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While occasional echos of gun-shots are to be expected in our ru-ral communities, they may be more common with more of our residents at home, out of work and self quaran-tining. As an essential service, gun shops and ranges have been open for business. It was recently reported by NHPR that the FBI was experienc-ing a 41% increase in background checks, and that increase in business appears to be refl ected in local busi-nesses.

Morse’s Sporting Goods has “been busy the past month” with about a 20% increase in sales accord-ing to proprieter Jim Morse. He noted

that not only guns and ammunition, but all kinds of survival equipment was selling well. Morse also noted that they are open their normal hours and are controlling the number of people in at one time and cleaning surfaces regularly.

Meanwhile down the road a piece at Weare’s Old Man Armory, Mike reported that it has been “crazy.” He noted that he can’t keep ammunition or guns in stock. He has been taking orders, but many distributors are out also.

Up in Newport, Bill Rodeschin of Rody’s Gun Shop related that they had a big business in the past month selling lots of guns and a lot of new folks coming in. He noted that they were pretty much sold out of ammo

and that things were starting to slow down a little this week. Likewise, an unnamed source at the Alstead Gun Shop said there had been a run on merchandise, but that it had started to slow down and was “old news” now.

For those that don’t just shoot on their own property, Lou Ellen Beard reported that ranges at the Deering Fish and Game Club were open to members. Application information is available online. Social distanc-ing is being practiced and with some recent nice weather there has been an “uptick” in usage. Unfortunate-ly, one of the clubs signature events, The Kids Fishing Derby, usually held in April has been postponed with hopes for rescheduling in May.

Firearm and ammo sales brisk during social isolation

By John Segedy Stone Bridge Post

Local Food pantries are standing ready to assist those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as those already in need. Surveying local agencies, it appears that to this point they have yet to see an on-slaught, but numbers are starting to creep up. The Hillsborough Food Pantry’s Norma Hubbard noted “a couple of new people” coming in. Marilyn Cori-ello-Bresaw at the Hopkinton Food Pantry noted an increase of 8 new clients this week. In her alternate role as at the town Human Services department, she said “it has been a little slow, but some requests are starting to come in.” Pastor Charles Boucher of the Antrim-Bennington Pantry reported an increase in traffi c but not as huge as it may get. He noted that may be due to the fact that local employers – Syl-vania, NH Ball Bearing and the Monadnock Paper Mill are all still running.

Hillsboro Food Pantry – Tuesday from 5 – 7 on Church St., donations can be brought starting at 4

Food Pantries, Welfare Departments – Safety nets standing ready

“Morse Sporti ng Goods has “been busy the past month” with about a 20% increase in sales.”

Jim Morse, Morse Sporti ng Goods Proprieter By John Segedy Stone Bridge Post

See FOOD PANTRIES, Page 2

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The John Stark School Board received updates on virtual learning from the ad-ministration at its virtual meeting last Wednesday. Like other districts across the State, the administration is awaiting news scheduled this week as to possible further extension of school closings by Governor Sununu.

Principal Gary Dempsey had praise for the teachers and staff, in particular Tech-nology Director Stephen Law for his part in changing over to online learning. Board

member and parent Jill Dagenais gave feedback assuring that “They [students] are still learning.” Principal Dempsey noted they are keeping the major pieces of the curriculum in place, but allowing lati-tude to cut out some parts with staff work-ing to maintain consistency across classes. He addressed concerns regarding grading, saying they are not going to use pass/fail but are keeping the current system.

Superintendent Dr. Jacqueline Coe noted that they are currently planning on maintaining the April Vacation with possible changes depending on wheth-

er Sununu extends the date for keeping school’s closed. Since the meeting Dr. Coe released a letter to the community specifying that if the closings are extend-ed, then Monday and Tuesday (April 27th and 28th) will be vacation days with the rest of the vacation week being remote learning days.

Technology Director Stephen Law re-ported that 120 Chrome Books had been provided to those needing them. Also, 80 new Google Classrooms have been set up, bringing their total to over 250.

The Board also discussed plans for

doing roof work with multiple options for which sections to do at this time. Con-sensus was that it made sense to replace mechanical units on the roof for whichev-er sections are done. Funding is proposed through a combination of sources, in-cluding year-end surplus funds, one-time state funds and existing district capital re-serve funds (Roof fund and Building and Grounds fund). Required Public Hearings that must be held in order to allow spend-ing from the two district funds are planned to be held along with next month’s Board meeting.

John Stark April vacation awaits Sununu decisionBy John Segedy Stone Bridge Post

p.m. Bags of groceries can be gotten at the door or window. A table will be on the dock in back to leave donations, knock to let them know. Norma Hub-bard noted there has been a number of new volunteers and increased dona-tions. “This is a great commu-nity. People have always stepped up to help us.” She urged anyone in need to come – even if only for a week or two while waiting for unemployment to start coming in.

Hopkinton Food Pantry – Wednes-day 6:30 – 7:30 at the Slusser Center on Houston Drive or by appointment. This is a drive-up service with people putting groceries in cars for people with masks and gloves. Donations can be made during the same time periods. Ms. Ce-riello-Bresaw reported donations from the community have been fantastic, both big and small. They are having a difficulty with purchasing large quan-tities from grocery stores as previously done, but get goods at the Food Bank (in Manchester) and from the government. There is a need for paper product (toilet paper, paper towels) and fresh stuff.

Antrim-Bennington Food Pantry – Saturday 10-12 at the Antrim Baptist Chuch, 85 Main St., Antrim. They are using a drive -up model and ask peo-ple to not get out of their cars. Pastor Boucher noted that he is “grateful that people have been really stepping up and making it possible.” Needs include canned soups, fruit and meat.

Henniker Food Pantry - Monday 11 a.m.- noon and Wednesday 5:30-6:30

at 21 Western Ave. Donations can be brought on Wednesday from 11 a.m. - noon. Service is by pre-ordering at the pantry or by email at: HennikerFood-

[email protected] . List needs in priority order and order will be brought out to you at curbside when ready.

Kearsarge Food Pantry – Wednes-day 5:30-7:00 and Saturday at 1st Bap-tist Church, New London. Delivery is available.

Sutton Food Trailer – Daily 7:30am-5:30pm at the Sutton Fire Department. Anyone needing food is encourage to take what they need.

Town Welfare Departments are available as always. Dana Brien, Hill-sborough’s Welfare Officer, noted that the numbers aren’t as high as she would have thought but she expects them to climb. She noted that the biggest issues she is seeing are from people experienc-ing unemployment delays. Ms. Brien noted an increase in Food stamps for some has been helpful.

Concerns that she has include that Homeless shelters may not be accepting new clients. Homelessness is a problem as those “coach surfing” or moving from place to place could be spreading the disease. Ms. Brien also noted that while there are moratoriums on utility and evictions the payments don’t go away and will still be owed when the morato-riums end. She stressed that “If people are in a bind they should reach out for help. That is what these programs are for. Do it sooner rather than later.”

Food pantries continued from page 1

“If people are in a bind they should reach out for help. That is what these programs are for. Do it sooner rather than later.”

Dana Brien, Hillsborough’s Welfare Officer


The Hillsborough Transfer Station is now closed on Tuesdays and will not be accepting demo material on Sat-urdays. To address why these decisions were made, Town Administra-tor Laura Buono submit-ted the following expla-nation:

“We want to say thank you to the folks who have understood the tough de-cision that was made to TEMPORARILY close our Transfer Station on Tuesdays. We realize it is an inconvenience to those who typically go on that day. Tuesday was chosen because it’s the lightest day of the week which means it would affect fewer people.

“Although calcula-tions were done to antic-ipate an increase in ton-nage, even after taking plastics, cardboard and people being home more into consideration, it’s impossible to estimate how many people will bring excess trash from cleaning out various ar-eas of their homes now that they have extra time. We have put out a few re-quests for people to stop bringing this excess in right now, especially if it’s not the stinky trash. But, unfortunately, that has not happened.

“With that in mind, we are hopeful that those of you who are working from home or are not working right now will

come either Thursday or Friday instead of Sat-urday. If more people come on those two days, the trailers will fi ll up, which will enable us to have them pulled and re-placed with empty trail-ers for Saturday. Right now, there are not enough folks using those two days for the trailers to be full enough to be pulled and replaced without wasting money on haul-ing half-fi lled trailers. A shift in how people are doing things should get us through this tempo-rary change.

“Once again, we ap-preciate your assistance and cooperation.”

Transfer Station hours cut, materials limited

Materials Delivered FREE

Hollywood Awards, Week-Long Professional Workshop Rescheduled

Twelve winning writ-ers and twelve illustra-tors from around the globe—including writer, Leah Ning, a Weare, na-tive—have their winning stories and art published in L. Ron Hubbard Pres-ents Writers of the Future Volume 36 which was of-fi cially released on April 7th.

Leah lives in northern Virginia with her hus-band and their fi ve ani-mals: two cats, a dog, and two sugar gliders, all of whom are exactly as cute as they sound. Despite her years of residency inVirginia, both past and yet to come, her heart lies in the cold, snowy north, and she hopes to get back there someday. She works full time as a program-mer and spends her spare non-writing time draw-ing, playing video games, and learning to make de-licious new foods. “Yel-low and Pink” is her fi rst writing sale.

Winners in the Writ-ers and Illustrators of the Future contests are fl own to Hollywood for a week-long professional work-shop and awards event. This is normally done in conjunction with the book release. However,

due to the Corona virus situation, the workshop and awards event have been rescheduled to late August.

The 36th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achieve-ment Awards Event will be at the Taglyan Com-plex, on Thursday, Au-gust 27th, 2020 in Hol-lywood, California. Leah will be honored at this event at which time she’ll receive her award.

The highlight of the ceremony will be the announcement of the year’s two Grand Prize winners who will each receive $5,000. Quarter-ly winners also receive cash prizes from $1,000 to $500. Their winning stories and illustrations will appear in the annual anthology L. Ron Hub-

bard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future Volume 36 (Galaxy Press, April 2020).

Throughout the Con-tests’ 36-year history, over 774 writers and il-lustrators have been rec-ognized as winners.

“What’s amazing to me is that a good 60 to 70% of winners go on to successful careers,” says New York Times’ best-selling author An-derson. “You could call it ‘The American Idol’ for writers—long before there ever was such a show.”

The Writers of the Future writing contest (www.writersofthefuture.com) was initiated by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 to provide “a means for new and budding writ-ers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged.” Based on its success, its sister contest, Illustrators of the Future was created fi ve years later to provide that same opportunity for the aspiring artist.

For more information and to see the awards ceremony online, go to www.writersofthefu-ture.com

Weare native Leah Ning(Courtesy photo)


The Easter Bunny made an appearance on Valley Road in Washington on Sunday, as her fans showed up to greet her and her little one. One visitor was Hayden Gaskell, who searched for eggs as the �oppy eared baby bunny watched along with Hayden’s dad. As reported by local Maintenance man Tim Piper, whose tractor the Easter Bunny was driving, the Easter Bunny left town on Tuesday after snoozing through Monday after so many Easter Sunday visits. (Michael Pon photo)

Easter bunny surprise appearance in Washington

The Eleanor Campbell Charitable Fund Scholarship Committee has an-nounced an extended deadline of May 4 for high school seniors and college stu-dents to apply for 2020 scholarships. Mail applications must be postmarked by that date.

Eleanor Campbell Charitable Founda-tion scholarships are awarded to students who will be attending post secondary school full-time who attend Hillsbor-ough-Deering High School, John Stark High School or other accredited second-ary schools as well as home schooled residents of Deering, Hillsborough and Weare. Students are eligible for up to two scholarships.

Applications for graduating high school seniors and those in college are available to download and print at https://eleanorcampbellcharitablefund.org. The committee understands the complications distance learning has created and will be flexible during the submission process while still maintaining confidentiality. Special directions have been added to ap-plication forms. Applicants may scan and email forms to either address on the ap-plication or use the postal service. Faculty references should be submitted separately, with the student’s name at the top. Class standing and test scores will be provided to the committee by the schools.

Dr. Eleanor Campbell provided pe-diatric health care to underserved New Yorkers before coming to Deering during the Great Depression. Seeing a similar need in this rural community, she opened a clinic for women and children. Her life-long interest in children and youth and in community service has been sustained by the fund that bears her name.

One of the more significant and recur-ring activities taken on by the directors of the fund is to award scholarships to grad-uates of both Hillsboro-Deering and John Stark Regional High schools. These schol-arships are awarded on the basis of scho-lastic achievement as demonstrated not only by excellence, but by effort and dedi-cation. In 2019 scholarships were awarded to students in a variety of fields, but here is a leaning toward students interested in the medical area and other fields that provide social services, reflecting Dr. Campbell’s specific interests.

Like other nonprofits during this health and economic crisis, the Eleanor Campbell Charitable Fund has postponed its annual drive to solicit local financial support. At the same time, as families face uncertainty, funding for education is a critical need. Anyone wishing to contrib-ute for the support of local students will find information on the Fund’s website.

Fund sets new scholarship deadline

On Saturday, The Appleseed Restaurant in Bradford and their capable staff prepared and boxed up 107 complete Easter Dinners for people who have been housebound because of COVID-19. These dinners containing ham, scalloped potato, vegetable, rolls and cake for dessert were funded by gift cards, cash and other donations.

Then, along came five Bradford and two New-

bury Police Department and Fire Department members at 5 p.m. and delivered these complete dinners to residents in Newbury, New London, Bradford, Sunapee, War-ner and Contoocook.

A big Thank You goes out to all who were in-volved.

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday the Bradford Po-lice Department, along with surrounding towns, dialed in to Governor Sununu’s office for an update on Emergen-cy Management. Gov-

ernor Sununu has been successful in obtaining much-needed equipment for the medical field.

On Sunday, Sununu joined others to help un-load many pounds and dollars worth of Person-al Protective Equipment (PPE) from a cargo plane at the Manchester Airport. Some recent updates in-cluded some long term issues, one of which is the opening of campgrounds with a strong suggestion for the hospitalities to re-quest a 14 day quarantine.

Appleseed Restaurant delivers meals to virus homebound

By MarJorie CilleyStone Bridge Post

Warner Town Admin-istrator Diane Ricciardel-li advised that all orders received from Governor Sununu’s office are posted on the Town Website as well as the status of all the town departments.

In order to be able to participate in ZOOM as a collaborative, Public Works Director Tim Allen and Chief of Police Sean Toomey have received new laptop computers. Ric-ciardelli is instructing em-ployees how to be involved with Zoom meetings.

The current program for the new Fire Depart-ment building radiant floor heat is making a high elec-tric bill and North Branch Construction is going to be asked to re-program the system in hopes to lower the electrical cost.

Warner gets used to online meetingsBy MarJorie Cilley

Stone Bridge Post


Obituaries

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Alison Elaine BelangerAlison Elaine Belanger, 75, of Hillsborough, born December 16, 1944, passed away at

home April 10, 2020 after a long illness.Alison was born in Irvington NJ, grew up in Milan, NH, graduated from Berlin High

School.She is survived by her husband, George of 56 years, sons Kev-

in, Randy and Russell, daughters-in-law Stacy and Keri, a grand-daughter Tearyn, brothers Gary and Craig, sister-in-law Sarah, many brothers and sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.

Alison is predeceased by her son Kendrick, parents Leland Campbell and Alta (Gould) Campbell, sister-in-law Virginia (Vir-gie), niece Stephanie Campbell, nephew Paul Belanger.

Alison was a co-owner and operator with her husband of Be-langer’s Auto Parts, Belanger’s Auto Repair and the Good as Old

Craft Shop. She enjoyed knitting, crafting, loved to read and play board games, collecting and had a flair for decorating. Alison enjoyed hot air ballooning with her family. She was a lifetime member of the United Methodist Church both in Milan and Hillsborough. She belonged to the Lion’s Club and ran the Hillsborough blood drive for the Red Cross.

Alison will be buried next to her son at the Harvey Memorial Cemetery in a private service.

A celebration of live service will be held at a later date. There will be no calling hours. The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Hillsborough is assisting the family.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Hillsborough United Methodist Church or the Hillsborough Rescue Squad. The family of Alison would like to thank the Hillsbor-ough Rescue Squad and Police Department for their dedicated and professional service.

For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com

Doris Lucille BorgesDoris Lucille Borges died peacefully at her home on April 7th, 2020 in Antrim at the

age of 71.Doris is survived by her husband, Joseph F. Borges; children, Cathy Borges, Tammy Ford,

Shelly Merrifield, Wendy Dunlap, Kelly Heath, Joseph Borges Jr, Chris Borges and Heather Borges; her siblings Sandy Fornier and Suzanne Bevilacqua. She also left behind 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Doris is preceded in death by her parents Irene and Eldric Rowe, her sister Nancy Bowman, brothers Lenny Rowe and Arthur Rowe, and her beloved grandchild Scotty Dun-lap.

Doris was born on January 25, 1949 in Amesbury, MA. She married Joseph Borges, the love of her life, in November 1969 and together they raised a very large combined family.

We remember her love for children and animals. Her candy bowl was always full, and the grandkids knew exactly where to get a treat. She had that same love for every pet that has been a part of this family. Stormy, Rex, Bomber, DOG and many others always knew who to go to for love and a treat.

Condolences can be sent to 1174 Concord Street, Antrim, NH 03440. She was cremated and the ashes are home to stay with Joseph until the world is in a safer place. At that time, we will have a small service at Saint Mary’s Church in Hillsborough followed by placing her ashes at the NH Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, NH.

In lieu of flowers the Borges family would like you to make donations to VAMC Man-chester Voluntary Service. This is a service for homeless veterans. Please follow this link https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/52253675/ or Contact Voluntary Service Officer 603-624-4366 EXT. 6419

The family would like to thank all the caregivers that supported Doris on this journey. The Holt-woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Hillsborough is assisting the family.

For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com

The Newbury Selectmen are hold-ing regularly scheduled meetings via video and or telephone.

At a recent meeting, Police Chief Brad Wheeler commented that it seems people are adhering to Gover-nor Sununu ‘s orders regarding social distancing. Their department is re-fraining from doing any finger print-ing and are not doing pistol permits at this time.

Fire Chief Hank Thomas said they have issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to the staff of Fire, Police and Highway departments with explicit instructions of how to respond to all calls. They have withheld train-ing for now but Thomas has requested the staff to continue with it on line.

Selectman Joy Nowell reminded everyone that the Transfer Station can only handle trash right now and to keep your recyclables home for a later time if possible.

The Newbury Selectmen signed the purchase order for the new Fire Station for the Engineering and Archi-tect firm. The overseer of the project has volunteered and the Selectmen moved and unanimously accepted Ken Holmes to serve in that role.

According to a letter received by the Board from resident Mcintire about a controlled fire the Fire Depart-ment extinguished at 535 Route 103A,

a toxic foam was used that could pos-sibly affect the owner’s land. Fire Chief Thomas related the 20 x 20 fire contained stumps and logs and was not a controlled fire. It was also being burned during the day and a Class A Foam was used like any other brush fire would be controlled. In response to a call Thomas made to DES, it did not need to be reported, only if it were a Class B Foam. A letter in response will be drafted to the owner.

Highway Department Director Cal Prussman advised the temporary Bridge for the Bay Point upcom-ing project will be placed on April 1. Mount Sunapee is available for Newbury to use the 3rd parking lot in which to pile material. Prussman said most of the dirt roads are good with the exception of Brown Road where the culverts are due for replacement. The Highway Department is being extremely careful and keeping their distances during the virus crisis.

The Highway Department new dump body Purchase Order was signed for Tenco in the amount of $76,517.00.

The Newbury Beautification Committee member Stu Hale ques-tioned if Will’s Garage will be avail-able for the plant sale mid-May. Se-lectmen Chair Ed Thorson said the date will be what the state advised during the COvID-19. Hale said the plants have been ordered and the bar-rels will be planted.

PPE issued to Newbury first responders

The Rotary Club of Henniker will extend the deadline for their Scholarship application submission until April 22, 2020 due to the current virus / home

schooling situation. The application

forms can be down-loaded, as in the past, by going to the Henni-ker Rotary Club web-site: www.hennikerro-

taryclub.com. Please mail com-

pleted applications to: Henniker Rotary Club, P.O. Box 695, Henni-ker, NH 03242.

Rotary extends scholarship deadline

By MarJorie CilleyStone Bridge Post


Antrim While they are not able to loan books, the Library staff are still at work re-

motely from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, ready and able to help you with databases, eBooks, downloads, streaming, deep web searching and reliable up to date resources. They have created an ever-changing “Virtual Getaway” page as well, for those who want to have an adventure from their couch. If you don’t yet have a library card, they can still be issued to any Antrim resident. Call 588-6786 or email [email protected] or [email protected]

The Antrim Scholarship Committee welcomes 2020 applications from Ant-rim

students planning to continue their education beyond high school, and from town residents already studying at the college level, or furthering their profession-al credits. Applications are available online at the town’s website www.antrimnh.org. The deadline is May 1st.

Avenue A and The Grapevine’s programs have gone virtual – visit the website to see what’s still happening and how you can join in virtually for the fun. Better Beginnings for Babies is meeting virtually via video, and the Mom’s Group uses a Zoom call. See the website for details on other groups and how to join. One-to-one support is available by emailing Carol Lunan at [email protected]

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.” Email to: [email protected]

BenningtonBirthday Parades for children continue – go to https://www.facebook.com/

benningtonreccommittee/ to participate. The Conservation Commission is accepting applications for a free week of

summer camp at The Harris Center in Hancock for two Bennington students who will be entering grades 4-6 when school opens in the fall. If your child is inter-ested participating in the Rovers program at the Camp, download the application, complete it and mail it to the Town Hall by April 24. https://tinyurl.com/benn-campschol

BradfordHigh school students who intend to go on to secondary education have until

April 30 to apply for the annual Town of Bradford School Scholarship. To apply, send a typed application telling the committee about your academic goals, extra-curricular and community activities, and how living in Bradford has helped pro-mote those goals. Mail your application and a photo to: Town of Bradford Schol-arship Committee, PO Box 436, Bradford, NH 03221-0436.

DeeringFood Care Packages are available at the Town Hall for pick-up or by delivery.

Call (603) 464-3248 or email [email protected] The Police Department, with help from the Brain Injury Association of NH,

has helmets in sizes small, medium and large to give away. Call Administrative Assistant Trisha Whisman at (603) 464-3127 or email [email protected] to get them.

HennikerEvery 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.

HillsboroughThe Transfer State has reduced their hours, and is not going to accept demo-

lition material on Saturdays. It will be closed on Tuesday; the new hours will be

Thursday, noon to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Again, they remind you to not bring in oversize loads – once the containers are full they will be forced to close the gates and turn patrons away.

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 The Library has dozens of links to educational and fun sites, including a vir-

tual tour of the Library Art Gallery and “Comics for Good” printable resources, including comics, coloring pages, and information about the virus and topics like social distancing and handwashing.

KearsargeEvery Monday and Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. 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.

New LondonThe New London Barn Playhouse, after serious consideration, has just an-

nounced that they have cancelled all in-person events, however, “the show must go on,” and they are working on bringing talent to you through technology.

Enjoy story-time Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. courtesy of Youth Ser-vices, using Facebook Live. Go to https://www.facebook.com/tracylibrary/ to join in.

The Recreation Department has opened registration for summer events, and are keeping their fingers crossed. Swim lessons, sailing, camps, and track and field registration can be made online at www.nlrec.com or by calling 603-526-6401. June’s 6th Annual Strawberry Festival and the Food Truck Festival in Sep-tember are still on the docket – call to reserve your spot and to buy tickets.

Statewide The 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.

SunapeeProject Sunapee can help with grocery shopping, prescription pick up, or other

essential errands. Email [email protected].

SuttonResidents needing assistance with prescriptions or groceries can call the Sut-

ton Police Department at 927-4422. Phone calls will be returned within 24 hours.

To advertise in our weekly newspaper please call our sales rep Ally Chase 603-455-7081. Thank you.


Why the lawsuit? STRAIGHT TALKby Marjorie Porter

Jake Matheson Racing have an-nounced they are joining forces with New England based commercial and residential HVAC specialists, Laconia Refrigeration.

“We are excited to team up with La-conia Refrigeration,” the 17-yr old driver said. “This is a great opportunity for our growing team to work with a thriving or-ganization. It is an exciting time for them, as they launch Laconia Residential. I am very happy to have them on board.”

Laconia Refrigeration is the region’s fastest-growing “comfort specialists,” serving commercial and residential clients in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-setts, New York and Maine. Their brands include: Laconia Refrigeration, New En-gland Mechanical, Lakes Region Mechan-ical, and Laconia Residential.

“We are very excited to partner with Jake and the entire race team. We have been keeping an eye on Jake for couple of years, and have been very impressed with his accomplishments throughout his racing career,” said Laconia Refrigeration President, Steve Olson. “Our team at La-conia Residential is ready to watch Jake this season, Go JMR!”

JMR is officially registered to compete in the Granite State Pro Stock Series for 2020.

Matheson is a 17-year old professional racer based in Hillsborough. He is a 2019 Rookie of the Year in the Granite State Pro Stock Series and the 2018 National Cham-pion in the INEX Legend Car Young Li-ons Division.

Matheson was honored for his Rookie

season in the Granite State Pro Stock Se-ries on February 22nd at The Clubhouse at Thompson Speedway in Thompson, CT.

“It means a lot to be acknowledged by the series,” Matheson said. “We en-joyed our first season competing among so many skilled drivers and teams. It was challenging, at times. We learned with ev-ery race and look forward to building on that in 2020.”

The 16-year old driver finished 12th overall in points, including some top ten finishes.

“I cannot thank my crew enough for the great job they did. Last season would not have been possible without them. I also want to thank AR bodies for this award and generous gift certificate. And of course, the team’s primary partner in 2019, SignWorks New England,” he add-ed. “The off-season seems so long, I just can’t wait to get back out there.”

JMR is officially registered to compete in the Granite State Pro Stock Series for 2020. The GSPSS season opener is April 25th with a 100-lap race at Claremont Mo-torsports Park in Claremont, NH.

For more information about JMR, fol-low the team at jakemathesonracing.com, on Facebook at JakeMathesonRacing or on Instagram @jake_matheson_racing.

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We are in the middle of a public health nightmare, a pandemic crisis that has us anxious and confined to our homes for everyone’s protection. Many of us are out of work, and money is tight. We may be having a hard time feeding our families. More than ever, we rely on the gov-ernment to help us get through. If there was ever a time when we should put partisan differences aside and work together for the common good, this is it.

We all breathed a sigh of relief when the federal CARES Act was signed into law last month. New Hamp-shire’s share of the stimulus package is $1.25 billion. The money is due to come into the state on April 24.

This is a huge amount of money, nearly half of the state’s general fund revenues for this fiscal year. And from the looks of things, we are going to need every cent to take care of our citizens and keep our economy as healthy as possible. We need to be working together to make sure this happens quickly and smoothly.

So why, then, in this state of emergency, are leaders in the NH House and Senate suing the governor? I’ll try to explain.

First of all, right at the onset, let me say I commend Governor Sununu for his handling of the crisis so far. He has taken the proper steps to try to contain the virus as much as possible, and those steps seem to be preventing things from getting much worse than they are.

I am pleased to note some of his emergency actions

have put in place policies Democrats in the legislature have long been fighting for.

Raising the minimum weekly unemployment benefit and waiving the waiting period before the first check can be received will help those newly unemployed. Allowing those who are at home caring for someone—a child, a sick or disabled adult, or themselves—to collect an un-employment benefit is a move even he himself called “paid family leave.”

Providing a pay boost by way of stipends for health-care and home-health workers is a boon for some of our lowest paid essential workers who are putting themselves on the line to take care of our most vulnerable. All these actions strengthen the social safety net when it is most needed.

And providing a very liberal interpretation of absen-tee voting requirements assures that almost anyone can vote that way if they so choose, keeps our elections safe and has been a goal of voting-rights activists for years now.

By declaring a state of emergency, governors give themselves increased powers, allowing them to by-pass roadblocks that might prevent them from acting quickly when the need is greatest. This is a good thing, as long as they are careful not to overstep.

You will remember from your days of high school civics our government is founded on the doctrine of sep-

aration of powers and a system of checks and balances. The legislative branch that represents the people holds the purse strings and makes the laws; the executive branch administers the laws and holds the power of the veto; and the judicial branch interprets the laws and acts as a refer-ee when there are disputes.

Ever since our founding days, Granite Staters have feared a too powerful executive. Our constitution estab-lished a strong executive council, which must approve all contracts and nominations for appointments the governor makes. As a result, New Hampshire’s governors are rela-tively weak compared to those in other states. Even in an emergency, she or he may not assume powers not provid-ed for in the constitution, and still must follow the laws.

So, here is where the lawsuit enters. The NH legislature has the power of the purse strings.

NH law has established a bi-partisan legislative Joint Fis-cal Committee, made up of representatives and senators, whose function it is to accept all federal funds coming into the state and approve their expenditure, even in times of emergency. This long-standing committee has in place accounting, auditing and legal systems, is staffed by the non-partisan Legislative Budget assistants, and works in collaboration with the State Treasurer’s office. It keeps close track of every federal dollar coming in and being spent and is open and transparent, so taxpayers know

Jake Matheson (left) with Alexander Olson from Laconia Refrigeration. (Courtesy photo)

See PORTER, Page 9


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BENJAMIN K. BARTON,CIC, AAI

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On March 12, the online por-tal and the telephone bank at US Census opened for response. To date, millions of households have already responded to this critical questionnaire, which will deter-mine how $675 billion each year is allocated to the states. As of April 1, response rates are as follows:

National: 36.2% New Hampshire: 39.0% Washington: 13.3%As you can see, we are respond-

ing at lower rates than the state and the nation. Residents should

not wait to receive a form. In fact, you can respond from the comfort of your home without ever inter-acting with a census taker!

You have two options: First, you can go online at 2020Census.gov and complete your Census quickly and securely. The fi rst question will ask for a 12-digit number; if you have not received that yet, just skip the question and continue with the rest of the form. If you prefer not to use the internet, you can call, toll-free, 844-330-2020, and speak with a

live person who will take your information entirely over the phone. There are only nine ques-tions on all census questionnaires, so this will take you no more than 10 minutes!

Meals on Wheels, Medicare, school funding, transportation planning, and fi rst responders all rely on the numbers that the Cen-sus produces. Make sure our area is counted, completely and accu-rately, by being proactive and re-sponding TODAY!

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how their tax dollars are being used.

States of emergency have been declared under governors from both par-ties, and the Fiscal Com-mittee accepted, approved, and expended the federal money coming into the state in those emergencies.

Anticipating the $1.25 billion coming into the state on next week, Gov-ernor Sununu has said he would by-pass the Fiscal Committee in favor of his own Governor’s Offi ce for Emergency Relief and Re-covery committee, made up of legislative leaders from both parties, whose function is solely to advise. The governor says this is so he can move quickly.

The legislators fi ling suit say the governor needs to follow the dictates of RSA 9:13-d, enacted in 1978, which allows the governor to spend any money necessary in a state of emergency “with the ad-vice and consent of the Fis-cal committee.” Account-ing and auditing measures are already set up, and they

can and will move quickly to meet the needs of the State. Legislators are the people’s representatives; it is their responsibility to make sure the people’s money is used fairly and well.

There will be a court hearing on the case on Fri-day April 17 at 1:30 p.m. The court, acting as law in-terpreter and referee, will decide whether the gover-nor must follow the law, or can go it on his own.

Even though the legisla-tors are Democrats and the governor is a Republican, this is not a partisan issue. Were roles reverse, I would expect the legislators in power to do the same.

Especially in these times, we need to keep respect for our constitu-tion, keep the government steady and strong, and re-spect the rule of law.

Regardless of the out-come, the $1.25 billion will still come to the state. And no one’s stimulus or un-employment checks will be impacted at all by this lawsuit.

Porter, continued from page 8 TOWN Of HENNIKERNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Planning BoardApril 22, 2020The Town of Henniker Planning Board will hold a public hearing on April 22, 2020. In light of the Covid 19 social distancing advice made by the Governor and CDC, along the Governor’s Emergency Order #12 (Order #2020-04), the Town of Henniker Planning Board will be con-ducting the meeting electronical via Zoom. Information on connecting to the meeting is available on the Town’s website along with ac-cess to all case file information.

1) Public HearingsA. PBCase 2020:01 Proposed site plan

for the construction of a bulk storage of heat-ing oil, diesel fuel and propane. In addition, a public diesel fuel station is proposed along with a 2,100 square foot warehouse/office building, Old Concord Road, Map 1 Lot 549-G, Zoned CH Heavy Commercial, Applicant: MAC Milford Realty, LLC – Owner J and M Morse Trucking, LLC.

B. PBCase 2020:02 Proposed site plan for the construction of a 16,000 square foot industrial building for sheet metal fabrication and warehousing, Centervale Road, Map 1 Lot 548, Zoned CH Heavy Commercial, Appli-cant/owner: David Currier Rev. Trust.

C.PBCase 2020:03 Proposed site plan for the construction of an 11foot x 61foot ground mounted solar array, 88 Village Green, Appli-cant Revision Energy, Owner James & Betha-ny Newcomb, Map 2 Lot 232, Zoned RV.


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HILLSBORO-DEERING SCHOOL DISTRICTIntergrated Preschool

The Hillsboro-Deering School District is ac-cepting online applications for anticipated preschool openings for the 2020-2021 school year. The program is available to children who will reach the age of 3 or 4 by September 30, 2020, and are a resident of Hillsboro, Deer-ing, or Windsor. Preschool online applications will be available at www.hdsd.org. Preschool screenings will be scheduled at a letter date, for those who have completed the online reg-istration paperwork.Preschool placement will be announced af-ter screenings are completed, any additional openings will be filled using a waitlist process.

Hillsboro-Deering Preschool Open House will be scheduled at a later date.Invitations will be sent to those who have com-pleted the online registration forms. For addi-tional information please contact Danielle Par-enteau, Preschool Facilitator (603) 464-1123 or [email protected]

HILLSBORO-DEERING ELEMENTARYKindergarten Online Registration

School Year 2020-2021Children must reside in Hillsboro, Deering or Windsor and be 5 yrs. old on or before 9/30/2020.Registration is online and may be found at www.hdsd.org

WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTONLINE REGISTRATION FOR

KINDERGARTEN ANDEARLY LEARNING PLAYGROUP

Washington Elementary SchoolSchool Year 2020-2021

Any Washington resident with a child who will be five years old by September 30, 2020 will be eligible to enroll in the Kindergarten program. Any Washington resident with a child who will be three or four years old by September 30, 2020 will be able to enroll in the Early Learn-ing Group. Early Learning Group screen-ings will be scheduled for at a later date and placement will be announced within two weeks from the screening date. A copy of your child’s immunization record, birth certificate, your child’s most recent physical examination as well as proof of resi-dency will be needed at the time of screen-ing. Please register online at www.hdsd.org or if you have any questions, please contact the office at 495-3463 or email to: [email protected].

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TOWN Of HILLSBOROUGHPAVING PROJECTS 2020

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