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This morning’s Laconia High graduation moved inside LACONIA — The Laconia High School graduation ceremony planned for this morning will be inside at the Middle School said Asst. Superintendent Terri Forsten yesterday. She said the decision was made by her at 10 a.m. yesterday morning after seeing the rain and hearing the forecast. Forsten said the Middle School gymnasium complex that includes the adjacent multi-purpose room, will be filled with seats and the ceremony will see LHS page 11
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32 affordable apartments planned for downtown riverfront BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Laconia Area Community Land Trust (LACLT) intends to acquire the former F.W. Webb property on Union Avenue, demolish the existing buildings and construct a three-story apartment building with 32 units. Plan are now on file with the city
Planning Department. Linda Harvey, executive director of the LACLT could not be reached yesterday for comment on the project. The boundaries of the 1.87acre describes a triangle, following the course of the Winnipesaukee River from just below the Avery Dam to the corner of Arch Street and River
Street and bordered on the other two sides by Arch Street and Union Avenue. However, its frontage on Arch Street is limited by a 0.34-acre lot that runs more than half the length of the street from its intersection with Union Avenue owned by Combined Investments, LLC of Milton, Massachusetts, which houses two apartment
buildings. The Webb property last changed hands in June, 2007 when it was purchased for $589,000 by Cecil and Debra Baldwin of Tuscon, Arizona, doing business as Laconia Mill Associates, LLC. There are two empty buildings on the property, one of 13,316-square-feet see APTS page 12
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Travis James Reed acknowledges applause as he receives his high school diploma from Adult Education Director Peggy Selig (far right) at the Laconia Academy graduation ceremony at the high school last night. Also on stage were (l-r) School Board Chair Jos Cormier, Assistant Superintendent Terri Forsten, Mayor Michael Seymour and U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas, who was the featured commencement speaker. See story about two of the other graduates on page 8. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia
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Girard was not reappointed to her position as a result. On January 23, Ryan Benson, the operator of the BMMC company, reported to police that some equipment from his rented contractor’s yard had been stolen and he wanted to file a report. Sgt. Matt Currier was on routine patrol and drove to the lot to meet with Benson, who told him he had seen snow tracks in
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