WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011
WEDNESDAY
City starts thinking out of the box in effort to sell old police station
VOL. 12 NO. 138
LACONIA, N.H.
527-9299
I-LHS program of studies criticized as so 20th Century BY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — Before voting to approve it last night, Inter-Lakes School Board members cast a critical eye upon the high school’s program of studies. They questioned whether the program would adequately prepare students for a landscape far different from that which greeted grad-
uates several years ago. Board member Jack Carty noted that the program of studies for the 2012-2013 school year was a “tweaked” version of the current program, which itself was based upon the previous year’s program. “The world that existed two years ago does not exist today,” said Carty, listing developments such as the Arab Spring,
national credit limit, European debt crisis and the rise of “another superpower” in Asia. The future of American industry has been predicted to lie in alternative energy manufacturing, Carty said, “If you want to go buy a wind turbine and put it up, it will probably come with a small tag that says, ‘Made in China’.” see INTER-LAKES page 8
Belmont man accused of beating his father & assaulting 2 Laconia cops
BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Following a discussion at the Land and Buildings Subcommittee of the City Council this week, City Manager Scott Myers will renew the effort to market the abandoned former police station at 51 Church Street, perhaps in tandem with the next door property currently housing the Munsey & Brazil Insurance Agency, which will be listed for sale next year. The police station sits on a 0.26-acre lot on Church Street. The property has nearly 100 feet of frontage and abuts 1.9 acres of municipal property that serves primarily as a parking lot bordered by the downtown riverwalk along the Winnipesaukee River. With a boundary adjustment, the lot could be extended nearer the river. The masonry building, with approximately 8,400-square-feet of usable space on two floors, was constructed in 1960 and acquired by the city in 1978. The property currently has an assessed value of $211,600. see STATION page 10
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BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Moultonborough Historical Society President Kathleen Garry presents 99-year-old John ‘Jack’ Learned with the ceremonial cane and plaque recognizing him as the town’s oldest resident during at program at the public Library on Monday ngiht. (Daryl Carlson/ for The Laconia Daily Sun
Learned celebrated as M’borough’s oldest citizen
MOULTONBOROUGH — In a ceremony held on Monday night at the Public Library, the Moultonborough Historical Society presented resident John “Jack” Learned, 99, with the “Moultonborough Post Cane,” traditionally possessed by the town’s oldest resident. Learned was born November 2, 1912, in Newburyport, Mass. He developed an affection for the White Mountains at a young age, accompanying his father on the “snow train” to North Conway. In the early days of the Fuel Oil OIL & PROPANE CO., INC. 10 day cash price* sport, Learned skied Gunstock, Laconia 524-1421 subject to change Cannon, Cranmore and Tucker-
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man’s Ravine. A graduate of Harvard College’s class of 1935, Learned was hired by the Towle Silversmith Company, which would become his lifelong employer. He joined the Navy during World War II, serving aboard the U.S.S. Prairie. During the war, Learned met and then married Kathryn Morris, a widow with a pair of daughters. The family resided in Newburyport following the war, where Learned was involved in several civic activities. The Learneds built a home on Lake Winnipesaukee, to where they retired in 1964, where he pursee CANE page 8
LACONIA — A Belmont man was ordered held on $15,000 cash bail for allegedly beating his father and trying to assault the two police officers who responded to a call for help. Thomas W. Carroll IV, 29, of 37 Concord St. is charged with two counts of simple assault, one count of attempted assault and one count of resisting arrest for his alleged actions last Saturday night. Police affidavits said they got a call from an apartment on Academy St. reporting that Carroll was intoxicated and had just punched his father in the face. Responding officers said they spoke to a number of people who were standing outside and found Carroll in the hallway of the apartment house. Affidavits said he smelled strongly of alcohol, his eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and “he slurred his words while he spoke and staggered.” Officers told him they were placing him in protective custody and told him several times to turn around and put his hands behind his back. He allegsee BEATING page 17