THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012
VOL. 20 NO. 208
Shelburne voters took about 90 minutes to go through a 22-article town warrant at Tuesday’s town meeting. Two articles generated the most discussion - one to make the fire chief an appointed position and the other a $14,00 contract for police services with the town of Gorham (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO).
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athy Mcdowell of Randolph hands her completed ballots to Randolph Town Clerk Anne Kennison who will put the town offi cer ballot in the ancient wooden ballot box (front) and the school election ballot into a makeshift box. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTO)
Shelburne approves police Voters approve steps to contract, will appoint fire chief protect the Israel’s River BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
SHELBURNE – Voters Tuesday night approved a new $14,000 contract with Gorham for police services and passed an article that will make the fire chief an appointed position. Both articles generated considerable discussion but passed easily. First up was the article to enter into a one year contract with Gorham police for both emergency and general calls at a cost of $14,000. Selectwoman Lucy Evans explained that the select board was divided over the article. Last year, the town paid Gorham $1,900 for primary emergency assistance on a per call basis with the state
police providing some service as well. Last year, the town had a total of 37 emergency calls and 95 general calls. Gorham town officials argued the per call fee did not take into account overhead costs and Gorham taxpayers were picking up some of the costs. The new contract also covers general calls. Steve Tassey asked if the town could find a less costly way to provide coverage. Evans said town officials had contacted the Coos sheriff’s department but the department does not provide that kind of coverage. She said state police will respond but the local barracks is spread thin. One resident said the town could not rely on state police see SHELBURNE page 14
Shelburne, Randolph and Gorham reject SB2 for school BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
GORHAM — The proposal to make the Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District operate under the so-called SB2 format
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instead of an annual meeting failed to win voter approval. The petitioned warrant article was on the ballot in all three of the towns and, though it required a 3/5 majorsee SB2 page 5
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watershed in Randolph BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
RANDOLPH—At their 2012 town meeting Tuesday, Randolph voters accepted four warrant articles that will make it possible for the town to acquire “approximately 79 acres straddling Route 2 near the intersection with Valley Road, (known as the ‘Farrar Farm’),” a second parcel, and to designate this land as Town Forest Land, as stated in Article 15. Article 15 was the first of the four articles setting in motion approvals for the town to establish a trust fund “to be called the Israel’s River Headwaters Conservation Land Trust Fund” and to accept grants and donations to acquire these and adjacent lands and/or conservation easements, to protect the headwaters of the Israel’s River and provide a wildlife corridor between the town forest and the White Mountain National Forest.. The Farrar Farm was recently purchased by David and Dodie Willcox, of Randolph, with the intention of
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enabling the town forest to realize these goals. Willcox, who is the Randolph town meeting moderator, turned the podium over to “Assistant Moderator” John Scarinza for the reading of the articles while Randolph resident, Walter Graff, vice-president of the Appalachian Mountain Club, led the discussion of the articles. Displaying a large-scale, colored tax map of the property divisions in the area, Graff showed voters where the property is, noting, “What’s important is that (the property) connects the Community Forest more strongly with the (White Mountain National Forest). This will provide 2400 feet of connection if you add two of the neighbors who are considering easements on their property—the Hudson and Maddock properties,” he said. “The first article is to authorize selectmen to accept the two parcels. The second is to create a trust fund. The (Randolph) Forest Commission see RANDOLPH page 7
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