THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013
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Court St. store held up again LACONIA — City police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at 10 p.m. Tuesday night at the Premium Mart on Court Street. Police said a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt entered the store and brandished a handgun, demanding cash. A Be-On-The-Lookout Alert heard by someone who spoke with The Sun said the man was described as big, wearing a backpack, and possibly some kind of Hallowsee ROBBERY page 8
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Selectmen talking about sewer system on Governor’s Island BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — Selectmen agreed to seek a request for quotes (RFQ) for installing a sewer system on Governor’s Island — the last area in town’s shorefront on Lake Winnipesaukee without one. Selectboard Chair Kevin Hayes said the first quote for an installation was done in 1975
which was revisted in the 1990s. “With new technology the original 1975 plan is likely obsolete,” Hayes said, giving advanced pump and pressure line technology as examples of what is likely outdated equipment. He also noted the lake is a resource that belongs to all the residents and its degradation would negatively effect prop-
erty values and tourist income. Resident Mike Brien said he was concerned because some people on the island have invested a lot of money in new septic systems. Brien also said he has gotten conflicting information in the past about who would pay for such a project if it were to be built. He also noted that previous town sewer projects and discus-
sions about Governor’s Island involved residents paying betterment fees as well as to hook up to the new system. Hayes reiterated that an RFQ was simply to ask interested engineering firms to submit quotes about how much a system would cost. When Brien asked if there was federal money available, see GILFORD page 8
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The Lake Winnipesaukee dock at Bay Point, on the Inns at Mill Falls in Meredith, looking south toward Church Landing. (Mark Chertok/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Barnstead ambulance involved in crash on way to Concord Hospital BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BARNSTEAD — Four members of the town’s Fire Department and the seriouslyill patient they were taking to Concord Hospital escaped serious injury Tuesday night after a car collided head-on with the town’s ambulance just before 8 p.m. Police Sgt. Joseph McDowell said yesterday that the ambulance was headed south on Route 28 toward Concord when one of
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the drivers headed northbound apparently lost control of his or her car and skidded into the southbound lane. The driver of the ambulance was able to take some evasive action but a collision still resulted, sending the ambulance off the side of the road. McDowell said it was precariously perched on the side of the road but fortunately didn’t roll over. In a media statement, Chief Mark Tetreault said crews continued to provide care
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