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Friday, February 8, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 6
South Span of memorial Bridge arrives By Larry Favinger Contributing Writer KITTerY – The Memorial Bridge linking Portsmouth to Badger’s Island in Kittery, Maine, is scheduled to open this summer, according to a spokesperson for the contractor. A large crowd of onlookers was on hand recently to watch as the south span of the new threepiece structure was floated down the Piscataqua River from the New Hampshire State Pier and put into place on the Portsmouth side of the river that separates Maine and New Hampshire. The Maine span is scheduled to be put into place in March. The center or lift section of the bridge that carries Route 1 between the two states is sched-
(photo courtesy of www.memorialbridgeproject.com)
uled for installation sometime in June. The bridge is slated to open to traffic in early July but the
project will not be fully completed until later in the year, said Carol Morris of Morris Communications, the spokesperson for
Archer Western Contractors, in a telephone interview. Once the bridge is open to traffic, she said, additional work
on the approaches and landscaping will be completed. There is an ongoing citizens’ effort to have the bridge lighted but the two states are not involved in that process. Bill Boynton, a spokesman for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, said the department is “pleased” with this “very major project,” noting there is an “aggressive timeline” for its completion. The states of New Hampshire and Maine are equally sharing the cost of the $80 million-plus project but New Hampshire is responsible for the work with the contractor, “making sure everything is on track,” Morris said. Boynton said the putting See BRIDGE page 9...
uSPS announces New area residents Support Growth delivery Schedule efforts at Haitian School Six Days of Package Delivery, Five Days of Mail Delivery
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YOrK – Brian Lenzi of Barrington, N.H., has built structures in farflung locales the world over as a commander in the Air National Guard. So he’s thinking that Haiti will not be much different. But the next few weeks will be telling as Lenzi, now retired, and Paul Salacain of York and a member of the York Rotary Club, explore the challenges and possibilities of building a guesthouse on the grounds of a school in Haiti. Lenzi and Salacain will be traveling to rural northern Haiti, as part of a growing number of Seacoast area residents involved with trying to create and now sustain the Eben Ezer School in Milot, Haiti. “The exciting part of this project is that we are looking at ways to help the school and its students be self-sufficient,” said Salacain, who also visited Milot in 2010 after the York Rotary donated a generator to the school. “We are on the cutting edge of both eco-tourism and sustain-
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Paul Salacain in Haiti (courtesy photo)
able development.” While income at the guesthouse will help the school, the students and their school will also be a unique draw for travelers who enjoy being part of and contributing to the local culture. The school grew from 35 students in 2007 to more than 300 students, which was possible only because of schools, Rotaries
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and families in York County and Seacoast N.H. Now, this community may make it possible for this school in rural Haiti to become economically sustainable, and a model for other similar projects. Lenzi, who was a commander of the engineer squadSee HAITI page 5...
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