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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 145
CONWAY, N.H.
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Town welfare office ‘overwhelmed’ with requests in faltering economy BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — The national economy has been faltering for since 2008, but local officials said last week that it wasn’t until recently that the reverberations finally caught up with the town’s welfare department.
Martin: ‘It’s finally caught up with us here’
“We are over budget already,” town manager Earl Sires told the selectmen at Tuesday’s meeting. The general assistance office is “overwhelmed,” he said. “The implications of the larger economic picture are hitting us.”
Municipalities are the agencies of last resort in New Hampshire for the poor people — if individuals have nowhere else to turn towns are required to help. The see WELFARE page 8
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The Conway Daily Sun’s Tom “Maestro” Eastman guest conducts the New England Wind Symphony on Sousa’s “Washington Post March” at Cranmore Mountain Resort’s last Arts Jubilee show of the season Aug. 11. The show also featured Dennis and Davey, and ended with spectacular fireworks. A nearly full moon and a crowd of 1,000 were among the highlights. Cranmore will host a free community concert presented by Jen’s Friends Aug. 18 and a free show sponsored by the North Conway Firefighters Association Aug. 20. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Several Kennett athletes among those arrested at underage drinking party BY ERIK EISELE
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CONWAY — Police had to get a search warrant over the weekend to break up an underage drinking party that ended with
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the arrest of seven local teens and one local 20-year-old man. The incident occurred early Sunday morning at 110 Overlook Circle, the home of Betty and Jack Loynd. Betty Loynd is a budget committee member, and Jack
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Loynd is a former Kennett High principal. They were not home at the time of the incident. The police responded to the Loynd
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