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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011 VOL. 23 NO. 121 CONWAY, N.H. MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY’S DAILY NEWSPAPER 356-3456
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School meeting, take two Deliberative session on budget is tonight BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — Voters will have the fi nal say of what budget fi gure appears on the school ballot Aug. 16 when they gather Tuesday for the annual deliberative meeting in Loynd Auditorium at Kennett High School at 7 p.m. There will be just one warrant article discussed — the 2011-12 school budget. Both the school board (5-1, with Randy Davison in the minority) and municipal budget committee (16-0) are supporting a budget of $32,798,634.
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Probable cause hearing for Papile, Petelis postponed BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
Austin Orth, of North Conway, powers up ahead of Robert Douglas, of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., near the halfway point up the 7.6-mile Mount Washington Auto Road during the Newton’s Revenge bicycle race Saturday. Orth finished third with a time of 1:02:11. See story, page 12. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
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OSSIPEE — Two of the three men arrested in connection with Krista Dittmeyer’s murder avoided a court appearance Monday, but all three men could wind up formally charged by the middle of this week. Anthony Papile, 28, and Michael Petelis, 28, both of Ossipee, were scheduled to appear in circuit court at 2 p.m. Monday for a probable cause hearing, but the prosecution and the defense agreed to push the appearance back. A new date has not been set. see HEARING page 10