Concord Monitor back issues from March 2009:
On my nightstand
Mar 01, 2009 ... What would you do if you found out that environmental pollutantswere causing a 5-to-7 point drop in children's IQ levels where a 1-point drop costs society $50 billion a year and trillions of dollarsover a lifetime? Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Childrenmakes such a case and ...
Authors & events
Mar 01, 2009 ... C.D. Wright will be the featured poet at the Eagle Pond Authors'Series today at 3 p.m. at Plymouth State University. Info: 535-ARTS. Anne LeClaire will read Listening Below the Noise: A Meditationon the Practice of Silence Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Zev Yoga at 16Market Square in ...
Amid bad news, still forging ahead ; We're investing in our farm, no matter what
Mar 01, 2009; ... A few days ago, I was doing a kind of digital rummaging throughmy photo collection and came across an old picture of our house. Itwas beautiful. I mean the house. The photo was nice, too, but it wasn't throughany great talent on my part. No, the house was so darn photogenic,you ...
Economies of scale can save you big ; But getting a crowd together is tricky
Mar 01, 2009; ... Everyone wants to travel well without going broke nowadays. Sowhy not get a group of friends or family together and pool yourresources? Whether you're looking for a five-bedroom villa in Italyor a seven-bedroom lakefront cottage on Winnipesaukee, there can betremendous economies of ...
Business calendar
Mar 01, 2009 ... BNI CAPITAL CONNECTIONS holds meetings TUESDAYS from 7:30 to 9a.m. at the New Hampshire Audubon Society at 3 Silk Farm Road inConcord. Info: 226-3311 or bninh.com. BNI GRANITE REFERRALS holds meetings on growing your businessTUESDAYS from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Comfort Inn in ...
Milone-Moore
Mar 01, 2009 ... Asia Milone of Atkinson and Travis Moore of New Hampton announcetheir engagement. Milone, daughter of Francine and Chris Francis of Atkinson andJohn Milone of Atkinson, ...
Gearty-Hedstrom
Mar 01, 2009 ... Michael and Susan Gearty of Auburn announce the engagement oftheir daughter, Meghan, to Michael Hedstrom, son of KathleenHedstrom of Concord and the late H. Dexter Hedstrom. Gearty graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry in 2001 andearned a bachelor's degree in education from ...
Whiting-Mantius
Mar 01, 2009 ... John and Anne Whiting of Contoocook announce the engagement oftheir daughter, Kristin, to Peter Mantius, son of Peter and LauraMantius of Burdett, N.Y. Whiting earned a bachelor's degree in English from Bates Collegein 2003 and is pursuing a master's degree in English from ...
Spencer-Darman
Mar 01, 2009 ... Rebecca Spencer and David Darman of Concord announce theirengagement. Spencer, daughter of the late William and the late Mary Rausch ofBow, graduated from Concord High School and earned a degree inresource management from Sterling College. She works for the CapitalRegional ...
Nuffer-Page
Mar 01, 2009 ... Brittany Nuffer and Jesse Page of Concord announce theirengagement. Nuffer, daughter of Zan Nuffer of Northwood and Shelley Pierce ofLas Vegas, graduated from Coe-Brown Northwood Academy and NHTI ....
Holmes-Weldon
Mar 01, 2009 ... Hazel Holmes of Barnstead and Mark Weldon of Pittsfield announcetheir engagement. Holmes, daughter of Daniel and Leona Emery of Concord, graduatedfrom Franklin High School and earned a degree in business managementfrom NHTI. She works for Personal Touch ...
Hennessey-Lafond
Mar 01, 2009 ... Alison Hennessey and Robert Lafond of Concord announce theirengagement. Hennessey, daughter of Robert Allan of Naples, Fla., and the lateDeanna Allan, graduated from Quincy High School and is studying ...
Telesco-Johnston
Mar 01, 2009 ... Jennifer Telesco and Chris Johnston of Concord announce theirengagement. Telesco, daughter of Susan and Fred Tyler of Rome, N.Y., and PaulTelesco of Rome, N.Y., earned a bachelor's degree from SUNY Potsdamand a master's degree in clinical psychology from PepperdineUniversity. She ...
Elliott-Fritzler
Mar 01, 2009 ... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott of Pittsfield announce the engagementof their daughter, Liberty, to Anthony Fritzler, son of CindyEnglish of Dryden, Mich., and Thomas Fritzler of Lewiston, Mich. Elliott was homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade andearned a bachelor's degree ...
They keep learning as they teach ; Volunteers help out at many local schools
Mar 01, 2009; ... School budgets are tight. There's never enough time or money todo all we'd like to do for our students, so thank goodness for ourschool volunteers. Many of them are retired teachers. They range in age from thenewly retired to Clara Brogan in her mid-80s. They do a variety ofjobs ...
Star power ; Crowds flock to weekly sky-gazing sessions at Yale
Mar 01, 2009; ... Thanks to a new planetarium, Yale University astronomers arebringing the skies closer to the public. Yale's astronomy department has long tried to make its work asaccessible to the public as possible. But Michael Faison, directorof the university observatory, says limited resources ...
Raise the gas tax, save our highways
Mar 01, 2009; ... In its bipartisan recommendation of an increase in the state gastax, the House Public Works & Highways Committee is attempting tofix New Hampshire's infrastructure crisis. The state highway trust fund and the state Department ofTransportation are responsible for over 4,300 miles of ...
Commemorative gardens can ease pain
Mar 01, 2009; ... Socks, the former First Cat and a very famous feline, died Feb.20 at the age of 20. I can't help but think of the pets I have lovedand lost over the years. It is always a sad thing to say goodbye.There are special places in the garden where my felines liked tohang out - up on a big rock ...
Start planning for summer camp now
Mar 01, 2009 ... Parenting New Hampshire Magazine invites parents and theirchildren to stop by the magazine's annual Summer Camp and ProgramExpo later this month. The expo, held in Manchester and Nashua, is free and lets parentsmeet with representatives from dozens of camps and summer ...
Squires-Bradley
Mar 01, 2009 ... Miiko Squires and Michael Bradley were married Dec. 13 at CompassPoint Beach Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Matthew Sweeting performedthe double-ring ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by herfather. Sonia Lin of Providence, R.I., was maid of honor. Markus Zehnder of ...
Movie schedules
Mar 01, 2009 ... Listings are for today only. To confirm times, call theaters. Red River Theatres 11 Main St., Concord, 224-4600 Milk (R) 2:45, 5:45 Slumdog Millionaire (R) 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 Dribbles (Not rated) 12:40, 7 Waltz with Bashir (R) 12:45, ...
As country crumbles, GOP just says no ; Citizens want (and need) government help
Mar 01, 2009; ... CPAC - the Conservative Political Action Conference - is a keypart of the Republican Party's base. In 2008, luminaries GeorgeBush, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney and John McCain all paid tribute atits annual meeting. This year, it features Joe the Plumber and such topics as "AlFranken ...
Gregg begs to differ ; At home, reaction to Pease flap muted
Mar 01, 2009; ... Real-estate deal, meet earmarks. The Associated Press last weektabulated U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg's history of securing big federalearmarks for Pease redevelopment - for outfits like National Guardand a new Portsmouth federal building - along with his involvementin his brother Cy Gregg's ...
New attempt to reform health care may work
Mar 01, 2009 ... President Obama's push to reform the nation's costly anddysfunctional health care system could follow the Clinton-eraefforts onto the rocks, but that appears unlikely. There are toomany uninsured, health care is less affordable than ever and gettingmore expensive, and major corporations ...
The joy of compost ; One way to turn your trash into something valuable
Mar 01, 2009; ... "Pay-As-You-Throw" is a term that's got tongues wagging this timeof year, as cities and towns consider making trash disposal morecostly. Regardless of what's on your ballot, or how you feel aboutpaying for trash by the bag, composting is one sure way to reduceyour volume of ...
Bad atmosphere at city library
Mar 01, 2009 ... The Concord Public Library is truly a treasure with manyresources and especially friendly helpful staff during these timesof unemployment. However, during the past six months and especially today, thelibrary has discouraged its patrons from using the facilities due tothe bad ...
Residential services are often critical
Mar 01, 2009 ... As a marriage and family therapist, teacher and father of anautistic son, I want to reply to Craig Amoth's "My Turn" column("Change the state's approach to troubled youth," Monitor Opinionpage, Feb. 20). Community-based services are valuable and certainly play animportant role in ...
Harnessing wind
Mar 01, 2009 ... On Feb. 24, President Obama stated that we are going to doubleour renewable energy in the next three years. Seventy percent of our 9.1 percent of electricity from renewablesources comes from hydroelectricity, which has declined 30 percentfrom 1997 to 2007, mostly due to ...
Poor treatment in state institutions
Mar 01, 2009 ... Re "Boy abused in state care, advocate says" (Monitor front page,Feb. 20): Gary Smith, president of the State Employees' Association,states, "These are not two organizations that take these matterslightly or would be prone to covering things up" He says personnel"were ...
Stop pouting, GOP
Mar 01, 2009 ... I will be 71 in a few weeks and have voted in every presidentialelection in 50 years. Sometimes I've voted Republican and othertimes Democratic. This election I voted for Barack Obama because heis the man we need in the job. It would be so refreshing to have a Republican senator ...
Too much violence in Beetle Bailey
Mar 01, 2009 ... I have been reading Beetle Bailey since I was a kid. I'm now 64.In recent years, I have become increasingly aware of and bothered bythe fighting and cursing which appear frequently in the strip. TheFeb. 22 strip is a good example. My concern was heightened three years ago, when I ...
This fall's forecast: fewer teachers ; Districts look to staff as revenue dwindles
Mar 01, 2009; ... New Hampshire will probably have fewer public school teacherswhen students return to class next fall. School boards across the state are asking voters at this month'sdistrict meetings to eliminate teachers, administrators andparaprofessionals. An informal survey by the New ...
Henniker School District meeting preview
Mar 01, 2009; ... Henniker School District Biggies: Voters will be asked to ratify a three-year collectivebargaining agreement for school staff and spend about $75,000, orabout $25,000 per year through 2011. Money matters: This year's proposed budget of about $6.5 millionis about $21,000, or ...
Lunches
Mar 01, 2009 ... Allenstown Elementary Monday: chicken nuggets Tuesday: hamburger Wednesday: rotini with meat sauce Thursday: pancakes Friday: pepperoni pizza Armand R. Dupont Monday: chicken nuggets Tuesday: hamburger Wednesday: ...
Concord Crier
Mar 01, 2009 ... Penacook Read Across America event to be held tomorrow Miranda Crane and Trever Hebert will represent PenacookElementary School and read with Senator Sylvia Larsen and The Cat inthe Hat at this year's Read Across America event tomorrow at theState House. - The ...
Chichester School District meeting
Mar 01, 2009; ... Chichester School District Biggies: The school district is keeping it simple this year:Attendees are charged only with deciding the budget and hearing anyreports. Money matters: The School Board is recommending an operatingbudget of $5.37 million. Details: The meeting ...
Pembroke School District meeting preview
Mar 01, 2009; ... Pembroke School Biggies: Attendees will be asked to authorize spending $103,000on replacing carpets, toilet partitions and windowsills at districtschools. Half that sum would be raised through taxes, while theother half would be withdrawn from the School Building CapitalReserve ...
Northwood School District meeting
Mar 01, 2009; ... Northwood School Biggies: The new teacher contracts call for a $114,000 increasefor the coming school year and a $100,000 increase for the 2010-2011 school year. Money matters: The budget committee and school board have a$53,000 difference of opinion on the operating budget ....
School budget cuts staff, adds English instruction ; Residents get several chances to comment
Mar 01, 2009; ... It's budget season for the Concord School District, and residentswill have several chances to weigh in this week. The proposed operating budget is $61.8 million, or 1.94 percentmore than this year's budget. The increase includes new contractsfor teachers and other employees and ...
Bruins GM waiting to pull the trigger
Mar 01, 2009; ... Peter Chiarelli's going to have a Blackberry bill that would makeParis Hilton jealous. With just three days left before the NHL tradedeadline, the Boston Bruins general manager is absorbing every text,voicemail and e-mail with intense scrutiny as he weighs the pros andcons of making a ...
Fungus causes bat flap ; White-nose Syndrome a growing concern
Mar 01, 2009; ... March has a nice ring to it. With each day we experience moredaylight and get closer to spring. In the meantime, the Northeast is being invaded by an emergingfungal pathogen. It's called White-nose Syndrome (WNS) and it isresponsible for unprecedented bat mortality and it has even ...
Catching up with state's wild brook trout ; Wild variety tends to be smaller in size
Mar 01, 2009; ... That wild brook trout swim in the waters of New Hampshire is atestament to their stubbornness and resilience. For generations, human activity ravaged the waterways thatcarried the clean, cold, well-oxygenated fluid that supported anecosystem where native char could progress through ...
Hanging out . . . and on ; Finding new thrills on Ragged's lifts
Mar 01, 2009; ... The news came over the radio and it wasn't good. "You're aboutto be evac'd mate," said New Zealander Dave Suckling, RaggedMountain Resort's mountain manager. "Figured that," replied Bob Fries, the area's general manager. Suckling was on the ground and Fries was on the Spear ...
On the web
Mar 01, 2009; ... TOWN MEETING is an old-fashioned institution, but we here at theMonitor are adding a new-fangled twist this ...
5 questions
Mar 01, 2009; ... WITH NO HOMEWORK for a week, Northwood kids hit the library for alesson in pizza throwing. A handful of elementary school studentsmade pizza Thursday at the Chesley Memorial Library. It was the ideaof youth librarian Danielle Fortin. We spoke with Fortin before theevent. How did ...
Merrimack Valley School District meeting preview
Mar 01, 2009; ... Merrimack Valley School District Biggies: Bare bones is the name of the game this year withdistrict leaders asking voters for a small budget increase andlittle else. Money matters: The proposed operating budget is $34.8 million,just under 2 percent more than this year. That ...
Setting up a sequel? ; Guertin, Concord go 1-2 into postseason
Mar 01, 2009; ... TYNGSBORO, Mass. - As exhausted yet enthused players from Concordand Bishop Guertin glided through the customary handshake line atcenter ice, the scoreboard at the far end of Skate 3 Rink showed theresult of the hard-hitting, slick-skating matchup of the top twohigh school hockey teams ...
H-D's run spells doom for Franklin ; Perfect Hillcats advance to semis
Mar 01, 2009; ... HILLSBORO - For the first eight minutes of last night's Class Mgirls' basketball quarterfinal between Hillsboro-Deering andFranklin, the teams looked evenly matched. Granted, the game wassloppy, as the two clubs went a combined 4-for-23 from the field,but the Golden Tornadoes trailed the ...
H-D's run spells doom for Franklin ; Perfect Hillcats advance to semis
Mar 01, 2009; ... HILLSBORO - For the first eight minutes of last night's Class Mgirls' basketball quarterfinal between Hillsboro-Deering andFranklin, the teams looked evenly matched. Granted, the game wassloppy, as the two clubs went a combined 4-for-23 from the field,but the Golden Tornadoes trailed the ...
No. 2 Gilford 68, No. 7 White Mountains 51
Mar 01, 2009 ... The Golden Eagles held on for the win despite a third-quarterWhite Mountains' comeback that trimmed Gilford's 12-point halftimelead to just four, wrapping up a ticket to Tuesday night's semifinalagainst No. 3 Conant. Gilford (17-1) jumped out to 21-6 advantage after the ...
Bishop Brady 3, Berlin 1
Mar 01, 2009 ... The Green Giants ensured home-ice advantage in Wednesday'sopening round game of the Division I tournament, beating Berlin (7-8-3) in its regular season finale for the team's fourth straightwin. Bishop Brady (9-7-1) netted three consecutive goals before ...
Kennett 7, John Stark 1
Mar 01, 2009 ... John Stark (5-12-1) fell behind early and couldn't recover,allowing three goals in the first period of its loss to Kennett (14-1). Bob Galli netted the ...
'Bumping' meets its latest foe ; Governor takes aim at the union practice
Mar 01, 2009; ... When Gov. John Lynch called on lawmakers last month to eliminatedecade-old rules that protect senior state employees during layoffs,he joined a long line of governors who've tried to take on "bumpingrights." None have succeeded in erasing the rules, which are skepticallyviewed by ...
Donald E. Beardsley ; Analyst for IBM loved golf
Mar 01, 2009 ... EPSOM - Donald E. Beardsley, 71, of Suncook Valley Highway, diedMonday, Feb. 23, 2009, at Concord Hospital. Born in Arlington, Mass., on June 21, 1937, Mr. Beardsley was theson of George and Hazel (Barnard) Beardsley. He lived in Pembrokefor 12 years before making Epsom his home in ...
Shirley Worcester ; Concord pharmacist
Mar 01, 2009 ... Shirley Worcester, 94, of Concord, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009,at the Pleasant View Center. He was born in Lebanon on Aug. 23, 1914, a son of Guy and Iola(Twombly) Worcester. After college graduation, he worked as a pharmacist at McNeal'sDrug Store until 1943, when he moved ...
Lois C. Sweatt ; Active as food pantry volunteer
Mar 01, 2009 ... PENACOOK, Lois C. (Brazeau) Sweatt died Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, athome in Penacook. Born in Concord, she was the daughter of Grace Brazeau and thegranddaughter of Celeste Lorranger. She was raised in Penacook andhas lived there for the past 76 years. She attended St ....
Moving up
Mar 01, 2009 ... Goaltender Jonathan Bernier stopped 34 shots in regulation andall five shootout snipers as the Manchester Monarchs edged theLowell Devils, 2-1, yesterday. The victory moved Manchester (28-26-0-5) into fifth place in theAtlantic Division, three points behind Lowell ...
A major project
Mar 01, 2009 ... No doubt there soon will be sports programming devoted to JohnMcEnroe missing layups, Sean Avery shanking penalty kicks, John Dalyhitting double faults and sportswriters attempting basic mathwithout a calculator. Ah, who knew potential failure held such an appealing ...
Fancy that
Mar 01, 2009 ... Crystal the Dairy Cow will be outside the Izod Center todaybefore the Nets-Hornets game in East Rutherford, N.J., to encouragefans to ...
10 worst
Mar 01, 2009 ... The (Vancouver) Province had an eye-catching list the other day -Cement Shoes: The 10 Worst Contracts in the NHL. Checking center forward Mike Fisher of the Senators made theelite group for a variety of reasons ...
Throws of victory ; Grisa, Daniels claim titles
Mar 01, 2009; ... LONDONDERRY - Jeremiah Grisa got the message. "As soon as he picked me up and slammed me that the first time, Iknew this kid was gunning for me," Grisa said. "So I had to come athim as hard as he was coming at me." It was Milford's Jonathan Kilgore slamming Grisa in the ...
Contoocook kayaker missing in Maine
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Coast Guard was still searching last night for a Contoocookman whose kayak was found off the southern coast of Maine yesterdaymorning. Hamilton Wood, 59, was reported missing Friday after he didn'treturn from a kayak trip. He was last heard from about 3 p.m.Friday, when he ...
High School update
Mar 01, 2009 ... JV results The Hopkinton boys' JV basketball team beat Newport on Fridaynight. Mike Auger led the Hawks with 13 points, followed by BenHarrington with 11. - The Hillsboro-Deering boys' JV basketball team fell to Mascomaon Friday night, 49-32. Andrew McGuire led the Hillcats ...
Hopkinton School District meeting preview
Mar 01, 2009; ... Hopkinton School District: Biggies: A warrant article for one-year teacher contracts wouldrepresent about an increase of $270,000, about 3.7 percent on top ofthis year's salaries. Money matters: The budget committee and school board'srecommended operating budgets differ ...
'Cats stay home for playoffs ; UNH to be either No. 3 or 4 seed
Mar 01, 2009; ... DURHAM - The night began with the season's 10th sellout salutinga six-pack of University of New Hampshire seniors readying to playwhat was scheduled to be their final game at the Whittemore Center. It ended with the assurance there'll be at least two more. With Peter LeBlanc ...