Victim of fatal snowmobile accident in Gilford identified as Concord man who lost his son to similar fate 5 year ago BY ADAM DRAPCHO GILFORD — The Fish and Game Department has identified Norman D. Mabie, a 62 year-old resident of Concord, as the victim of a fatal snowmobile accident on Saturday. This is the second such tragedy endured by the Mabie family within the past five years. According to a press release issued by Fish and Game, Mabie was riding northbound on the 15S Trail in Gilford on January 22 when he apparently struck a rock, causing him to careen off the trail and into a stand of trees. Mabie was riding alone at the time and was found by other snowmobilers a short while later at 5:40 p.m. The release stated that neither speed nor alcohol are thought to be contributing factors to the death. Mabie, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was transported by Gilford Fire Rescue person-
nel to Lakes Region General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Mike Eastman, a conservation officer with Fish and Game, said Mabie had set out on Saturday from Concord and was traveling north to meet his brother. “He had been riding for quite some time,” Eastman said, noting that the 15S Trail was “very well-groomed” and is a heavily-traveled trail. On March 4, 2006, Norman M. Mabie, a 19 year-old Manchester resident and aviation student at Daniel Webster College, drowned when his snowmobile plunged into an area of open water when he was riding just after midnight in Meredith on Lake Winnipesaukee. Eastman confirmed that Norman M. Mabie was the son of the man who died on Saturday and said the two accidents occurred about 10 miles apart, “just across the lake from each other.”
SRO from page one The two officers are under Baiocchetti’s command as uniformed officers and not considered employees of the school district. Town Administrator Jeanne Beaudin said the continued funding of the part-time SRO has been contentious since the federal grant that initially funded the position expired. She said she has never included the school’s contribution in the anticipated revenues and when the town has been reimbursed in the past, the money has gone to the general revenue account. If the district doesn’t pay, the money won’t have any tangible effect on the tax rate, but selectmen and Budget Committee Chair Ron Mitchell have issues both with the timing of the notification and with the message. Mitchell said the notification from the district to the town came too late in the 2011 budget cycle to easily change the town’s budget. “They’re backing us into a corner,”
said Selectman Jon Pike, calling the school district’s decision “atrocious” and noting Belmont residents are going to have to pay the 30 hours worked by the officer anyway. Pike said with or without the reimbursement, the police chief would still have the position and the authority to use the officer’s time as he best determines. Pike also said that he has heard from constituents that the High School SRO is sometimes “hard to find.” “I know where he’s working,” said Baiocchetti, reminding Pike that the SRO has other duties, especially as a juvenile prosecutor, and is not always at the high school. “This has been up and down for a while,” said Selectboard Chair Ron Cormier, directing Beaudin to draft a letter to the school district and have Baiocchetti review it. “We’ll make it known that without [school district] participation, we can’t guarantee [the SROs] will be there the same amount of time,” he said.
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