Help wanted

MILFORD – The Milford welfare office is looking for two or three residents to volunteer on the social services warrant article committee. The committee will evaluate agencies working for the people of Milford and who have applied for funding. It will evaluate each proposal and recommend to selectmen a list of agencies and the amount of each award. Anyone interested in this group, can contact Susan Drew, Milford Welfare Director at 249-0672, or sdrew@milford.nh.gov. The first meeting is planned for Tuesday, Aug. 29.

New Souhegan dean?

AMHERST – The identity of the new dean of students for Souhegan Cooperative High School will apparently have to wait until September.

Superintendent Peter Warburton named the three finalists during a June 29 school board meeting.

They are Jon Barry, a special education teacher at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford; Kelly Driscoll, an assistant principal at North Andover High School in Massachusetts; and Michael Whaland, assistant principal of Lancaster Elementary School.

The school board has to approve the appointment, and it did not meet in July, and the next meeting is Sept. 7.

The school’s former dean, Peter Gagnon, recently submitted his resignation. Gagnon, 37, of Pelham, was arrested April 26 at a Salisbury, Mass., strip club and charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after management called police.

Pond improvement

MONT VERNON – Dredging of Carleton Pond will start in September, Jay Wilson, of the town conservation commission, told the selectmen recently. Landscaping will wait until next year, he said.

Voters in March approved the addition of $15,000 to a capital reserve fund to improve the pond, and at town meeting it was said there is about $66,000 for the project, including donations.

Plans also call for improving drainage, building a retaining wall, replacing a fire hydrant and installing a new culvert. Last dredged in the 1970s, it is only about 4 feet deep, and the shallow water encourages algae blooms. The pond is used for recreation – ice skating and the annual fishing derby – and fire protection and is a conservation area.

Several years ago it drew national attention to this tiny town when residents pushed to change its name from Jew Pond. It was officially changed to Carleton Pond in 2012, in honor of one of the town’s founding families.

Theft charges

MERRIMACK – A Milford man was charged with theft and forgery after he turned himself in to Merrimack Police Aug. 2.

Police say a warrant for the arrest of Jeffrey Heaps, 41, of 15 Powers St. Milford, stemmed from a complaint filed by a local business last September saying that Heaps had taken items from the company and also forged the signature of a customer in order to conduct a fraudulent return.

Heaps was charged with theft by unauthorized taking, theft by deception and forgery. He was released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail and scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 7 in the 9th Circuit Court in Merrimack.

Brick project

MONT VERNON – Boy Scout Wade Landrum is leading a commemorative brick project to honor those who have served in the military. The bricks will be installed in a paved walkway to the Mont Vernon War Memorial and sold for $50 each.

Wade is building the veterans’ walkway as part of his Eagle Scout service leadership project and selectmen have approved the fundraising. During Phase I of the project, bricks must honor current or past residents of Mont Vernon only and will include the name, branch of service and dates of service. Contact Wade at WLandrum107@gmail.com.

– Kathy Cleveland