THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
VOL. 20 NO. 189
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Isaacson talking to other companies after Heico drops out BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN – Heico Companies LLC has withdrawn its interest in purchasing Isaacson Structural Steel. A party involved in the negotiations said Heico “pulled out of the chase” Tuesday afternoon, one day before a court deadline for parties interested in purchasing the bankrupt company to submit non-binding letters of interest. Isaacson is trying to reinvigorate interest in the business from other companies who had backed away when Heico emerged as what the bankruptcy attorney Bill Gannon last week called a “stalking horse”. Yesterday afternoon, the
source said there are several companies that are still interested and Isaacson’s investment bankers are talking to all of the potential suitors. The Chicago-based Heico was viewed favorably as a buyer for the fabrication business because it has experience in the business. It had also committed to operating the business in Berlin and retaining most of the 100 employees. Heico had expressed concern about potential environmental issues stemming from the former use of the site as a landfill. But an environmental assessment of the property was clean and the city had indicated it was willing to consee HEICO page 10
Prosposed Milan town budget shows a $90,000 savings BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
MILAN—As he opened the discussion of the 2012 Milan town budget hearing Tuesday, Selectman Chairman George Pozzuto told the small audience to note that total appropriations are $90,000 less than those in 2011. The total appropriation proposed in the projected 2012 budget is $805,151, as opposed to the 2011 allocation of $895,073. The major saving appears to be in the Capital Outlay line for Success Road Paving which, for 2011, was $100,000 and Machinery, Vehicles & Equipment which was $17,000—both line allocations
for 2012 being zero. Other savings were realized in lines for M&D Ambulance, cut from $11,000 in 2011 to $3,600 for 2012; Emergency Management, cut from $15,000 in 2011 to $13,000 in 2012; Highway Block Grant, cut from $42,890 in 2011 to $36,484 in 2012; AVRRDD/Carberry line, cut from $53,000 in 2011 to $46,491 in 2012; and Parks and Recreation, cut from $13,000 in 2011 to $10,000 in 2012. These cuts were offset by increases as follows, the first number being the 2011 allocation and the second, the proposed appropriation for 2012: Executive Administration: $45,000 to see MILAN page 18
Milan School District budget up 3.7 percent BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
MILAN—With the Milan School District total appropriation budgeted for 2012-2013, Milan taxpayers may see an increase in the local school tax rate of $2.34 to $10.87 per thousand as opposed to last year’s $8.65, a tiny audience was told at the Milan School budget hearing Tuesday at the Milan Village School. Total proposed appropriation for 2012-
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2013 would be $3,205,132, minus revenues and credits of $470,253, the net local school budget number would be $2,734,879. Subtracting a state education grant of $1,139,704 and the state education tax allocation of $249,099, the local school tax portion would be $1,346,076, according to numbers supplied by School Administrative Unit Financial Director Pauline Plourde at the meeting, resultsee SCHOOL page 18
BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — Some gains were realized in the standardized test scores recently released by the state Department of Education for Berlin students, though the district still lags behind the state overall. SAU 3 Superintendent Corinne Cascadden announced to the Berlin Board of Education that there had been no decreases in reading scores across the district, 101 Main Street Gorham, NH 603-466-5811
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at their meeting on Thursday, Feb. 2. “It’s really a huge accomplishment,” she said. Students in grades 3-8 and grade 11 take the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) tests in reading, and mathematics in October. At this time, students in grades 5, 8, and 11 are also tested in writing. Their scores are rated as indications of proficiency in the subject tested. Scores are reported see NECAP page 19
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