The Conway Daily Sun, Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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Fryeburg basketball court to be named for late Harry True. Page 18

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2011

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OSSIPEE — A North Conway man pleaded guilty in Carroll County Superior Court to fondling a child while he served

as a deacon at a local church. Joel Clement, 53, was indicted in superior court on May 5 on a charge of felonious sexual assault. Clement admitted to touching a 12-year-old girl’s breasts while he was a deacon at Valley Christian Church

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MADISON — A man who confessed to burning his own home pleaded guilty to arson and falsifying physical evidence and was sentenced in Superior Court last week. Francis Fortin, 53, set fire to a mobile home where he lived with three others at 137 Mooney Hill Road in March. Carroll County judge Steven Houran imposed the plea deal which called on Fortin to serve 7 1/2 to 15 years in state prison.

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in Center Conway in the summer of 2009. However, in a plea deal with prosecutors, Clement pleaded guilty to misdemeanor simple assault with enhanced penalty.

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OSSIPEE — The move-in date for the county's new nursing home has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 13. An open house is scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 10-11. The ribbon cutting or dedication will be held on Sept. 10, said county commission chair David Sorensen last week. The new building will be called Mountain View Community with the subtitle Center for Rehabilitation

There’s a murderer in town. He openly runs a shop on Main Street. see NURSING HOME page 13


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