E E R F Wednesday, april 18, 2012
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Laconia Savings changing name to Bank of N.H.
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By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The oldest bank in the state is taking a new name today when the Board of Trust Company Incorporation is expected to approve the petition of Laconia Savings Bank to be known henceforth as “Bank of New Hampshire.” Mark Primeau, president and chief executive officer, said yesterday that after a decade of growth, which has taken the bank to the four corners of the state, “it was really time to find a new brand that reflected who we are.” Although new to the bank headquartered in downtown Laconia, the moniker “Bank of New Hampshire” is not altogether new. Originally chartered in 1865, the first Bank of New Hampshire, was a commercial bank headquartered in Manchester. The bank was known for jealously protecting the “of New Hampshire” element of its trade name by persistently denying it to other financial institutions. see BanK page 11
Firefighters from five departments battled an apartment building fire at 63 High Street in Laconia last. The building is located across the street from the emergency room parking lot at Lakes Region General Hospital. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun.)
Fire starts on porch on large apartment building on High Street By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — At least 16 residents of a wood-frame apartment building at 63
High Street, directly across the street from the emergency room parking lot of Lakes Region General Hospital, were left homeless last night after a fire that started on
Gale Street blaze in Belmont also hits an apartment building See Story On Page 10 A large apartment building on Gale Street in Belmont village was fully engaged in flames when firefighters responded last night. (James Mertz/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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wrap-around porch spread to the walls, filling the units with smoke, before it was contained and extinguished by about 9:30 p.m. Deputy Fire Chief Deb Pendergast said that the first firefighters to reach the scene at around 8:35 p.m. reported fire glowing from beneath the northwest corner of the porch. Reaching through the porch to the soffit at the corner of the building, the fire began climbing toward the second story, spreading into the walls and running toward the front door. Witnesses said that firefighters helped several people who were trapped by the heavy smoke out of the building. Captain Kirk Beattie immediately sounded a second alarm, but within minsee LaCOnIa FIRe page 12
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