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Air quality issues shut down community room at police station By Gail OBer

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Laconia schools eyeing additional $1.8M interest-free loan By Gail OBer

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LACONIA — The Laconia School District is eying an additional interest-free federal loan for $1.8-million dollars that could be used for more renovations within the district’s buildings. The QZAB or Qualified Zone Academy Bond was the federal program that made

$6.5 million available to the district for the Huot Regiona Technical Education Center expansion/renovation. Business Administrator Ed Emond told the School Board’s Budget and Personnel Committee last night that he was approached by the N.H. Department of Education about a month ago and told that no school districts had come forward

to apply for the balance of the federal loan fund. The loan program is limited to inside upgrades and doesn’t allow for new construction. In order to qualify for QZAB, Emond said a school district needs three things — an “academy”, a 10 percent local match, and a viable working collaborative with comsee LOAN page 10

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LACONIA — The Police Department’s community room has out of service since July, when it flunked an air quality test performed throughout the building. The test was in response to some concerns, said Parks and Recreation Department Director Kevin Dunleavy, who administers the city’s building maintenance effort. Lt. Al Lessard said the community room, in the northwest corner of the building, was built on a cement slab that is near the water table level. Like many other buildings in New England, the extreme high amounts of humidity this past summer contributed to the bad poor test results. “It was like Florida in New Hampshire,” Lessard said when commenting yesterday on this past summer’s humidity. He said that when the police station was constructed about 10 years ago, it was not part of the then building codes to insulate the concrete, which this summer led to damp carpets and a few drooping ceiling tiles. “Until we figure out see AIR page 10

The new FieldTurf playing surface at Bank of New Hampshire Stadium on the campus of Laconia High School includes markings for five different sports. Interestingly, the largest field (120 yards X 60 yards) is for girls’ lacrosse (black lines). The yellow lines are for both boys’ and girls’ soccer. The blue lines will be used for boys’ lacrosse and the red lines are for field hockey. The white lines, of course are for football and the entire field will be officially named for longtime football coach and athletic director Jim Fitzgerald at a ceremony on Sept. 27. (Lakes Region Aerial Photography/ Bill Hemmel)

Robinson agrees to serve as interim chief at Tilton-Northfield Fire By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

NORTHFIELD — The Tilton-Northfield Fire Commission last night appointed Deputy Chief Michael Robinson Acting Chief and Captain

Tim Joubert Acting Deputy Chief as of October 18, when Chief Brad Ober leaves the department to become deputy chief in Gilford. The commissioners reached their decision at a special meet-

ing convened to consider how to address the interim between the departure of Ober and the hiring of his successor. Captain Dave Hall told the commission that all members of the department discussed the situation

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and agreed that “every option in-house should be exhausted in the interim.” “I want Brad (Ober) back, but we can’t have that,” said Robinson, who added that every see T-N FIRE page 10

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