perhaps as much as 90%, of its employees for four weeks beginning on May 15th. According to numerous
people posting on the community site, employ-ees will use two weeks of vacation time and then be able to collect unemploy-ment benefi ts.
OSRAM furloughs Hillsborough staff
The Antrim Recreation Department just announced the winners for the most recent weekly contest: Pet Costumes. First place goes to Luna as Queen Quarantine, whose owner would prefer to remain anonymous. (Courtesy photo)
Shut-in goes to the dogs!
By John Segedy Stone Bridge Post
As we went to press Governor Sununu announced the creation of an online portal and a phone number that Granite Staters can use to schedule a test for the virus.
“The portal will allow for anyone to simply go online, select from one of the fi ve remote fi xed sites we’ve established in Cla-remont, Tamworth, Rochester, Plymouth
and Lancaster, and choose a time and day of the week that they want to come in and have their test done,” Sununu said. “Any-one, regardless of their fi nancial or insur-ance status will be able to come in and re-ceive a test.”
Citizens can select the closest testing site and choose three time slots. A follow-up phone call will confi rm the appointment. Tests can also be by phone at 271-5980.
Free virus tests on demandBy lucy Pivonka
Stone Bridge Post
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The Hillsboro-Deering school board and adminis-tration is notably up in the air about what direction to take with celebrating the graduating class this year. Superintendent Bob Hassett said at Monday’s online Zoom meeting that it is “the biggest question I get.”
Hassett is waiting for guidance from the De-partment of Education, which is waiting on guid-ance from the State and Governor Sununu.
“Even though people want solid answers, we can’t give any,” Hassett acknowledged.
At the moment, there are no plans for a gradua-tion ceremony. Graduating students have been given a survey to complete by this week asking whether they would rather stall gradua-tion off until they can have a real commencement cer-emony later in the sum-mer, “or do something else more creative and timely,” as High School Principal Jim O’Rourke put it.
O’Rourke was to hold a Zoom meeting with the graduating students this week to discuss the pos-sibilities and suggestions resulting from the sur-vey. He reported that, as of Monday’s meeting, 65 percent of the graduating students have submitted the survey.
Another concern is making sure each gradu-ate who wants a yearbook will receive one, wheth-er they pay for it or not. O’Rourke informed the
board members that of 23 students who did not buy the yearbook, eight re-sponded they would like one as a gift. O’Rourke said he received five more emails by the start of the meeting asking for year-books.
O’Rourke said school district business admin-istrator Jean Mogan went over the High School’s finances with him, and found there will be enough in the High School budget to cover the cost of the ex-tra yearbooks.
“This has been a tough road for this class,” Has-sett acknowledged. “It’s a resilient group, but a group that is disappointed.”
“We can’t have awards night,” O’Rourke point-ed out. “Instead, we are going to contact each stu-dent directly, congratulate them and mail them their checks. Unfortunately we can’t have that beautiful ceremony we have each year.”
Students are still drop-ping off their applications as they do each year, and the school is handling them as they usually do, Hassett noted.
Hassett also explained that funding for school
lunches has been extend-ed through June 30. The business administrator has been working with the Food Service Direc-tor Michelle Dupont to work with her team about working the extra weeks. Hassett said the funding is coming directly from the CARES Act legislation, not local taxation.
The new Elementary School playground is on track to keep up with it’s original dates for con-struction, said Deanna Neal of the PTO
“We have emailed the company and they are confident we are on the original timeline. And we’ve picked the colors, which makes it official. They will be primary colors,” said Neal. “Ev-erything looks like it is going well. We do need socially distancing volun-teers. We’re just waiting for some time to go by. If we do have to postpone, we have the space to store the pieces.”
According to the origi-nal timeline, demolition is scheduled for June 27 and 28, building is set for July 18 and 19, and wood chips are set to be delivered and installed July 25 and 26.
H-D SURVEYS STUDENTSHow would they like to
handle commencement?By Michael Pon
Stone Bridge Post
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By all reports, the gar-den centers are booming. Farm stands, farmers mar-kets, and greenhouses are seeing a surge in business as people isolating at home during this virus crisis are reviving a custom that be-gan in the Great Depres-sion – Victory Gardens, as one local with an appreci-ation for the past pointed out. Many are spending time growing their own food!
Farmers’ markets, considered essential busi-nesses, are opening up. The NH Department of Agriculture has issued a set of guidelines to make farmers market safer. The Market will be enforcing strict COVID-19 policies at our market. These will ad-dress vendor spacing, 6 ft distancing, lines and traf-fic flow, masks and gloves for vendors, etc. Vendors will be limited to food and soap only at this time. They will not have music performances at this time. They also ask you to limit the number of people you bring with you to the mar-ket, and please stay home if you are sick.
The Henniker market is opening up where it usually is on the town’s Communi-ty Center lawn on May 21. They will be there Thurs-day afternoons through the season. The Hillsborough farmers’ market is open-ing up on May 30, and they will be in Butler Park on
Saturdays through the sea-son with extra hour, now from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Farm stands are also opening.
Watch for all the plants and flowers you want as Hunts Honey Bee Fields fills its new greenhouse with starters for your home garden. Soon after, you’ll enjoy the freshest produce and other products in the farm stand and green-house. And, as always, lo-cal honey and maple syrup are available year-round! Visit us any time at the stand on Rt. 31 in Windsor or call 603-478-1000.
In Deering, the Dol-lar Shy Farm is opening tomorrow Saturday May 9. We will have eggs, ice cream, all the things we al-ways have and some chick-en and lamb it will be a few weeks till we get pork and beef back in. Mid-summer before we have goat milk and cheese. We will be having fresh baked goods very soon. Find them on the 2nd NH Turnpike, or give them a call at 603-265-0834 or email [email protected]
Robin and Tom’s Greenhouse is also opening up May 9, and are already taking orders. For a list of what we offer, contact them at [email protected]. For any other info, call 464-3500. They are located at 35 Concord End Rd. in Hillsborough and will be
open most days from 9-5. We will limit the number of people in the green-house at one time for social distancing. If you would rather pre-order, we can have your plants ready for pickup at the roadside. For a list of what we offer, send an email to [email protected] and we will send you one. We have a wide range of vegetables, many heirloom varieties, annu-al flowers, wave petunias, and perennials all organi-cally grown.
In Henniker, Porkside Farm is open as it has been for a quarter century at 10 French Pond Road.
“Our family has been farming in Henniker since the 18th century,” said Len Buxton. “We have been selling at farmer’s mar-kets for over 25 years. We have a licensed meat room where we cut and wrap, make sausage and smoke meats. Items will be left in cooler for you to pick up at farm by appointment only. We thank you for support-ing your local farm family.”
For a list of what he’s got, email: email: [email protected] You can also call Len at 603-748-3767.
Any other farms, stands or markets that wish to make their presence known in the Stone Bridge Post, please contact us at [email protected]
Gardens, flowers, sunshine!By Michael Pon
Stone Bridge Post
Robin Sweetser and Tom Kamberis at their greenhouse on Concord End Road. (Shannon O’Connor photo)
4 May 8, 2020 • Stone Bridge Post www.StoneBridgePostNH.rocks
With High School education relegated to online learning and tradi-tional sports seasons can-celed for the spring, John Stark’s E-sport team finds itself uniquely positioned as one of the few extracur-ricular activities to be able to continue unimpeded. The team is coached by Dr. Kevin Seeley (Doc), a JSRHS science teacher.
The Generals play on three different platforms. The ‘Major’ Generals have played League of Legends for four years. The ‘Lieutenant’ Gen-erals and the ‘Brigadier’ Generals compete in the Rainbow Six Siege (two years) and the ‘Ultimate’ Generals compete in Su-per Smash Bros. The students have enjoyed the opportunity to interact in the absence of ‘brick and mortar’ school.
The Generals E-sports grew out of the interests in playing collaborative games as a part of the previously established Anime/Gamer’s club that had been in operation for more than a decade. The
club is a place where stu-dents enjoy exchanging anime stories, playing Dungeons and Dragons as well as playing table and card games. Five years ago video game consoles were added and this has evolved and grown in size until almost 10% of the student body participates in the club.
E-sports at JSRHS formed three years ago as a group of about seven students who wanted to compete with other high schools. They chose the League of Legends for-mat and the team joined the High School Esports League (HSEL) in order to be matched for com-petition. The HSEL is an organization where high school teams can regis-ter, have rosters validated to avoid cheating and to schedule matches with other teams. The Gener-als are currently the only team registered in the state of NH.
The Rainbow Six Siege team has about 20 students participat-ing and four students are registered to play Smash Brothers Ultimate. Just
before the school shut down a spectators’ arena in a separate room was piloted where the stu-dents could play from school and spectators could watch a live broad-cast play by play. During the shutdown the team continues to record the play by play and post the game results for specta-tors (anonymously, only gamer tags are used). A special “Social Distanc-ing Cup” has been offered and the LOL team is now participating.
Several Gamer’s club students have gone on to college e-sports. We re-ceive numerous college recruitment efforts and at least one student is accepting a scholarship to play in the fall, noted Coach Seeley. Three JS graduates play at NEC, one of whom, Jessica Cor-bett was recently featured in an article on the NEC website.
As yet there are not enough teams in NH to have a state competition. According to Coach See-ley “that makes us the best (and worst) team in the state.”
John Stark Generals E-sports team – a perfect
activity during social isolationBy John Segedy Stone Bridge Post
Hillsborough Town Office Updated Hours
Effective Monday, May 4th, the Town Clerk/Tax Collector Office via the outside service window, will now be open 9 to 4:30 Mon - Friday and until 6 on Tuesdays.
All other offices will also resume their regular office hours however, the building will remain closed to the public. If you have any questions, please feel free to call 464-3877 and select the department you wish to speak with.
Transfer StationThe Transfer Station has resumed being open on Tuesday’s and is again accepting
construction debris on Saturdays.
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Current events with the COVID-19 virus have stunned all of us. Our plans for celebrations like school and college graduations, weddings, holidays, and, yes the Henniker Rotary Annual Fire on the Mountain Chili Fest, originally scheduled for August 16 have all been put on hold waiting for decisions on public gatherings.
The Rotary Board of Directors has been carefully considering what new norms would need to be in place regard-ing social distancing and food service re-strictions for both servers and attendees. In addition to managing social distancing and large group gatherings, we have been particularly concerned about our ability to recruit restaurants to participate due to the impact the pandemic has had on them and the publics’ concerns about having open food service at the event.
Given these uncertainties, we have come to the sad and difficult decision that we should cancel Chili Fest.
The Henniker Rotary Club is strong and will come through these hard times
because we are “People of Action” and continue our commitment to both fund raising and the use of those funds for the communities we serve. We are not going away. We have to change course and pivot to cope with these new norms but Rotary, and all of us, have been through hard times before.
The Henniker Rotary Club would like to say a special thank you to our long time
partners and sponsors including: Pats Peak Ski Area, Granite Quill Publishers - The Messenger, 102.3 – The River, Ayer & Goss Fuels, Dunkin’ Donuts of Henni-ker, Davis & Towle Insurance Group, Edmunds ACE Hardware, Henniker Vet-erinary Hospital, New England College, Henniker Crushed Stone, Henniker Fam-ily Dentistry, Henniker Farm & Country Store, Henniker Pharmacy, Merrimack
County Savings Bank and Morse Sporting Goods. Without this local business support, the Rotary Club “Fire on the Mountain Chili Fest would not have been the success it has been for the past 18 years.
And to all of you who attended the event over the years, thank you for help-ing the Rotary Club of Henniker make our service area of Henniker and Hillsborough such great communities of caring.
We hope you will share in our optimism and that you find it in your hearts and minds to see the bright future ahead. Please take time now to consider how you can continue your support for all that our Rotary Mem-bers do in the community. For instance, check out our new “Flags over Henniker and Hillsboro” initiative (see attached and our facebook link) and stay tuned for infor-mation about future Rotary activities. Bet-ter still, consider joining our club and being part of this important service organization. Contact George Mobley [email protected] to learn more. With you as part of our team, we will celebrate the great spirit that binds our community together.
Henniker’s Chili Fest 2020 a casualty of COVID-19
When Henniker voters do finally get to have their Annual Meeting (currently post-poned until sometime after May 31st) they will address a proposed $3.2 million bond slated to begin repairs and upgrades to the town’s wastewater treatment plant. Unless Gov. Sununu grants permission for a de-fault budget, which would not allow for any new spending or bonds.
At the Public Hearing held back in Feb-ruary, Ken Levesque, head of the plant stat-ed there are many
items that are falling apart and have been welded and patched back so many times that they no longer hold. He stated the plant is a rough atmosphere for met-al, and everything in the plant is made of metal. The new equipment available today is fiberglass and plastic. Levesque went through a list of 18-19 items the bond would cover.
Reached last week, Ken spoke about a couple of the main items that will be done. These include new sludge de-watering equipment at a cost of about $1 million and Headworks degritting and screening at a price tag of about $750,000. Addition-
al details can be found in the Wastewater System Asset Management Program re-port that was completed last September and available on the town website. The extensive report outlines the system and its needs for years to come.
Stressing the urgency of the proposed repairs Levesque noted that the plant is 40 years old and would cost $40,000,000 to replace. If nothing is done, then the plant will eventually, most likely sooner than lat-er, start to break down, which could result in heavy violations and fines from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) as well as the State.
At the Public Hearing, few objections were noted about the proposal itself al-though some concern was raised about the 60/40 split with the 60% in the split be-ing paid by waste water users, while 40% would be paid by the town through taxa-tion. Selectman Flynn addressed the con-cern saying it is historical from a previous Town Meeting.
During public comment Bruce Trivelli-ni stated he’ll be happy when the upgrades start to take place since the plant is the largest consumer of electricity and water in town. He is also baffled by the 60/40 split.
Bob Garrison stated he is also baffled
by 60/40 split and does not understand why the 40 has to come from the whole town. Bill Marko stated the 60/40 split is con-tentious and as a homeowner with septic, if his system fails he can’t come to town hall to get a check to replace it. He stated he understands the need for paying for cap-
ital improvements but does not understand the split and that it is unfair to people who have and pay for their own septic systems. Vice Chairman Tia Hooper replied that if the same were true for the school district that since she does not have children, she should get her money back.
Bonding proposed for Henniker wastewater upgradesBy John Segedy Stone Bridge Post
Oaklynn Couturier Spack of Hillsborough had lots of help to celebrate her second birthday. More than 20 cars of cheer along with police and fire vehicles drove by her home with balloons and signs, honking and waving and she and her family celebrated this special day. (Lucy Pivonka photo)
Birthday parade for 2-year old
By Ruth Zax
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Yet again, the Henniker Town Meeting has been cancelled and rescheduled, due to Governor Sununu’s extension of his emer-gency order until May 31, which does not allow for groups of 10 or more people to congregate. After Town Moderator Cordell Johnson conferred with the selectmen at Tuesday’s meeting, the decision was made to put the meeting off until June 6.
“You are probably all aware that the Municipal Association has made a request for an emergency order for towns that have not had their meetings to be allowed to use a default budget,” said Johnson. “The se-lectmen may want to consider this, since we have to postpone to June and maybe have to postpone again.”
Johnson, who is also an attorney who works for the NH Municipal Association, explained that the Municipal Association had asked Sununu about allowing default budgets for towns in late March. But Sununu considered the request “premature” at the time. The Municipal Association
then resubmitted the request on Wednes-day last week, April 29, and Johnson said the Attorney General’s office called back “with some clarifying questions.”
Johnson went on to say, ”My sense is that the Governor is sympathetic to the situation. Twelve towns and a number of school and village districts have had to postpone their meetings. I’m not at all confident the situation will be any better in June. I am fairly optimistic that he will grant something along the lines suggested.”
This decision made, the selectmen went on to discuss the town’s financial situation. Financial Director Russ Roy gave them a detailed financial update of revenues. He believes the town can manage until a meet-ing or a default budget can be agreed on.
There is also a possibility the selectmen may opt to trim the warrant and ask for less appropriations, which could be possible if Sununu agrees with that part of the Munic-ipal Association’s request.
Henniker HelpsAlso presented and unanimously ap-
proved by the selectmen is a program called
Henniker Helps, which will provide an ex-tension to property taxes in the form of five monthly payments of 20 percent of the bill each month, plus 4 percent, instead of the usual 8 percent, interest. But a missed pay-ment would void that agreement.
The same format is in place for sewer
utility payments. As well, a policy allowing restaurants
to place tables and chairs on their side-walk frontage passed its first reading. If approved, there would be social distancing requirements.
Henniker Town Meeting stalled until June
The nurses at the VA Medical Center had a mission--reach out to peo-ple that might help them make homemade masks as healthcare workers had a dire need for them. That’s when VA Care Coordina-tor of Telehealth Services and nurse Carolyn Keenan reached out to long-time John Stark Receptionist Nonie Mazerski, as she knew she was an avid sew-er and quilter.
“Without hesitation, Nonie was quick to say she was on board to help make some homemade masks for us,” said Carolyn Keenan. “I supplied her with some of the supplies that I could
find, but she pitched in the bulk of her materials to get the job done. Not only did Nonie make all the masks, but she also took care of distributing them through-out New Hampshire work-ers and other essential per-sonnel.”
Nonie, who lives in Henniker, has been at John Stark for 18 years, 17 of those years in the front office. She’s always at the ready with a quick smile and an offer to help students, parents, and co-workers.
In a letter asking that Nonie be recognized for her commitment to communi-ty service, Nurse Keenan
added, “Nonie’s passion for advocating for anyone in need shines through in ev-erything she does. On be-half of health care workers in the community, please be sure that Nonie Ma-zerski is thanked and rec-ognized as a Community Service Ambassador. She has been an essential vol-unteer with helping us all work together to win this war against this Covid-19 virus in NH. If each of us took time out to serve our community when in need like Nonie Mazerski did, this world would truly be a better place.”
Thank you, Nonie.
John Stark Regional High School employee Recognized by the VA Medical
Center for making nearly 350 masks
Nonie Mazerski of Henniker was recently recognized by the VA Medical Center for sewing nearly 350 masks. (Courtesy photo)
Dear Editor;I am a licensed cosmetologist and I feel it
is too soon to be opening salons. Safe social distancing was the first point for reopening criteria as defined in the Reopening Task Force Roadmap and we are one of the many businesses unable to socially distance. Our voices, the voices of stylists and barbers who will be the ones putting our lives, the lives of our clients, and families at risk, were not ful-ly heard due to the vote, recommendations, and guidelines being sent prior to the public comment period being completed.
Salons and barbershops are non-essential vanity services and cannot social distance.
When Mr. Bettencourt said there was no way to push out or pump the brakes on the reopening because there may be backlash, I was outraged. There is already backlash due to the negligence of the Reopening Task Force. It feels as if this decision was made hastily, and the result of a poor deci-sion-making process is going forward be-cause of a fear of saying “we made a mis-take.” The bigger mistake is going to be not reevaluating and having cases increase, while NH residents may die as a result.
Thank youHeather Mazerski, Hillsborough
Letters to Editor
By Michael PonStone Bridge Post
8 May 8, 2020 • Stone Bridge Post www.StoneBridgePostNH.rocks
After consulting with the School Board, representatives of the Budget Committee, the Superintendent, residents, the town health officer, NH Public Health Department, NH School Board Associa-tion, school counsel, and the NH Attorney
General’s office, School District Moder-ator James Newsome has postponed the Annual Meeting another week.
The meeting and voting will take place substantially in the form presented at the School Board meeting of April 30 and out-lined in last week’s Stone Bridge Post. In order to provide time to communicate the plan in an effective manner to maximize
participation and minimize confusion, pursuant to NH RSA 40-4, Newsome postponed the business session of the Hopkinton School District Annual Meet-ing to Tuesday, May 12, 2002, at 7 p.m. in a virtual meeting that will be accessi-ble online and by telephone. The Meeting will continue on Friday, May 15, 2002, at 7 p.m. in another virtual meeting. The final,
in person voting session of the Meeting will be on Saturday, May 16, 2002, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hopkinton Middle High School.
Additional information about the meet-ing procedures will be available shortly on the district website. Moderator Newsome can be reached at [email protected].
Hopkinton’s Drive-up School District meeting pushed back a week
Antrim’s Tuttle Librarystill serving patrons
By John Segedy Stone Bridge Post
Antrim’s Tuttle Library is closed to the public but their “Little Library” (located on the front walkway) now has tax forms, food, seeds for your vegetable garden, and even some toilet paper! The Library also has an array of digital books, magazines, streaming movies and more - all just a message away. Call us at 588-6786 and leave us a message and we’ll get back to you or email us at [email protected]. Compliments of Linda Cole
Ted E. Bear
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Bradford’s Interim Fire Manag-er Chris Olsen gave an update of the Department’s activities at this week’s Selectman’s meeting, which was held over Zoom. He reported on the budget, presented a new chain of command, and distributed copies of two commen-dations written up for members.
Last year the town’s volunteer part-time fire Chief Mark Goldberg retired so the board hired a headhunting agen-cy, Municipal Resources, Inc. (MRI), at a cost of $5,000, to help them find a paid part-time chief. In 2019 voters had approved moving to a paid position through a warrant article. Interviews with the Board and Fire Department (FD) representatives were done, and the FD voted to choose one of their own, Gary Dion, to fill the role. When the Board heard that, they decided he was an “unacceptable choice,” says Chairman Jason Allen, and the Board sent them an email saying the inter-view process was over. MRI was paid the full amount of the contract even though their job was not finished.
Because the law says a FD can’t operate without officers, the firemen voted shortly after to make Dion the Chief. Although he did eventually receive a contract from the town, he was advised by an attorney not to sign it until he met with the Board. After meeting once in January, there was no further contact initiated, he says, so he never signed it and has never been paid the more than $10,000 he is owed. Al-len says the town doesn’t have to pay him, claiming he “refused to sign the contract.” Ironically, all the time Dion
was working for the Department he was processing payroll and handing out checks to all of the members.
In March MRI provided Olsen to the town as an interim chief to replace Dion, at a cost of $95 per hour for 24 hours a week. The Board announced this week that the job would shortly be advertised and interviews would begin again (costing another $5,000), and they hope to have a new chief in place by July. If that’s the case, the sal-ary for Olsen will have cost the town more than $36,000, and the Board has not yet determined what a permanent chief will be paid.
In March an amendment to the FD budget article for $40,000 to cover the $5,000 search process as well as half a year salary for a new chief was put forth, but ended in defeat. At this Board meeting Selectman Marlene Freyler expressed concern about the state of the budget, but Town Admin-istrator Karen Hambleton and Allen both assured her that the money need-ed would be transferred from another line, saying it had been decided to take it out of the Road and Bridge Fund.
Olsen also provided an updated list of the Chain of Command. He has been interviewing all the EMTs and Firemen to ensure they’re on the right step. The former Fire Chief’s brother, Carl Goldberg has reportedly been de-moted and Dion is not listed anywhere on the roster although he says he’s still an active member of the FD.
Lieutenant Rob Steiz and Cap-tain Regina MacArthur have received commendations for their life-saving action when, in April, they helped save a two-month old baby who had stopped breathing.
Bradford interim fire chief makes $95 an hourShe and her husband are opening the
nine-hole course on Monday, May 11, and are meeting or exceeding all of the Governor’s standards. They’ve doubled the time between tee times, from 8 minutes to 16 minutes, set up porta-potties and hand-sanitizer stations along the course, and will only let one person at a time use a cart. Staff will be on the greens to help, and signs have been erected to direct traffic.
This is the 50th year the course has been in the Niven family, and Linda says she’s seen “the best in people come out” during this cri-sis, but admits everyone is really anxious to get outside and enjoy some fresh air.
“We’re doing everything we possibly can to keep it safe and fun,” Niven says, excited to get back to serving her customers. She suggests you call to reserve a tee time so she can review all of the new procedures with you. She’ll have a limited number of masks on hand, but says if you have your own please bring it with you.
At MainStreet Bookends in Warner, which has been closed to the public since March 17, Katharine Nevins says they’re holding off re-opening. “We’re not there yet,” she says.
Since closing the doors the store has kept very busy with online and phone orders and curbside delivery, and has coordinated their hours with those of the Warner Public Market across the street to make it easier for shoppers.
“MainStreet Bookends will not be chang-ing what we do,” Nevins says. “We do not feel it’s safe to reopen yet.”
Campgrounds, like Oxbow in Deering owned by Tom Irving, may also open, though they have strict rules to follow including not being able to rent more than 50 percent of the sites, or use every other camping lot.
“It’s gonna hurt,” Irving says. “[Camp-grounds] only have five months a year to make money and we just lost a month.” He’s owned Oxbow for 20 years and he’ll get by, he says, but so far he hasn’t been able to afford to hire any help. It’s just himself and his wife doing all the work.
Per the Governor’s rules his playgrounds, boats, and beaches are taped off, and the store and recreation hall are locked up as is the of-fice; registrations take place in the parking lot or on the phone. He’s also been forced to call his out-of-state seasonal campers and ask them not to come until at least June 1. “They’re being pretty cooperative,” Irving says.
What is bothering him most, aside from the lost income, is not being able to take in campers who just want to pull in with their self-contained RV and sleep on their way to somewhere else. “Six people called and asked if they could just pull in for the night,” Irving says, “and I had to tell them no.” He doesn’t
know where they are going, where they are staying, but thinks it’s not necessary to turn them away if they only need a single night, but Irving says he’ll follow the law as it’s written.
“If everyone just practices social distanc-ing we’ll get through this thing,” Irving says optimistically.
Barber shops and hair salons are also being given the green light to open on May 11, which can’t come soon enough for many scruffy people. There are, however, dozens of requirements. Everyone must be wearing a mask, hand sanitizer must be readily avail-able, staff and clients should be asked about any symptoms they may be having, and cli-ents need to stay in their cars until they’re called inside. You will only be able to get your hair cut and have a root-touch up – no other treatments are allowed, and no blow-drying is allowed either.
The NH Department of Safety has just announced a program to get free PPE to busi-nesses throughout the state. Business owners just need to fill out a short form at https://tinyurl.com/FREMASKS and then pick up their order at one of the Department of Motor Vehicles offices around the state.
While many businesses are anxious to re-open and put their staff back to work, Gover-nor Sununu cautions that if there’s a spike in COVID-19 cases, he will reevaluate the Stay at Home 2.0 plan. His utmost priority, he says, is the safety and well-being of citizens.
“The people of New Hampshire have tak-en this epidemic incredibly seriously,” said Sununu. “We have all played a small part in flattening the curve and slowing the spread of COVID-19. We all know you are healthier at home, and that continues to be true, but we are also taking steps to reopen our economy in a smart, step-by-step approach that is supported by facts, science and data.”
As of Wednesday there have been 111 deaths from COVID-19 in NH. All but 24 of those have been residents in long-term care facilities, according to Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette, who noted that community transmission is NH has been very mild in comparison with other states.
More than 2,700 people have tested pos-itive so far for the virus, with nearly half of them still actively fighting the virus. More than 1,000 people have made a recovery.
Towns with current cases, according to the latest data from the Department of Health and Human Services, are: Antrim, Henniker, Hill-sborough, Hopkinton, New London, New-bury, Warner, and Washington, which each have one to four cases, and Weare, which has six active cases.
The death rate from seasonal influenza is about 0.1%. New Hampshire’s COVID-19 death rate hovers at around 4% which is in line with national numbers.
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Antrim This Saturday, May 9, the Grapevine will be live on Facebook from 10 am-4
pm with a Virtual Spring Walk. Run, bike, skateboard, push a stroller – any form of movement – and post your photo or video to the Grapevine Facebook page or to Instagram (make sure you tag the Grapevine) and wear purple to show support!
Every Friday the Antrim Recreation Department announces a new Crazy Contest for the week on their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ant-rimrecreation/). Follow the instructions and turn our project in by the following Wednesday at noon. Winners are announced on Facebook on Friday, along with a new contest. There are prizes!
The Library needs your help documenting what is happening to people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone who wishes to participate is welcome to submit a story, from routine to horrific, for possible inclusion in “Memoirs of a Rural Librarian during a Pandemic.” Go to https://tinyurl.com/ANTEXPERIENCE to leave your tale.
The Library has a number of Virtual Field Trips – to participate live just go online and register. You can also watch them after the fact. https://tinyurl.com/PARK-ME
BenningtonThe Library has a link to www.Ancestry.com which has teamed up with the
National Archives to temporarily provide free access to nearly 500 million re-cords for at-home family tree building. Just create an account by entering your email to start your search.
The Recreation Committee, Bennington Fire-Rescue, Bennington Police, and Bennington Highway Dept. will continue celebrating birthdays in town with pa-rades every Friday at 1 pm. Parade routes will be longer than before, with multiple “stops”. If you have a family member with an upcoming birthday, call 588-2106 to get on the map.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Memorial Day parade and festivities has been canceled for this year.
BradfordWorship live online each Sunday at 10 am. Go to Facebook for the live feed.
https://www.facebook.com/BradfordCommunityChurch.NHDeering
Food Care Packages are available at the Town Hall for pick-up or by delivery. Call (603) 464-3248 or email [email protected]
Hancock While the Harris Center has postponed all events until May, its miles and
miles of trails from easy walks to strenuous hiking are still open (be aware of social distancing however). Get started by visiting the Center’s trail webpage: https://harriscenter.org/trails-grounds-facilities/trails
Henniker Every Tuesday and Thursday at noon a new video from Community Helpers
Story Time will be posted at noon. Members of the Henniker Police, Fire, Rescue and other staff will read their favorite children’s book.
White Birch Community Center has a bin of free masks on the porch for any-one who needs one. Thanks to those who have been making and donating them.
HillsboroughThe Town Office service window is open with social distancing Tuesdays
from 9 am-6 pm and Monday and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9 am-4:30 pm. No new title applications can be accepted after 3:30 pm.
The Transfer Station has returned to its regular hours of Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 8:30 am-4:30 pm and Thursday noon-8:00 pm.
Ms. Laura and the Library are leaving recordings of storytime for kids up
on the Library’s Facebook page for enjoyment at all hours: https://tinyurl.com/hillslib
Hopkinton From May 1-15 library patrons can view a new 40-minute documentary,
Stories from Mount Washington. Contact the library at [email protected] to get instructions on how to access the film.
KearsargeEvery Monday and Wednesday night at 7:30 pm tune in on the KRSD Face-
book page for a live bedtime story reading. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Ke-arsargeSAU65/events/
The Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners ((603)-317-5900x 1 or www.knpnh.org) will arrange a pickup and drop off of groceries or prescriptions. They can also help with light yard work/outdoor repairs, bereavement issues and assist families in getting help through these difficult times.
NewburyThe Recreation Department is holding a children’s Bear Hunt with 5 purple, 5
red, 5 blue bears, 5 orange, plus 5 others. Start at the trail beginning and go to the pond. Locate all bears but do not move them and grab a checklist and mark down where you find them. Once you and your child are done, snap a picture and tag the Newbury Recreation Department.
New LondonThe Recreation Department is seeking sponsors to send a child to Day Camp
this summer. Because of the current crisis, more families than ever have applied for part or full scholarships. Donating $125 sends one child to Summer Day Camp for a week, but donations in any amount are gratefully accepted. Please mail checks to New London Rec, 375 Main Street, New London, NH 03257.
Enjoy storytime Monday - Friday at 10 am courtesy of Youth Services, using Facebook Live. Go to https://www.facebook.com/tracylibrary/ to join in.
Students at Colby-Sawyer College are asking residents to take a three-minute survey about the use of bikes in town to see if there is a need or want for a bike share or rental program. https://tinyurl.com/COLBYSURVEY
The food pantry, in the rear of the First Baptist Church, is open Wednesday 5:30-7 pm and Saturday 10-11:30 am. Please stay in your car and staff will come outside to assist you. For more information go to www.kcpcnlnh.com
New London recreation is currently taking applications for Lifeguards and Beach attendants. Send your resume to Scott Blewitt, Recreation Director, [email protected] or call 526-6401
StatewideThe United Way has community economic relief funding. They can help with
housing, food or rent. Call 1-866-211-9966.The American Red Cross is asking donors to set up an appointment to go in to
one of their offices and give the gift of life. Visit https://tinyurl.com/NHBLOOD to get started.
Don’t forget to get counted in the census. Either go online or call (844) 330-2020.
ServiceLink Aging & Disability Re-source Center is just a call away for se-niors who have questions or need help. Call (866) 634-9412 or go to www.ser-vicelink.nh.gov
If you haven’t yet received your Economic Impact Payment, visit the online tool to find out where it is: https://tinyurl.com/EIPHAPP
SunapeeProject Sunapee can help with grocery shopping, prescription pick up, or other
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A concerned resident sent a letter to the Newbury Selectmen regarding the lack of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) being used by the employees of the
Transfer Station. Administrator Pavlicek will check this out and get what is needed for them. There are currently signs at the facility directing one-way traffi c for card-board and glass recycling.
Newbury Transfer Station lacking PPE
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essential errands. Email [email protected]
Residents needing assistance with prescriptions or groceries can call the Sut-ton Police Department at 927-4422. Phone calls will be returned within 24 hours.
VirtualOn May 8 from 5:30-6:30 pm enjoy An Evening with the Hancock Wildlife
Cam hosted by the Harris Center for Conservation Education. Two trail pros invite you to a cocktail hour and conversation and wildlife cam viewing party. To get the Zoom login details, please register with Susie Spikol at [email protected]
Evergreen Healing Arts in Bradford is offering online yoga classes each Monday at 6 pm. Contact [email protected] for link up details.
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Richard (Chad) R. Robbins, IIIRichard (Chad) R. Robbins, III, 48, of Windsor, NH died on April 22, 2020.Born on February 26, 1972 to Richard R. Robbins, Jr. and Susan C. Robbins, Chad
was a long-time resident of New Hampshire. He was edu-cated in Concord, Hillsboro-Deering, and Franklin schools.
He enlisted in the US Army during the Gulf War, trained in air assault was stationed in Kentucky and Wyoming. Af-ter his military service, he worked for Ford Motor Company as a service writer and eventually for the town of Newport as a heavy equipment operator.
Chad was a very social person and enjoyed interacting with family and friends. He loved the outdoors in all sea-sons. He rode motorcycles and ATVs and participated in hunting and fi shing while living in New Hampshire.
Chad is survived by his wife of 16 years Alisha Robbins, and children, Richard IV and Emily.
He will be interred at a later date, at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL where his father is interred.
The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Hillsborough, NH is as-sisting the family.
For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Antle Family intermentThe Antle family is peacefully being laid to rest together under a Pink Diamond
Hydrangea tree at Life Forest in Hillsborough.Ronald Lee Antle Sr., August 5 1944 - June 30 2013, married to Brenda K. Antle
July 25 1954 - March 6, 2020 and their beloved son, Ronald Lee Antle Jr., August 10 1976 - June 20 2014.
Ronald Lee Antle Sr. worked at Bell Steel in Chelsea, MA for as well as the GoGo Gas station in Auburn, NH. Ron was loved by everyone for his quirky sense of humor and his ‘never felt better’ attitude.
Ronald L. Antle, Jr. worked as a metal scrapper and also customized automobiles. Ronald was an avid artist who es-pecially enjoyed drawing and painting.
Brenda Antle enjoyed going to the beach and swimming, but held most important her role as a loving wife and moth-
er. She will be remembered for kind and selfl ess ways.Brenda’s dying wish was to be reunited with her two boys “ Ron “ and “ RonE.” Family and friends are welcome to visit their burial spot and memorial tree at Life
Forest in Hillsborough, NH when social distancing guidelines are lifted.To fi nd information on Life Forest, go to https://www.thelifeforest.com/
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FataA fatal accident occurred at 11:40 p.m. on Friday May 1 when a Honda Civic was traveling northbound on the Interstate 89 exit 8 in Warner. The single vehicle in-volved was driven by 22-year old John Wil-ley of Boscawen who lost control, hit an exit sign and rolled over. John Willey sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced
dead at the scene. New Hampshire State Po-lice from Troop D Barracks responded to the collision and were assisted at the scene by the Warner Fire Department.
Anyone with additional information re-lated to this collision is encouraged to contact Trooper Kenneth McGrath at 603-227-0088 or E-Mail [email protected]
Investigation for the cause of the accident is underway.
Fatal accident in WarnerBy MaRJoRie cilley
Stone Bridge Post
At a recent online Warner selectmen’s meeting, Fire Chief Sean Toomey reported a number of issues to be addressed at the town’s highly touted one-year-old Fire Station.
The list includes the sensor on the wa-ter and oil separator tank, the heat in the women’s bathroom that triggers the fire alarm, staff being unable to change staff names when applicable on the Fire Department tele-phones, the heated slab in the bay area spiking the electric bill more than expected, such as a $500 bill in January. Another concern is the
back-yard lights have stopped working.
Chief Toomey has not been able to con-nect with Irish Elec-tric which has said they would honor some of the fire alarm work. There has been a problem reaching the company because of the COVID-19 cri-sis. Some of these problems were issues occurring during the Warranty time frame and North Branch now says the Warranty time has lapsed. Chairman Clyde Carson is will-ing to contact North Branch’s new President for a resolution to these related problems.
Chief Toomey said that when the COVID-19 crisis has
passed he would like J. Lawrence Hall, who has been able to make necessary corrections in the radiant flooring system, to train three of the Fire Department staff to make any nec-essary changes in the future.
Any outside burn-ing is now requiring a permit. These permits can be obtained from the Deputy Wardens who are listed on the Town’s Website.
The Town of War-ner has a new Welfare Officer, Elizabeth Lab-be, who was appointed at a recent Selectmen’s (via remote) meeting where all votes were by role call voting.
Warner fire chief lists issues at stationBy MaRJoRie cilley
Stone Bridge Post
The Town of Newbury has received an estimate from the Kearsarge Regional School District for what they will need from the town. The amount is $7,393,579 for the 2020-2021 school year.
Correspondence has been received from the Sunapee Yoga Company regarding the feasibility of using the Newbury docks for Yoga this summer. As long as all the ramifications were followed regarding gatherings, the
Board of Selectmen was in complete agreement to allow them to use the docks again this summer.
Police Chief Brad Wheel-er advised new signs have been put up near the trail-head on Lakeview Avenue for no parking and has sent some hikers down to the caboose where there is con-siderable parking and there would be no fines. The signs at the caboose state 2-hour parking only, but Adminis-
trator Dennis Pavlicek said those would be taped over.
Following a brief discus-sion, the decision was made to use the Newbury bus to deliver library books to citi-zens. Librarian Lea McBain indicated these would be mostly to seniors.
Newbury has received the 2019 updated Red List for Bridges from the De-partment of Transportation (DOT) and the town is not listed on it.
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Although Grapenuts was fi rst produced in the late 19th century, within the next couple of years, these little grains were used as a crispy topping for baked custard. Here in New England, Grapenut Pudding was at its culinary pin-nacle in the 1920s and has stayed popular for almost 100 years. I created this recipe because my children dislike custard. So if I could reproduce the fl avor of this classic Yankee dessert, without the overpowering fl avor of eggs, than I could keep this dish alive, hope-fully for another century. And this did the trick. Creamy and smooth, the fl avor and crunch of Grape-nuts isn’t lost, but that eggy fl avor is. Don’t be dismayed however, the creaminess and a sweet crust forms all throughout and around this classic, making it even better! And simple!?....5 lines says it all!
Nonstick cooking spray1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese4 eggs, beaten1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk1 tablespoon vanilla1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg3/4 cup raisins1/3 cup Grapenuts cereal *
Grease an 8-inch square pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Beat or whisk fi rst 7 ingredients until blended well. Add raisins and
cereal, blending well. Pour into prepared pan and bake 34-36 min-utes, or until fi rm to the touch in the center. Remove from oven to cool before covering to refrigerate completely.
* If you don’t want to spend the money for an entire box of this ce-real, your favorite granola makes a fantastic substitution.
Amazing Italian Grapenut Pudding
The Yankee Chefby Jim Bailey
WHERE TO PICK UP
A COPY OFStone Bridge Post(New condensed paper route during the crisis)
With so many establishments shuttered in our region, we have
had to rearrange the sites at which we leave our paper.
ANTRIMAntrim Marketplace
Edmunds Ace Hardware
BRADFORDBar Harbor Bank ATM
Post Offi ce
CONTOOCOOKColonial Village Market
HENNIKER All in One Market Citizens Bank ATM
Edmunds Ace Hardware Harvester Market
Henniker Farm & Country Store Henniker Pharmacy
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HILLSBOROUGHAgway
Bar Harbor Bank ATMCumberland Farms
Dunkin DonutsHillsboro Diner
Hillsborough LaundromatJD Foods
Maple LeafPost Offi ce
Shaw’sSubway
Williams General Store
NEWBURY Bar Harbor Bank ATM
WARNERMarket Basket
An overage of $5,500 was re-alized on the Pleasant View Road culvert work being done by the Bradford Highway Department, and these additional costs will be funded by the Road and Bridge Expendable Trust account. During the two-week period Pleasant View Road is closed for this work, the Town of Newbury will respond to any medical emergencies on their side of the closed road.
Due to the concerns of timeli-ness in the bidding process, the Se-lectmen made the decision to hold off on sending out bids for Cem-etery work until fall, and be pre-pared for cemetery maintenance work for 2021.
Some of the activities the Select
Board are requesting of the newly hired Facilities Supervisor Walter Royal include reviewing quotes to paint the town hall and to see if window repairs were included in those quotes. Royal shall also inspect the Bradford Area Com-munity Center (BACC) as well as check with Department Heads for their concerns. The town owned property on Dunfi eld Road shall have a “No Trespassing” sign put up on the property as a cautionary measure.
Bradford Gardeners representa-tive Susan Moss addressed the Se-lect Board with the request to take over the Lafayette Square garden beautifi cation, with the exception of the mowing. This idea was not only approved by the Board, but the Garden group was thanked.
Advertisements for sealed bids
to rehabilitate the Bement Cov-ered Bridge on Center Road over the Warner River have gone out. These sealed bids must be received by on-line electronic service by 3 p.m. on Wednesday May 27, 2020 and will be opened at the offi ce of Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc located on Dow Street, Manches-ter.
The total engineer’s estimate for the complete restoration of the his-toric bridge is between $1,000,000 and $1,100,000, with the comple-tion of the project hopefully to be in late fall of 2020.
A list of pre-qualifi ed bidders the town prepared includes Alpine Construction, LLC – Neil H. Dan-iels, Inc. – Northern Construction Services, LLC and Wright Con-struction Company, Inc. These bids will be made on a unit price.
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