E E R F TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
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LMS will try to return to normal after ‘Purple & Blue’ assembly for Lily
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DRA objection to convention’s budget form said to be only cosmetic BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) has returned as unacceptable the “Statement of County Appropriations and Revenues as Voted” submitted by the Belknap County Convention.
But the chair of the convention says the issues raised had to do with presentation and not substance and they have already been dealt with. In a letter to Rep. Jane Cormier (R-Alton), clerk of the convention, Stephen Hamilton of DRA said that the agency found that “what was
filed is not an official DRAissued Form,” explaining that “additional wording and other changes have been made to the DRA form.” Noting that “this was an oversight on the part of the convention and that a draft or other working copy was filed,” he said it could not be accepted and returned it.
Hamilton said the official form must be filed and advised that if it is not, the entries on what was filed would be transcribed to an official form and used to calculate the tax rate. The form, called an MS-42, has been at the center of the controversy between the consee COUNTY page 14
LACONIA — Middle School students gathered at an assembly in the gym on Monday, their first day back in school since the tragic April 19 accident that took the life of 14-year-old classmate Lilyanna Johnson. They were joined by teachers, administrators and community leaders. see LILY page 17
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About 250 people accepted an invitation to attend the M/S Mount Washington’s shakedown cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee, held on Monday. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/ Adam Drapcho)
‘As important as opening day at Fenway Park’ BY ADAM DRAPCHO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
CENTER HARBOR — The M/S Mount Washington’s yearly “shakedown cruise” began as a technical necessity, a chance to prove to officials that the 230-foot vessel was worthy of another year of offering
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