The Berlin Daily Sun, Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Council votes to propose eliminating city wards BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN -- Instead of four wards, voters in January will be asked to do away with all city wards and elect the mayor and city councilors at large. After weeks of discussion and debate over ward boundary lines, the city council Monday night decided the best solution is to have no wards. A public hearing on the proposal will be held the evening of Monday, Oct. 24 at city hall. After the hearing, the council will make a final decision on placing the proposed charter amendment on the ballot for next January’s presidential primary.

In a special Columbus Day meeting called specifically to deal with the redistricting issue, the council was unenthusiastic about the latest proposal made by City Planner Pamela LaFlamme. Last week, the council had asked her to make some adjustments to a proposal that would split the city into two wards. As Laflamme outlined the new option, Councilor Lucie Remillard suggested it made more sense to simply eliminate the wards and have everyone run at large. She said the city could select one central voting place - she suggested using White Mountains Community College or the high school - and divide people up to vote.

If the city continues to maintain individual wards, Remillard said it will be forced to go through the same frustrating exercise ten years from now when the next U.S. Census picks up the federal prison population. She said she feels it is also time for the city to view itself as one. “We’re all working for the good of the city. I don’t like the idea of segregating the city,” she said. Mayor Paul Grenier said he thought Remillard’s suggestion made sense. He said he thought the various options for redistricting were going to be tough to sell to residents because of the way they see COUNCIL page 19

Fish restoration and forest management at Nash Stream BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

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NASH STREAM -- Stream restoration and forest management efforts were the focus of a recent tour of Nash Stream State Forest. The Nash Stream visit was part of a fall field tour last week by N.H. Division of Forest and Lands with Executive Councilor Raymond Burton. In 1969, when the dam impounding the 236-acre Nash Bog Pond failed, it sent a torrent of water down Nash Stream. The resulting surge of water flooded the stream, altering the instream and riparian habitat, and washing away trees that provided cover for fish. After the flood, Maggie Machinist, regional forester for the Division of Forest and Lands, said bulldozers and skidders were used to hastily clean up the damage and reopen the road system for logging see NASH STREAM page 3

John Magee (foreground) of N.H. Fish and Game and Jim McCarthy of Trout Unlimited talked about the Nash Stream Restoration Project during a recent tour of Nash Stream State Forest. The two are standing where a culvert was removed to allow native brook trout to travel up Slide Brook tributary to spawn. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)

Filing period closes for Berlin’s November 8 election BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN - The filing period for the Nov. 8 municipal election closed yesterday and there are contested races for three city council seats. Mayor Paul Grenier is running unopposed for a second term. On the school board side, six people are running for three two-year positions on the board. In Council Ward II there are contested races for both the four and two year seats. Incumbent Tom McCue and Denise

Morgan Allain are competing for the four year seat. Incumbent Dori Ducharme and former councilor Dick Lafleur are both seeking the two year position. In Council Ward III, David Moore and Peter Higbee are running for the 4-year position presently held by Mark Evans. The other position is not un for election. In Ward I, incumbents Lucie Remillard and Russell Otis are running unopposed for the two and four year positions respectively.

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