The Berln Daily Sun, Thursday, July 7, 2011

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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011

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VOL. 20 NO. 65

BERLIN, N.H.

752-5858

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Historical Society unveils Grenier blames IPPs for death t-shirts by local artists of biomass plant BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN -- Mayor Paul Grenier Tuesday night charged the Independent Power Producers have killed the Berlin Station biomass plant and the jobs and tax revenue it offered the city and region. “The project as it stands today is dead,” Grenier told the city council. The mayor said it was painful for him to see such a significant economy development initiative fail. He said the repercussions will be felt by many businesses especially the forest products industry. “The logging industry in this county will be devastated by this,” he said. Grenier took aim at the six smaller biomass

Berlin’s Annual Sidewalk

SALE!

see GRENIER page 13

Two adults charged for Gorham party BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday,

JULY

13th thru 15th

The

Gorham

Historical

Society, in commemoration of the town’s 175th Anniversary this year, has produced a beautiful, limited edition T-shirt. The design, done by Michael Eastman (Art for the Soul Studio) and produced by brother and fellow artist Mark Eastman (Action Screen Printing), depicts the historic town hall, Common and railroad depot in an earlier decade. Some may remember the design, which was used during the town’s Sesquicentennial celebration. Adult and youth sizes are $15. Another new T-shirt has been created by Mark MacKay (http://mackaystudios. blogspot.com/) and was printed by Corrigan Screen Printing. It’s a whimsical sketch of a Baldwin steam engine and train, with many animals on board, including a beluga whale in a wooden crate. The latter is part of unique local railroad history, as three whales were transported by the Grand Trunk Railroad from the St. Lawrence River near Quebec to the Boston Aquarial Garden in 1861. GTR Historian John Davis unearthed this most interesting story 30 or more years ago. Youth sizes are $10 and adult sizes are $12. Proceeds from the sale of both shirts benefit the Gorham Historical Society.

GORHAM — Gorham police have arrested and charged two women in connection to an underage drinking party in Gorham last month. Nancy Arguin, 48, and Diane Gorham, 45, both of Broadway Street, were arrested on June 30 and charged with misdemeanor crimes. Arguin was charged with facilitating an underage drinking party, for allegedly hosting the party at her home. Gorham was charged with prohibited sales for allegedly supplying alcohol to minors under the age of 21. Two Gorham officers responded to an underage drinking party on Broadway Street at see PARTY page 6

Wal-Mart leads tax abatement requests BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

GORHAM — The Gorham selectmen were presented with a list of requests for tax abatements at their meeting on July 5. Six business comprised the bulk of the dollar amount, asking the town to reduce their collective values by nearly $28 million. Comprising more than half of that, was a request from Wal-Mart to reduce their valuation by more than $15 million. Selectman Paul Robitaille said that he understands that Wal-Mart is doing this all see WAL-MART page 8

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