FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
VOL. 20 NO. 202
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Candidate for selectman arrested, arraigned BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
GORHAM — A candidate for selectman in Gorham found himself on the wrong end of the law yesterday as a result of his allegedly causing unrest at the town's Public Works Department earlier in the week. Tad Michaud, 55, of Gorham, was arrested at 11:50 a.m. on March 1, and charged with three counts of disorderly conduct and one count of criminal tres-
pass. He refused the services of a bail commissioner, and entered a plea of not guilty in a telephonic arraignment in First Circuit Court later that afternoon. Bail was set at $1,000 personal recognizance bail and Michaud is scheduled to appear for trial on May 29. The arrest followed a police investigation into two separate incidents that had been reported to police by workers at the town garage. According to a police affidavit for an arrest warrant, filed by Gorham Lt.
Jen Lemoine, Michaud had caused a disruption at the Gorham Public Works garage on Main Street both on Feb. 15 and then again on Feb. 27. On both occasions, Michaud referred to his run for public office and personnel changes he planned to make. Public Works Director Austin “Buddy” Holmes reported to police that Michaud had engaged in disruptive behavior by circling the town garage in his truck, decorated with campaign signs, while honksee CANDIDATE page 6
Suspect of fake kidnapping charged locally with rape, assault BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — A man recently implicated in a false kidnapping case in Concord appeared in First Circuit Court in Berlin, on Tuesday, to answer charges that he raped and terrorized a woman in Gorham
last October. Jamey Kidder, 38 of Concord, entered no plea on felony charges of second degree assault and aggravated felonious sexual assault. He also pleaded not guilty to seven misdemeanor charges brought by Gorham police and another four brought by Berlin
police. According to the complaints filed against him, Kidder is accused of sitting on top of a woman and strangling her and then holding an “electronic defense weapon” near her throat and raping her. see SUSPECT page 6
Possible warrant article amendment offered up BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
GORHAM — The debate in Gorham about whether or not the budget committee should be kept or dissolved took a turn on Monday night. At the regular meeting of the board of selectmen, on Feb. 27, Gorham citizen Mike Waddell took his time during the period of open public comment to gauge the board’s feeling on a new proposal. Waddell said he had been thinking that while he is in favor of disbanding the town’s budget committee as it now stands, he believes there should be some layer of budgetary oversight. “It’s important that there’s an independent body in town that that’s their sole task,” he told the selectmen. To that end, Waddell said, he had devised a possible amendment to the petitioned warrant article to abolish the budget committee. Noting that he believed having no budget oversight see AMENDMENT page 7
GHS seniors Jaimie Bisson, Holly Tremaine (l-r) are collecting recipes from the public to put into a local recipe book to raise money for David’s House in Lebanon. With them are baby Jake and Jesse Switzer.. Holly and Jesse are Jake’s parents and stayed at David’s House for four months while Jake was at CHAD.
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GORHAM -- Jaimie Bisson and Holly Tremaine, seniors from Gorham High School, will be collecting recipes and making a local recipe book to help raise money for Dartmouth Hitchcock’s David’s House. As you may know, David’s House is a homeaway-from-home for families with sick children in the CHAD (Children Hospital at Dartmouth) unit. David’s House is used by families who can not afford to stay at a hotel for an extended period
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of time who do not live close to Dartmouth Hitchcock. They provide food, a place to be down, and a shower to regroup so parents can stay close to their sick children. Holly experienced their generosity last spring as her son Jacob fought through very tough times. He was born three months premature weighing only one pound and 12 ounces. Holly and her boyfriend Jesse were able to stay with their
Moving Downtown Forward team has first meeting BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN – With a new road map in hand, the team entrusted with revitalizing the city’s downtown lost no time charging ahead to implement some of the recommendations. Meeting Tuesday, the team decided to organize a Downtown Day of Caring on Friday, May 18. Sylvia Poulin of the Berlin Main Street Program said the goal is to work with local businesses and volunteers to clean up the downtown, including weeding and mulching the
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