The Chichester
Parks and Recreation Commission will be holding a Carpenter Park Visioning
Meeting on Saturday morning April 10th from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the
Carpenter Park Pavilion. The primary purpose of this informal gathering is
to solicit the ideas and desires of the community to aid in the development
of a comprehensive master plan for Carpenter Park. Coffee and donuts will be
served.
Congratulations to Kelly Blackey on purchasing a home
at 289 Horse Corner Road.
The Chichester Youth Association
will be holding its next meeting on April 11th at 6 PM in the Selectmen’s
Office at the Town Hall. Please be sure to attend this meeting and let your
voice be heard. New By-Laws will be presented for review and voted on
at an upcoming meeting. The CYA is also very excited to announce that
we now have a List Serve set up @
www.chichesteryouth.com where you can sign up to receive e-mail updates
on all things CYA. Please be sure to visit the site and sign up.
See you at the meeting on the 11th.
The Chichester Library is
pleased to provide our patrons with an outstanding collection of databases
as part of the NHewLINK Project. These databases cover general interest,
business, genealogy, literature and health resources: Ancestry Library
Edition, EBSCO, HeritageQuest, NewsBank and OCLC’s FirstSearch. Some of
these databases are available not only in the library but for remote use as
well. Come in and talk to your librarian about this service.
Duane Anctil,
age 16, of Chichester was honored recently at the State House by Governor
John Lynch and the Veteran’s Administration for his outstanding
accomplishment of collecting more than one ton of food for the MASH
(Veteran’s Assisted Supplement Housing) Program.
Duane started this for a
community project last year at Pembroke Academy.
He continues to collect
food for our veterans because of his admiration and appreciation for the
willing sacrifices they made for all of us and our country.
Out Of Your
Attic Thrift Shop News
Submitted By Carol Hendee
The good work
continues at the Attic. Many people have commented on how glad they are it
is open when funds are low. Your generosity is keeping the store open. We
have many items on the Wish List-such as items to help young couples set up
housekeeping, and new parents provide for their child. We would greatly
appreciate donations of strollers, cribs, high chairs and baby gates. Also
needed are kids toys, any sports equipment, kitchen utensils, men’s sneakers
(size 11-12) and if you are purging your old VCR tapes, we have requests for
them, especially the children’s tapes. We are open Tues., Wed., and Thurs.,
8-4 and Sat., 10-4 at 345 Suncook Highway, Chichester or call 435-9339 with
any questions.
Letter
If
there’s one thing the Sanborns enjoy as much as sticking our noses into town
politics, it’s stuffing our faces with a delicious sweet treat. Luckily, a
bounty of excellent homemade goodies lies within town limits at the Route 28
Bakery and Dairy Bar. Situated next to Clark’s Grain Store, you’d be
excused for zooming past without considering a visit, but don’t let the
unadorned exterior of the building fool you. The food is fantastic, and well
worth your time. To be certain, Laura Foss, who owns and runs the shop,
knows what she’s doing.
Let’s get to the good stuff. Here are some items
I highly recommend, the menu condensed to an all-star list of deliciousness:
coconut and chocolate cream pie, both with rich, substantial layers of
filling; squash bread, with great light texture in a large loaf ready for
toasting; pumpkin whoopee pies, with a generous amount of smooth cream
cheese frosting sandwiched between soft sections of pumpkin cake; and
apple crisp, dense and loaded with apples cooked to just the right
pliability, sitting under a thick hood of crispy streusel crumbles. I
haven’t even touched on the huge pecan pie bar slabs, the pillowy raised
donuts, moist cupcakes loaded with frosting, or the plates of iced Dutch
apple cinnamon buns.
So here’s the deal: stop in and try Route 28
Bakery! This isn’t just a plea for charity, asking you to support local
business simply on principle. Laura’s prices are reasonable bordering
on cheap; the food is consistently delicious and made from scratch. Your
schedule may be hectic and the shop a little out of your way, so call ahead
(435-8081) and place an order for pickup if you need to. The Bakery deserves
to be humming with business and I am confident if you grant it one try, many
visits will follow.
Joshua Sanborn
Chichester
Chichester Cub
Scout Pack 85 Holds Pine Wood Derby
Chichester Cub Scout Pack 85 was thrilled to host the Pinewood Derby on
March 20th, 2010, with our new track and timer! Thanks to all the local
businesses who made this possible through donations towards the new
equipment and donations of prizes for our event.
Our awesome new track
and timer was provided by generous donations from: the Ladies Benevolence
Society of Chichester, Central NH Animal Care, Concord Motorsport, Car Farm,
Tim’s Truck Capital, Frekey’s Dairy Freeze, S&D Coffee Inc., Wingnuts
Electrical, Chichester Mobil, Phillip’s Auto Sales, Showcase Consignments,
Mattress Maker, Northeast Power Equipment, The McCormack Family, Epsom
McDonald’s and Harris Family Furniture.
The fabulous prizes were provided
by Arnie’s Ice Cream, Chucksters, Epsom McDonald’s, and Frekey’s Dairy
Freeze.
Refreshments were generously donated by Panera Bread and Einstein
Bagel Bros.
Everyone had a great time! The enthusiasm from kids,
families, and guests was wonderful to see. Our fastest Cub Scout cars were
run by: 4th place, Robby Shaw; 3rd place, Ben Boyer; 2nd place,
Jeffrey Wagner; and in 1st place, Iain McCormack.
Our open class winners
were: 4th place, Mason Pillsbury; 3rd place, Lydia Jameson; 2nd place,
Angus Jameson; and in 1st place, Katie Edmonds! Congratulations to our top
racers and thanks to all who made this wonderful day possible.
Numbering
Chichester
By Walter Sanborn
In 1994 the U. S. Congress adopted a new
law called the Enhanced 911 System which required all towns and cities in
the United States to name all streets or roads within its’ boundary.
Each building or lot on a street was to be given a street number at least 4
inches high posted on a building or mailbox visible from the road. This
number was to be permanently used as a postal mailing address on property
location for utility numbers and a 911 location for emergency use.
In
1995 Robert Hackney driving his pickup truck and I riding on the tailboard
with a measuring wheel measured all the existing roads in Chichester.
Starting at one end of a road we recorded the distance every 100 feet
starting with number 1 on the left side and number 2 on the right side to
the end of the road giving each lot or building a number. All roads have
even numbers on the right and odd numbers on the left thus number 9 would be
on the left side of the road and number 10 across the road on the right.
Previous Chichester residents received mail from Pittsfield, Epsom and
Concord after the North Chichester Post Office was closed in 1972.
Wishing our new addresses to identify Chichester again as a town we
petitioned the Postal Department to issue the new numbers be used mailing
address within the town boundary of Chichester.
On June of 1995 we
received this letter from the U. S. Postal Office.
“This is to advise you
that the Postal Service plans to adopt the street addresses assigned by the
community of Chichester in conjunction with the 911 implementation. These
new addresses will be adopted by the Postal Service effective July 22, 1995.
“As part of that change, Chichester residents who now have a Pittsfield
mailing address will have their deliveries transferred to the Epsom Post
Office.
“This change will allow you to use “Chichester NH 03234” in the
last line of your mailing address. Your mail will be delivered by a Carrier
originating from the Epsom Post Office. You will be able to pick up parcels
and accountable mail at the Epsom Post Office. If you prefer, you can call
the Epsom Post Office to request redelivery.
“We are pleased that we are
able to make the necessary internal operational adjustments to provide our
Chichester customers with a postal identity conforming to the community’s
boundaries.”
Chichester asked that we might be reissued our old Zip Code
03258. We were informed that it had been abolished and no longer existed so
we must use the Epsom Zip Code 03234.
Miracles do happen, and in July,
2001, James Adams who lived in Pittsfield became the Postmaster General of
the area and notified the Town of Chichester that he was going to give the
town its old Zip Code 03258 back. In 1995 at a ceremony at the Chichester
Fire Station he presented the Town of Chichester a letter proclaiming that
we were now Chichester, NH 03258.