WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012
VOL. 21 NO. 10
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Farmers Market to move to Pleasant Street this summer BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN – Beginning its third year this June, the Berlin Farmers Market has grown to become the second largest farmers market in the state. The market has outgrown the space it has occupied its first two years and this year will be setting up in the downtown on Pleasant Street. The city council Monday night approved a permit to close Pleasant Street every Thursday from June 28 through September 20. While the market will run from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., the street will be closed from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. to give vendors time to set up and take down their stands. Laurie Jamison, the WREN Berlin Farmers
Market coordinator, met with the council to update the body on the latest plans for the market. The market has set up on Mechanic Street, between Main and Pleasant Streets. Mayor Paul Grenier said city officials and Jamison met last week to work out the details of the new location. Grenier noted the market had simply outgrown the Mechanic Street space. “This is a good thing,” he said. Working with Berlin police, Jamison said the market worked out a way to re-route traffic around Pleasant Street while the market is operating. She said she checked with businesses on Pleasant Street to make sure there were no objections to the market setting up there.
Jamison said she anticipates having 40 to 55 individual vendors at each market, noting that last year the market had over 80 different vendors participate throughout the entire summer. There will be live music at each market, with a performance area set up in front of the Coos County Family Health Service building. Jamison said the Randolph Foundation is paying for the musical entertainment. Councilor Peter Higbee said he understood sales generated by the market increased last year. Jamison said the first year the market generated about $90,000 in sales. Last year, she estimated that figure increased to the $120,000 range.
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BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
LANCASTER — The Coos County Grand Jury sat on Friday, March 30, and indicted five men on a variety of sexual assault charges, some dating back as far as 1990. Among those men, was former Lincoln Fire Chief Nathan Haynes, 66, of 91 Main Street in Lincoln. According to the “Union Leader”, Haynes was fire chief in that town for around 10 years and then resigned his see INDICTMENTS page 6
Round Table Discussion on Affordable Care Act Thursday at Tea Birds BERLIN – To mark the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, New Hampshire doctors and local officials will hold a round table discussion in Berlin on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at noon to discuss how the Affordable Care Act is benefiting New Hampshire and Coos County families. In the two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, Granite see DISCUSSION page 5
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As part of Community Bible Academy’s commitment to community service, Mrs. Cornish’s first and second grade class held the 1st annual Throw in the Towel supply drive for the local Humane Society. Participating were: back row (l-r): Shea Cooney, Jeremy Howry, Ben Kready, Viggo Kardell. Front row, Hidalgo Kardell, Amy Cornish, Candice Howry. See story page 5.
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