The NH budget for the next biennium was the most difficult to construct and agree upon. The members of the House and Senate who participated in crafting the budget over the past six months were diligent and determined to present a balanced budget. via Ricia McMahon, New Hampshire State Representative, District 3 – Sunacom.com.
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Update: Citing safety concerns, the Sunapee board of selectmen at last night’s meeting unanimously voted (5-0) to “discontinue the one-way loop [at Sunapee Harbor] as soon as possible.” The one-way signs and Jersey barriers could be removed as early as this Wednesday, which would allow for two-way traffic to resume up Main Street, along River [...]
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What do you think about the one-way loop at Sunapee Harbor? Send your comments to the Sunapee Town Manager via: frontdesk@town.sunapee.nh.us. And register your opinion via the SunapeeNews.com poll.
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The one-way loop at Sunapee Harbor has Anchorage owners Karlie and Glenn Shaw gathering signatures on a petition to end the town’s trial traffic plan for the area. The one-way loop is negatively affecting business, Glenn Shaw said today in a phone interview. In particular, it’s hurting the restaurant’s nighttime dinner and after-hour business. Fewer [...]
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The one-way traffic loop at Sunapee Harbor will be discussed at tonight’s board of selectmen meeting in Sunapee. The June 29 meeting will be the first public discussion of the one-way loop after the trial period began two weeks ago. Now much of the traffic that flows into the harbor must enter via Main Street [...]
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Greatgrandmother.org, an online source for local food sources and more, has a “whole foods” section with recipes by gg.org publisher Mario Capozolli, Sunapee. “Garlic scapes are growing in our region,” writes gg.org. The website also provides information about Local Harvest CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and fresh produce growing and available in Sunapee, Upper Valley, and [...]
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The next meeting of the Sunapee board of selectmen is Monday, June 29. The agenda, as posted on the town website, follows. SUNAPEE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING AGENDA 7:00 PM Town Office Meeting Room ITEMS FOR SIGNATURE OR REVIEW: Minutes: June 15th. 1. APPOINTMENTS: 7:00PM Donna Gazelle, Beautification Oversight Committee-Welcome Sign Locations 7:10PM Scott Blewitt, [...]
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The Sunapee school board next meets on Wednesday, July 1 at the Sunapee Middle High School media room at 7 p.m. SunapeeNews.com provides a pdf of the the meeting agenda, as provided by the SAU 85. View and download (24 kb): School Board Agenda 2009 July 1.
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The Sunapee Recreation Department offers an array of summer activities and regularly informs people about upcoming events via broadcast emails. Subscribe to Rec Dept. (and other town news) via the town website. “I hope everybody is getting their big wheels ready for the 1st annual ‘Don’t tell the kids I broke the big wheel’ race [...]
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The US Navy Northeast Showband will give a concert at Mount Sunapee in Newbury (NH) on Friday, July 10 at 7 p.m. It is open to the public free of charge. The performance is part of a community project, restoration of the Newbury Center Meeting House built in 1832 and located in the center of [...]
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The Library Arts Center in Newport is offering a “Summer in the Studio” program for children. It starts Tuesday. June 30 and runs through August 14. Week-long classes will include such subjects as working with clay, painting like the Masters, print making, and musical instrument making. To see a full list of class descriptions, visit [...]
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In early June, the NH Division of Parks and Recreation released a draft strategic plan that identified three of the six state parks and waysides located in the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area as under performing and subject to an “alternative management strategy.” Media reports about the plan are finally getting out, and people are asking questions [...]
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This week, Mark Fernald sent out the 17th edition of his New Hampshire Progressive Newsletter for 2009. (To subscribe.) It covered the state budget, Congress and health insurance, Paul Krugman on financial regulations, and last week’s US Supreme Court decision on DNA testing for those already found guilty. Fernald is a Democrat from the Peterborough [...]
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State Budget is Adequate Says Odell
“Having worked on the budget since the Governor presented his recommendations on February 12, I feel I have a pretty good sense of what is in the budget and the implications it will have on the state,” wrote Bob Odell in today’s Capital Comments. “I have served four terms on the Finance Committee and the [...]
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