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Volume 23, Number 47
Friday, February 21, 2020
BOE addresses referendum results, looks to the future By Everett Bishop Town Times
approached the public with this proposal in order to secure approval to move Last week, voters rejected a forward with the closure of proposal from the Board of John Lyman Elementary Education that would allow School in Middlefield. it “to determine the proWith the proposal rejected, grams and facilities rethe board has begun conquired to serve the stustructing another plan to dents of the district, inaddress district concerns. cluding the alteration, expansion or closure of dis“There’s two basic issues trict school buildings.” that came up: obviously Due to declining enrollment and increasing costs of maintenance, RSD-13
Durham resident and author Andrea Steele. Photo courtesy of Andrea Steele
Local publishes historical thriller By Everett Bishop Town Times
For the second year, the Friends of the Durham Library will host a MiniGolf Adventure fundraiser. Last year, the event brought in more than 300 people and was profitable for the library, according to library director Christine Michaud.
“The story is about an American woman whose only surviving family member, her grandfather, who lives in Germany, has taken ill,” Steele explained. Once in Germany, the woman finds an unopened letter among her grandfather’s belongings. It’s postmarked Berlin, 1945 – the year World War II came to an end. “The Trap” is set in both the present and during the war.
Moore mentioned “a number of options” in order to push forward the district’s regionalization plan. One plan includes revising the amendment to the regionalization plan to include language that would require a referendum vote before the closure of a school. See BOE, A4
MiniGolf Challenge returns By Everett Bishop Town Times
What started as a daydream became reality for Durham resident Andrea Steele, who has self-published her first novel, “The Trap.”
one was the closure of John Lyman School and the other one was a fear …
of increased authority of the Board of Education,” said BOE chairman Bob Moore.
This March prepare to see putting greens in the Durham Public Library as par as the eye can see.
“Last year went great and it was really a ton of fun,” she said. “I’ve had one kid repeatedly asking for the last year when we would be doing it again.” Reflecting on her writing process, Steele said the hardest part was maintaining coherent timelines. See Thriller, A16
PALS hires Rick Bolton, who owns Library Mini Golf, to set up the 18 holes in the library. See Golf, A4
A band of dwarves guard the Durham Public Library's hole at last year's minigolf fundraiser. Photo courtesy of Christine Michaud