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Daily Sun war of words over unfinished warming hut restoration project president Carol Anderson states donors ready to write embarrassing public letters and possibly sue running for donors are “poised and ready” to start a that one of the donors doesn’t sue (it) for B G O letter-writing campaign that would embartaking in money for a town-owned property mayor GILFORD — The mother of the 17-yearrass the town about the town’s inability to with the promise of fixing it up and not Y
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LACONIA — Ed Engler, the editor and president of The Laconia Daily Sun, yesterday became the second candidate to file for mayor, joining Bob Luther, a onetime city councilor and current state representative in the race to succeed Mike Seymour, with one day left in the filing period. A native of South Dakota and graduate of the University of Texas, Engler has spent 36 years in the newspaper business, the last 27 of them in see MAYOR page 13
old girl who is heading up the fund-raising and volunteer coordination to restore the Gilford Outing Club warming hut told town officials that some of the project’s
finish the project. In an e-mail sent to Town Administrator Scott Dunn from Carol Anderson on June 6, she said the “town had better be careful
doing it.” The town holds the money from the donations, about $7,200 with $4,600 left, and see HUT page 13
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World War II veteran and former prisoner of war Wesley Wells of Bradford (right) addresses the crowd gathered in Meredith’s Hesky Park last evening for the conclusion of the 20th Annual Freedom (Motorcycle) Ride. Listening (l-r) are Chaplain Artie Atkinson, Governor Maggie Hassan, POW/MIA advocate Bob Jones and State Senator Jeanie Forrester. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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Freedom Ride reaches POW/MIA Memorial for 20th time BY ROGER AMSDEN THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — Bob Jones, a local POWMIA activist who was instrumental in starting the weekly POW-MIA vigil, now in its 25th year, was honored, along with the Northeast POW/MIA Network, at the 20th annual Freedom (Motorcycle) Ride
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gathering at Hesky Park last night. State Senator Jeanie Forrester of Meredith presented Jones with two State Senate proclamations honoring him and the network and noting that the vigil held in Meredith every Thursday night for the last 25 years is ‘’the longest running continuing vigil in the United States,’’
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Meredith Town Manager Phil Warren said that both the vigil and the nearby POW-MIA monument, which has been designated as the state’s first official POW-MIA monument, were due to the work Jones has done. Governor Maggie Hassan praised the see RIDE page 10
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