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– James Carpenter is originally from outside New York City, having grown up on the mean streets of Scarsdale. His love for the Adirondacks was inspired by years spent at a small summer camp on Upper Saranac Lake. In 2003 he moved with his family to Lake Clear. Before becoming a teaching assistant at the high school, James has had a myriad of jobs including limousine company owner, social studies teacher, copier salesman, stay-at-home dad and tele-evangelist. He is the father of Charlie (TA extraordinaire in the elementary school) and Maggie (college sophomore at the University of Rochester), and rides the coattails of his wife Laura, who is a scientist. He is a graduate of both St. Lawrence University and Fordham University. He is a proud member of the Elks and has been the master of ceremonies on Trivia Night at the Elks club for the past 23 years, with the help of his good friend Tyler Chase. When not working at the high school, James enjoys hiking, kayaking, skiing and w ....
Town meeting discussion continues in Ashland January 13, 2021ASHLAND The Ashland selectmen met in the early afternoon of Jan. 6 to take up the issue of what type of town meeting to hold. They also voted on the proposed warrant articles. Chairman Eli Badger began the meeting by noting that he had received some criticism from those who felt that he had exceeded his authority when he contacted Municipal Resources Inc., a firm that has helped the town in the past by recruiting town administrators or providing temporary administrators. He explained that he was just seeking information on how they might help in the transition to a new Town Manager. (Town Manager Charlie Smith is leaving for a new job in February.) The other four selectmen all supported Badger s actions, noting that they needed to act soon to fill the position ....
Gilford says goodbye to outgoing executive assistant January 13, 2021The selectmen gave a fond farewell to a longtime employee before she went to serve another town. Former Executive Assistant Angela Bovill recently took the position of Administrative Assistant for Moultonborough s board of selectmen. Her last meeting with the Gilford board was on Dec. 16, 2020, and she received warm wishes on her new path. Selectman Gus Benavides recognized Bovill s years of service with Gilford. She s done a great and amazing job, Benavides said. It is a breath of fresh air to deal with her. No matter what the situation is, we can count on her to be positive about it, even in this worst of times, through COVID, any situation. ....
Tax abatement approved for Bethlehem solar array December 20, 2020BETHLEHEM The Bethlehem Select Board approved a $720,000 tax abatement request for a solar array at the Profile School at last week s public meeting. The approval comes one year after the Ammonoosuc Regional Energy Team (ARET) first presented the idea of an array to the Profile School Board. The proposed PPA (Purchase Power Agreement), approved 91-6 by voters at the school s annual meeting in June, allows Profile to lease land to Barrington Power. In turn, the energy company sells electricity back to the school at a discounted rate. Through such a funding model, the solar equipment is owned and maintained by the energy company, and the proposed agreement has a twenty-five-year life span with the option to purchase at year five. After five years, the school has the option to buy the array from Barrington Energy at a fraction of the installation cost. PPAs are quite common in the solar industry, and the ....
People and i think that we have reached we have reached them. 400 newspapers across the country reached out and talked about the importance of the work that they do, the journalism day in and day out, and, listen. they have responded to this call of this rhetoric about the enemy of the people and it really resonates with them. the majority of journalism in this country couldn t work for the cnn or the boston globe and work for weekly or small newspapers around this country and cover selectmen meeting and school boards. this rhetoric really resonates with them, to be declared of domestic threat is something that really threatens their livelihood and is deeply alarming to the work that they do. that is the editorial perspective. let me go to reporter perspective and you, brian. how do you determine if this effort has been successful? how do you measure it? i think there are a number of ways to do that chg through polling. right now the polling is rather ....