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Pride In The Community
Danes Share Knowledge Of Offshore Wind
Voters attending Bristol’s March 12 town meeting will decide whether to overrule the Bristol Budget Committee and approve a $4.9 million public safety building to replace the current police and fire stations.
Approval would displace the police for a year while the current station is demolished to make way for the new building. Chief Jim McIntosh anticipates forming partnerships with the town of New Hampton and officials in Belknap and Merrimack counties to ensure a smooth transition, including having a place to hold prisoners after booking. He said the town would establish a substation within the fire station to handle citizen complaints.
The new facility tentatively would be completed by the summer of 2023.
Pride In The Community
Meredith voters on March 9 passed all of the articles on the town warrant — some following a great deal of debate but most of them unanimously — with the main theme running through the meeting being pride in the community.
Barnard Ridge Road resident Paul Weston expressed that sentiment at the end of the meeting when he said, “I’d like to commend each and every one of you here tonight on conducting this meeting. This is democracy in its pure form, and I’m very proud to be a resident of Meredith.”
Weston went on to give special recognition to outgoing selectman Nathan Torr: “On July 10, 1967, Lydia and Nate Torr moved to Meredith. Lydia was our librarian for 28 years, and Mr. Torr was a high school teacher here for 40 years, and he’s ending 12 years of service on this board of selectmen.”
Danes Share Knowledge Of Offshore Wind
Jeff Lundbaek of the Danish Wind Industry Association shared a brief history of wind power in his country and offered assistance to members of New Hampshire’s Committee To Study Offshore Wind and Port Development during a virtual meeting on March 7.
The chair of the committee, Sen. David Watters, D-Dover, introduced the Danish guests, which also included representatives from the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. He had hoped to have them attend in person, which is why the meeting that normally takes place in Portsmouth was moved to Concord, but he noted that they still may appear before the committee at a later date.
The state is considering a memorandum of understanding with the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Utilities for cooperation on offshore wind, drawing upon that kingdom’s 50-year history in the field to help craft the Northeast’s plan for a wind farm in the Gulf of Maine.
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Excellent article on the history of the Will and music room in today's Sun. It brought to mind prior discussions that I hadn't thought of in a few years. If the warrant article should pass and this building torn down, how does that impact the provisions of the prior bequest to the town?