Puppet Cheers

The Leach Library celebrates the halfway point in the summer reading program - with 1,942 books read - with a puppet show by Martha Dana and her array of handmade creations. Here, Rowyn Ferraro, 4,  has a chance to feed a hungry dinosaur.





Voters Will Get to Decide on Official Ballot Voting
April Guilmet
Londonderry Times

In a 6 to 3 vote following a lengthy public hearing, the Londonderry Charter Commission voted to place before the residents this spring the option of replacing March Town Meeting with official ballot voting.

Charter commission members Martin Bove, Steve Young and Kathy Wagner voted no.

Monday night's public hearing was the commission's last. The commission, which was formed during the March 2010 Town Meeting, will now submit a draft of its final recommendations by the end of August.

Town Attorney Barton Mayer, who attended the meeting to address questions from the commission prior to the public hearing, remained in the audience to answer residents' questions. more

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PSNH Offers Less Clear-Cutting if Abutters Sign Letter and Withdraw Opposition
April Guilmet
Londonderry Times

As the start date draws near for the construction of Public Service of New Hampshire's (PSNH) controversial 2.5-mile power line connecting the Scobie Pond and Ash Street substations, residents of the Springwood Hills neighborhood to be affected by the 100-foot right of way vowed to continue fighting the project, despite the utility's last ditch efforts to offer a reduction in land clearance for the direct abutters.

On July 15, a number of Springwood Hills residents with properties directly affected by the decades-old land easement were sent letters by registered mail, offering to reduce the 100-foot land clearance to 60 feet on individual properties, according to PSNH spokesman Martin Murray.

A 45-year-old land easement surrounding the neighborhood permits PSNH officials to clear-cut a 100-foot width of trees and brush in the corridor. The company's plan was to begin the project in late July or early August. more

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Former LHS Teacher Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Indecent Exposure
April Guilmet
Londonderry Times

The former Londonderry High School English teacher accused of e-mailing nude photographs of herself to one of her students last spring pled guilty to a lesser misdemeanor charge of Indecent Exposure during a probable cause hearing held at Derry District Court Monday morning.

Dennehy, 41, of Hampstead, was initially charged with one felony count of Indecent Exposure after allegedly e-mailing nude photographs of herself to an unidentified 15-year-old male student at Londonderry High School, a charge that could have resulted in a prison sentence. Indecent exposure is considered a sexually oriented offence under state law and is a Class B felony punishable by a $4,000 fine and up to seven years in state prison. more

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