FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
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Lawmakers resigned to fact Laconia won’t have ward lines approved until early 2012
VOL. 12 NO. 77
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Protest leads Gilford selectmen to void layoff of Verdile-Philibotte BY ED ENGLER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Selectboard announced on Wednesday that it had changed its mind about laying off a key member of the Department of Planning and Land Use.
Stephanie Verdile-Philibotte will keep her job, much to the relief of members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Conversation Commission. Board chairman John O’Brien said he and his colleagues would continue to look
for places to cut the town’s 2012 operating budget a total of $300,000. Previously, the board had voted a twoweek stay of Verdile-Philibotte’s layoff. That decision was apparently made permasee GILFORD page 10
CONCORD — Representative Paul Mirski (R-Enfield), who chairs the Special Committee on Legislative Redistricting, this week filed legislation, which he said yesterday “was written specifically to accommodate Laconia.” The bill, House Bill 656, requires cities to redraw ward boundaries based on the results of the 2010 see WARDS page 13
BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Maya offers a big smile for her Child ID photo Maya Heller flashes a big smile for Gilford Police Detective Sgt. Kris Kelley as he takes her picture to put in her Child ID booklet. Thursday’s free Child Identification Program was hosted by Gilford Police and Dr. Melissa Kennell, DDS and her Children’s Dentistry of the Lakes Region practice in the Lakes Business Park.(Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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BARNSTEAD — About 50 people packed into the Town Hall Wednesday night for the first of two public hearings about the possibility of subcontracting town police services to the Belknap County Sheriff’s Office. Selectmen’s Chair Bob LaRoche opened the hearing, that was conducted by Town Moderator Bill Goss, by explaining what they had done so far and now was the time for selectmen to hear from the citizenry. “It’s up to you. Do you want us to accept or reject the proposal?” LaRoche said. The idea of subcontracting Barnstead policing duties has been discussed since last year, when former Selectman Jim Barnard, who is also the former Barnstead Police Chief, spoke to Sheriff Craig Wiggin about whether or not a subcontract was even possible. Though Barnard was not reelected to office, the current Selectboard felt the subject needed further investigation and created a special Barnstead Police Committee to work with Wiggin to determine if it was possible and, if so, to see BARNSTEAD page 10 Modern Woodmen
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