Board of Aldermen — 11/28/17 Page 20
| would like to thank the Human Affairs Committee for their yeoman work that they did to push through all those
resolutions.
President McCarthy
It isn’t easy taking free money.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| would like to thank Great American Downtown and all of the other volunteers who made the stroll such a
success. Just to remind everyone, next year will be the 25" anniversary of the stroll so something to look
forward to.
| also want to take a moment and comment on the work our firemen are doing. We've been hearing for a while
now about the great work they’re doing at safe stations. But | know several of you joined me at the Fireman’s
Ball. If you looked at the program that was on the table that evening, you saw that they’re doing all of those
other things we think of firemen doing. | will leave some programs in the back. But as you go through them,
you'll see that they’re fighting fires and they're doing a really great job in saving property. Our dive team,
unfortunately, has been busier than we probably want it to be. And, of course, they’ve been assisting with auto
accidents. | would just like us to remember all of the other things they’re doing and the great work they’re doing
in our community.
On a sad note, | think all of you heard Mr. Hallowell is resigning from the Board of Education. | would like to
thank him for his service and wish him well.
Alderman Caron
| would like to wish Mr. Hallowell on his future endeavors. | happened to watch that program last night. He was
very emotional when he gave his resignation to the board. You can tell he’s a very compassionate and caring
person, and really took his job as a board member to heart.
On a lighter note, the Nashua Lions Club will be holding its second annual French toast breakfast at the
Nashua Senior Center on Saturday from 8-11 a.m. The proceeds from that breakfast go directly to the Senior
Center. There will also be a cookie walk, and | understand one of the staff members at the Senior Center
spent their Thanksgiving weekend baking 500 cookies for this event. We also will be having the annual
gingerbread contest. We have some really outstanding bakers out there. Also, the National Fire Department,
the seven stations, are doing red houses, and there will be a separate contest just for them, and we’re thrilled.
So besides doing the good things that they do at the safe stations, they also give back to their community.
We're really pleased with that. So come on down. There will be raffles. It’s 8-11 a.m. and it’s $6.00. Mr.
Fredette will be cooking.
Alderman Dowd
Just a couple of quick things. | also would like to extend my appreciation to Mr. Hallowell who served the Board
of Education quite successfully for a long time. | think he’s done a yeoman’s job and | hate to see him go.
At the stroll, | had the opportunity, from standing at the Hunt Home looking back (and | have a video of it), it
was wall to wall people all the way back to City Hall. There had to be at least 30,000 people there. And | talked
to about three or four business owners down there that said this is one of their biggest nights ever during the
year. So this was greatly successful and | just want to applaud the Great American Downtown organization for
all the work they did to make it so successful.
I’d like to thank the Nashua Country Club for donating the Christmas tree. It was huge, and to get it down there
and get it all well decorated, that was a mammoth task. So to everybody involved, my thanks.
