Saturday, May 19, 2012
VOL. 12 NO. 251
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COMMUNITY YARD SALE Lakes Region Rotary’s Community Yard Sale
Saturday, May 19th 7am-2pm Laconia Department of Public Works, Bisson Ave, Laconia
Thousands in donated goods, all proceeds to benefit local charities!
River herring begin trip from Laconia to the sea; hopefully they’ll be back A crowd of people who had been fishing and relaxing at the state’s boat launch and docks on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia on Thursday put down their poles to watch as about 4,000 adult river herring were released into the water. The herring had been transported from the Androscoggin River in Brunswick, Maine. The project to stock the waterway with herring is a project involving Fish & Game and the federal Fish & Wildlife Service, aims to release 25,000 river herring into the Winnipesaukee River this spring in an attempt to restore the species to the waterway. Adult herring will swim to the Atlantic River, where they will live for several years before heading back upstream to spawn. River herring eat plankton and are a prey fish for bass and rainbow trout. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
Winni Derby anglers advised to get on lake before sun gets too high By RogeR Amsden TFOR HE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The turnout of anglers for the 30th annual Winni Derby on Lake Winnipesaukee is expected to be much higher than last year says Diane LaBrie, president of the Laconia Rotary Club and Derby coordinator. “I’m not sure right now how many we’ll
being run without Rick Davis, who was the founder and coordinator for the first 29 derbies and died over the winter after battling a long illness. “Rick worked tirelessly to make this event a success. He left the Derby in great shape and we can only hope to build on that success,’’ said LaBrie. see dErBy page 14
Top-notch school superintendents are getting harder & harder to find By mike moRtensen FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
CONCORD — Ask youngsters what they want to be when they grow up and one of
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the answers you are likely to get is, “I want to be a teacher.” According to the website shareranks.com, being a teacher ranks 16th among the
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