Hooksett committee seeks review of Lambert Park signs as heritage group proposes adding place-name

Members of the Hooksett Parks and Recreation Committee agreed in an informal consensus to send a committee member to the Heritage Commission meeting to request that the commission and the Lambert family review a proposed informational sign for Lambert Park before it goes to print and is installed. Committee members also discussed a separate Heritage Commission proposal to append a place-name to Lambert Park — options discussed included “at Hooksett Falls” or “at Dundee Landing” — and raised questions about cost, installation responsibilities and community history.

The request to review the proposed sign followed Heritage Commission comments that the signs would be 31 by 25 inches, roughly one-half inch composite material, and would include a QR code linking to additional historical text. Committee members said printing would take about six to seven weeks once finalized; the…