The Walpolean

TOWN OF WALPOLE

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

JULY 8, 2014

MEETING DATE AND LOCATION:

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at 7:00 PM in the Walpole Town Hall Meeting Room.

AGENDA

Open Meeting:

1.  Roll Call – Designate Alternates;
2. Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting of June 10, 2014.

Public Hearings:

1.  J.R. Development, LLC – Site Plan Review:  Cont’d – Add a 2,030 square foot building to be used as cold dry storage behind the existing building.  Town Tax Map #012, Lot #055.  This is in the Commercial Zoning District.

1.  John Sheldon & Annette Newton and Southwest Community Services – Boundary Line Adjustments, Town Tax Map #026, Lots #025, #026 and #028.  This is in the Residential B and Rural Agricultural Districts.

1.  Excavation Tax and RSA 72-B – Proposed Draft For The Site Plan Review.

New Business:

1.  Henry Fletcher – Minor Subdivision:  Map #009, Lot #004.  Subdivide 70 acres into two lots of 5 acres and 65 acres on March Hill Road and Maple Grove Road.

Old Business:

Other Business:

Planning Board:

1.  Workshop Session:  There will be a Workshop Session on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in the Walpole Town Hall Downstairs Office.

Adjourn Meeting:

Holly Gowdy has cancelled the Farmers Market for today.  Most vendors were taking the day off for the holiday and the weather forecast doesn’t seem very promising.  See you next week! – Lil

Thanks Stephanie Stoughton for getting these to us and thanks for again organzing a great parade. – Lil

The 2nd Annual Vintage Golf Event

for the Walpole Historical Society 

at the beautiful Hooper Golf Club in Walpole, NH

This is your chance to experience golf as it once was.
Saturday, August 2nd at 3:00 PM

✤ Hickory shaft clubs and vintage balls provided for each team
✤ 9-Hole Scramble… four per team
✤ Includes Picnic on the Porch following the golf
✤ Prizes for golfing skills
✤ Picnic only $20
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Registration
Participants are invited to register as a foursome or as individuals seeking to be
assigned to a foursome. Registration will be confirmed when payment is received.
Registration deadline is July 27th.
Team Name: ___________________________________________________________
Name

Handicap

Email

Tel

$50 walk or $60 cart

For individuals wishing to play together, fill in the info for each player you are registering.
When registering as an individual, teams of four will be assembled by the club pro.
Please let us know if left-handed clubs are needed.
Send payment to the Walpole Historical Society, PO Box 292, Walpole, NH 03608 or it
can be dropped off with pro shop at Hooper Golf Club, Prospect Hill Rd., Walpole.
For questions, call or email Ron Rosko, Hooper Pro Shop 603 756-4080 or
ronaldjrosko@pga.com or Mark at 603 756-4080

Proceeds benefit the Walpole Historical Society

There are too many people involved in the events from the past week to thank you all individually but I am sure that everyone involved joins me in thanking Cindy Westover and Kelley Hicks for chairing another wonderful Old Home Days for all to enjoy.  It has been great fun just as predicted.  We hope all the non-profits added to their coffers, families enjoyed their time together and old friends were reunited.  That’s what “Good Ol’ Country Fun” is all about!

And it’s not over yet.  There ia a chicken Bar-B-Q at the church, a band concert “On the Green” sponsored by the Boy Scouts and the Walpole pool is open to all until 8:00 PM. – Lil

Parade results will be announced at the band concert tonight but Virginia forwarded these results from the Cookie Bake-Off.  Congratulations to you all. – Lil

Greetings from Virginia Carter and Mariah Kranowski – Cookie Co-Chairs !

The Bellows Walpole Inn may be a little out of the village and away from the action of Old Home Days but they would still like to be part of the fun.  Bobby and Steve told me that if you mention my name you are welcome to a complimentary Snickerdoodle Cookie with the purchase of any meal.  The offer is good for Friday, Saturday and Sunday and I guess could be a check on how many people:

#1 Read the Walpolean

#2 Know my name

Notice I am not including my name here. :-)

Even though the myriad of people who are working so hard on Old Home Days may not feel like it right now, there will be life after Old Home Days.  This Nature Walk that Michael Nerrie has coming up the following Saturday should be just the thing to help fill the void. – Lil

Nature’s Fireworks at Distant Hill Nature’s “fireworks” display of Rose Pogonia Orchids in the fen. Distant Hill Gardens in Walpole will be open from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday, July 5, for a post Independence Day celebration of Nature. The highlight of the day will be a ‘Bog Walk’ from 10 am to noon. Come and experience ‘walking on water’ across our quaking Cranberry Bog, by way of a boardwalk snaking through the Peatland. (Note: This so-called Bog at Distant Hill is technically a Fen. The difference between the two will be discussed on the Walk.) A native carnivorous plant, the Round-leaved Sundew. Many of ’Nature’s Fireworks’ should be in bloom in our bog/fen, including the beautiful Rose Pogonia Orchid (Pagonia ophioglossoides), Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) and a small native carnivorous plant the Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). After exploring the fen, we will visit a nearby Black Ash Seep at Distant Hill to look at the Swamp Beacons (Mitrula elegans), an interesting orange fungi putting on a colorful display in the shallow waters of the wetland. White Water Lily, also called Fragrant Water Lily. Swamp Beacons, a colorful native fungi. The fireworks of a Mountain Laurel in bloom at Distant Hill Gardens, Kalmia latifolia ’Carousel’. In addition to the ‘Fireworks’ display in the wetlands, the Cultivated Gardens have numerous blooming plants bursting forth with colors and form that can rival any pyrotechnics spectacle. A $5 donation for entrance to the gardens includes the Bog Walk. For directions and more information go to: www.distanthillgardens.org or call Michael at 603-756-4179

Bring and Buy Sale

All the proceeds to support the Walpole Community Fund, which supports emergency needs of Walpole residents throughout the year. Needs last year were great, especially after a hard winter, and the fund badly needs replenishing.

BRING: Gently used and clean household items, books, CDs, DVDs, decorative items, craft supplies, small furniture, etc., to St John’s corner on Elm and Westminster streets, any time after 7 a.m. (Please, no clothing, shoes, bed linens, towels, electronic devices or old computer equipment.)

BUY: Stop by and shop anyt time from 7 AM to 2 PM on Saturday as you enjoy Old Home Days. For more information, please call 756-2962.