The Berlin Daily Sun, Thursday, April 7, 2011

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011

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Brookfield donates $13,000 to TriCounty CAP food and fuel assistance BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN—Not a moment too soon, Brookfield U.S. Foundation has donated $13,000 to the Tri-County Community Action Program for food and fuel assistance. In this interim period between the holidays and the Postal Workers food drive, the pickings are slim at the Tri County CAP food pantry. Tri CAP Community Contact Manager Cindy Baillargeon notes that “the holidays are a time of giving and the community is very supportive, but we have gone through those donations. We are at a time when we are struggling.” Baillargeon also noted that the Tri County CAP fuel assistance program gets up to 1,300 applications during the assistance season

which ends in April and this has been a particularly cold winter. The Brookfield donation is gratefully received. “People need food, shelter, the basic necessities,” said Brookfield Hydro Engineer and Androscoggin Operations Manager, Dennis Turcotte, who was visiting the Tri CAP food pantry Wednesday, “not just here but in Millinockett, too. There are not a lot of jobs around just now. The local community is suffering.” “The high cost of fuel and families out of work, the elderly trying to stay in their homes, the higher cost of living,” said Baillargeon, “all these things are contributing to need locally.” Just last December, Baillargeon had observed that the number of households using the food pantry had jumped from an see BROOKFIELD page 14

Rep. Tremblay defends state budget despite cuts BY CRAIG LYONS THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

CONCORD— State Representative Marc Tremblay called the proposed state budget “fiscally responsible” even though it includes significant spending cuts. Tremblay was the only representative of the five from the Berlin- Gorham area to vote

Berlin High graduate and former Berlin Daily Sun reporter Brooks Payette has been named a Truman Scholar

Payette named Truman Scholar BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

in favor of the budget passed last week by the N.H. House of Representatives. The N.H. House of Representatives voted last Thursday to approve a $10 billion state budget by a 243- 124 vote. The budget approved reduces spending further than what Gov. John Lynch initially presented in see TREMBLAY page 7

BERLIN – Berlin native and former Berlin Daily Sun reporter Brooks Payette has become the first University of New Hampshire student to be named a Truman Scholar, one of the most prestigious and competitive scholarships in the country. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation gives out the federal scholarships annually to 60 college juniors who show exceptional leadership potential and are committed to careers in the public sector. The scholarship provides up to $30,000 for future graduate studies. A political science major at UNH, Payette plans to seek a master’s degree in public policy or public administration. see PAYETTE page 6

Tentative union agreement approved BY CRAIG LYONS THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

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BERLIN— The Berlin Board of Education Wednesday approved a new tentative agreement with the Berlin Education Association. The board voted unanimously to approve the agreement in the morning so it could move forward to the City Council for a decision Wednesday night. The board declined to discuss any of the specific details of the agreement until it went before the council. Superintendent Corinne Cascadden see AGREEMENT page 6


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