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January 13th Select Board Newsletter

Posted on: January 13, 2022 - 2:29pm

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Dear Stratham Residents,

Please read below for news and notes from the Town of Stratham.  In this edition:

  • Stratham Police Dept. Receives CALEA Accreditation Award
  • Open Elected Positions
  • "SafeWatch" Program
  • Invitation from Stratham Community Church to Recycle Books
  • Parks & Recreation - 2022 Summer Camps
  • How Ice Forms on the Great Bay
  • Wiggin Memorial Library News

Please remind your neighbors about this resource for keeping on top of information from the Town.  To sign-up for these updates and other notifications, please visit: https://www.strathamnh.gov/subscribe.

The Select Board
Michael Houghton, Chairman            Joe Lovejoy, Vice Chair            Allison Knab

chief accepting CALEA award    pd officer congrats on being sworn in
STRATHAM POLICE DEPT. RECEIVES CALEA ACCREDITATION AWARD
On Tuesday, January 4th, the Stratham Select Board celebrated the Police Department's recent CALEA Accreditation award.  The award was presented by CALEA Regional Program Manager Paul MacMillan. Two Officers were also officially sworn in with the town, full-time Officer Jonathan Wood and part-time Officer Matthew Poole. The membership of the Department was on hand along with elected representatives and members of the Town staff.  For more information about the CALEA designation, please refer to this recent newsletter. 

ELECTED POSITIONS FOR TOWN MEETING 2022
Last week's Special Edition newsletter, provided a summary of Town positions up for election at this year's Town Meeting.  Below you will find links to the School positions open at the Local School District and Exeter Region Cooperative School District (ERCSD).  Note candidate filing for the Town and Local School District elections must be done at the Municipal Center (Town Clerk's Office).  For the ERCSD, you must go to the Central Office in Exeter.

Local School District: For more information about filing for the Local School District positions, please see here.

  • Stratham School District Board Member -- 3 year term 
  • Stratham School District Board Member -- 3 year term
  • Stratham School District Board Member -- 3 year term

Exeter Region Cooperative School District: For more information about filing for the Regional School District positions, please see here.

  • Budget Advisory Committee Member -- 3 year term

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Stratham Police Department has instituted a “SafeWatch” program for individuals with disabilities or conditions that may cause them to wander or go missing.  To learn more about the program, visit their website.  Take the step now to help protect your loved ones by filling out the form and submitting it to Administrative Assistant Kate Drago at kdrago@strathampd.org or dropping it off at the Police Station.   

book binSTRATHAM RESIDENTS WELCOME TO RECYCLE BOOKS
Our Friends at the Stratham Community Church are inviting the community to use their new book recycling bin. The bin is blue, labeled “discoverbooks.com”, and is located behind the church in the Clothes Attic parking lot (off of Emery Lane). The Wiggin Memorial Library can only accept certain books by donation, so you can use this bin to recycle all other unwanted books. The church receives a donation from the company for the number of pounds they collect through the bin. This also helps the Town’s overall goal of diverting waste from our stream that can be recycled/reused, since we pay for each pound of recycling and solid waste picked up at the curbside. For more information on donating books to the library, please visit their Book Sales & Donation page.  We thank the Stratham Community Church for their kind offer.

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PARKS & RECREATION / 2022 SUMMER CAMPS 
Winter might be upon us but we’re busy planning for the summer.  We are excited to announce that registration for our summer camp programs opens on Tuesday, January 18th at 6:00am  

This summer we are offering a variety of camps including Recreation Day Camp at SMS, CIT program for rising 7th and 8th graders (Stratham residents only), Lego® Robotics & Engineering Camp, three (3) weeks of Mountain Bike Camp to include an all-girls group on week 2, US Sports Institute Soccer and Multi Sport Camps and two (2) weeks of Flag Football Camp.  

For more information on these camps please visit our Summer Camp page.   

ice on the bay

HOW ICE FORMS ON THE GREAT BAY
We came across this short article about how ice forms on Great Bay and thought it would be of interest to our residents. For more information on ice safety visit: Stay Safe on the Ice | Outdoor Recreation | New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (state.nh.us).

wiggin memorial library
WIGGIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS
Are you subscribed to the library's newsletters? There's something for everyone! The library is open and awesome Mondays through Thursdays 10AM - 6PM, Fridays 10AM - 5PM, and Saturdays 10AM - 2PM.  Check out our brand-new catalog!