The Berlin Daily Sun, Thursday, June 9, 2011

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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011

VOL. 20 NO. 49

BERLIN, N.H.

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SEC action against Laidlaw does Mill party not effect Berlin biomass project gaining steam BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN –Laidlaw Energy Group is one of 17 companies that has had its trading halted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All 17 trade in microcap or penny stocks on the over-the-counter market. Laidlaw Energy Group is part of the corporation that developed the biomass plant proposed for Berlin.

In the case of Laidlaw Energy, the SEC said, “questions have arisen concerning the adequacy and accuracy of press releases concerning the company’s operations, the accuracy of its financial statements, and stock promoting activity by the company”. “They may be called ‘penny stocks,’ but victims of microcap fraud can suffer devastating losses,” said Robert Khuzami, Director see SEC page 7

Historical Society head describes cause of late tax abatement request BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GORHAM—Apologizing for failing to realize that the Gorham selectmen would consider the Gorham Historical Society’s request for a tax abatement the previous week, GHS Chairman Reuben Rajala spoke for the orga-

nization during the selectmen’s meeting Monday. “It’s a pretty small operation,” Rajala told selectmen. “What comes in, goes out. We start out with the same amount of money (each year)—a little over $3,000 in dues and consee CAUSE page 3

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BY BARBARA TETREAULT GORHAM – With the Gorham mill scheduled to re-open June 19, Friday’s celebratory painting party is gaining steam. U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte is expected to join her colleague, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and Gov. John Lynch in welcoming Patriarch Partners LLC to New Hampshire’s North Country. Patriarch Partners founder and CEO Lynn Tilton is hosting the event and has invited all union employees on the payroll when the mill closed last October to attend with their spouses. Food and drink is being provided. UWU Local 75 spokesman Eddy Deblois said workers should not come prepared to paint since the event is designed to be more celebratory in nature with the dignitaries yielding the paintbrushes. The party is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Patriarch Partners closed on the purchase of the mill on May 13. It has since renamed the mill, Gorham Paper and Tissue.

BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

On Monday (l to r) Terrill Platt, Denise Vallee, Pam Guerin, Cody Levesque, Stephanie Kennedy, John Masse, Lisa Masse, James Patry and Eric Masse walked three miles to celebrate Walk NH Week from June 1-7. This healthy, fun walk was organized by the Androscoggin Valley Hospital and the Town of Gorham. This program was started by First Lady Susan Lynch, MD as a statewide effort to encourage people to make walking part of their daily lifestyle. Numerous Walk NH events are taking place this week throughout the state. (GAIL SCOTT PHOTO)

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GORHAM—The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s preliminary plan to remap the local flood plain raises serious questions, Mike Waddell told Gorham selectmen Monday. Among other things, the Ed Fenn School appears now to be entirely in the flood plain, which it was not before, and the boundaries of the flood plain along the Peabody River also appear to have been expanded, Waddell said. Waddell hopes to form a committee of professionals to study the plan in depth before public meetings are held see FEMA page 3

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