Dear Stratham Residents,
Please read below for news and notes from the Town of Stratham. In this edition:
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The Select Board
Michael Houghton, Chair Allison Knab, Vice-Chair Joe Anderson
Click here to read about the DPW Open House and learn who the winners were in the Name a Truck contest!
Due to a resignation, the Select Board needs to appoint a new Trustee of the Trust Funds for a term expiring in March 2025. If you are interested, please fill out an application and submit it to Executive Assistant, Karen Richard at krichard@strathamnh.gov by June 12, 2024.
The Trustees of Trust Funds maintain custody of all trust funds and capital reserve funds held by the Town of Stratham and Stratham Local School District and oversee the investment of the trust funds together with their orderly receipts and disbursements. At the present time, the Trustees meet quarterly.
Due to unforeseen circumstances among our staff and their families, the Library Board of Trustees have voted to close the library on Saturdays for the month of June. Please note we do not make this decision lightly, but this temporary consolidation of our open hours will allow us to function more effectively with our remaining available staff, and to provide better service to our patrons when we are typically at our busiest. To help serve our patrons who can’t visit during the week, we will open the door to our front hallway from 9:30am–5pm on these Saturdays to allow patrons to pick up items they have reserved on hold.
We appreciate your understanding and support during this difficult time for our library family. We will resume our regular Saturday hours beginning July 6.
Sincerely,
On behalf of the Wiggin Memorial Library Board of Trustees Scott Campbell and Heather Burroughs, Co-Interim Directors
Get out of the kitchen and head to Stratham Hill Park on Thursday nights and enjoy dinner from one of the food trucks. (Click here to find individual dates and specific food trucks). Bring a blanket, listen to live music and have a fun evening with family and friends. Food trucks will be at the park from 4:00 - 8:00 every Thursday from June through August, weather permitting.
To learn about the fun adult programs and events scheduled for June, click here.
There were many members of the public who came to request that the board be mindful of the tax impact of the school building renovation.
The Building Committee affirmed that because of public input over the past several months, the $46 million renovation would not be moving forward, and that the new plan is to form a larger committee including public members to provide input into the scope of the must haves for academic and facilities renovations. If you are interested in being on that committee, see the SMS Homepage for details. The board interviewed four candidates to fill in the open seat and elected Tanya Scales as their new member. The PFOA's application for state funding to provide full building filtration is underway. The School Board also received briefing on financials, the superintendent evaluation, teacher reports, and they discussed getting better microphones so the public could hear them more clearly.
For more, please see the full board meeting notes here.
If you have questions, please come to the next board meeting on Thursday, June 13th at 6pm at SMS or email our Board Chair, Jennifer Scrafford.
