Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell goes down to the City Hall boiler room, puts on his striped sweater and fedora and then runs off into the night to terrorize the dreams of promiscuous teenagers. Then, he shows up at our front steps and scratches out a city memo on our door with his Freddy Krueger finger knives. This week was no exception.
Candid camera
At the fire station
The crews of the Manor fire station are working with 40 photography students from Merrimack Valley High School on a project that involves capturing photo images of patterns and shapes in the fire station environment. The students have photographed everything from firefighters' turnout gear to the pump controls on fire engines to the windows in the overhead doors. Station captain Jeff Stone has also worked with the students on the uses of photography in the fire service and public safety career fields.
No lockout here
Hoop refs needed
The Parks and Recreation Department is looking for basketball referees for grades five through 12. Games are played on Saturdays, from January through March. All interested applicants must be CPR and first-aid certified and have experience and knowledge of high school basketball rules.
keep those clubs out
Rates drop this week
Improvement continues at Beaver Meadow Golf Course. Golf course staff have completed fall aeration of greens and will begin tees this week. Fairways 4 -10, 12 and 18 have been aerated and are currently being overseeded. Fairways 1 and 11 are slated to be aerated next week with overseeding to follow. Staff has been patching and overseeding weak spots on green 10 and will sod edges next week. A temporary green is being established at the fairway bunker. It has been mowed at apron height for several weeks and has been aerated and top dressed to improve puttability. When the green edges are sodded, the green will be closed for the season to recover for next year. Green 10 will then play as a 408-yard, par 4. Starting Oct. 26, the public will be eligible to play as a guest of the Beav' at just $32 per player for the rest of the season.
grounded
Airport road closed
This week, F.L. Merrill Construction will be installing the drainage infiltration system on the new section of Airport Road. During this tie-in period, from Oct. 26, Airport Road will be closed to all traffic from Concord Nissan to Manchester Street. The private business signs have been relocated and the private utilities continue to relocated, their infrastructure to the new road alignment.
Heading south
Road work continues
The storm sewer infrastructure installation in North State Street is complete and excavation of the road box is under way. The contractor has opted to begin in the southbound lane and move south toward the New Hampshire State Prison. Once this lane is complete, the construction will shift to the northbound lane. Work will be occurring from the city's Combined Operations and Maintenance Facility to the State Prison. One-lane traffic persions will be in place daily in this area and major traffic delays are to be expected during this phase of the construction.
trickling along
Water mains are in
The contractor has completed the water main installation on North Spring Street, between Pleasant Street and School Street. Work will now focus on relaying the inpidual water services. The area will continue to be closed to through-traffic from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
That's all for Tom this week. Be sure to check back next week for a sequel that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Sweet dreams!
