TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
VOL. 20 NO. 103
BERLIN, N.H.
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Entertainment center planned for Albert Theatre building
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BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — A downtown family entertainment center is planned for the Albert Theatre building. Fran and Paul Cusson presented their plans for the historic building to the planning board last week for a conceptual review. Paul Cusson reported the building has approximately 20,000 square feet of useable space on three floors. He said the
couple is planning to develop the entertainment center in three phases. The first phase will be to build an 18-hole indoor mini-golf course on the ground floor. The first nine holes of the course will be handicap accessible. A small section will be set off with tables for events like birthday parties. To fit the course entirely on the floor, the main entrance into the building will be from the side abutting Moynihan’s law office. see ENTERTAINMENT page 5
Sheriff’s office uses Facebook to track down most wanted BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
Berlin second grader Cora Treiss won first prize for her pumpkin in the annual Coos County Botanical Society vegetable competition at last week’s Farmers Market. Treiss said she started the plant as a school project when she was in first grade and planted it at her home where it grew over the summer. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO).
Moving Downtown Forward listening session tonight
BERLIN — The public is invited tonight to the second listening session for the ‘Moving Downtown Forward’ action strategy project. The session will be held at the Bickford Place (former Rite Aid store) at 145 Main Street, starting at 6 p.m. The project’s contracted design and economic experts will present their ideas for revitalizing the city’s downtown and listen to comments from the public. Organizers stress input from the public is important because the plan will guide future development of the downtown. The Moving Downtown Forward effort is significantly different from a typical study. It is a look at “both sides of the coin.” The initiative’s team is uniquely composed of engineering, architectural and economic development experts. How downtown looks and functions today will be compared
to how it could be redesigned for tomorrow. An economic assessment will also be presented of how downtown works as an economic center today, and a realistic approach of how it can be better tomorrow. This initiative has been designed for implementation - for action. The recommendations are required to be real and sustainable. Each will come with a suggested timeline, budget, and will identify an entity that is accountable for its successful implementation. The time is right. Recent progress in the local economy means that several key downtown properties will soon become “in play”. This is the community’s opportunity to be heard now, before final options are selected and a course for the next several decades is see SESSION page 5
LANCASTER — The Coos County Sheriff’s Department has been taking to Facebook recently in an effort to apprehend wanted persons and it’s been working. Two men, both of whom were identified as among Coos County’s most wanted, were apprehended as a result of information provided by the public after the law enforcement agency posted their photos and descriptions on department’s Facebook page. Sheriff’s Deputy, Sgt. Keith Roberge,
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said that deputy Mike Gentili administers the Facebook site for the department and had the idea to post wanted persons there in order to seek help from the public. “Everybody’s on Facebook now,” Roberge said. Jason Conley, 39, of Whitefield, and Gilbert Donovan, Jr., 43, of Lancaster, were both apprehended last week on outstanding warrants for violating court orders relating to child support cases, Gentili said. In both cases, the public provided aid by sharing information with the Sheriff’s
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