Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell puts on a wig and high heels and just starts painting landscapes. His work is featured for years in the Women Artists in New Hampshire exhibit before he finally comes clean. During his tearful, apologetic press conference, he reads what appears to be original poetry; upon analysis, the poems turn out to be the city memo.
What’s that odor?
The sweet smell of better
Construction activities began this week on the next phase of odor control improvements at the Hall Street Wastewater Treatment Facility, Aspell writes. Phase One had previously featured the deployment of a breath mint and some Old Spice.
Preparation of the site for installation of a new in-ground biofilter unit is the focus of the initial phase of the project. The completed project will capture emissions from the influent and primary treatment areas, as well as from the active trickling filter tower.
Duh. Everyone knows that’s what you do with an active trickling filter tower.
Construction will continue throughout the spring, summer and fall, with an anticipated completion date of mid-October. Residents bothered by the smell in the meantime are encouraged to hold their breath until fall.
During construction, waste discharges from recreational vehicles and campers will not be accepted. The RV dump station will be closed from April 8 through Sept. 30.
Spring has sprizzung
Time to get rid of stuff
Concord residents who currently participate in the curb-side trash collection program are eligible to participate in the upcoming spring yard waste collection program, Aspell writes. Let us speak for everyone when we say, what an honor to even be considered!
The program begins on April 22 and will run through June 1. Materials to be collected must be placed curbside by 7 a.m. on the same day the regular trash is collected. Residents have two options for pick-up: Yard waste can be placed curbside in paper yard waste bags, which are available at local stores (paper yard waste bags must be used if this option is chosen); or yard waste can be placed curbside in 30-gallon barrels, weighing less than 50 pounds and clearly labeled “Yard Waste.” Barrels labeled “waste from my yard” or “hey, dude, pick this up” will not be picked up.
No plastic bags containing yard waste will be collected.
Acceptable materials include leaves, grass, weeds, leafy grassy weeds, fruit tree droppings, mulch, and garden plant waste.
Unacceptable materials include: sand, dirt, rocks, bricks, root balls, concrete blocks or other masonry items, anything plastic or metal (including wire), decomposing bodies, painted, stained or pressure treated woods, plywood, kitty litter or animal waste. That means you have to clean up after your dog when he leaves fast food wrappers all over the living room.
Brush, branches and limbs may be dropped off at the Fort Eddy Road Reprocessing Center for a nominal fee. But not limbs that used to belong to people (see above).
What’s new at the beav?
Get your drive on
The driving range and pro shop at Beaver Meadow Golf Course opened for the weekend last Saturday, Aspell writes. Golfers who brought in five cans of nonperishable food were able to receive a small bucket of balls for $3. More than 120 pounds of nonperishable food was collected for the Concord Human Services food pantry. And more than 120 balls were angrily sliced into the surrounding woods!
Going forward, the driving range, pro shop and bar and grill will be open daily from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. until the golf course opens.
For more information, check out beavermeadowgolfcourse.com.
