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BOARD OF SELECTMEN TOWN OF GILMANTON ATTENTION GILMANTON RESIDENTS SNOW OBSTRUCTION ON ROADS ORDINANCE Any person who shall put or place, or cause to be put or placed, any snow or ice upon the surface of the traveled portion or any road or town-maintained portion of any road for any purpose, except as provided under RSA 236:20, shall be guilty of a violation. The provisions of this section shall not apply where snow or ice is pushed across the traveled surface of said roadway for the purpose of snow removal from land adjoining said road, as long as said snow or ice is completely removed from the roadway. Anyone violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a violation and fined not less than $30.00, and the fine for subsequent offenses shall be $50.00.
Oscar nominations announced: ‘King’s Speech’ on throne BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s dad, Albert — the gentle, stammering Duke of York — never was meant to be king. And from Hollywood’s early honors this season, a drama based on his life never seemed destined as heir-apparent at the Academy Awards. Yet “The King’s Speech” took a step closer to the best-picture crown Tuesday, leading the Oscars with 12 nominations and gaining momentum against the online chronicle “The Social Network,” which had previously ruled the awards season. Hollywood’s top prize on Feb. 27 now seems like a two-picture duel between stories about a monarch who lives in terror of a 1930s tool of mass communication — the radio microphone — and a college kid who helped define the Internet era by inventing Facebook. Also nominated for best picture are the Western “True Grit,” second with 10 total nominations; the psychosexual thriller “Black Swan”; the boxing drama “The Fighter”; the sci-fi blockbuster “Inception”; the lesbian-family tale “The Kids Are All Right”; the survival story “127 Hours”; the animated smash “Toy Story 3”; and the Ozarks crime thriller “Winter’s Bone.” “The King’s Speech” is a pageant in the truest Oscar sense, with pomp, ceremony and history like past best-picture winners “The Last Emperor,” ‘’Lawrence of Arabia,” ‘’A Man for All Seasons” and “Shakespeare in Love.” It’s also an intimate, personal tale of love and kinship as royal Albert (best-actor front-runner Colin Firth) is buoyed by the devotion of his wife (supportingactress nominee Helena Bonham Carter) and makes an unlikely friend out of a commoner, his wily speech therapist (supporting-actor contender Geoffrey Rush). “It’s a very, very human story. After all, how many of us are so blessed that we go through life without
having to overcome some kind of personal obstacle?” said “The King’s Speech” writer David Seidler, who grew up with a stammer himself and earned a nomination for original screenplay. Seidler said young people who were reluctant to see a historical film “end up absolutely loving it and wanting to see it again, because they understand the emotions of being teased, being bullied, being marginalized, and they really understand the power of a supportive friendship.” Meantime, “The Social Network” seems like a film completely in the here and now as Harvard computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (best-actor nominee Jesse Eisenberg) reinvents the art of keeping in touch with the viral growth of Facebook, whose half a billion users stay connected with friends online. But the motivations at the core of the film are ancient as Zuckerberg battles old friends and associates over the Web site’s riches. “It is a timeless story, one with themes as old as storytelling itself: of friendship and loyalty, of betrayal, power, class, jealousy,” said Aaron Sorkin, a nominee for adapted screenplay for “The Social Network.” ‘’These are things that Aeschylus would have written about or Shakespeare would have written about. And it’s just lucky for me that neither of those guys were available, so I got to write about it.” Along with Firth, other acting favorites claimed Oscar slots, including Christian Bale as a former boxer whose career unravels amid drugs and crime in “The Fighter.” The best-actress field shapes up as a two-woman race between Natalie Portman as a ballerina losing her grip on reality in “Black Swan” and Annette Bening as a lesbian mom in “The Kids Are All Right.” Firth, Bale, Portman and Bening all won Golden Globes for their performances. see next page
TILTON from page one appropriate site for a police/fire complex only to ultimately find that the Fire Commission wanted no part of the project. Instead the committee turned to choosing a site for a new police station. Helen Hanks reminded her fellow committee members that when the two options were presented at a public hearing earlier this month a clear majority of residents expressed a preference for 61 Business Park Drive, which is located behind The Home Depot but accessed off Rte. 132. Owen Wellington, the retired police captain who chairs the committee, said many were concerned that if the police station was built on East Main Street, 61 Business Park Drive, which is currently appraised at $900,000, would be sold at a loss. Tim Sattler stressed that the committee preferred 61 Business Park Drive not only because the town owned it, but also because when the various properties were scored, it ranked second to the East Main Street site. Police Chief Bob Cormier said that he has “let the committee do its work and let the people weigh in” without expressing a preference. Noting that the East Main Street site is more visible, he said access and egress would be challenging. “We can make it work,” he declared, calling 61 Business Park Drive “a good location.” Wellington said that 10,540 square feet, or 53-percent, of the space can be fashioned into a police station at an estimated cost of $1.8-million. Design and engineering, together with legal fees, are expected to total about $232,000 while fixtures, fittings and
equipment are projected to cost another $70,000. Another $28,000 would be required to sprinkle the remainder of the building and some $85,000 for an access road. With the original purchase price of $1.5-million, the total cost of the project is estimated at approximately $3.8-million. The property at 61 Business Park Drive is one of a dozen lots in the industrial park developed by Casey Nickerson, none of which are served by municipal water. The committee recommended and the selectmen agreed that the project should include extending water to the property by running a main along Route 132 and into the park. Selectman Pat Consentino said that municipal water would boost the value and enhance the marketability of all the properties in the park, including a lot owned by the town, which in turn would expand the tax base and employment opportunities. She said that Nickerson has agreed to split the cost of the water line with the town and that project could be funded with a loan from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development at 3.73-percent. The town’s share of the cost of the water line, estimated at $275,000, is included in the projected cost of building the police station. The Selectmen agreed to draft two warrant articles, one for the police station, including the water line, and another for the water line alone. Consentino explained that if the article for the police station fails, voters should be offered the option of extending water to the industrial park as an economic development initiative.
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