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Screamin’ Eagles finally ousted in Connecticut

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:56:00 GMT

The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles’ perfect season ended in the American Youth Football New England Regional championship game on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Meriden CT. The sixthgrade state champs were outsized and outmatched by the Bridgeport Chargers, 25-12.

Even in defeat, the team refused to succumb without a fight, battling back from an 18-0 deficit with two fourthquarter scores.

The defense prevented this game from becoming a blowout. Zack Comeau led the squad with 12 tackles. Connor Bourque added nine, and TJ Urbanik made seven stops. Sean Nicholson made five tackles, and Casey Gervais, Chris Melanson and Tim Comeau, who recovered a fumble, added four apiece.

On offense, Nate Proulx threw for 34 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Zack Comeau, who made the catch on a tipped ball.

Urbanik rushed for 94 yards, gained several first downs, and hit Connor Bourque on a 15-yard pass play in the final seconds of the game.

Bourque scored form 49 yards out on the next play from scrimmage to cap his 114-yard rushing day.

Goffstown ended its season with a sterling 11-1 mark, having outscored its foes 292- 70 entering the regional final.

Goffstown junior high team earns shutout and second straight championship

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:53:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY

The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles junior high school varsity football team has enjoyed its share of blowouts, but the Division 2 title game wasn’t one of them.

Mark Hurley didn’t mind.

“If you are just running away with the game, I guess it’s fun, but it doesn’t mean as much,” said the Goffstown head coach. “To win a smashmouth kind of game like that – where both sides really have to execute – is fantastic.”

The Eagles executed on Saturday, Nov. 21, a 14-0 win against Lowell at Bedford High School, to secure the Northeast Junior High Football League Division 2 championship.

Most of the contest was played in the middle of the field, with defense dominating throughout.

Neither team scored in the first quarter, but midway through the second frame quarterback Tom Hurley used his legs and left arm to put the Eagles in position to find the end zone.

Though the ball was snapped over the signal caller’s head, he scooped it up, avoided the Raiders’ rush and found an open Alex Duval at the 7-yard line.

“Knowing he has good blocking and multiple talented receivers, he had the confidence and composure to make that play happen,” said the coach.

Duval gave Goffstown a 6- 0 lead on the next play, and the score remained the same until late in the third quarter.

Matt Garrison led the defensive effort with three tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Chris Garrison had seven tackles, while Duval chipped in five of his own.

With 1:27 to play in the third quarter Hurley hooked up with Chris Garrison on a 27-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead, and Duval hauled in the two-point conversion from the signal-caller to account for the final score.

The team did not lose a Division 2 game; its lone setback was in overtime to Division- 1 opponent Derry.

The Screamin Eagles’ stout defense allowed 14 points in divisional play throughout the season, posting six shutouts.

“They’re extremely coachable, and we knew we had some talent,” said Hurley.

“Every team has talent, but it’s about how much they’re willing to be taught. These kids are only 13 years old, and they’re doing what you expect a high school team to do.”

Lowell and Goffstown met in the final last year as well, with the Eagles erasing a halftime deficit to come away with the victory.

This year the Eagles had several players who towered over their Raider opponents, a luxury they didn’t have with a smaller squad last year.

“It’s about the entire team and what you can do as a group,” said Hurley. “This team here really bit into that. Other teams have one guy who’s really good, and they say, ‘I hope he can do it.’ Then when he can’t, they’re in trouble. “It should be more about everyone working together for that other guy,” added the coach, “and that’s what separated us from other teams.”

Boat business dispute sails away from owner

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:49:00 GMT

BY DAN O’BRIEN

The battle over an illegally operated Danis Park Road boat business has sailed in a favorable direction for concerned neighbors.

After an unusual urging by the Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Board of Adjustment reversed an earlier decision Nov. 10 saying property owner Scott Buckland could not operate a boat repair business at his residence.

The Zoning Board voted Aug. 4 to allow the business to operate after Buckland said his late father-in-law, Aiden Roy, who previously owned the property, was grandfathered past a March 1961 zoning regulation that placed the property in a residential zone. He said a business had been operating on the property before then and in the decades since.

However, since that claim was made, Buckland’s neighbors handed zoning code enforcement officer Derek Horne a sworn affidavit from a previous property owner saying no business had operated on the property in the 1990s. The property was subdivided in 1992.

Horne was also contacted by Roy’s son, Bedford Town Councilor Paul Roy, who adamantly denied that his father ever operated a business on the property.

“What I am concerned about is the fact that my father was portrayed as someone who was involved in something known to him to be illegal,” Roy said. “My father was a God-fearing, law-abiding man who prided himself on integrity.”

While trying to determine the truth of the matter, town officials discovered sparse documentation of business operations on the property, and said there was no documentation a business operated at the site before March 1961. Buckland denied that assertion.

The Zoning Board held a re-hearing on the issue Nov. 3 after it was requested by selectmen and Horne. They voted on the matter after a lengthy discussion during a special meeting Nov. 10 and ruled there was no evidence Buckland’s property was grandfathered past the current zoning ordinance.

Buckland has until Dec. 10 to file for a variance and is not allowed to operate his business from the property. Horne said last week that Buckland has not notified him about filing the waiver.

Medvil: Residents knew hike was coming

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

BY HENRY METZ

It’s never too late to cut costs.

That’s the feeling of Don Morin and Noel Taylor, two friends who live in the Medvil Cooperative community of homes off Goffstown Back Road, where residents earlier this month approved a budget that will increase rents to $455 a month for association members and $660 a month for residents who are not members of the cooperative.

“When we got the annual budget packet, I just felt as though the increases in there were more than what was necessary to operate this place,” said Morin, as he and his longtime fishing buddy, Taylor, sipped coffee at Morin’s kitchen table last week. “I offered suggestions on what they could do to keep rents down, but no one on the board seemed too interested in it.”

As it stands now, the typical monthly rent paid by association members can range anywhere from $250 to $405. Depending on an individual’s circumstances, rents could increase anywhere from 12 to 82 percent next spring.

The increases are expected to take effect in April.

Kim Capen, president of the Medvil Cooperative Board of Directors, said the adjustment in the rates should come as no surprise to residents.

“One of the problems is that some of the people in the community have lost sight of the fact that our purchase requirements dictated that this day would come,” he said.

What’s more, he believes that despite what others say, the Medvil board has aggressively explored ways to reduce expenditures.

“There’s no limit to what we want to explore to cut costs. I think all the boards have been open to that idea, but we’ve been in a very, very tough economic climate,” Capen said. “We have people constantly looking at ideas.”

In 2006, residents of two subdivisions --- Medford Farms and The Village of Glen Falls --- formed the Medvil Cooperative, which bought the community of roughly 300 mobile homes and double-wide manufactured homes from the Kilmartin-Marino family for $11.3 million. Today, the cooperative is run by a nine-member board of directors elected by the cooperative’s members.

Under the 2006 purchase agreement, Morin said, it was made clear to residents that they would face a $15-a-month increase in their rents the first year, $15-a-month increase in their rents the second year, followed by 6 percent increases in each of the following two years.

At various times prior to the cooperative’s annual meeting on Nov. 14, Morin had proposed forming committees to look into ways to cut costs.

The way he sees it, three committees could look into the following: reducing operational costs, refinancing the mobile home park, and looking into obtaining relief from the town in the way of tax abatements.

“Nobody has said we have all the answers,” said Taylor. “But if you don’t ask the questions, how do you know what kind of answers we’ll get.”

For Morin and Taylor, looking to cut costs should be an ongoing process. And despite what everybody says about the current state of the economy, they see this recession as an opportunity for the cooperative.

“If you can reduce costs 5 or 6 percent, that’s big savings. You’ve got to look further; you’ve got to keep looking,” said Morin. “We have two mortgages – one 6.5 percent; the other 8 percent. Why can’t we get a lower rate? Right now, mortgage money’s cheap. Why wouldn’t you at least try?”

One area in particular Taylor would like to see explored is tax relief from the town. “We don’t get anything from the town -- no plowing, no trash or recycling pickup. We have our own septic for sewage,” said Taylor. “If I go in to the selectmen as the president of the cooperative, now I go in representing over 400 people – 400 votes.”

Morin said while the board had asked its management company, Evergreen Management, to inquire at town hall about tax relief for the cooperative, the board was apparently told by the tax assessor’s office that the property was assessed at a rate “of 300 individual homes instead of as one cooperative or corporation.” The result, he said, “was that we went up $330,000 on our taxes.”

“I guess I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t go further; why you wouldn’t go over the assessor’s head?” said Morin. “Why wouldn’t you go to the selectmen and try and get some relief?”

Homes in the development are available for purchase in the $50,000 to $70,000 range. In addition to paying mortgages on individual structures, residents of Medford Farms and The Village of Glen Falls also pay rent on the portions of land where their homes sit.

Eagles middle-schoolers one win from another title

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:36:00 GMT

The Goffstown Screamin’ Eagles middle school football team plays for its third championship in four years following a convincing 28-8 win against the Manchester Bears on Sunday, Nov. 15.

The locals face Lowell, Mass., at Bedford High School on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m.

Goffstown once again started quickly, with Alex Duval capping the opening drive with an 11-yard touchdown.

After the Bears answered immediately, the Eagles’ defense shut them down. Charlie Hunt and Chris Garrison led the group with six tackles apiece, followed by Nathan Eldred, Ty Lazzari and Kyle Indingaro with five each. Ben Genest, Matt Garrison, Dylan Schlange and Dylan Sherwood all added three tackles.

Among the big plays were Chris Garrison’s 38-yard touchdown run and Indingaro’s 30- yard TD jaunt. Lazzari added a 2-yard scoring run. Indingaro rushed for more than 100 yards.

Goffstown’s junior varsity middle-schoolers also beat Manchester, 22-6, behind fine play from Nick McCallum, Ryan Pinard, Matt Collins, Christian Marque and many others.

ADs say divisional format brings more flexibility to schools

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY

When the next fall sports season arrives, expect a change in the landscape of New Hampshire athletics.

Beginning with the 2010- 11 fall schedule, all sports will use the divisional format, including the possibility of petitioning up or down. The change, according to athletics directors, provides more choice for schools.

Some sports, including volleyball and hockey, are already broken up into divisions, but most use the class system – L, I, M and S. Under the new system, teams line up in Division I, II, III or IV, depending on enrollment numbers.

If a school is particularly dominant – or overmatched – in one sport, administrators can petition to move that team up or down a division without affecting other varsity teams.

“Everything we do is about trying to promote equity and fair competition,” said R. Patrick Corbin, executive director of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association.

“There will be periods where a school is good for three or four years, but you have other schools that it’s just no competition for them where they were.”

Some ups and downs
One example of a team ready to move is the Derryfield School tennis team, which routinely dominates Class S. In the past, if the Cougars wanted to move up in class, all Derryfield teams would have been forced to do the same.

Now DS has petitioned to move its tennis program into Division I, and in spring 2011 faces teams previously in Class L.

A school at the opposite end of the spectrum is Manchester West, which has struggled just to field teams following the departure of Bedford students.

The Blue Knights move to Division II in some sports while working to increase interest in their teams.

Still, the majority of teams face the same competition they have in the past.

“We’re staying right where we are,” said Suzanne Klink, Pembroke Academy athletics director. “We saw that there were a few question marks, one with field hockey, but I feel like they are on track. We’re looking better. We’re moving in the right direction.”

The biggest controversy with the realignment has come out of Bishop Guertin, a school currently playing football at the Division II level.

Guertin has dominated the division in recent years, and many expected the Cardinals to ask the football committee to move them into Division I.

Instead, the Cardinals elected to stay in their current spot, despite frequently winning matchups with D-I foes when playing inter-divisional games.

“There’s no question most people anticipated they would petition up because of their dominance at Division II, and quite frankly they’d probably be dominant in Division I,” said Corbin. “People were surprised – and some disappointed – they didn’t petition up.”

Since entering its original plan, Guertin administrators asked to be moved up a division but were told it was too late.

Class L Salem High School would have been one of the teams awaiting Bishop Guertin’s arrival at the D-I level.

“There was some talk about them coming up, and I think it would have been a great move,” said Dave Rozumek, SHS athletics director. “Do I believe they could be successful in Division I? Absolutely.”

Travel plans
Most Windham High School’s teams won’t face varsity competition until next year, and athletics director Bill Raycraft is preparing to enter at Division II next fall.

“Our plan is to come in at Division II and get our feet wet at the varsity level,” he said. “It’ll allow us to have some flexibility to move up in sports we feel are ready for it.

“The unknown is the hardest part,” he continued. “We have a good idea how many students we have, but we can’t predict the type of talent we’ll have. That’s why we want to go in where our numbers put us and reevaluate.”

Mark Searles, John Stark’s AD, said he believes the plan is a positive move for the state.

“Teams that struggle, it could help their program build back up,” he said. “I’d hope that most schools will find themselves in a better situation to play up where the numbers tell them to. Overall, I think the flexibility is a very good thing, being able to move one team without impacting your entire athletic program.”

The only drawback Searles sees involves baseball and softball. At many schools, those two teams travel to away games together; moving one into a different division than its counterpart could lead to scheduling difficulties.

Corbin said schools certainly must consider this factor before petitioning for a change.

‘Change is good’
Bedford High School plans to compete at the Division- II level, with the exception of swimming and alpine skiing; both are set to face Division-I teams.

Athletics director Bill Whitmore was happy with the NHIAA’s willingness to adjust its current setup.

“I think it’s healthy for the state,” said Whitmore, in his first year with the Bulldogs. “Change is good. Where in the past we’d have to declare every program, now we can pick and choose teams who may need a little bit more time to come around.”

Some schools can face nearby opponents whom they were previously unable to play. Hopkinton and Bow, for example, have hosted some contentious games in the past.

“To have more local rivalry and more local teams in the division with us, I think it’s really exciting,” said Scott Zipke, who mentors Hopkinton boys soccer’s four-time defending champions. “Certainly it’s always a good thing to have some shorter bus rides.”

Bow’s athletics director, Jim Kaufman, said while Bow does lose competition with some local teams by switching divisions, he looks forward to again taking on Hopkinton.

“That was a healthy and unhealthy rivalry years back,” he said. “They’ll give us all that we can handle. Playing Hopkinton should be a good thing, as long as the public doesn’t get too intense as it did years ago.”

Wherever teams decide to play beginning next year, they must remain there for a minimum of two years.

For the next scheduling cycle that begins in fall 2012, committees will analyze win/ loss records before recommending where schools should play.

The Falcons land in Division III in every sport other than field hockey and golf, which play at Division II.

“The last two cycles we had petitioned up. We did well at first, but since then we’ve drifted into the middle of the pack,” said Kaufman. “Coaches were split on their opinions, and I had a lot of conversations about this. Division III certainly isn’t the old Class M we dominated at the end of our time there.”

Goffstown quick to answer Mass. size; locals one win from nationals

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:27:00 GMT

BY MATT SCHOOLEY

Good things do indeed come in small packages. Especially when it’s a blitz package.

The Goffstown sixth-grade football team was severely outsized in its Northeast regional semifinal contest against Massachusetts foe Milford, but the Screamin’ Eagles proved they weren’t going to be outworked.

On Saturday, Nov. 14, the locals moved within one win of a trip to the American Youth Football National Championship Week in Kissimmee, Fla., following a 40-13 victory at Bedford High School.

“They had a center who was 200 pounds, and we have some kids who are 75 pounds,” said head coach Geoff Hubbard. “They got the ball, and when they started marching on us, they were doing it at will. The first few minutes of the game I was very nervous that we were going to get creamed – badly.”

Hubbard and his coaching staff made critical adjustments after Milford scored a touchdown on its opening drive.

The Screamin’ Eagles began to stunt and blitz with more regularity and relied on a six-man front to quell the opponent’s rushing attack.

Zack Comeau and Casey Gervais led the aggressive defense with 13 and 12 tackles, respectively, while Chris Melanson and Andrew Biron pounced on a fumble each and combined for eight tackles.

“While they were bigger than we were, they weren’t quicker,” said Hubbard. “We were able to take advantage of that and get past them. We have the best overall defense that I have ever seen in a youth group.”

Goffstown’s offense wasn’t too shabby either, led by TJ Urbanik, who amassed 160 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and Connor Bourque, who found the end zone twice to complement an interception on defense.

The New England Regional Championship is Saturday, Nov. 21, in Meriden, Conn., against another large opponent, Bridgeport, Conn.

Hubbard said he plans on using his team’s experience against Milford to prepare for his final New England combatant.

“Moving forward against Connecticut, they can’t be as fast as us, and that plays into our strengths again,” said Hubbard. “Our kids have shown they can battle against big teams. Our biggest asset is that our kids are stronger than the average team, and they’re super fast.”

Damian Jackson added to the ground attack for Goffstown, darting in for a 42-yard score and piling up six tackles in the blowout.

The Goffstown mentor said he now knows no team can blow out his Screamin’ Eagles, and he’s been surprised at the strength of the team’s mental makeup.

“They have certain things you can’t coach,” said Hubbard. “If we’re down by a score, they don’t let it faze them. They realize we’re a good enough team that we can score a couple quickly, so they don’t get rattled. I don’t think I have ever seen a group as poised as these guys.”

New equipment added to Goffstown skateboard park

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:21:00 GMT

BY SARAH LEBRUN

Thanks to numerous donations, three new pieces have been added to the Goffstown skateboard park.

According to Goffstown Recreation director Dave French, nearly $4,000 in donations was received for some new stairs, a rail and a bench.

And on Saturday, Nov. 14, despite heavy rain, members of the Goffstown High School baseball team and skateboard enthusiasts gathered to install the new skateboard park equipment.

“This was a great opportunity for teens to get together for a worthwhile cause to do something positive for the community,” said recreation director Dave French.

The Friends of Recreation donated $1,000 to the cause. The rest of the money was received through memorial donations, as requested by the family of Nicholas Hamel, a 20-year-old Goffstown resident who died in August.

Hamel was an avid skateboarder and a player with both Goffstown Junior Baseball and Babe Ruth.

Tom Sousa of Sousa Signs has also donated a sign in memory of Hamel to display in the skateboard park.

Communities gear up to help those in need

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT

BY SUZANNE D’AMATO

To those of us who live in the Granite State, it’s no surprise that small-town folks have big hearts.

With the holiday season almost here, the familiar requests for monetary donations and drives for items of all kinds are being made.

The following are just a few examples of how generous donations of money, time and items from the kindness of strangers will touch the lives of friends and neighbors in need in our communities and provide them with some of the basic necessities of life, such as food, shelter, warmth and companionship.

Located in the parish house of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, the Goffstown Network Food Pantry (see box) is one of many organizations helping the Goffstown community satisfy the most basic of human needs – hunger -- at holiday time and all year long.

“Our goal is to offer one week’s worth of groceries for each person in our clients’ households. We accept donations of just about anything that’s nonperishable,” said David Greiner, president of the pantry, which was established in 1990.

Cans of fruits, vegetables, soups and tuna fish; bags of dried beans; boxes of pasta and macaroni and cheese; paper goods; and other staples line the pantry’s shelves and are depleted almost as soon as they arrive.

“Right now, canned soups are our most-needed item. We also need donations of personal- care items, such as shampoo and toothpaste, because our clients cannot use food stamps to purchase nonfood items,” Greiner said.

Additionally, the pantry sponsors Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday programs for its clients. This year, on Nov. 20 and 21, in preparation for Thanksgiving, and on Dec. 17 and 18, in preparation for Christmas, the pantry’s volunteers prepare and distribute to its clients gift boxes that contain the food and other items necessary to make traditional holiday dinners and, hopefully, a little holiday cheer.

To help fund the pantry’s efforts, the pantry receives a percentage of the sales made next door at The Community Clothing Center, a used-clothing store. St. Matthew’s also uses some of the clothing-sales money to pay its bills. Any remaining funds are deposited into the Goffstown Clergy Association, a crisis fund set up by Goffstown’s pastors to help people in need.

Less than 5 miles away, the food pantry at the Goffstown Harvest Christian Church has been open to help feed the hungry for the past eight years.

A new customer who recently came to the pantry to ask for assistance particularly stands out in the memory of Gerry St. Jean, who is the administrator of the church and oversees the food pantry.

“One morning, a woman with five of her children showed up at the food pantry and said that she had three more children at home who were sick,” St. Jean said.

“She’d said she was in dire need of food but couldn’t come to the food pantry for the past two weeks because she had no money.”

The pantry buys and sells certain foods at discounted prices to customers to keep running the food pantry, and it also gives away food to those customers who can’t pay.

St. Jean told her that all she had to do to receive help was to notify the pantry of her needs, and then he gave the woman free of charge lots of pastries, breads, meats, vegetables and fruits for her family.

“We ended up blessing her and her family tremendously,” St. Jean said.

Where to find or give help

Goffstown Harvest Christian Church – 542 Mast Road, Goffstown; 641-5993; www.ghonline.org.
Hours: Saturdays, 9 to 11 a.m.
Items most needed: turkeys for Thanksgiving and hams for Christmas plus other nonperishable holiday – dinner staples, such as canned vegetables and cranberry sauce, stuffing mixes, pie crusts, etc. For monetary donations, make checks payable to “Goffstown Harvest Christian Church Food Pantry” and mail it to the church. Donations of food items can be made when the church is open each week from Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call the church to make arrangements for after-hours drop-off.

• Goffstown Network Food Pantry – Located in the St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church parish house, 7 North Mast St., Goffstown; 497-3433.
Hours: Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon, all year long.
Items most needed: canned soups and personal-care items (shampoo, toothpaste, etc.) For monetary donations, checks payable to “Goffstown Network” can be mailed to the Goffstown Network at P.O. Box 603, Goffstown, NH 03045. When the pantry is open, donations of food and personal care items can be dropped off any time inside the front doors of the church or, when the pantry is open, at its location at St. Matthew’s parish house on 7 North Mast St.

• Weare Food Pantry – Located at Weare Middle School, 16 East St., Weare; 529-0320
Hours: Wednesdays, 5 to 7 p.m.
Monetary donations can be made out to Weare Food Pantry, c/o 39 Maplewold Road Weare, NH 03281.

• Wood for Warmth – Sean Powers Wood Bank, Hopkinton Transfer Station; 746-5729; www.woodforwarmth.com
Hours: Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m.
Firewood for low-income families needing to keep warm. If you need access to firewood, contact the Hopkinton human services director at the number above. Donations of burnable hardwood in 16-inch lengths can be dropped off at the transfer station, or contact Mary at woodforwarmth@hotmail.com.

Rent hike: Medvil residents face large increase

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT

BY SARAH LEBRUN

Residents of the Medvil Cooperative in Goffstown can expect their rent to increase 12 to 82 percent next year.

At the cooperative’s annual meeting at Maple Avenue Elementary School on Nov. 14, residents approved a budget that would increase the rent of association members to $455 per month as of April 11. Nonmembers will be charged $660.

For members who are currently paying $250 per month, this is an 82 percent increase.

“Some of our residents cannot afford this,” said Medvil member Donald Morin.

Morin said at an informational meeting hosted by the Medvil Board of Directors in October, some residents got up in tears, saying they would not be able to eat, heat their homes or feed their animals.

“For some people, this is their last stop in life,” said Morin. “They have nowhere else to go.”

Residents of Medvil pay rent for the property on which their home sits, in addition to a possible mortgage.

Morin, 73, currently pays $319 per month for rent. Though retired, he said he will be able to afford the increase.

According to a copy of the Medvil Cooperative 2010 Budget Overview, if the budget had been voted down, the cooperative would have been in default of its loan with Citizen’s Bank.

“We were in default for 2008, and were fined $1,000,” the overview stated. “We expect to be in default for 2009.”

Morin said the previous owners of the park also made an appearance at the meeting, but were escorted out of the building by a police officer before getting the chance to speak.

“Everybody kept yelling, ‘Out, out, out, out, out,’” said Morin.

The previous owners still own six homes in the park and are grandfathered in to paying $350 per month for rent until they sell the properties. This was a condition of selling the park to residents in 2006.

The Board of Directors could not be reached for comment as of press time.