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Party within a party; conservatives organizing separately ALTON — The fault line dividing moderates and conservatives within the Republican Party has opened in Belknap County with the announcement of a new organization — Belknap County Conservative Republicans — alongside the Belknap County Republican Committee, which is the official arm of the state GOP. Rep. Jane Cormier of Alton, co-founder of the group, insisted yesterday that she is see GOP page 10
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$1M orthopedic-surgery robot symbol of LRGHealthcare’s drive to provide superior care for locals & attract paying customers from afar By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Lakes Region General Hospital is one of some 130 hospitals in the country and the only one in Northern New England to offer MAKOplasty, a surgical procedure for partial knee and total hip replacement performed with
the aid of a robotic arm fitted with a small burr. The $1-million investment in robotic medical technology is the most exotic of a handful of programs, including a weight loss center and walk-in clinic, LRGHealthcare has introduced to generate the financial horsepower to support the broad range of
medical services the community requires. Approximately a fifth of the patients at the two hospitals operated by the company — Lakes Region General Hospital and Franklin Regional Hospital — are enrolled in Medicaid, a share likely to rise if the state opts to expand Medicaid enroll-
ment. With reimbursement rates below actual costs, LRGHealthcare incurred $28.9-million in costs providing governmentsponsored care in 2012. Henry Lipman, senior vicepresident of LRGHealthcare, said “it’s a financial strategy,” explaining that the new prosee rOBOT page 9
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Huot Center students entrusted with putting up multi-purpose building at new LHS stadium By AdAm drApcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — For the many athletes, coaches, officials and spectators who come to the newly rebuilt Laconia High School athletic fields starting this fall, a new building will serve as a convenient and well-constructed place to get a bite to eat or visit the restroom. For the nearly 60
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students who built the structure, it represents a learning experience they’ll probably recall for the rest of their lives. The concessions stand building is part of the Bank of New Hampshire Stadium, an athletic complex currently being constructed behind the school. When finished, the facility will be the best of its kind in the region and one of the best
high school athletic facilities in the state. Although not as glorious as the stateof-the-art artificial playing field or the grandstands and stone press box – the last of which provided by Mas-Con Corporation of Laconia – the concessions stand will serve a vital role in nearly every contest held at the facility for decades to see BUiLdiNG page 11
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