Friday, august 16, 2013
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VOL. 14 NO. 52
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Convention nixes leadership’s bid to take commission to court By RogeR Amsden
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LACONIA — A divided Belknap County Convention has rejected a move by its leadership to take its ongoing dispute with the Belknap County Commission over budget matters to court, turning down a motion to file a lawsuit against the commission by an
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8-9 vote. Voting for court action Monday night were Convention Chairman Rep. Colette Worsman (R-Meredith), Vice Chairman Rep. Robert Greemore (R-Meredith) and Convention Clerk Rep. Jane Cormier (R-Alton). Joining the leadership were Reps. Guy Comtois (R-Barnstead), Charles
Fink (R-Belmont), Richard Burchell (R-Gilmanton), Michael Sylvia (R-Belmont), and Stephen Holmes (R-Alton) All the convention members from Laconia, Republicans Don Flanders, Frank Tilton, Bob Luther and Democrat David Huot opposed the motion. They were joined by Democrats see COUNTy page 4
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Boys and Girls and violins
Diante, Lea and Ryan gets a hands on lesson in playing the violin with Benjamin Halford, Kay Wheeler and Ryan Thompson at the Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region Thursday afternoon. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
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Sensing a market rebound, Southworth building again in The Weirs By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Signaling its growing confidence in the real estate market, Southworth Development LLC , the managing developer of Meredith Bay at The Weirs,
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plans to add a mid-rise building to its growing inventory along either side of Scenic Road. North Lodges at Meredith Bay is planned on a 6.7-acre lot at the foot of Brickyard Mountain across Scenic Road from the
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Town Homes at Meredith Bay, which line the shoreline northward from Look Out Rock. The four-story building will house 24 two-bedroom condominium units, six on each floor. Three elevators serving see SOUTHWOrTH page 8
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