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Osprey tracking project takes tragic turn
VOL. 13 NO. 92
LacONia, N.H.
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Gilford condo owners got ‘estimated’ sewer bills for 2 years By GAil oBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD – After fielding a number of questionable sewer meter readings including one from the Gilford Meadows Condominium Association, Public Works Director Sheldon Morgan told selectmen Wednesday night that there have been some problems with estimated bills. Morgan said he recently became aware
that some of the batteries in the radio-read touch meters, like the one in Gilford Meadows, had died and the department has issued sewer bills based on estimates. “We’re just finding out that over the course of time when an error developed we were just plugging in a number,” Morgan told selectmen. On Wednesday, selectmen were approached by the representatives of the
Gilford Meadows Condominium Association with a bill for the third quarter of 2012 that was nearly three times the average usage the association had seen over the past four years. Association Treasurer Ray Boelig told selectmen the association was objecting to being given an “estimated reading” without being told it was an “estimated reading.” He see SEWEr BiLLS page 10
Enviro cleanup cost of just 1 building at State School put as high as $365k
By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
HOLDERNESS — Iain MacLeod, executive director of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, knew that tracking juvenile osprey on their first fall migration was not an activity for the faint of heart. Last year, he placed a transmitter on a young female, only to watch remotely as she fell victim to stormy weather and drowned in the Caribbean. Still, that experience didn’t make it easy for MacLeod earlier this week when data from the transmitters on two locally-hatched birds started to tell traumatic tales. MacLeod placed the transmitters on three local birds earlier this year as part of Project Osprey Track, a collaboration involving the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Public Service of New Hampshire and Dr. Richard “Rob” Bierregaard, a research professor with the University of North Carolina. Several birds have been affixed with transsee OSPrEy page 4
By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Former First District Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter was at the Belknap Mill yesterday to address a noon meeting to the Laconia Rotary Club. The Rochester Democrat is attempting to regain the seat she lost to Republican Frank Guinta in 2010. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun.)
‘The country does need revenue’
Shea-Porter tells Rotarians many programs, including defense, just to important to slash By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Democrat Carol Shea-Porter of Rochester, who is seeking to regain the 1st congressional district seat she lost to Republican Frank Guinta of Manchester in 2010, told local Laconia
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LACONIA — An environmental assessment of only one of the 25 buildings on the site of the former Laconia State School estimated the cost of removing or remediating hazardous materials prior to razing the structure at between $225,000 and $365,000. This week the City Council formally withdrew its initial $2.16-million offer for the property as the New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services prepared to market the site to the general public. City Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2), who has led the city’s effort to acquire the property, stressed that the city remains interested in acquiring the site, but will study the terms on which it is offered for sale before considering whether to submit a fresh offer. Nobis Engineering, Inc. of Concord performed the see CLEaNUP page 10
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