Category Archives: Town Politics

We all know the importance that the Friends of Brewster Hall place on historic preservation.  It’s the centerpiece of their vision of community.  It’s a valid point of view and deserving of consideration by others who may feel differently about … Continue reading →

So regular readers of the blog may be wondering when I’m going to get around to talking about the Town Hall project.  Seems like there’s an article in the paper every week that regurgitates what has been announced at the … Continue reading →

Some of you may recall the activity in the Fall when the residents of Winnipesaukee Drive petitioned the Board of Selectmen to lay out their road with the intent of getting it repaired and accepted as a town road.  At … Continue reading →

With the results of Tuesday’s election, we end the era of standoff on restoration of Brewster Hall.  The Friends of Town Hall, to their credit, prevailed by 45 votes to secure a 62.5% approval of their $4 million restoration plan. … Continue reading →

Years ago, when I was a scout at summer camp, I can recall going down to the well to get a bucket of water.  The well had an old hand pump and a small bucket beside it containing a couple … Continue reading →

The other morning as I was getting my mail downtown, and a woman handed me a flyer concerning the town hall issue: Ms. Amatuci has advanced alternative plans in the past, and the last one featured the Library campus as … Continue reading →

In the interest of being perfectly clear on this Brewster Hall roof issue, I want to point out that the warnings about the integrity of the roof come first hand from credentialed professionals who were hired by the town and … Continue reading →

Well, not the whole sky, but if a couple of professionals are to be believed, the roof of Brewster Hall is about to fall. I’ve resisted sensationalizing this issue, instead making discrete inquiries to the town, asking that they get … Continue reading →

Here in the middle of a February cold snap, with the Olympics set to start today, you may wonder if I mean THINK SNOW!.  Well, that too, but I really want to emphasize how you can’t just think no, you … Continue reading →

As expected, the discourse surrounding the Friends latest boondoggle has gravitated back to the “parking” issue.  You’ll recall that when the previous article failed three years ago, the newspaper declared, without offering a shred of evidence, that it was due … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago, our Parks and Rec department was trying to get some traction with an idea for a combination community center/senior center on the site of the current community center. It would have walked out to the … Continue reading →

All the ducks were in a row at the BOS public hearing Wednesday.  All the active members of the Friends were there with well rehearsed and choreographed presentations.  One talked about the tourist expectations, another their version of past referendums, … Continue reading →

Last night’s BOS meeting was dominated by the roll-out of the Friends’ plan to finally git ‘er done at Brewster Hall in the form of a public hearing that is required by law for bonded projects over $100K.  They started … Continue reading →

They were packin’ em’ in at the library last night, and the meeting was delayed at the start as the Selectmen were meeting elsewhere with their town-council before the meeting. The big crowd was caused by a confluence of two … Continue reading →

I thought I’d just stick with the obvious facts in my most recent letter to the Editor (Management by Crisis Oct 31).  It’s hard to imagine that the Editor spent any time at all trying to verify anything before

Sadly, Mr. Hughes is living in the past thinking I’m still part of TOCAG and that my objective is to build new Town Offices. He seems oblivious that TOCAG was disbanded more than four years ago after accomplishing all that … Continue reading →

In his lecture last week, the Editor told us to look at Wakefield as a model of what is possible in Wolfeboro with a public/private partnership. Excellent advice! Wakefield is about half the size of Wolfeboro in terms of property … Continue reading →

That pretty much sums up the Grunter’s strategy in defending my factual rebuttal of their recent editorial.  The Editor had claimed that the UNH survey showed that a majority of voters were in favor of restoring Brewster Hall.  I came … Continue reading →

Those opposed to doing anything to improve Brewster Memorial Hall, Wolfeboro’s Town Hall, are back at it again. They won’t settle for anything because that would be less than their dream of everything – spending millions of taxpayer dollars to … Continue reading →