Canaan NH: News & Events
October 14 - 21, 2016

• The Town Clerk/Tax Collector will be closed Wed, Thurs, Fri - October 19, 20, 21.
•  PAVING WILL BE DONE ON TALBERT HILL NEXT WEEK, MOST PROBABLY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THE 18TH AND 19TH. THE CREW WILL TRY TO KEEP TALBERT HILL OPEN DURING THE PAVING.
• GOOSE POND WILL ALSO BE PAVED NEXT WEEK WHERE THE JOINTS WERE GROUND UP.

The Town of Canaan is still looking for a seasonal plow truck operator to work from November 1 to April 1 with the Canaan Highway Department. 40 Hours per Week.  Ability to work under adverse weather conditions and be on call 24 hours a day. Must have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience operating plow truck, sand and salt spreader, loader, and backhoe. Must have a valid NH class "B" CDL drivers license with a good driving record. Candidate must have a High School diploma or GED equivalent and be in excellent physical condition for manual labor. Background check and physical may be required before hiring.  Compensation – Range $14.23-$17.29. No benefits.  Applications available at town office or download one here. If you have questions, please contact Mike Samson at 603-523-4501 ext. 5.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. It will be held at Canaan Hall by the race track this year.

Have you heard?

Mysteries in the Canaan Street Cemetery.

Town Truck Repairing a Car in Lebanon?

Subaru World Rally Team

NEW APPRAISALS ARE OUT

"Can you hear me now?"        

So there has been progress on a cell tower.

Petition signatures are over 700 and still growing.

Verizon has filed a notice of intent to build a new cell tower in Canaan. The notice was filed with the Planning Board this week. The tower would be be built on the hill between Fernwood Farms Road and Route 118.





The proposed location is on a hill with an elevation of 1,380 feet, which is the highest hill between Goose Pond, Canaan Lake and Cardigan Mountain. Cardigan is 3,156 feet high - or more than double the height of the proposed cell tower site. The Planning Board and the community may comment on the site and proposed tower but do not have the power to veto the site.

The height is required to reach down Route 4 towards Grafton, and reach up 118 and cover the Town on River Road and Turnpike Road as well as the Village of Canaan and the racetrack.

The Town has asked a third party to review the coverage area to assure that at least the Village and the track have coverage. If a third party analysis concludes it will not be able to serve the Village and Route 4, the Town may not be as receptive.

There is a fair amount of chatter already that the tower would be a blight to folks on Canaan Street Lake and drive down property values. John Bergeron prepared a rendering of what he thought it would look like from the Town beach. 



People living on Canaan Street can already see two towers to the west in the distance but neither of these towers serve Route 4 east of Canaan nor the Village of Canaan.

The Town has been fighting for more than six years to secure cell coverage for the Village and Route 4 and Route 118. It's needed for public safety as well as commercial activity and convenience. Finally, Verizon has listened. Everyone may comment on this proposal both pro and con but we would encourage the 700 people who were demanding cell service to support the proposal.

Comments go to:




There is talk of the Pinnacle as another option, but that site was rejected by two different tower companies as being too difficult to develop. There is talk of telling Verizon to change the location. This site was picked by telecommunications engineers. More than a dozen sites were evaluated by three companies. It is unlikely that the general public can find a better performing site. It has taken us 6 years to get any action. Verizon has never spoken directly with us. The best has been email communication. We are not optimistic that there will be direct verbal negotiation.

There are still another three sites that have been proposed by Industrial Communications and American Tower (on Grist Mill and Route 118), but to the best of the Town's knowledge, those are not yet under contract with either US Cellular or Verizon.
 

From the Police Department: 

We are asking EVERYONE in our local communities to enroll in the CODE RED program.

It is absolutely FREE. CODE RED allows us to notify you in an emergency. Your home "landline" is already enrolled, but mobile devices are not. With the increased prevalence of mobile device only homes, we need to be able to let you know if there is an emergency.

Some examples of notifications are:

DANGEROUS PERSON - STAY INSIDE
DANGEROUS PERSON - EVACUATE
FIRE DANGER - EVACUATE or PREPARE 
WATER QUALITY NOTIFICATION
POLICE ACTIVITY - BE AWARE
MISSING ADULTS and CHILDREN

These are just some of the messages that we need to be able to get to our citizens quickly. Please enroll your devices into the CODE RED system to receive our EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. Please let us know if you have any questions: 603-523-7400.

Sign up at:
https://public.coderedweb.com/cne/en-US/F4F68ACDD47F