5/10 Household Hazardous Waste Event 7 May 2008
Residents of Atkinson, Danville, Hampstead, Kingston, and Plaistow are invited to dispose of hazardous waste at the Plaistow Highway Department (37 Old County Road) Saturday May 10th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Proof of residence is required. Read the brochure for details.

Pack 13 Remembers the Shot Heard 'Round the World 21 Apr 2008
Cub Scout Pack 13 from Danville, NH enjoyed an exciting and fun Patriots Day weekend at the Isaac Davis Camporee. The Scouts traveled to Concord, Massachusetts where they camped overnight in tents. Early the next morning, the Scouts arose before dawn and traveled to the home of Captain Isaac Davis, leader of the Acton Minutemen, The Scouts then retraced the steps taken by the Minutemen on April 19, 1775 as they hiked 7 1/2 miles to Concord Bridge where the battle for independence was fought. The Scouts earned patches and medals for taking part in this re-enactment of America's history. For information about Pack 13, please call 603-382-5927.

Time to Dunk! 21 Apr 2008
The snow is gone and spring waters have settled into the standing pools that breed mosquitos. Be sure to empty standing water that accumulates on your property -- drain your pool cover, cover barrels, and clear off toys.

This is the best time to deploy BTI dunks. One dunk per 100 square feet of standing water will prevent mosquitos from breeding in your yard for up to thirty days. Mosquitos not born in April will not be making more mosquitos in May. I dunk as soon as the water settles then every thirty days until Labor Day. $90 per year is short money to pay for outdoor comfort and safety.

BTI dunks are the same, safe solution used by the town. The only difference is that you can destroy the pests while Dragon is studying them -- more effective and less expensive. Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and Agway all sell (or have sold) BTI dunks locally.

Delivering the TRSD Budget Committee to Your Desktop! 18 Apr 2008
Unapproved minutes of the 4/10/2008 TRSD Budget Committee posted.

Be Heard! Fri Apr 11 07:00
Peg Ralph doesn't know what parents and taxpayers want our SCHOOLS to be known for! Tell her it isn't nonacademic assemblies!

Our Lips Are Sealed EagleTribune.com 22 Mar 2008
Meghan must have had a deadline to meet because there IS other information available -- from her own paper. Searching Google (using the box in the upper right corner of this page) for Dennis Tardif brings up a likely explanation...

• Flashback: Student athletes facing charges stay on team

• Flashback: Principal may have violated electioneering law
• Morning After: Atkinson Academy principal resigns

So, whose reputation was the School Board protecting? Tardiff's? Webster's? The SAU's? Their own? We may not know for 99 years. Email any rumors on this matter to me. Any shred of credibility will get the theory posted here under the circumstances.

These records can be 'unsealed' by any School Board at any time. If you want the School Board to unseal these records or account for their action, let your elected representative know...

No Means No 15 Mar 2008, DanvilleDelivery.com
Within hours of the release of the election results -- which included a sixth consecutive defeat for a warrant to repair or replace the Sandown Road bridge -- one of it's most vocal proponents opined, "I don't believe this is a dead issue yet." He continued, "Charles and Lance do their mail outs and they sit back and watch and hope for the majority to fall for their misleading information," and "I can't think of much more we could have done, other than going door to door to properly educate the voters on the facts of Art 28 and not the gimmicks of 202 Sandown Road." Another said, "Almost 1/2 the people that bothered to vote do feel it is important and we shouldn't let the issue die."

Well, more than half of the people who bothered to vote do feel it is important and we should let it die. I won't pretend to speak for the 480 people who voted against the warrant, but I wasn't fooled -- by either side. I'm not stupid and I do understand the issue. I believe the proponents have been dishonest. I don't buy any of the life and death drama. The only polling on the subject suggests that most people on Sandown Road prefer it to be a dead end. I can understand this as I live on a cul-de-sac and enjoy quiet walks with my dogs and family. We rarely venture out onto Colby as the traffic is fast and there are no sidewalks.

I also have a problem with the way this has been handled from the beginning. It bothers me that we went from a $30,000 repair in 2003 to a $800,000 bridge in 2007 to an $30,000 repair in 2008. It bothers me that the latest warrant was a citizen's petition -- is this the way to manage our roads? Maybe we don't need a road agent at all? I don't like that the BOS, FD, and PD campaigned for this article using public treasure without offering equal time for opposing views. I don't like the dishonest way the warrants were handled at the Deliverative Session in 2007 and 2008.

I wonder if things would have been different if...

• the town had surveyed the residents before taking on the project
  
• the town had put replace/repair options on the ballot
  
• the town had provided data to support life and death claims

• Block Scheduling Presentation (rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 03/20/08 (rv, wmv, mp4)
  
  

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• Danville Candidates Night: 3/3/08 (rv, wmv, mp4)
• Danville Town Meeting Deliberative Session: 2/2/08 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 11/01/07 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 10/18/07 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 10/04/07 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 9/20/07 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 9/06/07 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• School Board Meeting: 8/16/07 (pdf, rv, wmv, mp4)
• Danville Town Meeting Deliberative Session: 2/3/07 (pdf, rv, wmv)

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