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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
THURSDAY
Calling hours for Lily Johnson to be held Saturday afternoon LACONIA – The family of Lily Johnson will host calling hours on Saturday afternoon at the St. James Episcopal Church from 3 to 6 p.m. The 8th grader at Laconia Middle School died last Friday after she and a second girl, Alyssa Minor, were hit by a passing vehicle while walking on the sidewalk on the Messer Street Bridge. There will be no funeral service. (See obituary on page 11.) see LILY page 6
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City will try ‘mandatory’ recycling
Seymour casts deciding vote to put pay-as-you-throw on the shelf in favor of a 6 month test period BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — For at least six months beginning on July 1 trash will not be collected at the curbside unless it is accompanied by recyclables as Mayor Mike Seymour broke the stalemate of a split City Council at a special meeting last night. Following an hour of public comment
and almost another of debate among the six councilors, the City Council found itself evenly divided between a “pay-as-youthrow” program and a so-called mandatory recycling program, leaving the decided vote with Seymour. Earlier in the month, the mayor indicated that he would break an expected tie by voting for PAYT, but then began to
waver in the face of popular opposition to the program before apparently reverting to his original position on the eve of the vote. But instead of calling for a vote on the two options, Seymour invited the council to consider introducing a mandatory recycling program for a trial period. After a brief discussion, Councilor see RECYCLING page 9
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