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VOL. 14 NO. 58
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
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BELMONT — A 154-foot long covered pedestrian bridge which once spanned the Cocheco River in Dover is being taken apart and will be brought to this town in three sections, where parts of it will eventually span the Tioga River in two dif-
ferent locations. The eight-foot wide wooden bridge was sold to the Belmont Conservation Commission for $1 by the Dover City Council last month after efforts by Dover residents to keep in that community and use it as a centerpiece for a park fell short. Built in 1996 at a cost of
$162,845, the bridge was removed with a crane in 2010 and is currently dry-docked, in the way of a waterfront development. Selectman John Pike said the town’s Conservation Commission and Heritage Commission have developed plans for the use of the bridge, whose parts
will be stored over the winter in the Public Works garage with an eye toward reconstructing it over the Tioga River next year. The Conservation Commission discussed the project at its August 7 meeting at which Chairman Ken Knowlton reported that contractor Mark see BrIdGE page 11
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Ted Roy stands in the gleaming new kitchen of his Water Street Cafe in Laconia. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Popular cafe shut down by fire is back in business By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA— “We’re grateful to be back,” said Ted Roy, who with his wife Jen owns and operates the Water Street Cafe, which reopened last week, four months after an early morning fire destroyed the kitchen and damaged the dining areas. “We missed our customers and they missed us.” Call or visit for more info! 603-279-2114 246 D.W. Hwy, Meredith 1181 Union Ave, Laconia sparklecleancarwash.com Cannot combine offers. Expires 9/15/13.
Taking a break during a busy lunch hour yesterday, Roy quickly passed over the three days in March when fire first struck his apartment building on Gilford Avenue and then the restaurant at the corner of Fair Street and Water Street. “It was like nothing you could ever imagine,” he said. “You ask yourself what’s going on here?” Although the flames were largely con-
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