File for Civic News:  RyeBOSrclNotes080816revBfinal Two members of last year’s Town Hall Committee pushed to have a committee of builders, engineers and architects present “valid†data to voters to avoid the circulation of “spurious†information “kicked around by non-professionals.†More Details Abatements for Sea Glass Ln. were tabled so details for each unit can be […]
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RCL Water District Meeting Notes August 2016
RCL Video: Â https://vimeo.com/177591695 Time Stamps: 0:23 elapsed: Â Representative from engineering firm, Wright Pierce reports on the status of various projects. 0:40 elapsed: Â Parsons Rd. water main replacement. 0:56 elapsed: Â Rate study (i.e. allocation of costs between taxes and water rates) 6:18 elapsed: Â Master Plan and Capital Improvement Plan. Â Pump house at Garland Well is the […]
Rye History Book: Rye’s Battle of the Century
In 1973 the NH seacoast was threatened by a proposal to build the largest oil refinery in the country on the shores of Great Bay, offload the crude on the Isles of Shoals and pipe it under Rye. This book is the first to be published on the topic, 42 years after the event, and while […]
RCL Notes of Aug 18, 2016 Conservation Meeting
RCL Notes of August 18th, 2016 Conservation Commission WETLANDS:  1.    A. Jones & Beach Engineering, 1112 Ocean Boulevard Map Location: http://tinyurl.com/hqvu5q4 Jo Coronati from Jones & Beach Engineering representing the owner explained that there is currently a concrete patio on the property and that the intent is to replace it with a new and larger […]
RCL Notes ZBA August 3 Meeting notes
7:49 elapsed: Call to order and pledge 8:44 elapsed: Approval of minutes of 7/6 meeting 13:19 elapsed: Jeffrey Marple, 51 Brackett Rd., Map 22, Lot 68-1, variance to allow single family house on lot of 13,233 sq. ft. lot where 66,000 sq. ft. is required, and to permit septic bed bottom within 4 feet of […]
Jenness Beach Bathhouse Information
Letter to Rye announcing Public Hearing: Â StateBathHouseMeetingAnnouncement083116
Zoning Amendments for 2017
Section for 22 December 2015 PB Meeting: Section of Dec 11 2015 PB Meeting Minutes
RCL June 25, 2016 Board of Selectmen meeting notes
File  for Civic News:  RyeBOSrclNotes072516revBfinal Various beach-related issues were discussed. Although there has been good weather, congestion seems to be down. Efforts to beat the bushes for lifeguards have been successful, although many will be leaving to go back to college around August 19. More Detail The contract to haul refuse from the Transfer Center […]
School Board July 15, 2016 Work shop notes
1. Â Manifest of $2.921 million approved. Â Most of this is High School tuition. Â Discussion of HS attendance and cost (Part 1, 11:52 elapsed). 2. Â Unassigned fund balance (surplus) will be up substantially this year (i.e. 2015-2016 school year), creating concern of next year’s tax rate needing to be larger in comparison (Part 1, 14:26 […]
RCL July 11, 2016 BOS Meeting notes
File for Civic News:  RyeBOSrclNotes071116revB 1. The Police and Public Works Departments were commended for arranging for removal of the whale from Foss Beach with the cost to be paid by the State. More Detail 2. An unmerger request on Big Rock Rd. was denied after lengthy legal arguments regarding whether a denied variance application […]