TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011
VOL. 20 NO. 115
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Randolph chief convicted of criminal mischief BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — Randolph police chief Gordon “Alan” Lowe Jr., was found guilty of a misdemeanor offense in Berlin District Court on Sept. 23. Lowe, 70, of Randolph, who is a certified police officer and owns Lowe’s garage in that town, was convicted of criminal mischief for punching a vehicle on his property on June 25, 2010. He was fined $500, suspended on the condition of good behavior for one year, restitution of $585.37 and no contact with the victims, Donna Hatin and Brian Ingerson, both of Vermont.
According to the affidavit for the original arrest warrant, Hatin and Ingerson were traveling in a Toyota 4Runner on June 25, and pulled into Lowe’s. Ingerson walked to the rear of a parked wrecker to relieve himself, but before he could, Lowe walked toward him yelling that he was the police chief and he better not relieve himself on his land. Ingerson told police that he apologized and went to leave, but Lowe struck the vehicle with both fists causing dents in the door. The travelers reported the incident to NH State Police, Troop F, and Lowe was arrested see CHIEF page 9
Budget committee member protests trespass arrest BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
GORHAM — A member of Gorham’s budget committee was arrested for trespassing at the town airport last week and wasted no time protesting the circumstances of his arrest. Robert Balon, 48, of Gorham was arrested at 3:11 p.m. on Sept. 28, and charged with criminal trespass, a class B misdemeanor. According to the affidavit for an arrest warrant, filed by Gorham Police Chief
Paul Cyr, the airport entrances are posted with signs prohibiting trespassing under RSA 422. A public works department employee, who was mowing the airfield, observed Balon’s vehicle parked near the hangars and Balon standing near the truck taking photos of the employee. Public works superintendent Austin “Buddy” Holmes reported the incident to the police after his employee informed him, Cyr said. The employee also took a see PROTESTS page 19
Man dies after falling into Swift River BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — Searchers on Monday pulled the body of a 31-year-old New Hampshire man from the Swift River in Albany, one day after he fell in several miles upstream. Authorities withheld the victim’s identity. “We’re not going to release the name until 2 p.m. tomorrow
afternoon,” Lt. Jim Goss of New Hampshire Fish and Game said, because the victim has family members overseas who had not yet been notified of his death. The man went in at Lower Falls around 2 p.m. Sunday, according to Sgt. Brian Abrams of Fish and Game. “When he went to leave he actually see MAN DIES page 5
Allissa Harper, of Bar Harbor, Maine, dunks Brian Fleck, of Fort Collins, Col. yet again during the 12th annual Lumberjack Competition and Festival at the Northern Forest Heritage Park Sunday. Harper—clearly an expert with a lot of experience—could do anything on the rolling log and kept her clothes completely dry during the log rolling demonstration, except for a bit of damp on the leg cuffs of her shorts. Veteran lumberjack Donald Lambert, of St. Gilles, Que., gracefully balances momentarily as he completes the Underhand Chop competition as his son, Michael, looks on. Lambert Sr. came in second overall in the competition in the Lumberjack Festival at the Northern Forest Heritage Park Sunday. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTOS)
Rainy weather fails to dampen Lumberjack’s spirits BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN—A little rain never stopped a dedicated lumberjack, or so the few spectators who turned out for the 12th annual Lumberjack Festival at the Northern Forest Heritage Park discovered Sunday. All the events went off like clockwork despite heavy rain, a sea of mud on the floor of the amphitheatre, and the unvoiced concern of competitors for their precious equipment—even the Underhand Chop which involves splitting a thick block of
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wood, balanced on supports, by standing on that same small block and bringing an axe down with great force, more or less between your two feet. Competitors do wear steel mesh guards over their toes and shins, but still, it’s a fearsome thing to see powerful men and women swing a razor sharp axe toward their feet, teetering on the ends of the block—particularly when the block of wood is wet and the axe handle potentially slippery in pouring rain.
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