Seabrook Town Notebook
Angeljean Chiaramida
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Town officials will soon be displaying a plaque received from the state's Department of Environmental Services. DES gave Seabrook's Water and Sewer Advisory Committee and Chairwoman Susan Foote its Water Protection Award, which will be displayed at the nearly completed water treatment plant.
The committee worked for years to analyze the town's water needs and systems, then recommended that residents approve installing water meters into every home. The effort required considerable public education and approval from Town Meeting, something DES acknowledged was a difficult feat.
"I don't think people realize what a big job that was," Selectman Bob Moore said.
Since the installation of water meters, Seabrook has consumed considerably less water, daily and annually, than before, which was the aim of the meter program, Seabrook Water Supervisor Curtis Slayton said. The town also has been able to eliminate repeated outdoor water bans.
In addition, DES has worked cooperatively with the town on a variety of projects, including the building of the town's water treatment plant, which is slated to be on line by January, Slayton said.
Another water project that was completed recently was the townwide hydrant flushing, Slayton said. Town crews spent nine nights flushing the town's 55 miles of water mains, using 4.3 million gallons of water.
The effort was to remove the iron and manganese sediment that have settled at the bottom of water mains in the past two years since the last flushing.
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Friends of the late Linda Doyle are holding a fundraiser on Saturday, June 19, in an effort to help Doyle's family pay for the medical expenses incurred during her recent battle with pancreatic cancer. Although Doyle lost her fight with the deadly disease on May 31, money raised at the event will be donated to her family to deal with medical bills, according to friend Tawnya Hazell.
The event takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Lafayette Club in Amesbury. The fun night is meant for those 21 and older and includes a performance by R-rated hypnotist Frank Santos Jr., a disc jockey and an array of raffle prizes, including a stay at the Samoset resort in Rockport, Maine, and gift certificates to area favorites like Ron Jillian's, Quicksilver, Memories Photography Studio, Harley-Davidson, Hampton Beach Casino tickets and much more.
Tickets for the event are $20 per person and are being sold at Newbury North Salon in North Hampton and Ron Jillian's Restaurant in Hampton.
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The New Hampshire Women, Infants and Children Nutrition and Commodity Supplemental Food programs are now issuing free fruit and vegetables coupons to WIC and CSFP participants to redeem at farmers markets. Children enrolled in WIC will receive coupons valued at $12 per month, and households with qualifying seniors 60 years and older will receive coupons valued at $18 per month.
The WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Programs aim to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to WIC participants and to low-income seniors, as well as to expand the availability, use of and sales at farmers markets.
Coupons may be redeemed at almost 80 farmers markets in New Hampshire from June through October to purchase any fresh fruits and vegetables sold at the markets, ranging from apples and broccoli to spinach and tomatoes.
The closest regularly scheduled farmers markets to Seabrook are in Hampton at the parking lot of Sacred Heart School, open Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m., and Exeter Farmers Market at Swasey Parkway, downtown Exeter, Thursdays from 2:15 to 6 p.m.
For a list of all farmers markets in the state, visit http://agriculture.nh.gov/publications/documents/farmersmarket.pdf.
For more information on enrolling in WIC or CSFP, call the Department's Nutrition and Health Promotion Section at 800-WIC-4321.
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The state Department of Transportation will hold a meeting on Monday, June 21, at the Hampton Town Offices on Winnacunnet Road to discuss and take comments on replacing the bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the Taylor River in Hampton Falls. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., with a presentation planned for 7 p.m.
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Angeljean Chiaramida covers Seabrook for The Daily News. She can be reached at 978-462-6666, ext. 3271 or achiaramida@newburyportnews.com.
