Lawrence A. Schissel

Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission name two members to screen building applications with possible wetland or shoreline issues, as a trial process. The motion passed.

August 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission recommend the town buy a lot on Meadow Road (Lot 110-007) and add it to the town's conservation zoning district as conservation land. The motion passed 6-0.

April 8, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Told the Newport Planning Board why the Conservation Commission wanted a zoning rule for slopes of 25% or steeper. He cited a North Main Street project where digging into a slope let heavy rain fill in a wetland.

September 25, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission send a letter supporting a grant application by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to buy a conservation easement on land in Newport. The motion passed 4-0, and he signed the letter as chair.

July 29, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Led the Newport Conservation Commission's recommendations on the Brunelle cluster subdivision on North Main Street. He added a fifth lot to a motion to drop building lots near wetlands. He also moved to keep the stormwater pond as far from wetlands as possible and to require replanting; each motion passed 3-0.

December 5, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Told the Newport Planning Board, for the Conservation Commission, that the North Main Street subdivision site had an open state wetlands violation case. He said the town should learn how the case was resolved before the subdivision moved forward.

November 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Proposed, as chair of the Newport Conservation Commission, a subcommittee to research and draft town ballot measures (warrant articles) for wetland buffer and steep slope zoning rules.

October 24, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Spoke for the Newport Conservation Commission at a zoning board hearing on a proposed housing development on North Main Street (Route 10). He said gravel removal had sent silt into a wetland area, a complaint had been filed with the state, and the plan had too many units over a large aquifer.

August 17, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Asked the Newport Select Board to tell residents about the protected zone around the planned North Newport public well. He also pressed the board about an unpermitted sand and gravel operation along Route 10.

August 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission send a letter to the Planning Board, copied to the Select Board. The letter asked what the board knew about possible sand and gravel digging on a Route 10 North lot and whether it followed state and local rules. The motion passed 6-0.

June 21, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission recommend the town buy a lot on Meadow Road (Lot 110-007) and add it to the town's conservation zoning district as conservation land. The motion passed 6-0.

April 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Urged the Newport Select Board, for the Conservation Commission, to revisit a three-year tree care plan for the Town Common after a large rotted oak was lost. He noted that only the first year of the plan had been done.

August 3, 2026

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Presented a Conservation Commission plan to the Newport Select Board for a small tree and brush clearing project at the Pinnacle overlook, on land under a 1991 town conservation easement. The board agreed by consensus to let it go ahead.

May 18, 2026

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Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission have the town finance director and treasurer invest up to 80% of the commission's conservation fund in interest-bearing accounts. The motion passed 6-0.

December 18, 2025

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Was appointed by the Newport Select Board as a full member of the Parlin Field Airport Advisory Board, with a term ending June 2028, by a 5-0 vote. He had attended the board as an associate member since at least 2023.

August 4, 2025

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Was reappointed by the Newport Select Board to a three-year term on the Conservation Commission, ending June 30, 2028, by a 5-0 vote.

July 7, 2025

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Moved that the Newport Conservation Commission sign off on a resident's state wetlands permit to replace a culvert with a larger one, so it could get the state's fast-track review. The motion passed 5-0, and he signed the application.

September 11, 2024

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Was re-elected chair of the Newport Conservation Commission by a 3-1 vote; he cast the only no vote.

June 19, 2024

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Read a letter into the record at a Newport Planning Board hearing opposing a plan to rezone the North Newport corridor along Route 10 for industrial use.

December 10, 2019

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Donated a Honda CR-V, with his wife Mary, to Newport's Parlin Field airport to use as its courtesy car.

May 16, 2017

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