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January 22nd Select Board Newsletter

Posted on: January 22, 2021 - 1:19pm

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

  • How to Place Carts at Curbside
  • Carts and disposal dates – January 28th and Saturdays at Transfer Station
  • Filing Period for Elected Positions - Reminder
  • Trail Management at Stratham Hill Park

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

HOW TO PLACE CARTS AT CURBSIDE
The new automated curbside collection program begins on Tuesday, February 2nd.  Special thanks to everyone for their cooperation and patience as we have worked to follow through with the many logistics to ensure an effective rollout.

Please watch this short video which gives important information about the placement of bins for the new Automated Curbside Collection program. 

For general information and background related to the process of how we got here, please refer back to this introductory message.  For additonal information, please visit Casella's website for the Town's program.

KEY DATES FOR CURBSIDE COLLECTION TRANSITION

  • January 18, 2021 (week of) – New carts delivered to Stratham properties.
  • Important: Residents should not place new carts curbside with waste until week of February 2, 2021.
  • January 26, 2021 (week of) – Residents may label old and unwanted trash and recycling receptacles with “TAKE WITH TRASH” and Casella will remove during scheduled curbside collections.
  • February 2, 2021 – Start of automated curbside collections.  Residents may now begin to place new carts curbside for automated collection.
  • February 6 & 20, 2021 – Old container drop off at Transfer Station.  These carts will be recycled.

OPEN POSITIONS - FILING PERIOD
Follow this link to view the list of open positions for the March 9, 2021 election.

TRAIL MANAGEMENT AT STRATHAM HILL PARK
On February 12, 2020, the Town of Stratham entered into a contract with Snowhawk, LLC to create a trail assessment report for trails at Stratham Hill Park and surrounding properties. The project was a coordinated effort by the Stratham Conservation Commission and the Stratham Hill Park Association. The Stratham Parks and Recreation Department provided the staff support necessary to guide this process to completion.  On January 4th, 2021, the Stratham Select Board adopted the Trail Assessment Report. The Report provides recommendations and highlighted key areas that need to be addressed at the trail system. There are several policies that need to be formed and many decisions that need to be reached regarding the management of the trails within the Stratham Hill Trail System.  Implementation strategies for the plan are being studied and the Town will continue to work with the partners as well as the Select Board and community.  A link to the trail assessment report can be found here.

For additional information regarding the report, please feel free to contact the Parks and Recreation Director at shickey@strathamnh.gov