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Police charge man was selling pot at Normandin Sq. LACONIA — A local man who police said was trying to sell marijuana to people in Normandin Square area of the city is now free on $5,000 personal recognizance bail. Police said Peter P. Colson, Sr. 58, of 7 Church St. had 10 individual bags of marijuana in his possession when police arrested him near JD’s Barber Shop at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. They said he also had $500 in cash on him at the time. Colson was charged with one count of see POT page 8
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Union official says man at wheel ‘nodded’ just before crash that killed 4 — P.3
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Jail committee talks of selling real need for action By RogeR aMsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — ‘’We need a conversation about this project. We have to have a dialogue. Last year we never got
past the numbers,’’ Belknap County Jail Planning Committee Chairman and Belknap County Commissioner Ed Philpot (D-Laconia) told members of the committee as they dis-
cussed a proposal last night to seek a $3.5 million bond issue from the County Convention next year for temporary steps to deal with crowding issues at the county jail.
The bond issue would include a 48-bed temporary housing unit, which would cost $1,584,681 for a three-year contract; $500,000 for a schematic see JAIL page 11
GHS looking at ending practice of adding value to grades earned in tougher classes By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — The School Board got its first look at what could be a new approach to weighted-grading, class rankings and
differentiated diplomas at its regular monthly meeting Monday night. Presented by Superintendent Kent Hemingway and High School Principal Peter Sawyer, the focus was if and how the
School District would change the way it reports student data. Specifically, the district could move away from a so-called weighted grade — a prosee GRADES page 10
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