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Department of Safety employees notified Dave Barrett has died
CONCORD — David Barrett, a Gilford resident and the director of the Division of Safety Services within the N.H. Department of Safety, died yesterday. The office of Safety Commissioner John Barthelmes confirmed Barrett’s passing and said an announcement containing the news was sent out to department personnel. No further details regarding his death were available as of press time. The Division of Safety Services includes the Marine Patrol, the bureau with which Barrett has long been associated. He was also in charge of the Inland Water Moorings Program, the Boater Education Program and the Tramway and Amusement Ride Safety Bureau. — Adam Drapcho
By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The most recent of repeated calls to try President Barack Obama for treason by Harry Accornero, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Laconia, has attracted nationwide attention.
LACONIA — Scrappy the Maltese dog that was the subject of a recent Belknap County Superior Court custody dispute, will stay with her original owner. Judge James O’Neill ruled Monday that a “valid gift requires see dOG page 8
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This week Accornero e-mailed “an open letter to all members of Congress, which was also sent to the 424 members of the N.H. Legislature and published, like his earlier letters on the same subject, in The Daily Sun. The online Huffington Post reported on the content of the letter and
suddenly Accornero became a darling among conservative organizations and bloggers. “It wasn’t an easy choice,” Accornero said yesterday. “I thought about it a long time. I haven’t got any political aspirations. I’m not looking for publicity,” he insisted. “I just had to do what I feel is right.”
Accornero charged that Obama has given “aid and comfort to the enemy” by allowing illegal immigrants from any country to enter the United States, obtain work permits and receive public services while refusing to jail or deport them when they are appresee TReasOn page 8
Laconia Ward 4 Councilor Brenda Baer (left) and Jack Terrill, her opponent in the November 8 municipal election, share a laugh during a candidates’ forum hosted on Tuesday night by the Weirs Action Committee. Other candidates in the photo include Ward 5 Councilor Bob Hamel (hidden), Ward 6 Councilor Armand Bolduc and Ward 6 candidate Tony Felch. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Hints of interesting races surface at Weirs candidates’ forum By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The municipal candidates forum at the Weirs Community Center, sponsored by the Weirs Action Committee, drew fewer than a dozen voters last night, but offered glimpses of what promise to be lively contests for the city council seats in at least two of the six wards.
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“Gee, we don’t have much of a crowd tonight,” remarked Warren Bailey, the veteran radio personality who hosted the event. Recalling that he had been through “rough times” in local politics, Bailey said that “Washington could take some examples from how you govern” and suggested the candidates “get on a plane and head to D.C.”
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While Mayor Mike Seymour and Councilors Henry Lipman (Ward 3) and Bob Hamel (Ward 5) are running unopposed, the remaining four seats are contested. In Ward 1, Mark Condodemetraky, a self-described entrepreneur, is challenging incumbent councilor Ava Doyle and in Ward 4 incumbent Brenda Baer faces see CandIdaTes page 12 We Sell
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