WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
WEDNESDAY
County decision makers told to ‘wipe away everything we see on TV’ about jails
VOL. 13 NO. 130
LACONIA, N.H.
527-9299
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‘Consumer driven’ health plan said on table in school/union negotiations BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Superintendent Bob Champlin last night said the administration and the three unions that represent various employee groups within the School District are working together to lower the
costs of health insurance. Champlin said the three contracts, with the teachers, the para-professionals, and the janitors are all in negotiations and while most union negotiations are private, he said the discussions on health insurance are “quite public.”
“It really shows a willingness of teachers to work with us,” Champlin said, who said the two goals of the district are to take care of its employees and to keep health insurance costs a low as possible. As part of his presentation he chronicled see INSURANCE page 4
WLNH Children’s Auction • Day 2 Live on 98.3 FM & LRPA TV Channel 25 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m.
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BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Belknap County Commission took another step toward designing a new correctional system when Ken Ricci and Laura Maiello of Ricci Greene Associates of New York presented a profile of the facility to the Planning Committee, along with members of a community advisory committee and County Convention yesterday. “You are building a new system,” Maiello said. “Not just a new jail.” She recalled the report by David Bennett, the consultant the commission hired to develop a strategy for the Corrections Department aimed at who reducing the high rate of recidivism and the spiraling cost of incarceration. “Jail must become an see JAIL page 8
Diane Nickerson belts out a showtune from the Winnipesaukee Playhouse’s upcoming production of “A Very Broadway Christmas” to open up the Tuesday night session of the annual WLNH Children’s Auction at the Conference Center of the Lake Opechee Inn & Spa in Laocnia. Accompanying the singer are fellow performers Alana Persson and Jaydee Halperin. Many more items are still needed to get the auction through its normal 5-day set. To donate call 527-5700. Thirty-seven Lakes Region children and teens are featured in “A Very Broadway Christmas, which premiers on Friday night. For times and ticket information call 366-7377 or visit www. winniplayhouse.org. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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