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LRGHealthcare adding walk-in clinic at hospital By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Next month, LRGHealthcare expects to open Convenience Care at Lakes Region General Hospital, a walk-in clinic providing treatment for common injuries and illnesses as well as shots and preventative services at
affordable costs. Dr. Paul Racicot, who oversees emergency medicine at LRGHealthcare, said yesterday that Convenience Care will serve as a bridge between primary care and emergency services, by offering an alternative to both at less cost than either. Unlike an office visit,
no appointment will be necessary and unlike the emergency room, patients will be spared long waits for treatment. The clinic will operate from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. seven days a week. Treatment will be provided for colds, flu, sore throats, ear aches, allegories, sprains, minor burns, cuts, and
aches and pains. aches. Racicot characterized the process as “self-diagnosis” or “self-triage,” stressing that because the clinic is part of the hospital, if injuries or illnesses require more intensive treatment than it can provide, patients can be transferred quickly and easily see waLK-In page 12
By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — Fire Chief Stephen Carrier said yesterday the Board of Fire Engineers will ask selectmen for the money to replace the roof at the fire station this year. Carrier said yesterday he was told by Buildings and Grounds manager Dee Chitty that the there are no more repairs that can be done to the southwest side of the roof to prevent ice damming and leaking into the building. “We just don’t have the money in our budget and that’s why the engineers are appealing to the selectmen,” Carrier said. Carrier said he was aware that the roof was leaking in two places on the southwest side, over the kitchen, and the opposite side, over the watch room. What he doesn’t know is the extent of the damage, which he said is caused by ice damming. An e-mail sent from Carrier to Town Administrator Scott Dunn and the Board of Selectmen said a quote from a Stratham Roofing company solicited by Chitty gave an estimate of $63,786. Carrier said this was the first “recent, realistic quote” he had see ROOF page 18
Andy Stout (left) and Dan Mattaini (right) of DES mark a stump on the shoreline above the Lochmere Dam while a surveyor on the opposite shore prepares to shoot the elevation. The data will contribute to determining the natural mean high water mark at Silver Lake, which has been dispute between residents and DES for the past eight years. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Michael Kitch)
State taking another look at historic water level for Silver Lake By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — With waterfront residents around Silver Lake still contesting where their property ends and state property begins, a team from the New Hampshire Department of Environmen-
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tal Services (DES) have begun reassessing the natural mean high water mark in anticipation of reporting to the Legislature by December 1. Last week, some six years after DES conducted a hydrologic analysis of the Silver Lake and a field study of its shore-
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line, personnel from the agency returned during the annual drawdown of Lake Winnisquam to gather data from shoreline upstream of Lochmere Dam in an effort to determine the water levels reached before the flow was dammed. see sILVeR LaKe page 10
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