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All in a good night's work

NEW IPSWICH — For the past 20 years, Shane Sirois has been helping people rid their houses of things that go bump in the night.

K9 police dog off and running

MASON — The new K9 police dog in town has definitely earned his keep during his first year of employment, having uncovered more than $74,000 in cash in drug busts across the region.

Months after mudslide, road remains closed

GREENVILLE — Ever since a torrential rain storm in March caused a landslide on an embankment leading into the Souhegan River on High Street, the road that many residents use to go to into New Ipswich has been closed.

Greenville: Meeting Wednesday on fire station plan

June 22nd 2010 at 09:06:10 AM

GREENVILLE — For the past 12 years, the volunteers at Greenville Fire and Rescue have been hoping to acquire land where a new fire station can be built.

The existing fire station sits on the banks of the Souhegan River and firefighters say there just isn’t enough space for them to park their vehicles, let alone for a fire apparatus and other specialty vehicles.

“We’ve been undersized as far as the fire station goes,” said Deputy Fire Chief Charles Buttrick, who also serves as chairman of the new Fire Station Study Committee.
“It’s been difficult to get the apparatus to fit into our station with today’s modern vehicles,” he said.

About a year ago, the LaMarre family offered to donate 2.1 acres of land on Old Mason Center Road to the town for a new fire station.

Although residents voted to accept the land donation during town meeting in March, two public hearings will be held on the fire station plan. The first one will take place Wednesday, at 7 p.m., at the Town Office, where residents will have an opportunity to discuss the land acquisition. The land has not been formally given to the town, according to Fire Chief Jim Stimans. The second one will be held on July 7.

Details in Tuesday's Ledger-Transcript

Junkyard to receive visit over car sign

NEW IPSWICH — The Select Board has agreed to allow the town’s Building Committee to spend up to $5,000 on three different floor plans for renovating the old police station behind the town offices, even though one floor plan option has never been seen, let alone discussed in public.

Burglars hit four businesses in New Ipswich, Greenville

June 7th 2010 at 07:31:52 PM

Police from Greenville and New Ipswich are investigating a string of burglaries that occurred late Thursday night and early Friday morning.

The first burglary took place around 10:15 p.m., a little more than an hour after Hoppy’s Country Store at the NuWest Mall on Turnpike Road in New Ipswich, closed its doors for the evening.

“They smashed in my front door with a rock through the window,” said Mark ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, whose surveillance camera caught everything on tape, including, Hopkins said, the burglars stuffing $1,400 worth of Marlboro cigarette cartons into a trash bag.

“They were the cartons of cigarettes I had on display,” said Hopkins.

A few hours later, at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Greenville Auto Service on Dunster Avenue in Greenville was burglarized.

“I don’t believe they got anything,” said owner Alan Gauvin on Monday. Gauvin was also notified of the burglary, while it was in progress, by his security company.

According to Greenville Police Chief Jim McTague, two other burglaries occurred in Greenville Friday between the hours of 3 and 5 a.m., when adjoining businesses Village Pizza and A&K Market were hit.

New Ipswich Police Chief Garrett Chamberlain said his department is in the process of reviewing the surveillance tape from Hoppy’s and may already have a few leads. McTague said Greenville police are investigating the three burglaries and will compare notes with New Ipswich police once their investigation concludes.

Details in Tuesday's Ledger-Transcript.

The roots of service

When a rock maple tree was planted in front of Temple Congregational Church on June 6, 1944, to commemorate two local men who had died in the Pacific theater during World War II, no one in town was aware of the invasion of Normandy that was taking place the same day.

Mason neighbors at odds over motocross practice track

May 17th 2010 at 07:08:53 PM

MASON — Upset over the sounds of a bulldozer and motocross bikes near his historic establishment, Keith Grimes, the owner of Pickity Place, has filed three noise complaints with the police and recently attended a Select Board meeting to complain about his neighbors.

Grimes filed complaints about noise coming from the property of his neighbor, Darrell Jones, of 130 Nutting Hill Road, with Mason Police on April 24, April 26 and May 1, one day after Grimes attended the Select Board meeting, where he was told the town’s building inspector, Kenneth Wilson, would pay a visit to the Jones property.

According to minutes from the April 27 Mason Select Board Meeting, Grimes and his wife “came to complain about their neighbor,” who is building a practice track for his son, Kyle, 23, who is a competitive motocross racer.

Darrell and Heidi Jones’ plan to build a practice track for their son was approved by the Select Board in 2005. At that time, Darrell Jones attended a meeting to discuss noise complaints the town had received, and to explain what all the ruckus was about.

“He stated that he is not developing a race track, just a practice track for his sons to use,” according to the minutes of the Feb. 22, 2005, Mason Select Board meeting.
While the Select Board expressed concern about the noise motocross bikes are known to make, the minutes indicate that Jones assured them he would use silencers, 4-stroke engines and spark arresters so that the bikes were quieter.

Details in Tuesday's Ledger-Transcript.

Well-oiled auto program wins again; nationals next

Since 2002, students in the Mascenic Automotive Program have come away with first place honors at the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition at Loudon International Speedway, in an event that challenges skill, knowledge, execution and good, old-fashioned mechanical resolve.

Mission of redemption

When 28-year-old Rob Winslow began attending Trinity Evangelical Church in Peterborough, he soon noticed pictures of an orphanage in South Africa. Although he was never homeless, Winslow was quick to recognize the look of despair in many of the children’s faces.

Meet Olive and Florence

NEW IPSWICH — After performing in several Shakespeare plays over the past couple of years, the Mascenic High School Drama Club is ready for a change of pace with its rendition of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple.”