Epsom Roadside
Clean-up 2016
Thanks to all who volunteered to do Epsom
Roadside Clean-up in honor of Earth Day 2016. I would like to say it
is not too late to help out and if you notice the litter in your
neighborhood and want to contribute you can pick up bags and
complimentary Pumpkin seeds at the Epsom Library.
I would especially like to thank the Girl Scouts who volunteered to
do North Road to Samuel Drive and Old Turnpike Road. Some of the
through roads are particularly bad. I hear North Pembroke Road is
very bad and there were no volunteers for any part of that
road. The following roads were cleaned up. Elkins Road, Whitetail
Drive, Lantern Lane, Colonial Drive, Parts of Goboro Road, Carriage
Hill Road, Depot Road, Black Hall Road from EBC to Short Falls,
Highland Drive, Center Hill Road, Mountain Road, The Town Forest,
New Orchard Road, Mill House Road, and I am sure there will be more
reports coming in. Thank your Neighbors or join the effort. It is
such a joy to see the clean roads.
In appreciation the Epsom Conservation Commission
If you have any questions please e-mail the Conservation Commission:
[email protected]
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom,
and Pittsfield, This week my committee met to finish its work for
this session (except for HB1517, on seasonal docks, which we have in
interim study.) The subcommittee had done a wonderful job with
SB363, on the definition of the owner of an OHRV or snowmobile. The
original bill was very confusing and open to misinterpretation, so
they went to the sponsors to find out what the problem was. When the
subcommittee learned that it was currently difficult to register
these vehicles when owned by a trust (and many people have revocable
trusts now, with their vehicles owned by the trust,) they simply
amended the statutes to allow trusts to designate a person to
register the machine. Very simple and easy to understand, so we
recommended it to pass 16-0. SB383, creating a commission on hiking
trail maintenance, also had a clarifying amendment and a more
focused charge for the commission, and was also recommended to pass,
16-0.
SB324, on the other hand, was more
contentious. This bill, entitled “eliminating the land use board and
requiring approval of federal land acquisitions by the governor and
executive council” generated opposition from people who thought this
was a new requirement. In fact, the approval has been state and
federal law since 1935, as has the limitation of 2% of the state
owned by the federal government. After some debate, the committee
amended the bill to more clearly define the process of this
approval, including public hearings so that the affected areas can
understand what’s happening. The US fish and wildlife service has
been particularly opaque as it designates vast swathes of the state
as wildlife refuges. We recommended it to pass, 10-7.
Interested readers can email me for my
newsletter, with more details than fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Epsom Library
Notes
On Wednesday, May 11 at 1:30 PM, “Movie Matinees” will continue at
the Epsom Public Library with the showing of “And Then There Were
None.” Based on the bestselling novel by Agatha Christie, the
story unfolds on isolated Soldier Island where 10 strangers have
been invited. With seemingly nothing in common, the guests
wonder why they have been brought together. But the
ominous reason for their visit soon becomes clear … and by the end
of the night, the first of them dead. A classic whodunit!
The Library will have its annual book sale May 7th through the 14th.
Clean, relatively current books will be accepted during our normal
open hours April 30 through May 5. No encyclopedias or
textbooks will be accepted. Please do not leave books outside
the library.
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