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Mass. man said to have pointed laser-guided pistol at another driver while heading up I-93

NEW HAMPTON — Local and state police charged a Medfield, Mass. man with criminal threatening after he allegedly pointed a hand gun with a laser sight at another driver while both were headed north on Interstate 93 yesterday at 8:07 a.m.

John Spyros Priovolos, 48, was stopped

by New Hampton Police and charged with driving with an expired license.

State Police Trooper First Class Sean Faherty joined the New Hampton Police and charged Priovolos with criminal threatening for allegedly pointing the gun at the other driver during an apparent road-rage incident while the two were in Sanbornton.

Sgt. Charles Johnson said police found Priovolos to be in possession of an hand gun.

Privovolos was released on personal recognisance bail and will appear in Franklin District Court for the felony-level criminal threatening and see i-93 page 8

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LACONIA — For reasons no one seem to understand, a local man who will be known in this article only as “Robert”, has fallen through society’s cracks.

Once a carpenter, Robert now calls a spot by the Winnipesau-

kee River his home. It’s rough but with the assistance of a few tarps, a few friends, and the kindness of strangers, Robert has been able to stay alive and somewhat well.

There is limited help for the homeless in Laconia. There are a number of churches and pri-

vate charities that offer assistance but the Carey House run by the Salvation Army is the largest resource.

The Carey House has beds for about 15 men, six women, and a few families.

A Carey House rooms manager said the rules are simple

but must be obeyed. There are no drugs or alcohol and anyone who has a bed there must always be sober.

There is a curfew. Residents must be back at the Carey House before 10 p.m. They must also be out of bed by 8 a.m. and see HOMELESS page 7

Jon Huntsman (left) shakes hands with Dave Livingston after a speech yesterday at the Belknap Mill before the Laconia Rotary Club. The former Utah governor and U.S. Ambassador to China is seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will on the New Hampshire Primary ballot on Jan. 10. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun.)

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Verizon Wireless to start charging $2 for some on-time bill payments

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards.

The company said this “convenience fee” will be introduced Jan. 15.

The fee won’t apply to electronic check payments or to automatic credit card payments set up through Verizon’s AutoPay system.

Paying by credit card in a Verizon store will also be free, as will mailing a check.

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2 dead & 61 hurt in 40-vehicle pileup in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men died and 61 other people were injured Thursday in a pre-dawn pileup involving about 40 cars, vans and other vehicles on a busy interstate that crosses New Orleans, closing the route for hours both ways, police said.

Drivers said they drove into thick smoke or fog that abruptly limited visibility on westbound lanes of Interstate 10 heading across eastern New Orleans. Those who came upon the scene said they heard injured motorists pleading for assistance.

“You just hear all kinds of calls and people screaming for help,” tow truck driver Wesley Ratcliff told local broadcaster WWL-TV. In 13 years responding to wrecks, he added, “this is the worst I’ve ever seen it.”

Officer Garry Flot, a police spokesman, would not talk about possible causes, including whether those may have included smoke or fog.

All lanes were reopened late Thursday afternoon as the investigation continued,

letting commuters head home at rush hour.

The highway is heavily trafficked, a major corridor for thousands of commuters who enter New Orleans each day from its eastern suburbs and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Those driving the route at the time of the wrecks said they suddenly found themselves in utter darkness, unable to see the lights of cars ahead.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fixed mortgage rates rose slightly this week off their record lows. The year ends much like it began, with few people able to take advantage of the best rates in history.

Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average on the 30-year home loan increased to 3.95 percent from 3.91 percent. Last week’s rate was the lowest average on records dating to the 1950s.

The average on the 15-year fixed mortgage rose to 3.24 percent. That’s up from 3.21 percent, also a record low.

Rates have been below 5 percent for all but two weeks in 2011. Even so, this year is shaping up to be one of the worst ever for home sales.

Previously occupied homes are selling just slightly ahead of last year’s dismal pace. And new-home sales appear headed

for their worst year on records going back half a century.

Next year could be better. More than 5 percent of households said this month they plan to purchase a home within the next six months, according to the Conference Board.

Builders are also hopeful that the low rates could boost sales next year. Low mortgage rates were cited as a key reason see MORTGAGE page 11

Fixed mortgage rates end year slightly above record lows

Turkish warplanes aim at Kurdish rebels but kill 35 others by mistake ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish warplanes mistakenly killed 35 smugglers and other villagers in an operation targeting Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a senior official said — one of the largest one-day civilian death tolls during Turkey’s 27-year drive against the guerrillas.

The killings spurred angry demonstra-

tions in Istanbul on Thursday and several cities in the mostly Kurdish southeast, and were the latest incident of violence to undermine the Turkish government’s efforts to appease the aggrieved Kurdish minority by granting it more cultural freedoms.

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Balsams deal appears key to putting revised Northern Pass route together

BY ANNMARIE TIMMINS THE CONCORD MONITOR

DIXVILLE NOTCH — When they lost a $3 million bid for land at the Balsams last week, Northern Pass officials said the piece wasn’t critical to their proposed hydropower line from Canada. But the company’s recent land purchases in northern New Hampshire suggest otherwise.

Since mid-October, Northern Pass has spent nearly $4 million buying property from the Canadian border to the Balsams property in Dixville Notch, according to property deed records. The 16 properties aren’t contiguous, but they line up well enough on a map to reveal what was likely Northern Pass’s latest hope for a new route though the North Country.

But without the Balsams piece, the route stops abruptly with no easy way to achieve its goal of connecting with the existing power line corridor that starts in Groveton. And if Northern Pass can’t negotiate a path to that existing corridor, it won’t be able to import hydropower from Canada to the New England power grid.

Northern Pass spokesman Martin Murray declined

Boston police say bank robbery suspect gave $1 bills to kids BOSTON (AP) — Boston police say a woman suspected of robbing a city bank was caught a short time later handing out dollar bills to children at a park.

Police say workers at the Citizens Bank told them a woman walked into the branch just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, passed a teller a note demanding money and warned she had a gun. She then left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

A cab driver told police that a fare had told him that she just robbed a bank.

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“I can say that the 24-acre parcel that is on the Balsams property was certainly an alternative that we had an interest in,” Murray said in an email.

“There are other (parcels), but I will decline to discuss them.”

Meanwhile, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, which beat out Northern Pass for the Balsams’s land, is raising the money to cover the $850,000 it offered the land’s owners for conservation rights on the land and rights to a separate utility easement. The group has until Jan. 15 to come up with the money.

Jack Savage, spokesman for the forest society, said donors have sent in $250,000, nearly half of it over the weekend after news accounts of Northern Pass

increasing its bid for the Balsams property. Late last week, Northern Pass told the Balsams land owners it would pay nearly $3 million for those property rights “in the event” that the deal with the forest society fell through.

It’s been 15 months since Northeast Utilities and Hydro-Quebec announced Northern Pass, their $1.2 billion project to bring hydropower to New England.

Most of the proposed 180 miles of high-voltage transmission lines will run along the existing power line clearing owned by Public Service of New Hampshire.

But the company needs to buy land for the northernmost 40 miles of line, and that’s where it’s having trouble.

Fierce public opposition prompted Northern Pass see NORTHERN PASS page 10

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday.

Ohio, Michigan and Georgia are not far behind with six store closures planned in their states. Tennessee, North Carolina and Minnesota are set to lose four stores each.

Included on the list are stores in Keene and Nashua, New Hampshire.

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store employs between 40 and 80 people.

None of the closures announced so far are in Sears’ home state of Illinois.

The 125-year-old retailer said on Tuesday it would close up to 120 stores to raise cash.

The projected closings represent only about 3 percent of Sears Holdings’ U.S. stores. Sears and Kmart merged in 2005. The company now has about 3,560 stores in the U.S. That’s up from 3,500 immediately after the merger.

CONCORD (AP) — A New Hampshire convict learned she had lost her appeal on multiple convictions she fabricated evidence against her ex-husband just hours before she died.

The lawyer for 36-year-old Kristin Ruggiero confirms she learned of the court’s decision Wednesday, shortly before she was discovered suffering a seizure in her cell at the women’s prison in Goffstown. Ruggiero was taken to Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, where she was pronounced dead.

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Michael Barone

Obama succeeds abroad where he follows predecessors The world usually turns out to work differently from what American presidents expected when they were campaigning.

Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on domestic issues in 1932 and ran a more isolationist foreign policy for his first years in office than any of the Republican presidents elected in the 1920s. But he became aware of the threat that Adolf Hitler posed earlier than most, and changed course accordingly.

George W. Bush called for a “humble” foreign policy when he was running in 2000. But the attacks of Sept. 11 utterly changed his priorities and policies.

Barack Obama has not had such a stark turning point. But the world certainly seems to be working differently from what he expected during the 2008 campaign.

Obama expected to be greeted as a hero and champion by the peoples and governments of what Donald Rumsfeld called derisively “Old Europe,” and by leaders in the Middle East and Third World.

He thought it would matter that he “looked different” from previous presidents. But all presidents have looked different from one another, and the election of the first black president probably had more resonance to Americans than to foreigners who have less emotional connection with our history.

Obama may have been cheered by his reception in Berlin in July 2008, but he has gotten the cold shoulder from leaders of European countries old and new. Rather than hail his long opposition to military action in Iraq, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other Europeans plunged into intervention in Libya, a bit miffed that Obama was (in the words of one of his aides) “leading from behind.”

Obama supposed that leaders of countries like Russia and China would find him, as Sarkozy might put it, a confrere. Not quite. Vladimir Putin pocketed Obama’s concessions on missile defense that Obama made in his “reset” with Russia and gave back little in return. Putin is still balking at stopping Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons.

With China, Obama has had an edgy rather than trustful relationship. His administration, like Bush’s, is trying to induce China to be a responsible stakeholder in world affairs, with mixed results.

And like Bush in his second term, Obama is basing policy on the so far forlorn hope that concessions will somehow make the horrifying North Korean dictatorship,

now under a 20-something leader, change its ways.

In his first years as president, Obama brusquely rejected the emphasis on human rights that was, in varying proportions, the part of the foreign policy of every president from Jimmy Carter to the second Bush. After all, if it was Bush’s policy, it was bad. So he coldly ignored the Green movement against Iran’s mullahs in June 2009, and he only hesitantly has expressed sympathy with what we at least used to call the Arab Spring.

But the mullahs have shown no more fellow feeling for the first black president than for the third Texas president or his four predecessors.

Our lack of engagement with the Arab Spring movement has reduced our leverage in the region. So has our sudden and abrupt withdrawal from Iraq, against military (but perhaps in accord with political) advice.

Where Obama has done better is in regions where he has followed the trajectory of Bush’s (and in some cases Bill Clinton’s) policies.

In Africa, he has continued Bush’s widely successful campaign to eradicate AIDS. But there are signs that in some African countries Bush is more popular than the president whose father was a citizen of Kenya.

In Asia, once you get east of the horrifying conundrum of Pakistan, Obama has built alliances, formal and informal, with the major countries ringing China. Foreign policy analyst Walter Russell Mead hails the recent and first trilateral talks between the U.S., Japan and India as “history made.”

Obama has built on our rapprochement with India, started gingerly by Clinton and continued with gusto by Bush. Suddenly China finds itself surrounded by nations, including South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and, maybe, Burma, resisting its expansionist thrusts. Japan is buying F-35s, and Australia has agreed to host U.S. troops.

You didn’t hear Obama (or his opponents) talk much about Asia in 2008. But it has the world’s largest populations and fastest economic growth — while Old Europe struggles to avoid the collapse of the euro.

Obama’s policy there, which continued past initiatives, is a serious achievement. But not one he forecast in his 2008 campaign.

(Syndicated columnist Michael Barone is senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.)

LETTERS Obama is asking for debt ceiling to be raised another $1.5-trillion To the editor, “Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss”.

If the last two months have taught us anything it is that our newly minted representatives, Guinta, Bass and Ayotte, are not much different than the politicians they replaced.

A year ago the battle over extending the debt ceiling spawned a slew of pigs at the trough unfunded spending and tax cuts, all to get paid for later, the details of which were to be worked out by a Senate Super Committee. Well the Super Committee failed to agree on the spending cuts and taxes to pay for them and to reduce the deficit. The president hid in a closet not wanting to get soiled from the mess and we the people are left with draconian cuts in spending to start in 2014 that economists say could make the last recession look like a walk in the park.

A week ago, with the unfunded unemployment extension and payroll tax holiday expiring, our heroic senators voted to extend it for two months without paying for it and went home for Christmas. The House not to be out done demanded the Senate return and pass it for a year and they weren’t paying for it either.

The House eventually realizing the Senate wasn’t coming back agreed to the two months, folded their tents and went home looking like a bunch of amateurs.

The point is Republicans that pass tax cuts without the corresponding spending cuts in the same legislation are no different than Democrats who pass spending bills without the corresponding spending cuts or tax

increases in the same legislation.

There are no adults in the room. We need our representatives to make the tough decisions on our behalf and live with the consequences. We hired them to to go to Washington and do the hard work so our country survives and prospers. Someone has to have the guts to say that everyone can’t have three flat screen TV’s, not now.

The recent collapse of the Greek economy should have been a wake up call to Washington but apparently it was ignored by our politicians who are more interested now in getting reelected.

If this wasn’t bad enough, today Reuters is reporting that the Spenderin-Chief will be asking the recessed Congress to extend the debt ceiling another $1.2 trillion dollars. Can you believe it? And it gets even better.

The agreement made during the last showdown allows the cap to be automatically raised unless they vote to block it. They have 15 days to do so only they are on vacation until Jan. 17th. $16.5-trillion here we come.

When our current crop of legislators come looking for our votes this fall I for one will be asking them the question, do we owe less now than when you were elected? If the answer is no the next question will be, who’s next?

Maybe the Democrats will field some conservative candidates. They do exist. Most people either didn’t know or have forgotten that a lot of Ronald Reagan’s appointments were Democrats. Someone has to take this seriously.

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On Northern Pass, Gov. Lynch needs to listen to people of N.H. To the editor, In regard to the recent offensive tactics by Northern Pass to try to stop the sale of the Balsams to the Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests, the people of New Hampshire have spoken loud and clear. Governor Lynch needs to remove his ear plugs and talk to the people who put him in office — the people who are donating the funds to stop this project that is causing so much heartache and pain to all of New Hampshire. They are is to be applauded and commended for

I would remind Governor Lynch that the North Country starts at the N.H., Mass. border, not in Groveton.

To you Governor Lynch, I say talk to the people.

The Alliance against the Northern Pass invites you to an informational meeting on January 17 at 6 p.m. at the Campton Elementary school.

If you would like to talk that would be great. Reply to www.supportus@ nonorthernpass.org George Wright

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LETTERS It’s not PC to refer to president in such terms but look at evidence To the editor, Henry Osmer objects to calling our president a “ruthless, uncaring s.o.b.”.

I would not call him that, but I wonder about others.

If my brother were a multi-millionaire but wouldn’t help me when I live in a hut on $20 per month, how caring might I consider my brother?

If I had a multi-millionaire nephew and I lived in public housing on public assistance, how caring might I consider my nephew?

If I were part of the 20-percent of Americans who are unemployed or underemployed and saw a president who cares more about pursuing his failing ideological policies than of creating real private sector jobs, what might I consider the president?

If I were just scraping by financially

and watch the president drive up my energy prices, what might I consider the president?

If I were struggling to responsibly care for my family and saw the president give my tax money to failed enterprises owned by his political supporters, what might I consider the president?

If I lived in fear of illegal aliens who roam the country robbing and killing citizens because the federal government refuses to do its job and see the president preventing my state from protecting me, what might I consider the president?

It may not be politically correct to refer to the president as a “ruthless, uncaring s.o.b.”, but evidence supports the charge.

Don Ewing Meredith

League of Women Voters hosts screening of ‘Patriocracy’ on Jan. 8 To the editor, Political dysfunction and polarization have brought American politics to historic lows. As we enter this coming election year the poisonous rhetoric may be reaching an all-time high.

Does this turn you off participating in the primary? Will you be discouraged from voting in the general election?

The League of Women Voters has a 90 year history of breaking down barriers to voter participation. As a nonpartisan political organization, the League encourages the active participation of all citizens in government.

But when the public is disillusioned by smear campaigns, sensationalized stories, and media sound bites rather than substance, the very foundations of democratic government are shaken.

The League of Women Voters New Hampshire, partnering with the national League of Women Voters, invites everyone to a special free screening of “Patriocracy,” a new documentary that drills down to the roots

of political polarization and offers sound solutions to move beyond it.

The film features an A-list of Washington personalities including former Senator Alan Simpson, Bob Schieffer (CBS News), Eleanor Clift (Newsweek/McLaughlin Group), Ken Rudin (NPR), Senator Mark Warner, Senator Kent Conrad and many more!

Brian Malone, the film’s producer and five time Emmy Award winner, will introduce the film in person. After the film there will be a panel discussion, moderated by Elisabeth MacNamara, national president of the League of Women Voters. Jim Rubens (R), former NH Senator, and Paul Hodes (D), former NH Congressman, are two of the panelists.

Save Sunday afternoon, January 8 at 4 p.m., and see the film being shown at Sweeney Auditorium on the Concord campus of the NH Technical Institute.

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Sure, money is wasted in Washington, but how about town meeting To the editor, I made the statement that there are a lot of folks that if brains were dynamite, they couldn’t blow their nose. In today’s poll, President Obama is mopping the floors in the White House with anyone that the right wing nut party nominates. The letters to the editor from the right wing nuts have blamed the president for anything that has gone wrong with this country for the past hundred

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LACONIA — The Center Harbor man who tried to rob the wrong woman this past July was sentenced to one to two years in New Hampshire State Prison.

The tale of Richard Royea, 30, of 683 Dane Road went viral because not only was he caught in the act of stealing jewelry and medications from his victim, when he tried to run away, she grabbed his back pack, forced him to empty his pockets and made him sit in a chair and wait until the Center Harbor Police arrived.

Royea was also given a suspended sentence for criminal mischief or vandalism for repeated bashing his head against an electrical outlet at the Meredith Police Department on Dec. 2 while

being questioned about another crime.

He pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in Laconia District Court and Judge Jim Carroll, knowing he was already going to jail for one to two years for the July burglary, fined him $500 — all suspended.

In the time between his charge for burglary in July until his sentencing in December, court records indicate he completed a residential drug and alcohol treatment program at the Phoenix House between Aug. 25 and Sept. 21.

As part of his sentence for the July burglary, Judge James O’Neill III also ordered Royea to write a letter of apology to his victim and to complete his GED or get his high school diploma.

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TURKEY from page 2 have aided Turkish troops in their fight against rebels, he said.

“According to the initial information, these people were not terrorists but were engaged in smuggling,” Celik said, adding that Turkey was ready to compensate the victims. “If there was a mistake, if there was a fault, this will not be covered up, and whatever is necessary will be done.”

In Istanbul, police used tear gas and water canons to disperse pro-Kurdish protesters denouncing the air strikes, the Dogan news agency reported. Dogan footage showed some demonstrators smashing glass panels at a bus stop and others throwing stones at a police vehicle near Taksim square, a transit hub adjacent to shopping and hotel districts.

Plainclothes officers hustled or dragged away several protesters.

Earlier, the Turkish military con-

firmed the Wednesday night raids, saying its jets struck an area of northern Iraq frequently used by rebels to enter Turkey after drones detected a group approaching the often unmarked mountainous border. Border troops were on alert following intelligence indicating that Kurdish rebels were preparing attacks in retaliation for recent military assaults on the guerrillas.

The military said drones had detected a group approaching Turkey, apparently at a mountain pass that the rebels have used to smuggle weapons into Turkey, and that the military conducted strikes in areas where the rebels have bases far away from civilian settlements.

Pro-Kurdish legislator Nazmi Gur said earlier that most of those killed were teenagers making a living out of smuggling from Iraq into Turkey and claimed that officials should have known that Turkish smugglers would be operating in the area.

from preceding page ment in the form of grants which all add to the deficit. My main concern is the wasted money approved in town meetings by a handful of folks who show up, many who leave town meetings with money in their pockets. I hope that Mr. Boutin will explain why property taxes continue to rise in N.H. It works the same in the federal government, where some of the richest

folks in this country, both right and left wing nuts approve spending in the form of pork added on to necessary spending bills to send back to states to help in their re-election efforts.

Finally, Mr. Boutin, pick up any newspaper any day and read about the grants approved and which town got them and for what.

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HOMELESS from page one out of the building either looking for work or volunteering at the next door food pantry between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Residents are required to keep their personal areas tidy and must smoke cigarettes in a designated area. There are assigned chores for housekeeping purposes.

Residents are charged $10 a day. If they can’t pay, they work at the food pantry or for the Salvation Army to offset the fee. All guests are required to fill out vouchers for food stamps and are given access to the Salvation Army Food Pantry to get by until and if some federal relief is available.

Each wing — there’s a men’s wing, a women’s wing and a family wing, has its own kitchenette, shower and bathroom facilities and access to laundry facilities.

“I was down and out,” said a woman who is now one of the house managers.

“This is really not a hard place to live,” she said crediting the Carey House and the Salvation Army with helping her get back on her feet after an illness and a bad break up left her homeless and destitute.

As of 3 p.m. yesterday, there was room at the Carey House for one man and one small family. But not for Robert.

While Robert has been helped by the Carey House it is no longer an option for him. For reasons local police declined to explain, he cannot return there.

As the temperatures plummeted over the past two weeks, Robert began to fail.

Police said their most recent encounters with him began last week when someone reported a man who may need help near lying on the ground near the river.

It was Robert and he did need help.

Police and ambulance personnel took him to the Lakes Region General Hospital when he was evaluated for hypothermia and put through a battery of tests.

Released later that night, Robert walked to the Laconia Police Department. He had no where else to go.

He stayed on a wooden bench in the lobby until daybreak but, as one supervisor explained, “We’re not a shelter.

There’s only so much we can do.”

By dawn, Robert was back out on his

own. Police, who know where he camps, occasionally brought him coffee and a sandwich or two. And for the better part of a week the weather held.

Until this week.

On Tuesday morning police and fire got another call from the same area, again about a man who was lying on the ground and in seeming distress.

Another visit to LRGH for a hypothermia check and Robert was released.

On Wednesday, police and fire were again summoned to the place where Robert camps. Another trip to LRGH, another check for hypothermia, and he was back on the streets.

A couple of the sergeants were worried. They knew how cold it would get Wednesday night and began looking for him during the midnight shift.

The senior day sergeant said he searched his camp first thing this morning, found much of his stuff, but no Robert. He and two of his officers began looking throughout the city.

By about 11 a.m. the sergeant found some of Robert’s friends. They told him Robert had spent the night curled up in the stairwell of the city parking garage, downtown, in an attempt to apparently try to stay out of the wind.

Robert was okay. He was hungry and cold but went with the police who fed him food and coffee purchased from their own money.

“He just loves coffee,” said one sergeant.

Police turned to the last temporary resource available to them — the Laconia Police Relief Association and Family Fund — a fund financed from private donations and typically used to buy a range of things for local residents like Christmas presents for needy families to emergency hotel rooms for people like Robert.

Police collected his meager belongings and were able to pay for local hotel room for a few days.

“This is only temporary,” said the sergeant, who also noted Robert is far from the only person in the city who is homeless and in need of help. “I just don’t know what happens next.”

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“I’m not an average politician,” Huntsman told the noontime crowd at the Belknap Mill, acknowledging that the transition from serving as a diplomat and running for president was not a smooth one. He touted his record of public service, particularly his

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In addition, Huntsman urged overhauling the tax system by gradually eliminating all loopholes and deductions for individuals and all subsidies and credits for corporations. Recalling the economic growth spawned by tax reform in Utah, he envisioned that a “renaissance” of manufacturing industry sparked by changes to the tax code designed to restore competitiveness in global markets.

“We did it once,” he said, hearkening back to America’s dominance of the world economy, “and we can do it again.”

Huntsman also favors “breaking up” the largest banks, which because they control financial markets, remain “too big to fail” and, when the next crisis strikes, will require a bail-out to spare the economy from ruin. “We’re setting ourselves up again,” he said.

Like his rivals, he favors less government regulation of business and industry as well as “energy independence.”

Turning to the “trust deficit,” Huntsman said that the country is “running on empty” with distrust of government at unprecedented levels. Calling for an end to “crony capitalism,” he said that he would seek to limit congressional terms and “close the revolving door,” through which elected representatives leave Capitol Hill to become lobbyists on K Street. “Leadership is nowhere to be seen,” he declared.

Although Huntsman once spoke of “this president,” he never referred to Obama, or for that matter any of his Republican rivals, by name. Nor did he dwell on differences between the parties. Instead, he repeatedly proclaimed “we are all Americans” and insisted “we must come together.”

Huntsman has taken the high road, itself a calculated campaign strategy, and shunned Iowa, with its large bloc of evangelical voters, in favor of New Hampshire. He has placed his fortunes in the hands of the mainstream Republicans and registered independents, who outnumber registered voters of either party, of the Granite State. Whatever the outcome, Huntsman’s vote will likely offer a valuable indicator of the mood of the New Hampshire electorate.

So far the pace of the GOP primary has been set by the conservative elements of the party, who have flitted from one candidate to another in search of an alternative to Mitt Romney, whose conservative principles they doubt. Only Huntsman, who appeals far less to conservatives than Romney, has not seen his popularity rise and fall these rounds of speed dating. Recent polls show Huntsman in the low teens, in New Hampshire behind Romney and Ron Paul and jostling with Newt Gingrich for a spot in the money.

I-93 from page one in Laconia for the driving after expiration in New Hampton.

Although both communities are in Belknap County, offenses allegedly committed in Sanbornton and Tilton are initially handled in Franklin District Court while the remaining nine Belknap County communities initially appear in Laconia.

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GILFORD — The Kitty Belle, a 60-foot-long, 25-foot wide steel barge which has been on Lake Winnipesaukee for over 50 years was lifted out of the lake Wednesday morning at Fay’s Boat Yard, where it will spend the winter undergoing repairs and will get a new paint job before heading back out on the lake after ice-out in April.

Slow moving, absolutely dependable and extremely maneuverable, the 28 and a half ton barge has been a workhorse on the lake ever since 1959 according to its former owner, George Randall, who says it was built in pieces in Boston that year and shipped to Lakeport, where it was assembled and put into service as a ferry for Black Cat Island in Moultonborough, which at that time was not connected by a bridge to Moultonborough’s Second Neck.

“It’s the only side paddle wheeler on the lake,’’ says Randall, who recently sold the Kitty Belle to Rick Nowlan, who plans to use it for his Island Transportation Company which will provide services such as delivery of construction materials and propane to summer island dwellers on the Big Lake.

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Nowlan said that the barge was lifted out of the lake at Fay’s Boat Yard by a giant crane from Able Crane Service of Merrimack and that the entire operation took around four hours.

“The barge weighed less than we thought. We had estimated that it was 60,000 pounds but the scale used by the crane operator put it at 57,000 pounds,” said Nowlan.

Randall said the first owner of the Belle was Bill Chipman, who at one time owned all of Black Cat Island, and who rented the barge to Public Service Company of New Hampshire when it was bringing power to islands on the lake during the 1960s.

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NORTHERN PASS from page one to scrap an initial northern route earlier this year.

Company officials said they’d have a new route in place by June but didn’t. Now they say they’ll unveil the latest route in the first few months of 2012.

While residents in the North Country, where the project is most controversial, have led relentless opposition, Northern Pass officials are finding people willing to sell their land.

Some are out-of-towners like James Phillips of Germany and Jeffery Ford of Kentucky. They sold the company land in Stewartstown and Clarksville, respectively. Ford sold 91 acres for $275,000, according to property deed records. Phillips was paid $60,000 but his deed did not specify the size of the lot.

A Virginia woman sold 85 acres in Clarksville held by a trust she oversees for $525,000. Another trust with out-of-town trustees sold 22 acres for $99,000, according to deed records.

But some sellers are local. A Bethlehem couple sold nearly 50 acres in Stewartstown for $90,000.

A Lancaster man who runs a real estate company sold an undisclosed amount of land in Clarksville for $580,000.

Rosaire Marquis, who lives in Vermont, sold 109 acres in Colebrook to Northern Pass for $125,000.

Marquis said last night he regrets he didn’t demand more. Marquis said Northern Pass officials approached him three or four times about selling his land before he agreed.

“I didn’t know what other pieces were selling for,” Marquis said. “I should have asked for more.”

Marquis hasn’t thought much about the hydropower project. “It doesn’t bother me too much because I’m far away,” he said. “I do what I want

with my land.”

Northern Pass bought those properties though a subsidiary called Renewable Properties. Prior to that, the company was buying land under the name Properties Inc. Last month, Northern Pass introduced a new subsidiary called 07.25 LLC. The name appears to reference the July 2011 date the company was created.

That subsidiary bought two properties in November, both from locals, according to property records.

One man, who could not be reached, sold Stewartstown land he bought in 1971 for $210,000. The deed did not say how big the parcel was. And a pair of sisters-in-law sold 50 acres to 07.25 in Stewartstown for $156,000.

One of the women, Pauline Lemieux, said yesterday the company approached them about selling.

Their husbands bought the parcel years ago, and the couples enjoyed staying there in a camp on the property. But both women are over 75 now, Lemieux said, and they felt it was time to sell.

“We may not feel elderly, but we are and that’s a fact,” Lemieux said. She also believes Northern Pass is a “done deal” that will happen whether she agrees to sell or not. She said company officials never threatened to take their land by eminent domain, but she feared they would if they had to.

The women didn’t need the money, Lemieux said.

But they felt they should dispose of the land before they died.

“We did a lot of soul searching of ‘Should we? or shouldn’t we?’ “ Lemieux said. “I’m not in favor of (Northern Pass) but I think it’s going to go through no matter what.”

PILEUP from page 2 told WWL-TV. “Cars were driving in front of us and before you know it, it seemed as if they had dropped off the face of the Earth.”

Seven people were taken to south Louisiana’s top trauma center, where several were in critical condition, said Marvin McGraw, spokesman for the Interim LSU Public Hospital.

Flot said 25 people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to critical. He said they included a 62nd injured person — a firefighter

whose face was cut while working at the scene. Flot said 37 others refused treatment for minor injuries.

The police spokesman wouldn’t say whether police believe smoke or fog contributed to the wreck, noting the investigation is ongoing.

He said the dead were a pickup truck driver and a 54-year-old passenger in another pickup, both from Louisiana. He wouldn’t say whether their pickup trucks were among the first vehicles to crash or part of the pileup that followed.

Cars, tractor-trailers, vans and other vehicles collided on lanes approaching the city’s business district. Eastbound lanes were closed to let emergency vehicles get in, and traffic was detoured off the highway through morning rush hour and well into the afternoon.

Interstate 10 stretches from Florida to California and is a major corridor for commercial truck traffic.

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But so far, rates are having no major impact.

Mortgage applications have fallen slightly in recent weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

High unemployment and scant wage gains have made it harder for many people to qualify for loans.

Many Americans don’t want to sink money into a home that they fear could lose value over the next few years.

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Authorities on Thursday announced the arrests of Eugene O’Brien and Timothy O’Brien, who are accused of pulling off a $2.2 million fraud to buy the Narragansett home of Frederick Carrozza Sr., who ran a business from the same Providence office as the late reputed mob boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca.

Narragansett real estate agent John Hodnett wrote in an email two months after the September 2006 sale that the $2.4 million deal was one of the most “bizarre” transactions the market had seen in a while.

“This home has been on and off the market over the past 10 years between 595K and $1.5 (million).

It was last on the market for $1.5 (million) this past February,” Hodnett wrote in an email quoted in the affidavit. “To see this close at $2.4 (million) with a mortgage (of) $2.28 (million) is mind boggling and turning all of the comps upside down. Most people are under the assumption that there may be more than meets the eye on this one.”

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Two area real estate agents told investigators the 4,900-square-foot home, located near a beach, was in poor condition in 2006 and required “a lot of money and work,” the affidavit said. An attorney who offered to buy the property from Carrozza for $1.2 million called it a “mess” and planned to raze it, the affidavit said. A forensic appraiser determined the house was worth $910,000 when it sold, Winquist said.

Carrozza, who is not facing charges, made about $2 million in the sale, the affidavit said. He did not promptly return a message seeking comment Thursday.

Eugene O’Brien, who is from Wesport, Mass., and has worked in the mortgage industry, made more than $95,000 from purchasing and refinancing the property, and Timothy O’Brien, an acupuncturist from South Kingston, made $100,000, the affidavit said.

They’re each charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, conspiracy and money laundering.

Eugene O’Brien, 50, and Timothy O’Brien, 55, financed the purchase with a mortgage from Coastway Credit Union in Cranston, Winquist said. He said $120,000 was given as a down payment but few mortgage payments were made.

A few months after the purchase, sole ownership of the home was turned over to Eugene O’Brien, who paid off the initial loan with a new mortgage and home equity line from Countrywide Home Loans Inc., Winquist said. The home was not maintained, its property taxes went unpaid and no one ever moved into it, he added.

When Eugene O’Brien secured new financing in December 2006, he did not disclose on his loan application that he had purchased three properties in Rhode Island and Massachusetts between Nov. 6 and Dec. 14 for more than $1 million total, the affidavit said. The properties fell into foreclosure.

Eugene O’Brien also is facing more than $600,000 in federal and state tax liens, the affidavit said.

After appearing in court on Wednesday, Eugene O’Brien was ordered to pay a small amount of surety bail, and Timothy O’Brien was released on personal recognizance, said defense attorney S. Joshua Macktaz, who represents Timothy O’Brien.

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HOLDERNESS — John B. Tamke, 79, of 8 Marston Rd. died at his home on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.

Mr. Tamke was born May 21, 1932 in Providence, RI the sixth child of Henry J. and Eunice (White) Tamke. He lived in Laconia for over 30 years before moving to Holderness sixteen years ago. He was a trained arborist in the family business; Tamke Tree and recipient of a Bachelor of Science in Insurance and Economics from the University of Rhode Island. He was deeply involved in the conversion of One Mill Plaza in Laconia in the 1970’s from abandoned mill to commercial office space. He retired in 1996 after more than 30 years as a licensed investigator for the insurance and legal professions, and then traveled the world with his wife Joan.

He was an Army veteran serving over 15 years graduating from OCS and attaining the rank of Major in the Army Corps of Engineers.

He is survived by his wife of 16 years, Joan (Breckell) Jensen Tamke, of Holderness; his son and son’s family, Eric K. Tamke, wife Heidi, grandchildren

Harrison, Aidan, and Annaliese Tamke of Gainesville, VA; and stepson George Nesbitt of Holderness and step daughters Lynne Nesbitt of Holderness and Dawn Nesbitt-Taylor of Laconia, NH. He was predeceased by his parents.

There will be no calling hours.

A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 1:00 pm in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-BeaneSimoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH. Burial with Military Honors will be held at the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, NH on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 11:30am.

For those who wish, in lieu of flowers the family prefers that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

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nia, Alfred R. Maheu and his wife Jane of Warner and Armand P. Maheu of Franklin; daughters, Jeanne E. Blake of Franklin and Evelyn I. Martel and husband Andy of Carey, NC; 9 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 1 great, great-grandson; nieces and nephew.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated later in the spring at St. Paul Church with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery in Franklin. The William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home of Tilton is assisting the family with arrangements.Expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942.

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Camera club learning about digital paintings from photos MEREDITH — The Lakes Region Camera Club program at the Meredith Public Library on January 3 at 7:30 p.m. will feature a presentation by Kristin Hand on ways to digitally “Paint” photos.

She uses Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter as her programs of choice to to alter photos and have some creative fun.

Hand lives in Bridgewater and is a photographer and painter. She is a past president of both the Lakes Region Camera Club in Meredith and the South Shore Camera Club in Quincy, MA. She has participated in several group gallery showings, juried exhibitions, and has had several solo displays.

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In accordance with RSA 33:8-a, the Belmont Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 9, 2012, beginning at 5:00 p.m., at the Corner Meeting House. The purpose of the public hearing is to take public comment on the proposed municipal bond issue/note in the amount of $1,500,000 for the purpose of replacing (5) Five Sewer Pump Stations. Future bond payments are anticipated to be funded from Sewer User Fees.

According to Article V of the Laconia City Charter and other applicable State laws, the City Council will hold a Public Hearing on January 9, 2012 during the regular Council Meeting which begins at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers, Room 200A regarding proposed Ordinance Change to Chapter 235 Impact Fees for the Addition of the Commercial Resort (CR) Zone.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Not only do you have the ability and desire to make something happen, but you have other intangible qualities that, when seen by the right people, will cause doors to fly open and opportunities to fly forth.

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You’ll rely on your own curious mix of charm and timing. You’ll enter circles and interact for just the amount of time it takes to make a connection. Then you’ll leave while the going is good.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can change what’s going on between people in your family just by choosing new reactions. Your loved ones will respond to you, especially when you are acting in unexpected ways.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 30).

You’ll be part of a winning group this year. January brings a run of good luck that seems almost too easy, but the truth is that you’ve been working your whole life for it. You’ll embark on a mission in February. In March, celebrate your relationship with someone who shares your cherished values. Invest in June. Aquarius and Cancer people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 44, 8, 32, 39 and 18.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your environment will make a difference in how you feel. Place pictures of your supporters and those you admire where you’ll see them often. The right images around you will help you to work hard and be successful.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Each person has their own unique emotional makeup, so feelings may be more or less mutual, but not exactly. You’ll connect in a way that feels right to you, and so will the other person.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You know that you have the courage and the power to accomplish your goal. The question is: Do you have the stamina?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll see the first signs that someone is attracted to you, and you’ll enjoy the attention to the extent that it’s appropriate for your life. You’ll take everyone’s feelings into account.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It will be easier for you to achieve at the level of your high standards when those around you, especially your nearest and dearest, have high standards, as well.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2011. There is one day left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 30, 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Mich. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.)

On this date: In 1813, the British burned Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.

In 1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

In 1860, 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the United States Arsenal in Charleston.

In 1903, about 600 people died when fire broke out at the recently opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago.

In 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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In 1948, the Cole Porter musical “Kiss Me, Kate” opened on Broadway.

In 1965, Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated for his first term as president of the Philippines.

In 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

In 1994, a gunman walked into a pair of suburban Boston abortion clinics and opened fire, killing two employees. (John C. Salvi III was later convicted of murder; he died in prison, an apparent suicide.)

One year ago: Republican Lisa Murkowski was officially named winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race following a period of legal fights and limbo that had lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Joseph Bologna is 77. Actor Russ Tamblyn is 77. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandy Koufax is 76.

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Singer Davy Jones is 66. Actress Concetta Tomei is 66. Singer Patti Smith is 65. Rock singer-musician Jeff Lynne is 64. TV host Meredith Vieira is 58. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is 56. Actress Patricia Kalember is 55.

Country singer Suzy Bogguss is 55. “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer is 54. Actresscomedian Tracey Ullman is 52. Actor George Newbern is 48. Singer Jay Kay is 42. ctress Meredith Monroe is 42. Actor Daniel Sunjata is 40. Actress Maureen Flannigan is 39. Actor Jason Behr is 38. Golfer Tiger Woods is 36.

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CALENDAR TODAY’S EVENTS VacationWeek Camp at the Meredith Community Center. Early drop-off at 7:30 a.m. and late pick-up at 5:30 p.m. available. Call 279-8197.

Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.

Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (635 Main Street). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.

Tot Time at the Meredith Public Library. 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Stories, songs and crafts for ages 1-3.

Family Movie Night at the Gilman Library in Alton.

“Cars 2” at 7 p.m. Popcorn and drinks and patrons are free to bring camp chairs or pillows. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. (G - 113 minutes).

Drop-In Craft Time at the Gilford Public Library. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For children Pre-K through Grade 4.

Knit Wits gathering at the Gilford Public Library. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. All knitters welcome.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the firstfloor conference room. Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome.

Call 645-9518.

Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org.

First Day event features kayak rides through Winni River rapids FRANKLIN — 2012 will start with a thrill in Franklin on Sunday, January 1. This year marks the 31st anniversary of kayakers splashing and slicing through snow and ice-filled class IV rapids on New Year’s Day. There is very little that compares to such a sight.

Choose Franklin invites all businesses, organizations and groups to be a part of the festivities.

Reserve your event table in the heated tent, free of charge, by calling 934-2789. Be a part of the festivities, inform spectators of your winter activities, and help welcome the Merrimack Valley Paddlers and Friends of the Winnipesaukee River as they paddle down the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin, Northfield and Tilton again this year.

Paddlers will take to the water between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with novice and intermediate boaters paddling the “Upper” Winnipesaukee from Route 140 to the Train Station in Northfield. Advanced boaters will paddle the “Lower” Winnipesaukee from Cross Mill Road in Northfield to downtown see next page

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PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Gilmanton Planning Board THURSDAY – January 12, 2012 Beginning @ 7:00 PM Academy Building - 503 Province Road 2012 Proposed Zoning Change Text of the Proposed Zoning Ordinances will be available at the Selectmen and Town Clerks Offices for public inspection on December 30, 2011 1) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #1 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article IV – Table 1, Zoning District Regulations, Wireless Telecommunications Facilities, byreplacing the existing requirement to obtain a Special Exception for this use in the Village, Rural, Conservation and Residential Lake Districts with the requirement to obtain Conditional Use Permit. In addition, amend Article III paragraph K., Personal Wireless Communications Facilities by replacing all references to Special Exceptions and its administration by the Board of Adjustment and replace them with a Conditional Use Permit process administered by the Planning Board.

2) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #2 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article IV A & Table 1, Zoning District Regulations & Article X Additional Special Exception Criteria (Cottage Industry) by deleting all references to the requirement of Special Exception for specific uses administered by the Board of Adjustment and replace them with the requirement of a Conditional Use Permit requirement administered by the Planning Board. In addition, amend the Zoning Ordinance to add the following new Article, XVII: Conditional Use Permit Criteria: The Planning Board may, in appropriate cases, and subject to safeguards as determined by the Planning Board, grant a Conditional Use Permit per RSA 674:21-II for a land use in accordance with Article IV, Table 1. The Planning Board, in acting on an application, shall take into consideration the following conditions: 1. The proposed use(s) shall be only those allowed in this Ordinance by Conditional Use Permit; 2. The proposed use(s) is/are consistent with the adopted Master Plan; 3. The specific site is in an appropriate location and of adequate size for the use; 4. The use, as developed, will not adversely affect the character of the area in which the proposed use will be located; 5. There will be no nuisance or serious hazard to vehicles or pedestrians; 6. The use will not place excessive or undue burden on Town services and facilities; 7. There would be no significant effect resulting from such use upon the public health, safety, and general welfare of the neighborhood in which the use would be locate.

3) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #3 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article IX, Board of Adjustment, by adding the following new Section: E. Septic System Plans.

The Board of Adjustment shall not require submission of a septic system plan/design (whether or not approved by the State of New Hampshire) as a condition to the filing an application for a variance or special exception.

4) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #4 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article III, General Provisions Applicable to All Districts, by adding a new Section Q, to read as follows: NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ON A LOT - Only one single family dwelling unit, or one 2-family dwelling unit, may be constructed on a single lot, except that, a greater number of dwelling units may be allowed as determined by a Conditional Use Permit under the provisions of the multi- family and/or condominium sections of this Ordinance.

5) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #5 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article III, General Provisions Applicable to all Districts, by adding a new Section P, to read as follows: to add a Steep Slope Conservation overlay district which shall apply to all areas with a slope greater than 15% where the proposed disturbance exceeds 20,000 square feet. Development of such steep slopes shall require a conditional use permit from the planning board and will be subject to performance standards including that cut and fill of slopes shall not exceed a 2:1 ratio; existing natural and topographic features shall be preserved to the greatest extent possible; driveways may not exceed 10% slope for residential subdivisions and 8% slope for nonresidential uses; and prohibiting the construction of structures on slopes greater than 25% prior to site disturbance.

6) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #6 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: To amend Article IV Table 1, Zoning District Regulations, by replacing the term Church/Community Building with the term House of Worship/Community Building.

7) Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment #7 as proposed by the Gilmanton Planning Board for the town Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend Article VVI Definitions, by adding the follow new terms – Kennel: A commercial establishment in which dogs and other domesticated animals are housed, bred, boarded (overnight), trained and/or sold, all for a fee or compensation and Kennel Day Care: A commercial establishment in which dogs and other domesticated animals are housed (not overnight) and trained and/or sold, all for a fee or compensation. In addition, amend Article IV Zoning District Regulations, Table 1, by adding the following new uses, Kennel & Kennel Day Care, broken down by District as follows: Village – Not Permitted, Rural – Conditional Use Permit, Conservation – Conditional Use Permit, Limited Business- Conditional Use Permit, Business – Conditional Use Permit and Residential Lake – Not Permitted.

Nancy Girard, Planning Board Chair

Tickets now on sale for 8th Annual LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala

LACONIA — Tickets are on sale now for the 8th Annual LRGHealthcare Red Dress Gala, presented by MB Tractor & Equipment.

An event open to all in the community, the Red Dress Gala will take place on Friday, February 3, at the Conference Center at Lake Opechee Inn & Spa. The gala is held each February to raise awareness about Supporters join together for the February 3 Red Dress Gala. From heart disease and preven- left to right: Liane Champagne of MetroCast & Red Dress Gala cochair; Heidi and Marc Bourgeois of MB Tractor & Equipment; Susan tion. Event proceeds will Brown, owner of Lakes Region Floral Studio & event co-chair; and benefit cardiac services, Scott Ouellette, Owner/Chef of O Steaks & Seafood. (Courtesy programs, and technology photo) at LRGHealthcare and in the community. The generous support eral Hospital Auxiliary, and Lovering from sponsors, advertisers, donors, Volvo; Bronze Sponsors are Akibia, and guests makes this all possible.

Decorative Interiors, Franklin SavThis year’s gala will take you on ings Bank, Pain Solutions, and Sealite A Journey to Africa. The night’s fesUSA/Watermark Marine Constructivities will include a theme-inspired tion. Corporate Sponsors include meal created by O Steaks & Seafood, EPTAM Plastics, Franklin Regional live and silent auctions, and dancHospital Auxiliary, Granite State ing the night away to the sounds of Glass, and Landmark Benefits, Inc. Paul Warnick and Phil ‘n the Blanks.

Other high-level event supporters Friendship tables are available and include: Crown Design, Comcast Spotseats are going fast. light, Lakes Region Floral Studio, O Joining Presenting Sponsor MB Steaks & Seafood, Tylergraphics, and Tractor & Equipment in supporting Walnut Street Productions, LLC. the Red Dress Gala are Gold Sponsors To receive an invitation, or for addiEvroks Corporation and Meredith tional information about sponsorship, Village Savings Bank. Silver Sponadvertising, or donation opportunisors include: DiGiorgio Associates ties, contact the Office of Philanthropy Inc./Monitor Builders, Inc., Laconia at philanthropy@lrgh.org or 527-7063.

Savings Bank, Lakes Region Gen-

from preceding page Franklin taking out at Trestle View Park. Video of last year’s event is available on YouTube via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=aOE11pDzQao. Spectators are encouraged to attend with best viewing at Trestle View Park which is the take out for paddlers on the lower section. The park will feature a heated tent with coffee, cocoa, chili and “Hoppin’ John”, provided by Choose Franklin, the Franklin Rotary Club and Franklin Savings Bank, along with information about the wealth of activities being put on by area organizations this winter.

Spectators can walk, snowshoe or ski on the Winnipesaukee River trail to watch paddlers coming down the class III and IV rapids Choose Franklin is the main spon-

sor of First Day Franklin and is seeking co-sponsors for the event. Last year Franklin Savings Bank provided refreshments for the tent set-up crew who were volunteers from the Webster Place Recovery Center. The Franklin Democratic Committee and Franklin Rotary delivered the hot food for the warming tent and the Franklin Fire Department, Franklin Recreation Center, Wilderness Trailer Sales and Scott Stanley Electric provided tables, heat and electricity for the event tent.

For more information about this event, to reserve a table for your business or organization, to volunteer to help with the tent or refreshments, to be a sponsoring partner, or be involved in any way, please contact: Delaney Carrier at Franklin Storage Company 934-2789; or Sarah Stanley at Franklin Savings Bank 934-8343.

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THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, December 30,2011— Page 17

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My mother lives by herself. I have not spent a great deal of time with her, but now that she is aging, I feel guilty for not being around. Mom doesn’t have any friends, and my siblings barely speak to her. She is a difficult woman.

Mom is very negative, has no interests and says terrible things about everyone. She is a natural worrier. The glass is always half-empty. The only things she ever wants to talk about are other people’s problems, her medical conditions and stories about her childhood that I’ve heard a million times. Just the thought of having to spend a little time with her makes me anxious and apprehensive.

Although counseling helped me deal with growing up in an unstable environment, it has not made things better when it comes to the stress I feel when I’m around my mother. I’ve told her it’s difficult to deal with negative people, but she doesn’t think that applies to her. If I told her outright, she would never be able to get past how much I hurt her.

I know some people will say to be brutally honest, but they don’t understand that Mom’s reaction would be unhelpful. She’d obsess over it, but she wouldn’t change. I love my mother, but I can’t stand to be around her. How do I cope?

-- Trying My Best Dear Trying: Can you talk to Mom’s doctor and ask him to prescribe an antidepressant for her? All those qualities that annoy you -- her negativity, obsessive thoughts, worrying -- can indicate anxiety and depression for which medication could be enormously helpful. Tell her you love her and want her to feel better.

Dear Annie: I decided after 16 years of marriage to divorce my husband. We married young. He was a good provider and father and treated me well. We have two beautiful children and a home on the water and were financially well off. But he was also controlling and emotionally detached.

After years of loneliness and depression, I decided to leave him. I stayed in the marriage a lot longer than I wanted for our children, hoping my feelings would change. After various marriage seminars and two years of couples counseling, I came to realize that I was not in love with my husband and probably never was.

Both my husband and I come from strong Catholic backgrounds. When I announced I wanted a divorce, my husband’s family stopped communicating with me. A mother at my daughter’s school cornered me to say I should have tried harder. I once had the same mentality. People seem to think that if you were the one who chose to walk away, you are not hurting. Annie, this pain will be with me forever. But do I regret my divorce? No. Staying in an unhappy, dysfunctional marriage would have been telling myself I don’t matter. -Starting Over in N.D. Dear N.D.: Divorce is always difficult and often heartbreaking. No one knows what someone else’s marriage is like unless they have lived it.

Dear Annie: You often tell readers to put their final wishes in writing and see that everyone has a copy. While I agree with the first part, the second isn’t always a good idea. In fact, in some families it can be a disaster.

I have been an estate planning attorney for more than 21 years. I have seen adult children bully their parents when they are unhappy with the will. Also, it is not unusual for people to execute several wills in their lifetime. If they change their mind, they don’t need everyone to know each time. If there are going to be unhappy people fighting, it makes sense to keep copies to a minimum.

I would encourage everyone to discuss their family situation with an estate planning attorney. -- E.R., Woodbridge, Conn.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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AKC Registered West Highlands: 7 weeks, white, m/f, intelligent, affectionate, paper trained, $850.

524-4294.

2001 Mercury Mountaineer SUVAWD, Automatic, All power, power moon roof, good tires, runs well.

143K miles. $1,995.

603-930-5222

FLEXIBLE hours, and a safe environment. Non smoking Belmont home. References available.

Please call Donna at 520-1821.

CLEAN UPDATED studio and one bedroom in Tilton. Heat/Hot Water included. $600-630/Month.

603-393-9693 or 916-214-7733.

BEAUTIFUL puppies. Apricot, red, mini poodles.

Champ background. Good price. Healthy, happy and home raised.

253-6373.

SENIOR Citizen wants free, small dog for companionship. Will have a good home. home 279-3148, cell 290-2324

Autos 1979 Toyota RAV 4-L Automatic, all power, power moon roof. Lots of new parts, have receipts, tires excellent.

180K, $2,495.

603-930-5222 1999 Chevy Cavalier, 4 dr, 4 cylinder, air, auto, CD, 94K mi., $2,495 obo. 934-2221.

2003 Dodge SLT Pickup: Clean Florida truck, no rust, 5-speed, nice interior, 121k highway miles. $3,995 firm. Call Phil, 393-7786.

BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

CASH paid for unwanted or junk cars and trucks. Same day service possible. 603-231-2859.

THIS WEEK S SPECIAL: 2003 Subaru Outback Limited Wagon AWD - Automatic, Leather, Moonroof, State Inspected, 20 Day Plate, Warranty. Giguere Auto Wholesalers, 524-4200.

TOP DOLLAR PAID for junk cars & trucks. Available 7-days a week.

P3 s Towing. 630-3606

Employment Wanted RETIRED gentleman seeking part-time job, available early morning until 1pm and after 6pm.

Call 603-524-4406

For Rent LACONIA(2) 2 bedroom apartments. Heat included, newly renovated. 1 Unit $800/Month, other $850/Month. Available January 15th. 603-759-2895

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ALTON Housemate- Private suite w/use of common rooms in quiet country setting. No drinking/No smoking. $450/Month includes utilities. 875-6875

CHILDREN S Garden Childcare: Year-round, reliable, clean, structured, pre-K environment, one acre yard, central location.

528-1857.

APARTMENTS, mobile homes. If you need a rental at a fair price, call DRM Corp. Over 40 years in rentals. We treat you better!

524-0348 or visit M-W-F, 12-5, at 373 Court Street, Laconia.

AT Weirs Beach. Nice 2 Bedroom/ 1-Bath. Heat/HW incl Laundry hook-ups. $890/month. $500 security. 296-5314.

Belmont- 2 bedroom 2nd floor.

Heat & Electric Included. No smoking/pets. $1,000/Month.

387-6875 BELMONT: 2-bedroom duplex, washer/dryer hookups, $800/ month, 1st and $500 deposit, non-smoker. (603)455-7942.

CENTER Harbor House- One bedroom, year-round, propane central heat, tenant pays all utilities, tenant does all yard maintenance. No pets/Smoking. credit report required, verified income, references. $400/Month, security. Call between 5PM-8PM 603-253-6924.

FURNISHED bathroom.

room with own $150/week.

3 Bedroom House yard, seasonal porch, storage, laundry on site, parking, close to downtown, $950 per month, pay own utilities.

2 Bedroom very nice, near hospital, parking, laundry on site, $190 per week, utilities included.

Efficiency Apartments from $130-$135 per week, utilities included.

References & Security Deposit required No Dogs For more information, please call 524-4428 FRANKLIN 5-bedroom home. $300/week plus utilities Washer-dryer hook-up. No pets.

520-1229 FRANKLIN: One bedroom 2nd floor quiet area great for single or couple. $500+Utilities Animals?

934-1252 GILFORD 3 bedroom condo, $1300/monthly. Parking, garages available. Heated pool, tennis court. Close to shopping and lake.

Boat slip available. Washer/Dryer hook up available. NO PETS. References & security required.

781-710-2208.

GILFORD, 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath, Balconies, no smoking/pets, $890/month plus utilities, Security deposit and references, 603-455-6662 GILFORD: 1-2 bedroom apartments from $175/Week includes heat & utilities. Pets considered. Security/References.

556-7098.

LACONIA3 bedroom clean, cozy cape near LRGH. No smokers/pets. For Sale Also.

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GILFORD: 1 BEDROOM WITH AMAZING VIEWS, includes heat, hot water, electric, cable.

Dead-end location, quiet, 3 miles to downtown. No smoking/pets, $165/week. Sec. plus first week.

455-8319

LACONIA: Prime 2-bedroom apt. on Gale Avenue. Walk to town and beaches. Very large rooms.

Beautiful hardwood floors, loads of closets. Private porch and garage. $1,000/month, includes heat and hot water. 524-3892 or 630-4771.

LACONIA 2 BR Elm Street area, spacious, clean. first floor, porch, parking, washer/dryer hook ups. $825/mo. plus utilities References and deposit required.

603-318-5931 LACONIA Mountain VIew apts. $300 off 1st month s rent. 2BR 1 bath, $700/mo. 2BR & 3BR townhouses, 1.5 bath and large decks. $775 & $850/mo. Quiet location with laundry and playgrounds. No Dogs. Office on site. 524-7185 LACONIA Province St. 4 bedroom apartment. Private parking, laundry, bright & clean, no pets. $1,000/Month + Utilities.

508-423-0479.

LACONIA South Down Shores 3-Bed, 3-Bath Townhouse with Garage $1,200 + Utilities

(603)455-9189 LACONIA- 3 bedroom house. $1,000/Month + utilities. Pets considered, references & deposit.

524-9665 LACONIA- Large Rooms for rent.

Private bath, heat/hot water, electric, cable, parking included. Free WiFi Internet. $145/week, 603-781-6294 LACONIA- Messer St. 3 Room 1 bedroom with sun porch. 2nd floor. $165/Week. Includes heat/electric. $500 security.

524-7793 Laconia- Private 1 bedroom with heat, hot water, garage. Easy walk to town. $750/Month. No pets. 603-455-0874

LACONIA: Gail Avenue, 3rd floor, 1BR heat and h/w included, no pets, no smoking. $725.

524-5837.

LACONIA: Gilbert Apartments.

Call for available apartments.

524-4428 LACONIA: Large 3-bedroom apartment. First floor, parking. $850/mo + utilities, security/backgound check required.

603-781-6294.

LACONIA: Quality, affordable, spacious two bedroom apartment for rent with heat and hot water included. Rent from $697 to $839 per month. Please call Julie at Stewart Property Mgt., (603)524-6673 EHO. LACONIA: Sunny, small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor no smoking/dogs. $200 per week. includes heat/hot water.

455-5569.

Meredith- 2 bedroom 1st floor, nice apartment. Walk to docks/village. Washer/dryer hookups, Non-smoking, unitlites not included. $750. 279-7887 or 781-862-0123 MEREDITHJ E N N E S Hill 1-bedroom 1-bath house for rent. $625/Month + utilities. 1 Month security deposit. Available January 1st. 279-5674 NORTHFIELD: 2 bedroom trailer in small park with coin-op laundry on site, $225/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234, www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA-DUPLEX 2 bedroom 1 bath, washer/dryer hookups, garage. $900/month, heat included. References & security deposit. No pets or smokers.

524-8886 LACONIA/LAKEPORT Condo: 2-bedroom, 2-bath. $900/Month, heat & hot water included. Call 603-235-6901.

LACONIA: 2 bedroom, 2nd floor in duplex building. $235/week including heat, electric & hot water, 524-1234 www.whitemtrentals.com.

LACONIA: Huge, 8-room, 4-bedroom apartment. Heat/Hot Water included. Sunny, freshly painted, updated, hardwood floors, laundry room, new bathroom, sunroom. $1,250/Month 566-6815

Tilton- Downtown 2 bedroom apartment. $800/Month, Heat & Hot water included. 781 315 2358

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New Horizons Band starts rehearsals January 3, welcomes new members BELMONT — On Tuesday, January 3, the New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region will begin rehearsing music for their Spring semester. All musicians, or would be musicians, are welcome to come join the group as it prepares for a new season.

The New Horizons Band, in existence for four years, is part of a nationwide network of musical groups which were formed to encourage those 50 years and older to renew their musical skills or

For Rent

For Sale

WAREHOUSE/SPACE Up to 4,000 sq. ft. available with on-site office on busy Rte. 3 in Tilton.

Seasonal or long term. Relocate your business or rent a spot for your toys. 603-387-6827

HOLIDAY SPECIAL: GREEN FIREWOOD, cut, not split $130/cord, cut & split $175/cord.

Also, logging, landclearing & tree work (All phases). 393-8416.

WINNISQUAM: Small efficiency and a cottage including heat, hot water, lights and cable. $150-$175 per week. $400 deposit. No pets. 387-3864.

LAMB -RAISED locally. Hormone & antibiotic free. Vacuum packed, frozen. Custom cuts available.

528-5838

WINTER RENTAL

LOVELY Brown loveseat, opens into single bed. Bought for $1100 will sell cheap. Needs space. BO 528-0482

CEDAR LODGE Weirs Beach, Open Year Round ... Studios, 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom condos starting at $575 per month.

Please call Wendy at 366-4316.

NEW Toshiba Computer, never used, paid $340, asking $200; New 3-ft. desk/table & swivel chair, $200. (603)677-7203.

SMALL quantity delivery, K1 kerosene, works in all burners.

603-737-1206 Burner relights also.

For Rent-Commercial OFFICE/RETAIL Space for Rent: 450 Sq.Ft. Great front building exposure! $850 per month.

Everything included. Busy Route 3, 539 Laconia Road, Tilton. Call 630-2332.

SHARED OFFCES AVAILABLE IN GILFORD $425-500 per month Very nice and professional offices with shared common areas in Gilford Professional Park. Nice views, parking and well kept complex. Rent includes electricity, heat, cleaning service for common areas, central a/c and shared kitchen, as well as men and ladies' room. Contact Rob at 387-1226 and leave a message to arrange for a view.

WAREHOUSE/SPACE Up to 4,000 sq. ft. available with on-site office on busy Rte. 3 in Tilton.

Seasonal or long term. Relocate your business or rent a spot for your toys. 603-387-6827

For Sale 7 YARDS, PLUSH deep red velvet “old glory” 48-inches wide.

Great for Santa suit. $70 524-8860 90-GALLON Marine Fish Tank: Includes light, skimmer, pumps, live rock and fish! $800.

968-7941 or 968-3540.

AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop matress sets, twin $169, full or queen $249, king $399. See AD under “Furniture”.

BEDROOM-SOLID Cherrywood Sleigh bed. Dresser, mirror, chest, night stand. New! Cost $2,200 sell $895. 235-1773 FREE- BODY by Jake Ab Scissor. Good condition.

677-6528 CUSTOM Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,595. 833-8278 Gilford Appliance/Household item Sale! 30 years of accumulation!

Refrigerator, gas stove, microwave, gas dryer, all in good working order. Rocking chair, exercize bike, many crafting books, and much more! Everything must go!

Call 764-1035 for appointment

SOFA bed- twin size with new slip cover, Good mattress. Easy pull out. $75. 524-0121 VQ Actioncare Exercise & Rehabilitation Machine: New in box, improves cardio and balance, paid $279.65, will sell $175/best offer; (4) Nordic Frost winter tires, size 205/55R16, $200/best offer.

387-8943.

HIGHEST PRICES PAID! NO ONE PAYS MORE! Gold, (scrap rings, jewelry, etc.) Silver, (coins, flatware, etc. )

Antiques & Unusual Items Call 279-3087 or Stop In at

Waukewan Antiques 55 Main St. Meredith

WOODSTOVE excellent condition, Purchased at tractor supply store, 2 yrs old. Heats 1000-1200 sq.ft. and 2 cord hardwood all for $700. 603-520-4709.

learn to play a new instrument entirely.

People who played an instrument in high school or college now have the opportunity to dust off their old instruments and play with a group of talented musicians of varying skill levels who encourage and warmly welcome new members. Many of the band members are mature adults but younger members play with the band as well and are always welcome, and this creates a great generational mix.

Furniture

Help Wanted

AMAZING!

PT Apt. setters needed, perfect mothers hours M-Sat 8:30am-1pm make FT pay with PT hours, avg. rep makes $23 an hour! Fun work environment, no exp required, must have good communication skills. For interview call 603-581-2452

Beautiful Queen or Full-size mattress set. Luxury Firm European Pillow-top style.

Fabulous back & hip support.

Factory sealed - new 10-Yr. warranty. Cost $1095, sell $249.

Can deliver 603-305-9763.

The semester tuition includes weekly group lessons, if desired, to help brush up old instrument skills or learn new ones.

The band enjoys playing for clubs, civic organizations, and public events in the Lakes Region. Participating members, who come from every career path, reside in Laconia, Bristol, Gilford, Gilmanton, Moultonboro, Center Harbor and Belmont. see next page

Services

Small Jobs Are My Speciality

Rick Drouin 520-5642 or 744-6277

Motorcycles Free

Buy • Sell • Trade www.motoworks.biz

FREE Pickup for your unwanted, useful item garages, automobiles, etc. estates cleaned out and yardsale items. (603)930-5222.

T&B Appliance Removal. Appliances & AC’s removed free of charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

Heavy Equipment ***NEED C ASH*** HEAVY EQUIPMENT WANTED

Cat, Komatsu, etc. Universal Machinery will buy today! Call NH office at (781)439-6000, ask for Leo Blais.

Services

HANDYMAN SERVICES

LOW PRICE ~ QUALITY WORK

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.

Rightway Plumbing and Heating

Real Estate

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Over 20 Years Experience

Call 393-4949

FOR Sale By Owner: 2-Bedroom house, 1-1/4 bath. 180 Mechanic Street, Laconia. 524-8142.

M.A. SMITH ELECTRIC: Quality work for any size electrical job. Licensed-Insured, Free estimates/ 603-455-5607

Roommate Wanted LACONIA/GILFORD NEW YEAR/NEW HOME Beautiful home with private efficiency for rent now available in Laconia/Gilford. 8 minutes from college, hospital and downtown in quiet area. Rent includes all utilities, internet and cable. Completely furnished $500/month. Call 528-8030.

PARAEDUCATORS Laconia School District We are seeking candidates interested in working to support students with academic, emotional, social, physical and behavioral skill development in our schools. Positions are available in our elementary and high school. NH certification as Paraeducator 2 preferred.

SAVE 30% on Interior Painting.

Insured, references. Call Troy at Turcotte Painting 455-9179

PIPER ROOFING Quality Work Reasonable Rates Free Estimates Metal Roofs • Shingle Roofs

Our Customers Don t get Soaked!

528-3531 Major credit cards accepted

These positions are part-time, 27.5 hours per week.

Please send letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference to: ParaEducator Search Committee Laconia School District 39 Harvard Street Laconia, NH 03246 Please visit our website for information about Laconia School District www.laconiaschools.org E.O.E

Snowmobiles 2002 Arctic Cat ZL 600 EFI w/trailer. 1,770 miles, $3,400 or BRO. Call 393-3635-Leave Message SALES, SERVICE, performance parts. New & used parts, complete line of accessories for Snowmobiles & ATV s. Pre-owned sleds.

Lake City Cat House, 283 White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Open 7 days a week. 524-5954.

Storage Space GILFORD garage for rent near Airport. One large lighted garage. $170 monthly. 781-710-2208.

Yard Sale INDOOR sale, moving. 25 Randlett Street, building #25 Unit 3.

Dvd player, brand new blender, dishes and many miscellaneous items. 10 am - 3 pm Sat. 12/31 and 1/1.

Speare Memorial employees show spirit of giving PLYMOUTH — Speare Memorial Hospital employees stepped up with a food drive to benefit the Plymouth Area Community Closet to help those in the community in need during the holiday season.

Some $160 in cash donations were made along with donations of 139 cans of fruits and vegetables, 117 cans of soup, 87 pasta items, 80 tubes of tooth paste, Speare Memorial Hospital’s finance team tallied up this year’s very 59 dessert/baking items successful employee food drive resulting in 700 pounds collected: and 19 toothbrushes. (l-r) Judy Karkheck, accounts payable; Jodie Breen-Waddington, Over 700 pounds of payroll/accounting clerk; Kathleen Beriau, director of finance; and food/items were colCynthia Fisher, accountant. (Courtesy photo) lected in total and 58 families were served. had such a good response,” notes Jodie This year’s food drive was orgareferencing the fact the collection goal nized by the Speare Employee Activiwas exceeded by 90 pounds. ties Committee and spearheaded by In addition to the food drive this the finance department’s Kathleen year, Speare employees also donated Beriau, Jodie Breen-Waddington, items to Toys for Tots, the New HampCynthia Fisher and Judy Karkheck. shire Humane Society and gifts to They set a goal of 610 pounds of goods Meals-on-Wheels recipients coorcollect based on two pounds for every dinated by the Plymouth Regional full-time equivalent employee. “We Senior Center.

for all ages available starting the following week on January 9, running through February 13. Tuition is $75 for the first skater and $65 for all other skaters in a family.

For more information see the web site at MagicBlades.org.

from preceding page Under the direction of music educator, Mary Divers, the band rehearses every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and/or Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Music Clinic

on Rte.3 in Belmont. Though rehearsals begin on January 3, new members are welcome at any time. No audition is necessary. Call the Music Clinic at 528-6672 for more information.

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See our homes at www.pinegardens.mhvillage.com Office: (603) 267-8182 Email: pinegardens@myfairpoint.net

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Celebrate National Skating Month with Magic Blades Figure Skating Club

TILTON — January is National Skating Month. Magic Blades Figure Skating Club of Tilton is celebrating and invites people to join them on Monday, January 2 from 6-7 p.m. at the Tilton School Ice Arena for free skating, food and fun.

Magic Blades is offering lessons

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Just $99,000 And Great Condition Inside And Out! Vinyl Sided, Porch, Private Deck, Garage, 3 Bedrooms, Updated Bath And Move In Condition..Someone Is Going To Buy A Great House At A Great Price!!

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Grand&Gracious…This Antique Gambrel Boasts 4500 Sf Of Living Space With It’s 5+ Bedrms, 3 Baths, Remodeled Craftmans Kitchen, Elegant Formal Dining, Den, Library, Hardwood Floors, Tin Ceilings, 3 Fireplaces And 3 Car Garage. There’s A Ground Level In Law Apt, Perfect For Grannys Or Nannys!!

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www.baysidenh.net 185+ ACRES with 2 lots of record and 710’ of road frontage. A great location surrounded by lakes. Easy travel North or South. Large enough for subdivision yet still allowing for privacy.

Build that vacation or year-round dream home! $189,900 Monique Tenander 387-8235 SPECTACULAR VIEWS of Hermit Lake! Ideally located level, wooded lot has shared beach access 600’ away for summer and winter activities right from your doorsteps, cross country ski, snowmobiling, ice fishing for years of lakeside enjoyment! $59,900 Debbie Tarlentino

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344’ of frontage on busy Route 106. 50’ of frontage and entry from Higgins Drive.

Electric, water and sewer at road. $199,900 Travis Cole 455-0855 PRIVATE AND UNIQUE Winnipesaukee lakefront nestled among the trees yet close to town. Lovely 5,800 sq.ft. home. 5 bdrms, 6 baths, guest apartment, boathouse & a level 2.5 acre lot with 265’ of crystal-clear frontage Sandy beach, dock and pretty views $1,495,000 Rob Wichland 387-7069

WONDERFUL WINNIPESAUKEE COMMUNITY. Updated lofted townhouse w/heated 3-season porch, deck, & upgrades including flooring, monitor heater, & central air. Lake access, 2 pools, tennis courts, basketball, green space, mooring, boat docks, and a great spot for yearround use! $229,900 Steve Banks 387-6607

INEXPENSIVE INVESTMENT! Cozy village home is convenient to all amenities.

Immaculate, with 2 bedrooms on the second floor, open concept kitchen-living room and many upgrades including appliances, carpet and tile flooring. $89,900 Sandi Grace 520-0936

RELAXING GETAWAY. Immaculate, turn key log home nestled on a private level, landscaped lot. Relax on your screened porch & let your stress just melt away! A short walk to sandy beach & short drive to town. Come & relax! $209,900 Scott Knowles 455-7751

RARE OPPORTUNITY. Airport hanger building with 6 hangers under one roof. 2 large main hangers with 50’ wide doors & 4 side hangers with 44’ wide doors. Ready to be sold well below assessed value. $119,900 Chris Kelly 677-2182

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