TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 51
CONWAY, N.H.
MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY’S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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April showers bring season snowfall total to 83.2 inches
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Several ski areas still operating for diehards BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
It ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings — or stops skiing. Which means that for areas still operating such as Bretton Woods, Cannon, Loon, Waterville Valley and Wildcat, she’s whooping it up with full operatic gusto and still hitting the high notes this snowy first week in April. Bear Notch Ski Touring and Snowshoe Center in Bartlett remains the last touring center in the state to be open. Monday’s wet snowfall added slightly to Friday’s April Fool’s spring storm. Local cooperative weather observer Ed Bergeron said 6/10ths of an inch of snow had fallen as of noon Monday in North Conway to add to Friday’s 4.5 inches. The snow total for the season stands at 83.2 inches of snow, just shy of the 31-year average of 83.6. The snow has stayed longer than skiers in many cases, but diehards are continuing to head to the slopes to enjoy what many are describing as mid-winter conditions — in early April.
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A pedestrian walks in the light precipitation in downtown North Conway Monday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Custodian fired for allegedly accessing computer porn says he was framed BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
MADISON — The former head custodian at Madison Elementary who was fired because someone accessed pornography websites from his computer says it wasn’t him and that whoever did it is still working in the school.
“It’s all a bunch of lies,” said Richard Marmen. “I completely denied it because I didn’t do this.” The school board voted to fire Marmen in early February, three months before his contract would have expired, after another custodian alerted administrators to numerous porn-site visits on the computer’s browser history.
But Marmen says he never looked at porn at work. He suspects the custodian who turned him in, John Stankiewicz, set him up. “He’s always resented I got the [head custodian] job,” he said. “From day one we didn’t get along.”
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