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MEREDITH — With the retirement of Miller Lovett at least one new member the Board of Selectmen will be elected in March. Nate Torr is running for re-election but he will be joined on the ballot by at least two others, Lou Kahn and Jane Greemore. The two candidates with the highest vote totals will claim the two seats available. Lovett, the current chairman of the board, has chosen not to seek see MEREDITH page 11
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Fog envelops the channel along Endicott Park at Weirs Beach on Tuesday morning as the first hint of warmer weather, after a bitter cold spell, settles into the Lakes Region. (Daryl Carson/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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GILFORD — Two-term Selectman Gus Benavides has signed up to run for a third. As of Wednesday morning, he has no opponent. Benavides was first elected to the board in 2006, promising to bring transparency to local government as well a promising to keep the size of local government to a minimum while maintaining services at effective levels. He said yesterday that should he be reelected, his goal is to be the voice of reason and to make decisions based on facts and not emotions. He said he wants to continue to make sure the coal tar is completely removed from lower Liberty Hill and to continue to create “budgets that provided for the town and its employees.” see GILFORD page 11
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ALTON — After a false start a year ago, the School Board will again ask voters to raise and appropriate $18,665,536 to fund the renovation, reconstruction and expansion of Alton Central School when they go to the polls on Tuesday, March 12. Jeff St. Cyr, who chairs the board, said that the project is the result of years of discussion and planning aimed at addressing safety concerns and space needs at the school, parts of which date from the 1950s. “The school has been built in pieces with the last major renovation completed in the 1980s,” he said. “It is time for a major renovation.” St. Cyr said that the project appeared
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on the ballot in 2012, but was nullified because of a flaw in the drafting of the warrant article. This year the special warrant article enjoys the unanimous support of the School Board. However, the Budget Committee deadlocked three-to-three in withholding its recommendation. School Superintendent William Lander said that the project features a second story housing eight classrooms in 11,660-square-feet constructed atop classrooms on the ground floor, which by replacing eight modular classrooms will bring all instructional space under one roof. In addition, a new 7,644-square-foot gymnasium, which served Alton High School, will be added to the school and the existing gymnasium converted to a cafetesee ALTON CENTRAL page 13