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LFD’s Beattie promoted to assistant chief By gail oBeR
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Laconia Fire Chief Ken Erickson has promoted fire Capt. Kirk Beattie to assistant fire chief, replacing former Assistant Chief Deb Pendergast. Beattie started his new assignment yesterday. Erickson said Beattie has been with the Laconia Fire Department for 16 years and see BeaTTIe page 8
Candidates for Laconia City Council Tom Tardif and Bob Hamel join mayoral candidate Ed Engler at mid-day yesterday at Woodland Heights School, the Ward 5 polling place. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch)
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Laconia’s clear choice for mayor: Ed Engler newspaper editor & president wins 74.1% of votes; bownes, Hamel & bolduc elected to council By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA —In yesterday’s election, Ed Engler topped Kailief Mitchell by a wide margin to win the race for mayor while Armand Bolduc staved off a challenge from Tony Felch in Ward 6 to earn his 16th consecutive term on the City Council, incumbent councilor Bob Hamel prevailed over Tom Tardif in Ward 5 and David Bownes
bested Richard Beaudoin in Ward 2 to capture the only open council seat. Incumbent city councilors Ava Doyle (Ward 1), Henry Lipman (Ward 3) and Brenda Baer (Ward 4) ran unopposed. Engler, the president and editor of the Laconia Daily Sun, polled three of every four votes cast in besting Mitchell, an academic assistant at the Spaudling Youth Center, 1,155 to 403. Engler carried Wards
1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 by 100 or more votes while Mitchell ran closest in Ward 5, where he has served as moderator for the past seven years, narrowing the margin to 114 to 82 . When the votes were tallied Engler said that he was not surprised by the result. “In the last week or so I felt pretty good about the situation,” he remarked. He said that in local elections that are not overshadowed by see eLeCTIOn page 6
and the development of a schematic design for a new jail. ‘’We need to bite the bullet and get temporary housing next year. This needs to be done and done as soon as possible,’’ said Alida Millham of Gilford, a former chairman of the Belknap County Delegation who came aboard only recently as a member of the committee.
She said that the overcrowded conditions at the jail and the cost of outsourcing prisoners to other facilities around the state made prompt action imperative. Millham made the comments after nearly 90 minutes of discussion on the options before the committee Tuesday night and after Department of Corrections Superinsee JaIL page 7
Jail Planning Committee eyes $2.5 Million bond for temporary annex By RogeR aMsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
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