The 2022 Town Report is dedicated to Donald Howe

As traditionally done, Selectman Chairman, Brad Benton, presented the 2022 Town Report to Donald Howe on Tuesday, March 6, 2023, before the official reports were distributed to the public. 

This year's dedication reads:

Donald Howe is of one the nicest people you will ever meet. Born in July, 1956 in Littleton Hospital, Donald has lived his entire life in Campton.

A very hard worker and dedicated employee, Donald has been at the Thornton Transfer Station for 28 years, by far one of its longest term employees. He has seen many people come and go at the Transfer Station and tells us he is now working for his seventh boss there. Catch him around town and he’ll regale you with great stories of the history of the Transfer Station and the people of the area.

When he started work at the transfer station in 1995, trash was thrown into a dug pit and buried. This meant often he needed to climb into the pit and move the trash around as needed…a tough job indeed.

A few years later the system was upgraded and trash was thrown into bins which were then trucked to Littleton to be buried. The current system was put in place where trash is thrown into a large compressor bin and then trucked out.

Donald is also famous for finding lost papers and checks that were thrown into the trash by mistake. We will miss him at the transfer station.

Best wishes Donny on your retirement.

Respectfully Submitted,

Thornton Board of Selectmen