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Friday, September 9, 2022
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Durham resident Jen Sanders captured this majestic eagle pair perched on the island closest to the mouth of the Oyster River in Little Bay. With the anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday and the NH Primary Elections next Tuesday, it seemed an appropriate image for this week's lead photo!
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Members of the Durham community are cordially invited to a 21st Anniversary Commemoration in Remembrance of September 11th on Sunday, September 11th, 2022, beginning at 8:15 AM at the Durham Fire Department, 51 College Road, Durham.
The ceremony program follows:
--8:15 am College Road will be closed
--8:30 am Ceremony will begin, ROTC to lower flag
--8:40 am Opening remarks
--8:45 Moment of silence
--8:47 Guest Speakers
--Ring the bell
--9:30 Re-opening of College Road
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ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 STATE PRIMARY ELECTION ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE
Absentee ballots for the 2022 NH State Primary are now available at the Durham’s Town Clerk’s office. New Hampshire voters may vote by absentee ballot for specific reasons including being absent from the voter’s town, a religious observance, disability or illness, and employment commitments (including caregiving) during the entire time the polls are open. For more information on voting by absentee ballot, please click HERE for you may visit the Durham Town Clerk’s Office between 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
With respect to Covid-19 concerns, according to the NH Secretary of State’s Office, a voter may vote by absentee ballot if, based on their health circumstances, medical authorities have advised them to avoid going out in public. This applies to voters with symptoms of a communicable disease or illness and voters that must limit public exposure as a preventative measure. If applicable, voters should select "physical disability" on their application as the reason they are voting by absentee ballot.
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A CORRECTION: Pictured above is Durham Police Sergeant Greg Ruby with the found wayward child mentioned in last week's Friday Updates. Sergeant Ruby had been incorrectly identified as Detective Sergeant John Lavoie.
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DID YOU KNOW? - Composting Kitchen Scraps
Have you considered composting your kitchen scraps? The Integrated Waste Management Advisory Committee (IWMAC) has kitchen compost buckets and rolls of 25 compostable bags for sale for $10.00 while they last.
Why compost?
- Stop letting your food waste generate methane in the Turnkey Landfill.
- Reduce landfill weight and town expenses. Organic material makes up more than 20% of the weight of Durham’s municipal solid waste.
- Recycle nutrients as compost. Let compost do the work of fertilizing your plants and restoring nutrients to the environment.
Composting Options
- Collect organic material for a home-compost system. Use either a homemade or commercial yard compost bin. (Meat and dairy should not be included).
- Collect at home for a commercial composter, such as Mr. Fox, to pick up. (Small monthly fee).
- Collect at home and bring your compost to the Durham Transfer Station for Mr. Fox to pick up. (Residents are not charged at the transfer station when dropping off compost).
Mr. Fox Compost may include:
- Veggies and fruit
- Meat and bones
- Shellfish
- Eggshells
- Dairy products
- Coffee grounds and filters
- Human Hair
- Pet Hair
- Tea bags (without staples)
- Muffin wax wrappers
- Flowers and floral trimmings
- Brown* paper napkins, plates, and paper towels
- Bamboo paper products
- Pizza boxes or any cardboard that has soaked up food grease. (Recycle the part of the box that is not greasy and put any paper liner or plastic container included in the trash).
- Any brown paper bag (as long as it is not lined with plastic). Also, brown cardboard toilet paper and paper towel rings.
- Certified Compostable Products such as compostable bags, compostable forks, knives, spoons, bowls, and cups.
To purchase a kitchen compost bucket and bags, or for more information, contact Sally Needell at mailto:sneedelltc@gmail.com.
Brought to you by the Integrated Waste Management Committee
Questions about recycling or composting? Email us at Durhamrecycles603@gmail.com
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Ceo's owner Carolyn Ottney (center) with her staff this Thursday evening at Ceo's in Durham. Courtesy Todd Selig
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CEO'S GELATO BISTRO
We are delighted to showcase one of Durham’s newest businesses: Ceo’s Gelato Bistro at 9 Madbury Road (at the intersection with Pettee Brook Lane). Proprietor Carolyn Ottney’s timing was perfect, moving into downtown Durham to offer this marvelous treat during the summer’s scorching heat wave. Ceo’s (named for her initials, pronounced see’-oze) had a loyal following in Portsmouth where it opened 2016 but Carolyn chose to find a more affordable location.
She said, “I've wanted to own my own business for as long as I can remember. Over the years I've had many ideas, but I kept coming back to gelato. It's an awesome product, one with which I can be creative, and the nature of the business is to make people happy!”
Carolyn makes all of the gelato and sorbetto on site from scratch, using only natural ingredients. She explains the three main differences between gelato and ice cream: 1) Ingredients. Gelato is primarily milk based. Her gelato has a 6-7% butterfat content whereas the butterfat content in ice cream ranges from 10% to 16%. She notes that the higher cream content in ice cream coats your tongue so you don’t taste the flavor as well. 2) Air. Ice cream is half air. Gelato is much denser. Thus, people think gelato is creamier. Four ounces of gelato is equivalent to about eight ounces of ice cream. 3) Temperature. Gelato is served warmer than ice cream making it easier to taste the flavor. Sorbetto is a non-dairy water-based variation.
Carolyn regularly serves traditional gelato flavors like chocolate, coconut, strawberry, stracciatella, pistachio and hazelnut. But Ceo's is also known for their unexpected concoctions such as Peanut Butter Curry, Avocado Basil, Malted Mint, Ricotta Fig and Lavender Blueberry. The flavors rotate continuously and Carolyn loves playing with spices and floral ingredients in her gelato and in her plant-based sorbetto.
Check out the website: https://ceos-gelato-bistro.square.site/. Ceo’s is open to 9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday and 8:00 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The waffle cones are irresistible.
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Cat Trax Bike Share bikes on campus. Courtesy of UNH Today
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BIKE SHARE PROGRAM DEBUTS ON THE UNH CAMPUS
Over 20 years, UNH’S Steve Pesci has worked with groups that dreamed of bringing a bicycle-sharing program to the Durham campus, only to see them stymied by the lack of technology that could make sharing easy to access.
But under bluebird skies on a recent August morning, he joined with UNH President Jim Dean and 30 staff, students, faculty and Durham residents who finally put UNH’s first bicycle-sharing program on the road.
Led by two Durham police officers on bicycles, the group pedaled from Oyster River Cycle and Sport on Dover Road, where owner Brian Keegan ’05 and his crew had tuned up the bikes, to racks at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. Beginning this fall as a pilot project, the UNH Cat Trax Bike Share program will officially roll out in the spring, when anyone on campus and in the Durham community will be able to reserve a bicycle through Movatic, an easy-to-use app that is expected to launch soon and will be tailored to Cat Trax. Bikes will be docked at public bike racks across the UNH campus and Durham; users can locate the nearest one to them by signing on to the app. The program will run during warmer months, and close during winter.
One recent study showed that global carbon emissions would drop dramatically if everyone rode bicycles instead of cars for about 1.6 miles a day, about as much as people do in the Netherlands. The total reduction would be more than the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.
Cat Trax is a collaboration of UNH's Sustainability Institute, Campus Services and Transportation Services, along with Durham's Oyster River Cycle and Sport. Startup costs for the first year are from one-time support from the Sustainability Institute and Student Activity Fund Committee. Ongoing maintenance and administration costs will come from the existing student transportation fee, roughly $1.75 per student.
To read the full article in UNH Today, click HERE.
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ENERGY COMMITTEE RECEIVES PRESENTATION ON NHSaves - A great resource for Durham homeowners and businesses.
Mark Toussaint from Eversource briefed the Energy Committee this past week on the services and benefits of NHSaves that are available to Durham residents and businesses. NHSaves is a collaboration of New Hampshire’s electric and natural gas utilities working together to provide NH customers with information, incentives, and support designed to save energy, reduce costs, and protect our environment statewide. The program could be a significant benefit to residents and businesses that want to evaluate ways to reduce their energy use and costs. Mark’s presentation is available at DCAT On-Demand, and there is more information about the program available at http://www.NHSaves.com/
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BAGDAD WOOD ADDITION
Bagdad Wood, located on Madbury Road at Bagdad Road, held a ribbon cutting for their new addition on Wednesday. The site provides affordable independent housing for senior residents 62 and older. The original building includes 40 dwelling units and the addition provides 26 new units (23 one-bedroom units and 3 two-bedroom units). The handsome design with dark wood siding, yellow trim, square bays, and a hipped roof was carried over to the addition.
Bagdad Wood was developed and is owned by Housing Initiatives of New England Corporation, a nonprofit organization based in Scarborough, Maine. HINEC owns six properties in Maine and 17 in New Hampshire. The site was designed by Mike Sievert of Horizons Engineering, Lassel Architects designed the addition, and Robbi Woodburn provided the landscaping. Bill Walker, Vice President of HINEC, conveyed to the Town staff that “It was a real pleasure working with Durham. If I could find the land I would do another project here in a second.”
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UNH’s Thompson Hall. Courtesy UNH Graduate School Web Page
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UNH IS BACK IN SESSION! Welcome Class of 2026!
Campus officially came back to life after the summer break with the arrival of the Class of 2026 for move-in day on Friday, Aug. 26. UNH was buzzing as families moved the newest class of students into their residence halls with help from the UNH community and guest appearances by President Jim Dean and Wild E. Cat. Welcome, Wildcats!
https://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2022/09/welcome-new-wildcats
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DATA VERIFICATION FOR 2023 REVALUATION IS UNDERWAY BY THE DURHAM ASSESSING OFFICE AS PART OF TWO-YEAR REVALUATION PROCESS FOR DURHAM
As you may be aware, the State of New Hampshire requires all real estate within the municipality to be reappraised at least every five years (per RSA 75:8-a) so property tax assessments are at their full and true value. To keep in compliance with this law, the Town of Durham has contracted with Municipal Resources, Inc. to reappraise all residential and commercial properties in Durham for TY 2023.
Staff members from MRI have started the process of measuring the exterior and inspecting the interior all structures in Durham to make sure the data regarding each property is accurate. Post card notifications will be mailed to residents letting them know they will be working in specific neighborhoods during the next few weeks. If, for any reason you are not comfortable allowing an interior inspection, we kindly ask you to verify information at the door. If you are not home, a notification will be mailed to you requesting an inspection or to verify information by phone. If you do not wish to have a representative from MRI visit your property, please notify the Durham Assessor’s Office as soon as possible. All MRI representatives will have a photo ID and a Municipal Letter of Introduction.
Any questions regarding the project should be directed to the Durham Assessor’s Office at 603-868-8064. Updates regarding the project will be posted in the Friday Updates newsletter and through mailings. We greatly appreciate your cooperation throughout this project.
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This week, Durham Police Detective Sergeant John Lavoie and Problem Oriented Police/Detective Emily Festa attended a two day conference, “Partnering for a Future Without Violence.” The conference was hosted and organized by the New Hampshire Department of Justice. It brought together police, mental health workers, child protections workers, prosecutors, victim advocates, and crisis center advocates. There were numerous training classes and expert panels throughout the two days that officers attended.
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DPW SEEKS EXPERIENCED WASTEWATER CHIEF OPERATOR
Durham Public Works, located in the beautiful Seacoast region of New Hampshire, is a recognized leader in the Public Works field and operates an awarding winning state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility utilizing the four-stage Bardenpho Process for nitrogen removal. We are seeking a highly qualified team member to join an exceptional team of public works professionals to serve in the role of Wastewater Chief Operator.
The Wastewater Division works closely with our partner, the University of New Hampshire, to provide wastewater collection and treatment services to both the Town and University. The Department is a fully integrated and progressive using modern equipment and facilities to achieve its goals. In 2023, the Treatment Plant is scheduled to undergo $3.8 million in process upgrades as part of its detailed Capital Improvement Plan.
In this important role you will report to the Superintendent of the Public Works, Wastewater Division and undertake challenging and rewarding work involving the operation, construction and maintenance of the Town’s Wastewater Treatment and Collection System.
This full-time position offers excellent medical, dental, life, and disability coverage, paid time off, and eligibility in the State of New Hampshire retirement plan. Salary range for this position is from $26.04 to $33.02/hour, depending upon qualifications.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years of municipal wastewater related experience, a strong knowledge of all aspects of various mechanical systems, pumps, electrical, computer, laboratory techniques, regulatory reporting, SCADA associated with the treatment process, and the ability to troubleshoot and repair all associated equipment.
Applicants will have a New Hampshire Class B CDL license with a clean driving record or the ability to obtain within one year of hire and the ability to hold or obtain a tanker endorsement. Possession of a New Hampshire Grade III Wastewater Operator license at a minimum is required. Applicants will be required to be on a rotational standby and required to work rotational weekends once per month. The position requires emergency response on a 24/7 basis and works in adverse weather conditions performing occasional strenuous physical labor.
Applications and a more detailed job description are available at the Department of Public Works Main office or online at http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/jobs. Please send resume and cover letter to Town of Durham, Department of Public Works, Attn: Shannon Shaw, Acting Assistant to the Public Works Director, 100 Stone Quarry Drive, Durham, NH 03824 or by email to sshaw@ci.durham.nh.us
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PRESERVING YOUR HISTORIC HOUSE - Durham Heritage Commission organizes workshop.
The Durham Heritage Commission is hosting a special evening, “The Dos and Don’ts of Preserving Historic Houses” on Thursday, September 22, 2022, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Three Chimneys Inn. You are invited to this event if you have an old house or are simply interested in historic preservation. Refreshments will be served.
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PLANNING BOARD TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ORDINANCE
The Planning Board is holding a public hearing on September 21 (changed from Sept. 14) on a proposed Solar Energy Systems Ordinance. You can see the ordinance and related documents HERE.
The public is invited to speak at the meeting or to send comments for the Planning Board via email. Feel free to contact Michael Behrendt with any questions at mbehrendt@ci.durham.nh.us. Many thanks to Councilor James Lawson who prepared this ordinance, updating and revising another version that had been presented to the Town Council earlier.
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Have a look at this photo from Wagon Hill by resident Chris Raspa. When taking photographs in the community garden, Chris happened across a tagged Monarch. It seems there is a whole community that tags and tracks them. https://monarchwatch.org/tagging/
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SEACOAST EAT LOCAL FARMERS' MARKET IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON
The Town of Durham is excited to welcome Seacoast Eat Local as the new management of the weekly Farmer’s Market in Durham. The Farmer’s Market is located at the new pocket park and parking lot at 66 Main Street. Please find information below for hours and location along with other helpful information.
Location: Downtown Durham Pocket Park and Parking Lot at 66 Main Street
Market Day and Time: Mondays 2:30 PM-6:00 PM, excluding holidays
What: Local vendors selling: Jams from Marti Gooze, Vegetables, flowers, small batch natural body care, pottery, textiles, broth, and goat's milk fudge and cheeses.
Music: A variety of local artists will be playing music the entirety of the season. Musical stylings expected include acoustic, bluegrass, folk, blues, and Americana. The opening day musician plays Acoustic Americana.
Make sure to follow on social media for updates, or go to their website: http://seacoasteatlocal.org/.
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Police Chief Kelly is joined by Admin. Assistant Jen Johnson, Deputy Chief Dave Holmstock, and Captain Jack Dalton during a FY2023 budget review process earlier this week.
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BUDGET AND CIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS UNDER WAY FOR FY 2023
Over the course of the summer, Durham’s department heads, as well as the Town’s various boards, committees, and commissions (as well as external organizations to which the Town makes payments for services such dispatch, ambulance, social service agencies, etc.) have been preparing their requested budgets and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) requests for FY 2023 for consideration by Administrator Selig as he works with Business Manager Gail Jablonski to prepare a formal FY 2023 budget proposal for the Town Council as part of the annual budget development process.
Business Manager Jablonski has organized budget meetings with each of the Town’s department heads to enable herself and Administrator Selig to talk with departments and better understand budget requests, as well as departmental CIP requests. Members of the Town Council have been extended an invitation to attend these meetings if they have an interest in doing so.
We had a very productive discussion with the team from the Police Department (pictured above) on Thursday afternoon.
Per Town Charter, the Administrator is charged with the development of the annual budget and CIP program. The proposed annual budget must be submitted to the Town Council by the last business day in October. The Town Council by Charter then has until the last business day in December to adopt a budget or the Administrator’s budget becomes the budget of the Town by default.
The requested CIP projects will be presented to and discussed with the Planning Board on September 14, 2022.
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Officer Rob Keith and Sergeant Greg Ruby (not pictured), visit with some young entrepreneurs at their lemonade stand over Labor Day Weekend. Both claim the lemonade was the best they ever had!
l-r: Chase, Kyle, Ben, Owen, Cora, Officer Keith and Liam.
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FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS EACH WEEK IN UNH TODAY ... AND VIA THE UNIVERSITY’S ONLINE CALENDAR PAGE
UNH Today is the official online publication of the University of New Hampshire. It delivers news, events, and multimedia devoted to bringing community members a weekly glimpse of the remarkable things happening on campus, in New Hampshire, and around the world.
As a subscriber, you'll learn about student and faculty achievement, the impact of UNH in the community, and timely information on the arts, sports, and special events that make UNH (and in part Durham) a vibrant place.
You may sign up to begin receiving UNH Today by clicking HERE
As you know, there is always a great deal happening on campus, and many events are not mentioned in UNH Today. Many other campus happenings can be researched via the UNH online calendar, which can be accessed HERE.
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Members of the NH Housing Appeals Board ask questions of dueling attorneys on August 30th during the appeal of the Planning Board's denial of the Mill Plaza application. Courtesy Todd Selig
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APPEAL OF DURHAM PLANNING BOARD DENIAL OF MILL PLAZA APPLICATION HEARD BY NH HOUSING APPEALS BOARD LAST WEEK
The Planning Board voted to deny the site plan application for the redevelopment of Mill Plaza on May 11, 2022.
Colonial Durham Associates, the applicant, appealed that decision to the New Hampshire Housing Appeals Board. The appeal was based on two issues: the Town's requirement for a supermajority of five out of seven members to vote for a conditional use and the procedure the board followed in seating the alternates for the project. You can read the response to the applicant's appeal by Town Attorney Laura Spector-Morgan HERE.
On August 30th, the matter was heard before the NH Housing Appeals Board.
A decision is expected in the next 30 - 120 days.
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NEWS FROM THE OYSTER RIVER SCHOOL BOARD FROM SEPT. 7TH
This School Board meeting was not streamed live due to technical challenges. It was recorded and will be posted online as soon as possible. Links to meeting recordings are found with the meeting materials HERE when available.
August 31 marked the first day of school for the 2022-2023 school year in Oyster River.
Student bus ridership is up significantly from the last two years. Please respect school busses and students. For the safety of students, vehicles traveling either direction must stop when they encounter a school bus with red flashing lights or a stop sign displayed.
Paving on the ORHS tennis courts started September 7.
School lunch accounts are now accessed via family.titank12.com. Instructions are on the district website.
Much of the last School Board meeting was dedicated to discussion of middle school Youth Risk Behavior Survey responses, mental health, and student assessment (STAR and SAT). The materials reviewed are included in the meeting backup at the link above.
The district extends a THANK YOU to those who attended or participated in the official opening of the new Oyster River Middle School building on August 23!
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2022 UNIVERSITY DAY CELEBRATION TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ON CAMPUS
The annual University Day (U-Day) celebration took place on the Thompson Hall Lawn on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. U-Day is a tradition that brings together students, staff, faculty, and Durham community members to celebrate and learn about the more than 200 student groups, campus departments, local businesses, and more.
Several members of the fire department (both on and off duty personnel) attended the event and enjoyed engaging with attendees in public education discussions to include live fire extinguisher training, apparatus demonstrations, and the distribution of red plastic fire helmets.
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ADMIN. SELIG TO ATTEND UPCOMING ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (ICMA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS/FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
Administrator Selig will attend the ICMA Annual Conference in Columbus, OH beginning the end of next week through Oct. 21st. After an opening keynote from American broadcast journalist and producer, Soledad O’Brien, other speakers will include US Air Force retired Colonel, DeDe Halfhill, who will draw on her 25 years of command experience and advisory to the military’s highest-ranking officials. She will speak on leading strong teams for a strong community.
Chevron’s former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Lee Jourdan, Lee will share his expertise on the causes that limit diversity in organizations today and will reveal concrete solutions that move businesses forward.
Ugandan refugee turned successful entrepreneur, CEO, and renowned human rights activist, Derreck Kayongo, will share his visionary ideas for harnessing the power of observation and creative problem solving.
Mental health rockstar and CEO of Cope Notes, Johnny Crowder will be a speaker. Unconventional and authentic, his TEDx talks “Why I don’t want to die anymore” and “How to Grow as a Person (And Why It Sucks)” have more than one million views.
Founder and author of Sustainovation, Nick Kittle, who led 17 divisions and developed 65 first-of-its-kind pilot projects while working in local government will also speak.
The conference is a good opportunity to see other communities, innovations adopted there, and to meet other local government managers to share ideas and bring back new approaches to challenging problems.
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TOWN OF DURHAM FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS
Did you know that the Town has a Facebook & Twitter account and frequently posts Durham & UNH news, happenings, and articles of interest in our area and the seacoast?
Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Annual Madbury Day Celebration - September 10th,10:00am-2:00pm
Annual Madbury Parade at noon
Join us for the prized town parade at noon in addition to: --Morning Music Cafe starting at 10am --Children’s face painting, paint wall and activities --Historical exhibits --Farmers market --Local vendors and artisans --Library book sale --Indonesian and American food --Yard sale --New this year… trapeze performances (10:30am & 1pm) --And much, much more…
Also, come check out the new Madbury Library Playground!
One World Language School has partnered with the Oyster River Cooperative School District. They will be hosting Chinese at Mast Way and Moharimet after school during the 2022-2023 academic year. Tuition for 30 classes is only $100. Space is limited to 8 students per class and based on first-come, first-serve. For questions, please call or email Pranav Dadarwala; 207-370-8398 or pdadarwala@oneworldlanguageschool.org. They are offering an additional day on Tuesdays at Mast Way: 3:40 for kids 5-8 years old and 4:55 for kids 8+ years old. Also they have a few spots left for Thursdays at Moharimet: 3:40 for kids 5-8 years old and 4:55 for kids 8+ years old.
To view more information regarding the above upcoming events, please CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW.
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Durham Parks and Recreation, its Director and Committee, strive to offer a wide range of quality programs, parks, and facilities that encourage all community members to participate in healthy, fun, and enriching activities. Together, they celebrate the essential role public recreation plays in fostering a cohesive and vibrant community.
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Visit the DPL website to register for fall programs!
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Fall programs have begun! Youth and YA program calendars are HERE and the Patch Club will run again Sept. 1st. through May 31st! While you're on the website checking out the fall Storytime and Wiggles & Giggles themes/times, make sure to take a look at Monthly and Special Programs like Raccoon Readers, Cookie Decorating, Bike Safety, Lego Club and Movies! And don't forget the Young Adult page! Registration is also open for the YA Cooking Club, YA Game Night and the Bookeaters Book Club!
Make sure to check out the Upcoming Events page on our website where registration is open for many fall adult programs including philosophy and history programs from the NHHC, spooky genealogy methodology and case study workshops in October, adult art class and the return of meditative yoga! Art is back in the library! The work of our next featured artist, photographer Nick Gagnon, is now on display in the upstairs gallery! Stop by anytime to view his work!
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! All Durham residents, local employees, UNH staff & students and ORCSD staff & students are eligible for DPL cards! Stop by and sign-up! While you're at it, take a look at DPL's digital resources lately? The library website offers so many great services to explore, and they're all free with your library card!
Check out the list below or browse the site at http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/!
Digital Resources from DPL
Libby (previously Overdrive): for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines
hoopla: for ebooks, audiobooks, movie and music streaming
Kanopy: for movies and educational films
AtoZ databases: a comprehensive research database for job searching, business marketing and local demographics
Ebscohost: a collection of academic, health and consumer databases available for research including Consumer Reports and Explora for Educators
Mango Languages: beginning and intermediate level language learning in more than 70 languages including ESL
Universal Class: Hundreds of certified CTE courses in a wide range of subject matter from computer literacy and software to crafts and hobbies
The New York Times & Wall Street Journal: daily access to the digital newspapers including NYT digital archive access
Questions? We can help! The library staff is always available to answer your questions during business hours at 603-868-6699 or any time at http://durhampl@gmail.com!
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ICONS OF DURHAM POSTER - IMAGE #16 – Fly fisherman below Wiswall Falls on the Lamprey River. The beautiful poster “Icons of Durham” created by Ellie Lonske is now available. Just stop into the Town Clerk’s office to place an order.
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WEEKLY ARREST REPORT
Week 1 - August 29, 2022:
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Week 2 - September 5, 2022:
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*Academic year commences the third week of August through graduation at UNH in May.
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HISTORY IN AN OYSTERSHELL - A Brief History of Durham, NH 1600 - 1976 (A little volume that was the Heritage Project of the Durham Historic Association Bicentennial celebration)
Preface - "Since before God made the first little green apples, oysters have probably been growin in the Oyster River; and some of the largest and juiciest to be found anywhere in the world are still growing here today. The following vignettes from rollicking history of Durham town on the Oyster River are therefore presented between the shells of an oyster."
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1861 - According to a detailed report, compiled by Lucien Thompson, there were 86 citizens who served in the Civil War. Enlistees from other towns or Durham men who joined elsewhere are not included in this count. There were 7 fatalities, but many were wounded.
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Have a very nice weekend. Stay cool!
Todd
Todd I. Selig, Administrator
Town of Durham, NH
a: 8 Newmarket Rd., Durham, NH 03824 USA
t: 603.868.5571 | w: www.ci.durham.nh.us
He/him/his pronouns
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