Two attorneys from DTC will be making presentations at the 2014 Annual Spring Planning and Zoning Conference of the NH Office of Energy and Planning, scheduled for Saturday, May 3 at the Mountain View Grand Resort, in Whitefield, NH. Attorney Chris Boldt has once again been asked to speak at a double session on the basic procedures ZBA members should use in making their various decisions on variances, special exceptions, appeals of administrative decisions and waivers of dimensional criteria. Chris will also participate in the Conference’s ZBA/Planning Board Role Playing training session. Attorney Kate Miller will speak on recent changes to federal and state law on the approval process for personal wireless services facilities. For more information and on-line registration, please go to http://www.nh.gov/oep
Attorney MacDonald Editor of A Practical Guide to Organizing a Business in New Hampshire (MCLC, Inc. 2014)
DTC Partner, Lizabeth MacDonald is the Editor of the newly released A Practical Guide to Organizing a Business in New Hampshire (MCLE, Inc. 2014). The book is designed to assist lawyers in acquiring the professional and practical skills needed to represent their business clients in the formation and early stages of their businesses.
Attorney Mansfield Contributing Author to A Practical Guide to Organizing a Business in New Hampshire (MCLE, Inc. 2014)
DTC Partner, Doug Mansfield is the author of a chapter on Employment Law in the newly released A Practical Guide to Organizing a Business in New Hampshire (MCLE, Inc. 2014). The book is designed to assist lawyers in acquiring the professional and practical skills needed to represent their business clients in the formation and early stages of their businesses.
DTC Supports “End 68 Hours of Hunger”
DTC has partnered with the Exeter Area Lions Club to support “End 68 Hours of Hunger”. End 68 Hours of Hunger is a volunteer, private, non-profit organization which assists school age children who participate in the free lunch program to provide food for their homes. The Exeter Area School District covering the towns of Exeter, Brentwood, East Kingston, Kensington, Newfields and Stratham is currently helping more than 100 students and the list continues to grow. If you are interested in contributing to this program please visit end68hoursofhunger.org.
DTC Supports NH Food Bank
Did you know: 1 in 9 individuals in NH is food insecure and 40,400 children in NH are food insecure.
As the only food bank in the state, the New Hampshire Food Bank is a vital distributor and supplier to the hunger relief agencies that serve meals and provide groceries to people experiencing the negative impacts of not having enough to eat. On average these agencies receive 40% of their food from the NH Food Bank.
In 2013, the Food Bank distributed over 8.5 million pounds of non-perishable food items, fresh produce, and meats to over 400 non-profit food agencies in all corners of NH.
DTC is proud to help our community by being a supporter of the NH Food Bank. If you wish to join our effort to end hunger, please visit nhfoodbank.org
Attorney Miller Becomes Member of DTC
Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC, is pleased to announce that Katherine B. Miller has become a member of the firm. Kate came to DTC after practicing in California, serving as Counsel to Senator Patrick Leahy on the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate, and clerking for the Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. As a partner at DTC, Kate will continue to advise our municipal, not-for-profit and individual clients, in matters including estate planning, trust and estate administration, telecommunications law and creating and maintaining tax exempt status for organizations. Kate is a graduate of Brown University and Northeastern University School of Law.
DTC has offices in Exeter, Portsmouth and Meredith, NH.
DTC Shares in the Holiday Spirit
Continuing DTC’s holiday tradition, we “adopted” a family that is less fortunate than ourselves through the United Way. The family submitted a wish list and DTC lawyers and staff members delivered!! Gift tags were distributed throughout our Exeter, Portsmouth and Meredith offices. We are happy to be a part of making Christmas more enjoyable for this family.
For more information on how you can adopt a family or volunteer through the United Way click here: www.uwgs.org
Pie Auction Brings in the Dough
Attorney Chris Boldt recently served as Auctioneer for the 6th Annual Harvest Dinner and Pie Auction at St. Andrew’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church in Tamworth. The event raised over $1,800 for the Church’s local outreach missions, including the Community Food Center, CASA and other worthy projects. The attached photo shows Chris in action at this popular Holiday tradition.
Chris & Carolyn Boldt Perform with Sandwich Singers
Attorney Chris Boldt and his wife Carolyn will perform again with the Sandwich Singers at two Christmas concerts this year: Sunday December 15 at the Methodist Meeting House in Center Sandwich and Wednesday December 18 at the Tamworth Congregational Church. Both concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. and are free, though contributions are gratefully accepted.
The Singers are directed this year by Peggy Johnson, who has been doing so for the past thirteen years. The group has existed primarily for Christmas music for well over thirty years, since being formed by local legend, Bob Bates. This year’s program includes music from American and European traditions, and a commissioned piece created by award winning Plymouth State University Music Department Director Jonathan Santore and his Advanced Music Composition students, Eben Brown, Hannah Cambers, Brad Dumont and Kyle Quirion. This Commission was funded by the Yeoman’s Fund for the Arts.
For more information, please go to http://artstamworth.org/.
DTC Welcomes Attorney Patrick Collins
DTC is pleased to welcome Attorney Patrick O. Collins as an Associate with the Firm. Patrick graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Connecticut College cum laude and from Albany Law School magna cum laude. While at Albany Law School he successfully completed a concentration in the field of estate planning and was elected a member of the Justinian Society for excellence in legal scholarship. Patrick works predominately in the Estate Planning and Probate practice groups, while also assisting the firm’s Business, Land Use, Litigation and Real Estate clients.