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9.15.09 Democratic Primary Results Donnelly - 141 Johnston 126

8.1.09 Hazardous Waste Contract for Hampton

7.28.09 Republic Caucus Results: 1^st selectman: Al Cahill, BOS: Doug Stewart & Mike Chapel, Town Clerk: Kathi Newcombe, Treasurer: Ellen Rodriguez, Tax Collector: Harry Baum, BOE: Bob Petix, Carol Misak, w/Sue Hochstetter & Jerry Misak as placeholders, BAA: Russ Fontaine, PZC: Ev Hyde, Gary DeCesare, ZBA: Russ Fontaine, Morris Burr, Constable: Harold Haraghey, Jr., Jerry Figueroa

7.28.09 Democratic Caucus Results: First Selectman:Melanie Johnston, Selectman: Roger Dionne, Town Clerk: Leslie Wertam, Tax Collector: No endorsement, Treasurer: Kaye Johnson, Planning & Zoning:Wayne DeCarli, Gloria Langer, Zoning Board of Appeals: Bruce Kittredge & Linda Seretny, BAA:No Endorsement, BOE: Ann Gruenbergm, Lisa Siegmund & Mary Ellen Donnelly, Constable: Jeffrey Smith, Sr.

6.2.09 REFERENDUM to purchase property on West Old Rt 6 PASSES
YES: 262 NO: 80

5. 19. 09 BUDGET REFERENDUM RESULTS May 19
Municipal budget passed
Yes:150 No:54
HES budget passed
Yes:144 No:61

5.6.09 RD11 Budget Referendum Passes
Yes: 274 No: 126

4.29.09 REFERENDUM RESULTS (for withdrawal of grades 7 & 8 from RD11)

Hampton Yes:98    No:348
Chaplin   Yes:118 No:339
Scotland Yes:149 No:140
Total:    Yes: 365 No: 827
Referendum Fails

4.22.09 Final Report Addition/Withdrawal of Grades Committee
(including corrective supplement)

4.2.09 Yoga classes at the Community Center
click for sign-up form

3.20.09 Census Workers in Hampton April -May

3.1.09 The Town Garage Building Committee continues to make progress. Visit the Town Garage page for details and updates.

2.26.09 Unofficial Results of the Voting of the Addition/Withdrawal of Grades Committee. Committee minutes will be published within the next few days and will
contain the official account of the meeting and vote.

On February 25, the Addition/Withdrawal of Grades Committee voted on the question of whether to recommend the withdrawal of grades 7 & 8 from the Region 11 School District.

Vote summary:

5 Yes (for withdrawal of grades 7 & 8)

4 No (not in favor of withdrawal)

11.4.08 Hampton Election Results:

Turnout: In person voters: 1097 out of 1271 registered voters

Absentee votes +/-65

% Turnout 91.5% =/-

President:
Barack Obama/Biden (D) 643 votes - Winner
John McCain/Palin (R) - 433 votes
Ralph Nader - 29 votes

U.S.House:
Joe Courtney (D) 711 votes - Winner
Sean Sullivan (R) - 313 voted

State Representative:
Sherri Vogt (D) 577 votes - Winner
Mike Alberts (R) 471 votes

Registrar of Voters:
Democratic: Joan Fox (D) 545 votes - Winner
Republican: Kathi Newcombe (R) 438 votes -Winner

Question 1
Yes: 286 No: 678 - Failed

9.26.08 Information about the CL&P Power Upgrade project
(aka the Interstate Reliability Project or NEEWS)

9.3.08 Asian Longhorn Beetle Alert.

The Connecticut Agriculture Experiment station has sent out an alert on the invasive Asian Long Horned Beetle. This beetle bores into the trunks of trees. They especially like maple trees. They are found from July through the fall. For more information about these beetles and what to do, please use these links:

Information:
http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?Q=378210&A=2829

Picture:
http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/identification/malealb.html

Other info.

http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/hosts.htm

8.14.08 For the latest information on the progress of the RD11 dissolution study committee, visit the informational website: RD11 Dissolution Study Committee citizen information website.

6.16.08 Community Center Rental & Booking information now available.

6.10.08 Please see info on Tax Assessor's page about Vision Appraisal staff.

6.3.08 Budgets Pass! Town Budget Yes - 158 No - 67
HES School Budget Yes - 152 No - 72

6.1.08 Board Members wanted for Wetlands Commission & Recreation & Community Activities Com.

6.1.08 Remember - June is dog license time!

5.6.08 RD11 Budget Referendum Results:

Yes No

Chaplin 87 45

Hampton 139 67

Scotland 32 54

Total 258 166

Budget passed

4. 15. 08 The 2008 Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27 at the Hampton Elementary School. The event will begin with a Pie Social from 6:00pm - 7:00pm. The Town Meeting will begin at 7:00pm. The agenda will be finalized and posted closer to the meeting date. The budget will be sent to referendum on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 from noon - 8pm.

4.1.08 Tree trimming for CL&P will start the week of April 1 and continue for approximately 3 weeks. For questions, contact the Lewis Tree foreman: Gregorio Reyes cell: 513-262-1456

Assessment appeals to start in Hampton
HAMPTON — With the grand list complete, homeowners can now appeal to the town if they feel their assessments are too high.
The board of assessment appeals will meet three times this month to hear appeals: Thursday at 7 p.m., on Saturday, March 22, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, March 25, at 7 p.m.
Hearings are in the Hampton Town Office Building. To make an appointment, call 455-9132.

The Hampton Tax Assessor's Office would like you to know:

The above article, published Monday, March 17, 2008 in The Chronicle, was not authorized or initiated by either the Hampton Assessor's Office or the Board of Assessment Appeals.

The Board of Assessment Appeals holds yearly meetings in March, to hear appeals from taxpayers aggrieved by assessment from the Grand List. These appeals are scheduled following submission of a written appeal which must be filed by February 20th.

The Assessments that are being considered at this time are from the 10/1/2007 Grand List. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT ASSESSMENTS FROM THE RE-VALUATION THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON.

The Assessors and Vision Appraisal are now in the data collection phase of the 2008 re-valuation. Notices of these assessments will be mailed to each homeowner in December of 2008. Homeowners will have the opportunity at that time to schedule a hearing with Vision Appraisal and later have the opportunity to schedule an appeal with the Board of Assessment Appeals if the homeowner feels it is necessary.

Thank You
Hampton Tax Assessor

DANIELSON -- A Hampton man accused of setting a fire that badly damaged a barn owned by the town fire chief has been charged with setting several other fires in 2006.

Thomas M. Nedweden, 27, of 30 Kenyon Road, was served with arrest warrants Friday, charging him with five counts of third-degree arson and two counts of first-degree criminal mischief in connection with arson fires in Mansfield, Ashford and Hampton.

Several barns and other outbuildings were destroyed or damaged in the fires that happened in October 2006.

The warrants were served after Nedweden was brought to Danielson Superior Court Friday in connection with a Feb. 3 fire that heavily damaged a barn at 45 Old Kings Highway, Hampton, owned by Hampton Fire Chief Richard Schenk.

Nedweden was arrested two days later and charged with first-degree arson and three counts of criminal attempt to commit first-degree arson. The latter charges were the result of Nedweden attempting to start a fire at a home near the scene of the barn fire, police said.

Nedweden is in the custody of the state Department of Correction after he did not post a $400,000 bond in connection with his original arrest and an aborted attempt to escape from the Danielson state police barracks once he had been taken into custody.

State police said Friday the charges against Nedweden were the result of a lengthy police investigation.

State police provided the following breakdown of the new charges for the 2006 fires:

Nedweden appeared in court to face the new charges Friday in Danielson Superior Court, where his case was continued. He remains in custody at the Corrigan Correctional Institution in Montville.

State police in Danielson this morning arrested a Hampton man in connection with a barn fire Sunday in Hampton.

Thomas M. Nedweden, 27, of 30 Kenyon Road in Hampton, is charged with first-degree arson and three counts of criminal attempt to commit first-degree arson. Held on $200,000 bond, Nedweden is scheduled for arraignment this morning Danielson Superior Court.

Sunday’s fire at 45 Old King’s Highway in Hampton was investigated by detectives from the state fire marshal’s unit, local fire marshal and detectives with the eastern district major crime squad. A K-9 team from Troop D in Danielson led investigators from the scene to Nedweden’s home.

State police said Nedweden will be questioned in regard to other unsolved arson fires still under investigation in northeastern Connecticut

2.2.08 ARSON ALERT
Please be aware that there is a serious arson problem in town.

The fires occur during the night and the perpetrator is using whatever he/she finds at the site to ignite the blaze. The best course of action, according to the Fire Marshall, is to secure any outbuildings and don’t leave anything available that could be used to start a fire. Please call 911 immediately if you see or hear anything suspicious in the night – if your dog starts barking for no apparent reason, a strange car is around, etc.

1.31.08 "VOTE TODAY" signs missing! 4 of these signs have gone missing. When last seen, 2 were near the Elementary School and 2 in the center of town. If you have seen or took these signs in for safe keeping, please return them to Town Hall as soon as possible so they can be used for the next voting event and so that the town does not have to purchase new ones. Thanks!

"Should the Town of Hampton apply, pursuant to General Statutes section 10-63a et seq., to the Regional School District No. 11 Board of Education, to institute a procedure for withdrawal of the Town of Hampton from Regional School District No. 11."

1.11.08 - Grange "sneak peak" 5-8 PM. The renovated grange, though not totally completed, was open for a preview.