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VOL. 20 NO. 114
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There’s new job activity at local Employment Security office BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN -- After a flat job market for most of the summer, N.H. Employment Security Berlin Office Manager Mark Belanger said things have picked up this fall. “There’s good activity,” he said. Two job fairs are scheduled next week with two local employers recruiting for about 30 employees. Berlin City Dealerships has scheduled a job fair for Tuesday, Oct. 4 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Employment Security office at 151 Pleasant Street in Berlin. Belanger said Berlin City Deal-
erships is seeking to hire about 10 people in total for all its dealerships. The company is looking for sales people, delivery drivers, technicians, and reconditioners. The Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility is holding a job fair on Thursday, Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Employment Security office as well. Belanger said the state prison is looking to hire 20 correctional officers and two registered nurses for the Berlin prison. Unlike the federal prison, Belanger said there is no age limit for the state prison. He said applicants for correctional see JOB page 7
Two Berlin boys will hit the woods for the Hunt of a Lifetime this weekend. The youngsters, Cody Beaudette and Joshua Guay, were given their moose hunting permits by Fish and Game Lt. Doug Gralenski (center) at a special ceremony in Lancaster on Thursday. The boys will take to the woods first thing on Saturday morning with their guides, Leo Roberge and Steve Cass, pictured at far left and right respectively, with Beaudette center left and Guay center right. Hunt of a Lifetime is a program that provides hunting opportunities to young people under the age of 21 with life-threatening diseases. Gralenski said that legislation in 2008 allows Fish and Game to award two of these special permits annually, but this program is a community and region-wide effort receiving donations of equipment, firearms and services from Ruger, Thompson Centerfire, Mark Dubreuil Taxidermy, Rut and Strut Taxidermy, White Mountain Chalet, Tall Timbers Lodge, Twin Maple Farms, LeMay’s Butcher Shop, LL Cote, Cabela’s, Coca Cola, and Anheuser-Busch. Missing from the photo is guide Mark Edwards. Both families plan to donate a portion of the meat to local food pantries. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)
Selectmen get update on state of crime in Gorham BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
GORHAM — An update from the chief of police topped the agenda for the Gorham Selectmen on Monday night. Chief PJ Cyr apprised the board of recent personnel updates before detailing crime trends for the last three years. The board was introduced to the depart-
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ment’s seventh and newest member, officer Eric Benjamin, who was the last man standing after an application process that drew 16 applicants, Cyr said. Benjamin is a Berlin native and BHS and White Mountain Community College grad, with a degree in criminal justice. Cyr told the board that Benjamin recently worked for see UPDATE page 6
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