Selectmen have approved the proposed emergency management budget for 2005 that includes a new laptop computer and software at a cost of $1,100.

Final approval will be made by town meeting.

– Connie Footman
Durham: Board rejects bids for firetruck

Following the recommendation of the Fire Apparatus Committee that a 1974 firetruck be kept if bids or offers came under $1,000, Selectmen rejected the two bids that were received, both of which came in under $200, as it was believed that the scrap value of the truck was greater than the bids.

– Connie Footman
Lisbon: Schools get $40,000 grant

Barbara Thompson recently submitted and was awarded a 4-H technology grant for $40,000 that will be given in software and training at Lisbon Community Schools.

Software and reference materials are funded by the Environmental Systems and Research Institute, which specializes in land use analysis projects, Thompson said.

Students, who will be working closely with 4-H staff, will be able to link geographic information and descriptive information to create a vast array of mapping possibilities.

The school will have two years to meet the requirements of the grant and if they are met, the Lisbon Community School will be able to keep all of the materials.

– Connie Footman
Lisbon: Personnel changes approved

The School Committee has approved the following personnel changes at Lisbon Community School: Sybill Brewer has been hired as school secretary, replacing Stephanie Doughty who resigned. Sandra Taister, a kindergarten teacher, and Phyllis Gamache, a first grade teacher, have both announced their retirement at the end of the current school year.

– Connie Footman

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