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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012
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Welcome to Belmont banner turned in to police BELMONT — After being missing for at least a few weeks, the Welcome to Belmont banner that typically hangs on the corner of Concord Street and Route 106 is back in the hands of the American Legion Post commander who commissioned it. Commander Robert Stevens of Post 58 said he noticed the banner was missing November 26 and reported it to the Belmont Police. He also offered a $125 reward for its return. According to Stevens, the banner, that
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VOL. 13 NO. 126
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BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — A group of shorefront property owners on Lake Waukewan, including some among the so-called “Dirty Thirty” whose septic systems are undocumented, have challenged the ordinance to stiffen regulation of septic systems bordering the lake proposed by the Waukewan
Watershed Advisory Committee. The Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on the proposed regulations on Monday, Dec. 3 during its regularly scheduled meeting. In a memorandum to the Board of Selectmen written on behalf of some nine property owners, Ed Boquist of Pike Island Road, on the northeast shore of the lake,
charges that “mandatory septic system certification/inspection for a specific singled out class of homeowners is discriminatory, unreasonable, arbitrary and unduly oppressive . . . and unconstitutional on its face.” Boquist, who was out of town on business, could not be reached for comment. However, Judy Boquist, his wife, expected that she see WAUKEWAN page 10
LRGH bridging gap between doctor’s office & ER BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — On Saturday, LRGHealthcare will open Convenience Care at Lakes Region General Hospital, a walk-in clinic providing treatment for common injuries and illnesses as well as shots, preventative care and wellness services at what is described as affordable costs. Dr. Paul Racicot, the medical director of Convenience Care, said yesterday that the clinic 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, staffed by a physician, nurse practitioner and two nurses, in space a few steps from the main entrance to the hospital — housing a reception area, registration desk and see CONVENIENCE page 12
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At left, Dr. Paul Racicot stands in one of several new exam rooms which are part of the new Convenient Care Center at LRGHealthcare in Laconia. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Accounting change for county; nursing home no longer an ‘enterprise fund’ BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Belknap County will be changing a long-standing budget practice of treating the nursing home budget as a separate so-called enterprise fund and will
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