2011 in review. See supplement inside
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
THURSDAY
VOL. 23 NO. 251
CONWAY, N.H.
MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY’S DAILY NEWSPAPER
New Hampshire's in the rearview mirror as candidates hit road to South Carolina BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
Just like that, it's over and the political world now turns its attention on South Carolina, the site of the next primary on Jan. 21. The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, which featured candidates stumping in the Granite State since May, culminated Tuesday night with a record
Paul takes Effingham, but Romney wins the county. Page 10 Republican turnout. New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner predicted about 250,000 ballots would be cast in the GOP race. There were 248,8414 ballots cast on Tuesday — double the turnout in Iowa's caucuses — compared to 238,979 Republican ballots in 2008.
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Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the front-runner since announcing his candidacy last June, cruised to an impressive victory with 97,519 votes (39.3 percent) followed by Texas Consee PRIMARY page 9
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Erin Soraghan, of North Conway, races the yellow course for the Back Nine team during the first week of the Mountain Meister race series at Cranmore Mountain Wednesday. Hundreds of local skiers gather every week for the tradition known as the largest citizens’ race series in the country. This year racers are allowed two runs and their fastest time counts toward the competitions. Racers organize into teams and each racer categorized by time after a couple weeks of racing in order to compete against skiers or snowboarders of equal abilities. Results pages 13-19. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — After more than two years of preparation, television broadcasts of Kennett High sports go live Thursday night — so long as technical glitches, and the weather, don’t interrupt. “We’re waiting for one more piece to come in,” Conway selectman Michael DiGregorio said on Tuesday — wireless transsee TV page 9
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