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Stark Street man shoots bear that was after chickens
GILFORD — Police report a Stark Street man shot and wounded a bear Saturday night after he saw the bear attacking his neighbor’s chickens. Det. Sgt Chris Jacques said police responded at just after 8 p.m. and searched the area for the bear. He said police found it, it had been wounded by the shotgun blast, and they euthanized it. Jacques said the N.H. Department of see BEAR page 17
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School board quickly promotes Terri Forsten to replace Bob Champlin as Laconia’s superintendent of schools BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — After asking fellow members for comments and getting none, School Board Chair Joe Cormier yesterday morning nominated Terri Forsten to be the next superintendent of SAU 30, the Laconia School District. A unanimous vote followed. Forsten, of Concord, who has been the assistant superintendent in Laconia for seven years, will be paid between $116,000 to $132,000 annually depending on a pending contract negotiation between her and a subcommittee of the board. She currently
earns $96,700. Cormier said it was his desire to “remain competitive” and he said he did a salary survey of other Lakes Region communities as well as communities that are similar in size to Laconia. He said this was the range with the bulk of area superintendent earning at the
Terri Forsten (Courtesy photo)
higher level of the agreed upon scale. The community was shocked last week when current Superintendent Bob Champlin announced his resignation at the end of this school year because of health issues. He will remain superintendent until June 30, when Forsten will assume the role and Cormier said he has been in phone contact with the district administrators regularly. Champlin earned $115,000 annually, having forgone a raise in the past three years as has Forsten. He was scheduled to earn around $117,000 in the fiscal year that see FORSTEN page 14
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LACONIA — Got Lunch! Laconia kicked off its third season by hosting school nurses from Laconia for lunch at T-Bones Restaurant.
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