Opinion Pieces

Does the 511 Wallis Road Still Qualify as an RCD

Looking at all of the changes (variances, exceptions, waivers) and the current request to have all the units be much larger should this development still be considered an RCD?  Also bigger units implies more people and more traffic, what is the cumulative impact of this expanded development, Websters at Rye and all of the development […]

School Board Town Meetings

School Board June 5, 2014 Video Time stamps

Rye School Board Meeting 6/5/2014 Members attending S Marion, P Balboni, M Moody, and K Hillman Adminstrative/SAU staff and various teachers Topics indexed by time on tape Secretary’s report approval of public minutes. (min 1) Education Chief Barry  honor to be chosen as NAEP test site for Rye. (min 2) Association of Coastal Teachers contract […]

Board of Selectmen Town Meetings

RCL June 9, 2014 Board of Selectmen notes

HTML for Civic News:  RyeBOSrclNotes060914revBfinal 1.     Regionalization to be considered for fire services. 2.     Permit for Zumba lessons on the beach denied. 3.     Selectmen deny lot un-merger request from the Tuttles. 4.     Selectmen vote to recommend a fixed bridge connecting Rye and New Castle, citing a $10 million savings. Please see the bottom of the town meeting minutes for […]

Town Meetings Zoning Board of Adjustment

RCL June 4, 2014 ZBA Notes and time stamps

June 4th 2014 Meeting of ZBA Rye NH Time stamps below indicate highlights of the meeting members- Chair Jarvis, Clerk Dibble, members Crapo, Weathersbee, Hoyt. 0:08 1st case Toner 1296 Ocean Blvd Map 17.3 lot 65; remove non-conforming Building, build new; side setback 0’ 20’ needed; AC and generator 9.9’ proposed, generator 6.2’ wanted 20’ […]

Committee Mtgs Town Hall Committee

RCL May 22, 2013 THC RLC notes

Rye Town Hall Committee on May 22, 2014 Members Present:  Victor Azzi, Priscilla Jenness, Paul Goldman, Beth Yeaton, Peter White, Lucy Neiman, Mae Bradshaw, Peter Kasnet Ex-Officio Members:  Mike Magnant Others Present:  Jason LaCombe and Anthony Mento, SMP Architecture 1.  Review Updated Plans SMP passed out a new schematic plan.  In the plan, the distance […]

Board of Selectmen Town Meetings

RCL May 12th BOS Meeting notes

BOS MEETING 12 10 2012  HTML Version for the Civic News: 1.     Beach Permit issued to The Shack at Wallis Sands for stand-up paddleboard rentals.  More Detail 2.     Beach Permit application from Zumba lesson provider Viva La Dance tabled until the next meeting over concerns about noise levels.  More Detail 3.     Beach Permit for Summer Sessions modified to […]

Town Hall Committee

RCL THC May 6th meeting

  Rye Town Hall Committee Meeting on May 6, 2014 Members Present:  Victor Azzi, Craig Musselman, Priscilla Jenness, Paul Goldman, Beth Yeaton, Peter White, Lucy Neiman, and Mae Bradshaw Ex-Officio Members:  Mike Magnant and Kim Reed Others Present:  Eric Paulson, Jason LaCombe, Anthony Mento, SMP Architecture From the Public:  Peter Crawford Review of the Progress […]

Opinion Pieces

Opinion on Fire Chief – June 2014

Steven Borne asks: Since Chief Sullivan is retiring from Rye, before we hire a replacement the Town should engage in discussions with New Castle, N. Hampton, Portsmouth and Greenland about how much coverage the area needs for man-power, equipment and administration.  I would like to see ven diagrams of the coverage for the different equipment […]

Opinion Pieces

Opinion: June 2014 How much traffic is too much?

Resident Opinion (Note opinions are posted for residents are are not reviewed, discussed, approved or endorsed by the RCL). In this LTE (click here) on Webster at Rye, Steven Borne asks if the Town needs to establish what too much traffic is on our main corridors, such as Washington/Wallis/Sagamore.   At the May 7th ZBA meeting the […]

Town Meetings Zoning Board of Adjustment

RCL May 7th ZBA notes

May 2014 ZBA Meeting Members: chair Ray Jarvis, vice-chair Paul Goldman clerk Burt Dibble, Mr Mikolaites, Mr. Crapo, and alternate Mr. Hoyt. Planner Kim Reed. Minutes into tape: 001 Pledge of Allegiance 002 Intoduction of ZBA members 003 corrections to April meeting minutes talk. 006 correction amendments adopted. 007 Applications 4 and 6 continued not […]