October 17th Special Edition Select Board Newsletter

Dear Stratham Residents,
Please read below for timely and important information we wanted to send out in a special edition newsletter.  Read below for an important Community Awareness Event sponsored by Lights 4 Lives, more details about this weekend’s Household Hazardous Waste Day (Saturday the 19th), and a Master Plan process update. See you at Family Fun Day in Stratham Hill Park from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. this coming Saturday. 

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

LIGHTS 4 LIVES COMMUNITY AWARENESS EVENT OCT. 23RD
Attached please find a flier for an upcoming event that Lights 4 Lives is hosting. It’s a Community Awareness event to be held next Wednesday, October 23 at 7 pm at the Fire Station. This event will feature several parents of families who have personal experience with a childhood disease and how that affects and impacts their lives – from the physiological aspects for the child, to how it affects the rest of the family and siblings, to managing in school and in the community. By holding this event, Lights 4 Lives hope to raise more awareness in our community of some of the difficulties some families endure - but also their triumphs and how we as a community can work together to support each other.  Lights 4 Lives is a program of the Stratham Volunteer Fire Department Association For more information, please see the event flier or visit https://www.strathamlightsforlives.com/.

PUBLIC HEARING ON MASTER PLAN HELD OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 20TH
Last evening, the Planning Board opened the public hearing on the proposed draft Master Plan.  During the discussion, staff relayed various suggested improvements and edits submitted by the public that clarified content and added to the Plan’s readability; the Board made similar improvements as did members of the public recognized during the hearing.  While no substantive directional or strategic changes were proposed, the Board decided to hold open the public hearing and reconvene it at the Board’s meeting on November 20th to allow for refinements to be completed and redistributed in a new draft.  The latest plan reviewed by the Board is still available at www.strathamplan.com.  A new revised draft Plan will be available on the same website early in the week of November 4th.   

Many thanks are due to the community members who have worked extensively to ensure a useful and relevant Master Plan for the Town through participation on Master Plan Steering Committee; participation in the various forums, surveys, and outreach events associated with the Plans’ development; review Plan sections by Boards and Commissions, and through copy editing by those wanting to ensure all of the hard work and time the community has invested is reflected in the end product. Thank you!

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY
The Town of Stratham collaborates regionally to offer a safe and responsible way to dispose of household wastes best diverted from the waste stream.  The 2019 Household Hazardous Waste Collection day will be this coming Saturday, October 19th from 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Please bring your household hazardous waste to the Exeter Public Works Garage located at 13 Newfields Road (NH Route 85), Exeter.  Please note, due to construction NH Route 85 is ONE WAY only inbound from exit 10 (off NH Route 101):

Examples of waste that can be processed include….

From your house: Rechargeable batteries, metal polish, photo chemicals, drain & oven cleaners, furniture polish, compact fluorescent light bulbs*, and mercury thermometers *4’ fluorescent bulbs (additional charge)

From your shed: Pesticides, insect sprays, rodent killers, pool chemicals, muriatic acid, no-pest strips, lead sinkers, flashing, and creosote

From your garage: Motor oil, auto batteries, antifreeze, wax & polish, brake fluid, engine degreasers, asbestos (wetted and double bagged), and carburetor cleaner

From your workbench: Rust remover, wood preservatives, mercury, paint thinners, oil-based paints, solvents, degreasers

For more information, please go to: https://www.strathamnh.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif5051/f/uploads/hhw_flyer2....