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Alleged head butt of Laconia woman said to have endangered her infant LACONIA — A city man is being held in jail on $1,000 cash bail after allegedly head-butting his girlfriend and causing her to fall on to the bassinet where one of her new-born twins was sleeping. Police said the head butt caused his girlfriend to fall on top of the bassinet that was on the couch. One of the babies, who are four-weeks old, was in the bassinet while the see Butt page 10
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Gilford officials warned that coming down hard on rental practices of ‘hotel’ condo owners will lead to decrepit building By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — With lingering concerns about the ability of the Paugus Bay Plaza Condominium Association to shepherd the owners of units at 131 Lake Street, the Zoning Board of Adjustment this week unanimously tabled its request for a variance from the ordinance
limiting rentals at that location to not more than 30 consecutive days or 30 days in any 60 day period. The 63 residential condominium units were approved by the Planning Board as a hotel/ motel and limited to “transient occupancy.” But, in 2006 the reception desk was abandoned along with any common man-
agement of rentals. Since then the 47 individual and corporate owners of the units have advertised and let their units, often for more than the 30 days prescribed by the ordinance. Last month, Code Enforcement Officer Dave Andrade began evicting long-term tenants, prompting the association to approach the ZBA.
“The building hasn’t been functioning effectively,” attorney Craig Donais of Manchester told the board, “and the situation isn’t getting any better.” He said that the units have lost significant value and 10-percent have been foreclosed. The president of the association, David Akridge, who see hOtEL/CONdO page 10
Max White, Laconia Middle School sixth grader, tells mentor Robert Richardson about the high-tech tree house he was drawing. The mentoring program is new this year and is already seen as a success by its participants. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
LMS mentors already making a difference By adaM drapcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — If proponents of the new mentoring program at Laconia Middle School are correct, students who are paired with adult volunteer mentors will be less likely to engage in unhealthy activities and more likely to find acaModern Woodmen
demic success in the years to come. Since the program has only been in operation since January, it’s too early to tell if those predictions will prove accurate. For the nearly 20 pairs of students and mentors, though, the benefits of the program are already apparent. “Every kid benefits when a caring adult
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interacts with them on a regular basis,” said Jim McCollum, Middle School principal. The idea to start a mentoring program had been bandied about the district for years, and on some occasions there have been unsuccessful attempts at getting a program off the ground. In 2010, for see MENtOrs page 12
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