Tuesday, augusT 30, 2011
VOL. 12 NO. 63
LaCONIa, N.H.
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Irene leaves parts of Plymouth & Holderness under water
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Glassman holds key vote in move to oust GOP chairman By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — While most local Republicans watch from the sidelines, Alan Glassman of Barnstead, chairman of the Belknap County Republican Committee, and Skip Murphy of Gilford, who operates the conservative blog Granite Grok, are in the thick of the struggle over the fate of Republican Party chairman Jack Kimball. see GOP page 10
Stacy Therrien, a self-described “hockey mom” from Plymouth, lays soaked White Mountain Youth Hockey equipment on the lawn outside Plymouth State University’s Hanaway Rink on Monday. The year-old athletic facility and welcome center was flooded as a result of a tropical storm on Sunday. In front of her, Holderness Road (Rte. 175-A) and the PSU athletic fields beyond it lie buried under flood waters from the nearby Pemigewasset River. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
HOLDERNESS — Calling the flooding in Plymouth and Holderness the worst he’d ever seen in those towns, Governor John Lynch said yesterday he’d ask the federal government to declare the areas affected by heavy rains on Sunday as disaster zones, a designation which would make federal dollars available for cleanup and repair efforts.
Lynch made the statement after touring, via helicopter, flooding damage in Hart’s Location, Lincoln, Plymouth and the section of Holderness containing athletic facilities of Plymouth State University. Lynch noted that the federal government had already consented to a request that the state be declared a pre-disaster area, meaning that efforts by the state, municipalities and non-profit organizations to prepare for the storm could
be reimbursed at the rate of 75-percent. “That helps quite a bit,” he said. After seeing on Monday damage from the heavy rains that fell as a tropical storm — remnants of Hurricane Irene — moved through the state the day before, Lynch felt the Federal Emergency Management Agency would agree that parts of the state constituted a disaster. The worst damage, he noted, would be found in Carrol, Grafsee FLOOdING page 12
Selectmen pass new ex-spouse policy but ‘grandfathering’ still at issue By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — Selectmen last night voted to implement a new ex-spouse health insurance benefit policy that mandates the former husband or wife of a town employee be removed as a covered dependent at the Modern Woodmen
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