Transfer Station Archives

BRADLEY: “The Rest of the Story”

September 11, 2026 Charles Bradley

I noticed a short article in the 9/5/26 Daily Sun, “City 50 Years Ago,” by Warren Huse, about the City looking into a “regional Incinerator for trash.” Famous broadcaster Paul Harvey always added a prologue at the end of each of his stories where he would say, “and now you know the rest of the … Read more

Concord Monitor’s David Brooks Ga-Ga over Gilford’s Edifice to Economic Illiteracy – Forgets Most Important Question

January 19, 2022January 10, 2022 Skip

I’ve held onto this since Thanksgiving as it just was an example of ideological favoritism of how to spend other peoples’ money to satisfy one’s own ideological stupidity.

Merrimack Mandates Masks in their Recycling Center – Why?

January 2, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Neither medical masks nor cloth face coverings are designed to stop the spread of a flu virus. The few studies ginned up to give some credence to the claim that they can or will are outnumbered by dozens more that say no. So, why has my town’s recycling facility demanded you wear them?

“…costs Gilford $95 per ton for trash removal and $235 per ton for “recyclables”

January 3, 2020 Op-Ed

I’m writing this follow up letter on the eve of the new Gilford Solid Waste Center’s opening. After my last letter, Town Administrator Scott Dunn found my email address and sent me a sheaf of material on the subject. Unfortunately, I feel that I understand the situation even less now. Mr. Dunn confirmed my statement … Read more

Gilford – Take our money for a Transfer Station THEN make recycling mandatory? Now a vote for Monarchical diktat

January 2, 2020 Skip

Sigh, this feels like its going to be a bit of a slog. While some may be saying “Skip, just do it – find the bags, find the time, wash everything, take more time to sort…just do it. Stop rocking the boat”. They don’t realize that is isn’t necessarily that I’m against doing all that, … Read more

Gilford – Take our money for a Transfer Station THEN make recycling mandatory? Part 2

January 1, 2020 Skip

I did my initial rant here. Did you know that our new Recycling Center is now going to have a firing range (supposed to be for law enforcement but why stop there – if the taxpayers are paying for the facility, why not the rest of us?), and a boat storage area (probably for the … Read more

Tales from the Selectboard – “sure, ve haff der Power to make you verk for free fer der Recyling Center”

December 31, 2019 Skip

So last night was the Selectboard’s Public Meeting on the Recycling Center / Transfer Station: Rules, Regulations, and Fines. And what fine Fines they are! Here’s the paperwork / package that was prepped for the meeting. Again, to set the stage, twice the Selectboard put in warrants for the money to build out this place: … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – Should Gilford’s new Recycle Center be named “Monument to Economic Illiteracy”? Or…

November 20, 2019 Skip

“A place where Ideology reigns over money”? Or, “Scott Dunn’s Taj Mahal” (Scott Dunn being the Town Administrator and the main pusher for Gilford’s new Recycle Center / Transfer Station. Sigh…and now the bill has has come due. But not the one you might think. In the beginning, it sounded OK – time to leave … Read more

Gilford Selectboard & administrators know not what they do: recycling overruns

June 21, 2019 Norm Silber

Now that the Gilford tax bills for the first half of 2019 have been issued, are most Gilford taxpayers happy, or at least reasonably content, with the level of taxes in the town? I suggest that many are not and that some of the reasons for the ever-increasing taxes in Gilford can easily be ascertained … Read more