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LACONIA — In the course of planning a new correctional facility, the Belknap County Commissioners are fast nearing the point where, without an appropriation from the Belknap County Convention to fund architectural and engineering work, the process would grind to a halt. And the prospect of mustering a majority of the 18
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members of the convention, 13 of them Republicans, for such an endeavor look bleak. “They sure don’t have the votes,” said Rep. Bob Greemore (R-Meredith), vicechair of the convention, on Wednesday. “I don’t see us rushing into this. They won’t get it. There are a number who say no way, no how. Not on my watch,” he continued, “and even those of us who agree we have to
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LACONIA — The ongoing construction of the new football field behind the high school has temporarily stopped after storm water from the upper
practice field breached one retaining wall during last Sunday’s downpour. The runoff from the breached area cascaded down to the playing field and onto the new utility field that is just behind
the school. The estimate to install additional and in some cases, modify existing drainage is about $50,000, however none of the design and engineering work has been done.
The good news, said School District District Business Manager Ed Emond, is that if the damage had happened after the synthetic turf on Jim Fitzgerald Field had been installed, the damage could see draiNaGE page 8
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