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Selectmen step back, for now, from actions against strip club By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — Selectmen have withdrawn their petition asking the state to revoke the liquor license of a local strip club and will wait for the results on an investigation being conducted by the N.H. Liquor Commission itself. Town Administrator Scott Dunn said yesterday in a statement released to local media that the Selectboard made the deci-
sion to withdraw its petition aimed at the Mardi Gras North Cabaret after consulting with legal counsel. Dunn said, and Chief N.H. Liquor Enforcement Officer Eddie Edwards confirmed, that Monday’s scheduled hearing involving ownership and management of club appearking before the three member Liquor Commission in Concord has been canceled. Selectmen also decided to not hold a hear-
ing on pulling the club’s town-issued entertainment permit at the next selectmen’s meeting, waiting instead for the Liquor Commission to make its findings first. Dunn explained that the Mardi Gras townissued live-entertainment permit is conditioned on a valid state liquor license and that without a liquor permit, the entertainment permit would be administratively revoked. Edwards said the Bureau of Liquor see GILFOrd page 12
Gunstock’s new ZipTour open for business
By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — For years Fire Chief Ken Erickson has insisted that the United States Census Bureau has undercounted the population of the city and the results of the 2010 census have done nothing to allay his suspicions. “The population is seriously undercounted,” Erickson declared. “There’s no question about it.” He estimated that the resident population of the city is close to 20,000 and approaches 30,000 in the summer months. His doubts about the resident population reported by the census in both 2000 and 2010 arise from what he considers a disparity between the number of housing units and the number of residents in the city. The 2010 census reported 9,879 housing units and 15,591 residents in Laconia. Erickson said that only a half-dozen municipalities in New see CENsus page 10
Adventure Park Supervisor Doug Klock takes a ride on Gunstock Mountain Resort’s new ZipTour attraction, which opens today. The ziplines at the resort total almost 9,000 feet in length — 3,981-feet in one span alonge — the longest such lines in the Continental United States. See story on page 9. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
LHS’s ‘Unified’ soccer team playing in state final today By adaM drapchO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Laconia High School’s unified soccer team was started this year with the goal of providing an athletic opportunity for students who otherwise don’t find their way onto a roster. By pairing intellectually-disabled students with teammates from the regu-
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lar education program, team members are able to experience team work, athletic competition and the pride of wearing their school’s uniform. Today, the LHS team will experience a rare treat for student-athletes: competing in a state championship game. Laconia’s unified soccer team will face Spaulding of Roches-
ter at 10 a.m. this morning as part of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (NHIAA) weekend of soccer championships at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. The NHIAA unified soccer program began this year, with four schools fielding teams. Laconia competed against
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rivals from Oyster River High School, Spaulding High School and Dover. The season began on October 1 with a roundrobin type schedule, where each team played one game against the others. Laconia finished with a regular season record of 2 wins, one loss. The Sachems beat Dover on Tuesday during see uNIFIEd page 8
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