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Staff Report In response to a letter submitted by the town of Greenland, New Hampshire’s top environmental enforcement officer has put the Coakley Landfill Group on notice regarding toxic chemicals leaching from the closed landfill into Berry’s Brook. After attending a remote meeting of the Coakley Landfill Group (CLG) on April 14, Steven Smith, chairman of the Greenland Board of Selectmen, wrote a formal letter to Robert Scott, head of the NH Department of Environmental Services, flagging what he perceived as the CLG’s lack of seriousness and concern regarding PFAS and other chemicals ...

GREENLAND – The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a virtual public meeting about the Superfund Coakley Landfill site on Wednesday night. The March 3 public meeting will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will include updates from the EPA, along with information about the status of residential well sampling around the landfill, which will be presented by Drew Hoffman of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. The landfill is located in Greenland and North Hampton. Members of the Coakley Landfill Group (CLG), who are scheduled to speak during Wednesday’s public meetin...

East Rochester's skating rink a respite from pandemic By Karen Dandurant ROCHESTER – Families in East Rochester are enjoying the return of an ice-skating rink that had entertained scores of residents over the years.  “This is wonderful,” said Rochester resident Emilee Spear. “There is almost nothing you can do safely right now with your family. This is perfect.” The rink was created by the Rochester Recreation and Water Department staff, which flooded the field next to the Nancy Loud School on Cocheco Avenue for a few weeks until it was frozen solid and became an outdoor rink. Th...

Another PFAS detected in wells near Coakley Landfill NORTH HAMPTON – Former state Rep. Mindi Messmer believes residents who live near the Coakley Landfill Superfund site should be concerned by detections of another PFAS contaminant in private wells. “It is concerning because once again we have people exposed to a chemical that we have no enforceable standards for,” Messmer said after perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA) was found in private wells near the landfill. “Other states are taking steps to regulate PFOSA and New Hampshire needs to do the same.” Messmer, a scientist and envir...

Speaking in 1965, the year before he died, Spear said he was called at home in Guernsey and invited to Manchester to see test footage of a new working-class drama that Granada was developing and which needed title music. “I was briefed very beautifully on this,” he said. “They wanted something melodic, but not too much so. They wanted something rhythmic, but it mustn’t be jazz. They wanted something exciting, but it mustn’t be too thrilling.” After lunch, they all stepped outside into a Mancunian street akin to the one the show was based around. It was raining but, remembers Spear...