The Berlin Daily Sun, Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

VOL. 20 NO. 140

BERLIN, N.H.

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Kestrel still interested in Berlin Berlin gets tax rate BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN -- Kestrel Aircraft officials are still considering Berlin as a possible site for a plant to make composite parts for its high performance Turboprop plane. Kestrel Aircraft President Alan Klapmeier met last Tuesday, Nov. 8 with Gov. John Lynch. Lynch and state officials outlined what New Hampshire can offer the company. The plant would create 150 to 300 jobs in Berlin. Kestrel spokeswoman Kate Dougherty said since the meeting with Lynch, Klapmeier has been in Europe meeting with officials there about the certi-

fication process for the Kestrel. He is not scheduled to return to this country until next week. Cate Street Capital Director of Government and Community Affairs Alexandra Richie said her company is still in discussions with Kestrel officials about co-locating a plant on the former mill site where the Burgess BioPower biomass plant is being built. “We’re working very hard to bring them here,” Richie said Thursday night. Richie was in Berlin attending the job fair for the biomass plant. Richie said Cate Street Capital feels the Berlin site is a good fit for a composites company because see KESTREL page 9

Surveillance photos lead to tips after robbery BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN — Berlin Police spent Tuesday taking phone calls from citizens, who may hold clues to the identity of a man police believe robbed the Guardian Angel Credit Union at gunpoint on Monday afternoon. Detective Rich Plourde said that thanks to surveillance camera images of the man, the depart-

ment has received several tips. “We’re tracking down every lead methodically,” Plourde said. The Berlin Police investigation is being aided by personnel from New Hampshire State Police and the FBI. Plourde said that the larger agencies are providing resources and intelligence. The FBI agent assigned to the case specializes in bank robberies, he said. see TIPS page 9

BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN -- While disappointed the tax rate did not go down, city councilors Monday night were pleased the council was able to maintain the same tax rate for another year. The state Department of Revenue Administration last week officially set the city’s tax rate at $31.70 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. When it passed the budget in June, the council projected the tax rate at $31.45. But a drop in the city’s overall valuation and an increase in the county tax eliminated the tax decrease. The tax rate breaks down to $17.22 for the municipal tax rate, $8.50 for the local school tax, $2.20 for the state school tax, and $3.78 for the county tax. The city’s total valuation is

$436 million. The total tax commitment is $13,488,649. In a special meeting Monday, the council accepted the results of the Nov. 8 special election. Mayor Paul Grenier, Ward I Councilor Lucie Remillard, Ward I Councilor Russell Otis, Ward IV Councilor Diana Nelson, and Ward IV Councilor Roland Theberge all ran unopposed. In Ward II incumbent Dori Ducharme won re-election in a close race over former Councilor Richard Lafleur and Denise Morgan Allain defeated incumbent Tom McCue. In Ward III, Peter Higbee defeated David Moore for the open seat there. For school board, Louise Valliere ran unopposed for the fouryear seat. Nathan Morin, see TAX page 9

Delegation votes system-wide analysis BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Berlin native, Fr. Jason Jalbert, had an unexpected surprise Nov. 4, when he received a private audience with Pope Benedict the 16th. Fr. Jalbert, who had accompanied Bishop John McCormick on a pilgrimage of New England bishops to the Vatican in Rome, said it was an exciting experience.

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LANCASTER -- The Coos County recycling center and the administrator’s home will be examined as part of a system-wide analysis aimed at identifying “non-essential” programs and property that can be disposed or divested to reduce the county budget. Only the two Coos County nursing homes, the county jail, and house of corrections will be exempt from the analysis of all non-constitutionally-mandated

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programs that was approved by the Coos delegation at its quarterly meeting Monday. Rep. Duffy Daugherty, R-Colebrook, made the motion for the analysis which will be undertaken by the county administration. He specifically targeted the recycling center and administrator’s home on the grounds of the county complex in West Stewartstown. Daugherty noted Colebrook has withdrawn see ANALYSIS page 6

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