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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 131
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Protest gets ‘dialogue’ flowing about river access and upkeep
Kayakers head down the Saco River around as others lauch their boats around local protesters at the First Bridge beach in North Conway Saturday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
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CONWAY — “We achieved what we wanted — we got everyone’s attention and opened up a dialogue on the river — maybe even a Pandora’s box, but it has gotten
everyone talking about the river.” That’s what Saco River beach user Trina Jones said following a sit-in protest she helped to organize Saturday morning, held at the canoe put-in on the western bank of the Saco near First Bridge off River Road in North Conway.
One outcome of the protest were many responses posted on The Conway Daily Sun’s Facebook page, as well as in the paper’s “Tele-Talk” question that is printed in Tuesday’s paper.
they don't because he feels the checkpoints violate motorists' constitutional rights. At the request of Rep. Norman Tregenza (R-Madison), sheriff Christopher Conley arranged for several law enforcement officers to attend Monday's county delegation
meeting. Wakefield police chief Ken Fifield said his agency will hold a checkpoint on Route 16 in August. Wakefield runs the checkpoint once per year for four hours.
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Lawmakers hear case for sobriety checkpoints BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
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OSSIPEE — Wakefield police will hold a sobriety checkpoint on Route 16 sometime next month. But one local lawmaker hopes
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