Axe Murderers of Hampton, New Hampshire

Along Route 27 from the interstate exit to where the road ends in the beach, men in trucks, sometimes protected by town police, have been felling trees, mostly 100 foot pine trees, likely almost a century old, and have left the road denuded, like those clear cut areas on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. 

Vandalism on High Street

The loggers have progressed to what Mad Dog had thought would be sacred ground, the graveyard across from Hampton Academy, where a stately line of pines had formed a border, which is now nearly completely leveled.

Haven't fallen in 100 years; now a threat

The reason for this lethal attack on old trees can only be inferred. Mad Dog has not seen notice about this. He has inquired through the town website, but none of the folks who live along the road where this destruction has been wrought seem to know, and everyone's best guess is the trees are being chopped down to prevent them from falling on the power lines which run along the road.

If so, this is a clear case of deforestation for the purpose of protecting moneyed interests.

Welcome to Hampton

You don't hear people talking about Hampton as a pretty New England town.  It's got a work-a-day look. The old railroad depot houses the best auto garage in the area, but other than the gazebo, there has never been much effort made to make the area appealing to the eye. 

Beautiful downtown Hampton

Beach landscape is often barren, but Hampton has some pretty salt marshes, which have been largely surrounded by buildings, beach houses mostly. The Academy middle school is, finally, a lovely structure and the high school, hidden from Winnacunnet Road, is nice enough.  Ironically, the name "Winnacunnet" is said to mean, "Place of beautiful pines." 

No longer.

Save the power company

No citizen of Hampton should criticize the deforestation of Brazilian rain forests, given what we have silently tolerated right here in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA.

Ok, I've seen the dump but where's the town?