MARCH2023

BRISTOL • BRIDGEWATER • ALEXANDRIA • HEBRON • PLYMOUTH
2023 VOL. 3. NO. 3
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Alexandria Joins the Ranks of More than 300 Recovery - Friendly Workplaces
By Donna RhoDes
ALEXANDRIA – Dave Mara and Eliza Zarka of N.H. Gov. John Sununu’s office trav- eled from Concord to Alexan- dria last week to congratulate the town on being one of more than 300 towns and businesses that have signed on to become a Recovery Friendly Workplace.
Mara is the Governor’s Advi- sor on Addiction and Behavioral Health, while Zarka is the Behav- ioral Health Coordinator, and together they work to promote statewide assistance in helping people recover from substance abuse and become meaningful members of their community once again.
The two partners in this cam- paign, which began in 2018, were
RECOVERY
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By BRittany amalfi
The Loon Preservation Committee continued to do no- table work these past few weeks with seven trapped loons. With the lakes finally freezing over due to the extreme tempera- tures we saw last month, the Loon Preservation Committee knew that there were going to be some rescues on the hori- zon. And thanks to them, among many other hardwork- ing professionals, several loons were saved.
There was one loon found on Newfound Lake and six others found on Lake Winni- pesaukee, totaling seven loons that were in need of rescue. I had the opportunity to speak with Caroline Hughes, a biol- ogist on the Loon Preservation Committee, and she said, “It’s been so warm, but as soon as we heard that we were going to get a cold snap, we proactively kept an eye on the lakes.” She informed me that cold snaps tend to catch loons off guard, and they might not be able
Loon Liberation
LPC Senior Biologist John Cooley, and Wildlife Rehabilitator Maria Colby of Wings of the Dawn Photo by The Loon Preservation Committee
to take off into flight from the lakes. And people in the area had reported seeing loons on Newfound Lake, so the preser- vation committee stayed on top of things as best as they could.
They also watched the condi- tions on the ice cams, worked with the Lakes Region Asso- ciation, and checked the lakes when they could.
“In recent years, the lakes
tend to stay open longer, so winter rescues have been more common,” Hughes told me. They ended up finding the six
LOONS
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