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Pink-yarn-ation enjoys concert at Rotary Park A good number of people brought their lawn chairs and blankets to Rotary Park in downtown Laconia Wednesday evening to enjoy the sounds of Moulton’s Band from Sanbornton. The free event was part of the Belknap Mill Society Summer Concert Series.. Moulton’s, founded in 1889, bills itself as the state’s oldest continuously performing community band. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Ed Engler)
Laconia multicultural in sense that many nations are represented in the population but city is still 95% ‘white’ Most political refugees who were resettled here in groups have moved on BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — During the 12 years since Multicultural Market Day, the city’s annual celebration of ethnic and national variety now called the Multicultural Festival,
debuted in 2001 the city has grown more diverse, but not by much. In 2000, the population numbered 16,211, of whom 15,885, or 96.8-percent, were counted as “white” while 10 years later, the population had shrunk to 15,951 with the
15,073 “whites” representing 94.5-percent of the total. Race, however, is only one measure of diversity, which masks the variety of ethnic groups and nationalities. For instance, the number of Asians in the city increased more than threefold between 2000 and 2010, see MULTICULTURAL page 9
Schlemmer claims board was playing budget games & refused to pay for time worked BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
CENTER HARBOR — The rift between former Fire Chief
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