THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
VOL. 19 NO. 194
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Another study planned on Conway bypass BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — If you build it will they come? And what happens if you only build part of it? The state is trying to figure that out with the Conway bypass and will conduct a traffic study that will determine what will happen to traffic patterns if the southern leg of the long-delayed road is built,
and the central and northern sections are delayed, or never constructed. The study should be out this fall. The department has done similar studies before, Department of Transportation civil engineer Don Lyford said at a meeting with Conway staff and three selectmen on Tuesday, but “all it says is the central and northern sections should follow.” None of them address what happens if they don’t.
“Whether it’s five years or 25 years before they build the others,” selectman David Weathers said, the town needs to know how building the southern section impact their roads. “The immediate impact is on the town of Conway.” Selectman Bob Drinkhall worried it will just move congestion from Conway village to the outlets. see BYPASS page 6
School board holds second public budget hearing tonight
Crazy for Sudoku
BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
SHELBURNE—With many apologies, School Administrative Unit 20 Business Administrator Pauline Plourde distributed what she hoped would be a clarifying “GRS Coop Projected Tax Impact” graphic to the Gorham/Randolph/Shelburne Cooperative Board at its February meeting in Shelburne Tuesday, only to hear the board members ask her to please simplify the data. The sheet covered two sides with not necessarily enlightening information contained in a profusion of small charts and graphs. Plourde explained that her previous error about the tax rate effect of the budget appears to have been caused by misplaced data on a spread sheet and apologized again and again for having a hand in the resulting confusion. see HEARING page 7
Tammy Lee Judson, of Berlin, holds up a copy of her book, “Crazy for Sudoku: The Ultimate Sudoku Trivia Book.” Published under her nom de plume “Lee Judson,” this will be the first of what Judson plans to be a series of game books. She created the puzzles in this book when she was frustrated by not finding Sudoku games with letters instead of numbers. She feels letters allow for more variety in the puzzles. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTO)
Berlin woman creates puzzle book with letters instead of numbers BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — Tammy Lee Judson, of Berlin, loves crosswords and puzzles, and now she has published her own book of Sudoku puzzles using letters instead of numbers. The book, published under her nom de plume “Lee Judson,” is called “Crazy for Sudoku: The Ultimate
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City welcomes new assistant fire chief BY CLAIRE LYNCH THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — New assistant fire chief Thaddeus Soltys II is settling in at the station at 263 Main Street and is transitioning from his former home in Enfield, Conn. For the past year Soltys has spent his time as a fire consultant, he said, while seeking a position with a new see ASSISTANT CHIEF page 7
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