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2023 Town Report
SUGAR HILL 24TH ANNUAL
JULY 4 POTLUCK
Sugar Hill residents, and their guests, are invited to the 24th Annual July 4th Sugar Hill Potluck Dinner on Thursday, July 4th, 2024, at the Carolina Crapo Town Building, beginning at 6:30 p.m., with fireworks at dark. Potluck is rain or shine … fireworks are weather permitting.
Please bring a main dish or salad, serving utensils & your own beverages. It would be greatly appreciated if you would collect your dishes and utensils prior to the fireworks.
There is limited seating so remember your picnic blankets or lawn chairs!
SUGAR HILL CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Resource for Sugar Hill Residents about Sugar Hill’s Watershed
In May 2024, a group of environmental science and policy students at Plymouth State College presented their work on the Tri-Town Water Sources for Easton, Franconia and Sugar Hill. Chris Nicodemis of the Franconia Conservation Commission, Linda Hansen of the Easton Conservation Commission and Charlie Wolcott of the Sugar Hill Conservation Commission worked with the students and Professor Amy Villamanga on this valuable web-accessible resource. The resource is available online through this link:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/31f3edb4298744b78b2ec9db0b7756da
From the website: “The intent of this website is to provide Tri-Town residents with information on the impact of their daily activities on water resources. The Tri-Town Valley is a headwaters watershed, meaning that all the water we have originated within this watershed. …As people gain knowledge about the hydrology of the Tri-Town Valley, they can better understand how to protect water resources (quality and availability) and its surrounding environment. Watershed management involves monitoring, public participation, planning and restoration. Community education and engagement in watershed management plays a crucial role in informing local decision making as well as in preserving and protecting our shared water resources.”
The Sugar Hill Conservation Committee is enthusiastic to share this interactive and informative website. The Committee encourages all Sugar Hill residents to explore the website to learn more about our water resources. Please feel free to contact the Committee with any questions or concerns.
COMMUNITY POWER TIMELINE
https://www.communitypowernh.gov/sugarhill
Customers can Opt-in/out/up at:
CommunityPowerNH.gov or by calling 1-866-603-7697
June Eversource and NH Electric COOP switch customers to CPC
July Eversource and NH Electric COOP bills will reflect CPC as supplier
BROADBAND INFORMATION – You can sign up, no obligation for future broadband options!!!
NH Broadband Mapping Program – https://NHBroadbandMapping.unh.edu
FCC National Broadband Map – Home | FCC National Broadband Map
(Keep in mind that the maps won’t have new fiber build locations)
Links to providers:
CCI – Fidium Fiber Pre-order – Fiber Cities (fidiumfiber.com)
NHEC NH Broadband LLC – NH Broadband – Powered by NHEC | Contact
Charter/Spectrum – Spectrum.net
Questions: broadband@sugarhillnh.org
EVERSOURCE POLE REPLACEMENT INFORMATION
As part of our ongoing investments to deliver reliable energy to our customers and communities, Eversource will be replacing existing wooden pole structures in Campton, Thornton, Woodstock, Lincoln, Easton, Sugar Hill, Bethlehem, Dalton, and Whitefield, N.H. This work will be taking place within the existing right-of-way (power line corridor) of the X178 Line, a 115kV transmission line.
This transmission line is 49 miles long and is located between the Beebe River Substation in Campton and the Whitefield Substation in Whitefield, N.H. In total, 470 wooden H-frame structures will be replaced, and new conductor (power line) and fiber optic cable, known as Optical Ground Wire (OPGW), will be installed the length of the line. The project also includes replacing poles along the Streeter Pond Tap, a 225-foot-long power line that connects the U199 transmission line to the X178 line in Sugar Hill.
BEEBE RIVER TO WHITEFIELD (x178) LINE REBUILD PROJECT
GENASYS PROTECT Emergency Notification System
The Sugar Hill Emergency Management Director (EMD), Fire and Police Departments, in partnership with the Grafton County Sheriff’s Department, have changed to a new Emergency Notification System.
It is important that all residents and businesses within the dispatch area subscribe to the system to ensure proper notification can be made during an emergency. Subscription is quick and easy, and your information will remain confidential within our system and not be used for any other purpose.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE NEW ALERT SYSTEM
https://sugarhillnh.genasys.com/portal/en
PUBLIC NOTICE – Indian Brook Replacement – December 27, 2022
The Federal Emergency Management Agency hereby provides final notice of its decision to provide Public Assistance Program funding for actions located in a floodplain and wetland. Funding would be provided through New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management to the Town of Sugar Hill to reconstruct a bridge over Indian Brook on Streeter Pond Road. The proposed action is located at GPS coordinates (44.244278, -71.766457) and within a mapped special flood hazard area (100-year floodplain) and wetland. The proposed bridge would have a wider opening designed to accommodate the 100-year flood and would be in a slightly different alignment than the existing bridge to better convey Indian Brook flow.
The bridge is functionally dependent on its location over the brook thus the proposed action must take place in the floodplain and wetland. The project is not expected to result in loss of flood storage or exacerbate flood hazards to others. The action would conform with applicable state wetland regulations and local floodplain protection standards. Any potential project impacts would be mitigated by compliance with permit conditions issued by state and federal agencies, and any conditions required by the local floodplain administrator.
Alternatives considered included no action and replacing the bridge in-kind. Replacing the bridge in-kind was rejected because the Town determined the proposed design is superior and in conformance with New Hampshire stream crossing guidelines.
Maps of the project areas are available upon request to linda.hutchins@fema.dhs.gov or (202) 718-3367. Comments about the project and its floodplain and wetland impacts can be submitted within 15 days of the date of this publication to:
Linda Hutchins, Environmental Protection Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Boston, MA
Linda.hutchins@fema.dhs.gov; (202) 718-3367
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