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Center Harbor couple details Sunday night bear attack By adam drapchO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
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Lipman leads council charge to support ‘right to work’ By michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The City Council split three-to-two with one abstention last night when urged by Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) to ask the members of the Belknap County legislative delegation to vote to override Governor John Lynch’s veto of the controversial “Right-to-Work” bill. The vote
is expected to be taken on Wednesday. The bill would forbid agreements between unions and employers requiring employees to join a union or pay dues or fees to a union as a condition of employment either before or after they are hired. Lipman was joined by councilors Ava Doyle (Ward 1) and Brenda Baer (Ward 4) while councilors Matt Lahey (Ward 2) and
Armand Bolduc (Ward 6) dissented and councilor Bob Hamel (Ward 5) abstained. Mayor Michael Seymour did not cast a vote, but said that while he supported unions, he did not believe employees should be compelled to join them. Seymour said that Lipman brought to the issue to the council table and Marie Bradley, see LIPMaN page 14
CENTER HARBOR — Fish and Game officers have set traps in an attempt to catch and kill a bear that is blamed for several troublesome incidents recently, including attacking a woman at her home on Sunday night. With his wife, Jacqueline, 55, resting after a harrowing experience, Gerard Berghorn described on Monday morning the events that occurred the previous evening. Berghorn said the couple had lived on see BeaR page 12
Retiring Lakes Region Community College President Mark Edelstein chats with Janet Paddack during a reception in his honor at the Laconia Country Club on Monday, May 23, 2011. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
Retiring LRCC president touted as ‘most interesting man in the room’ By Gail OBer
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LACONIA — For five years the Lakes Region has benefited from the wit and wisdom of retiring Lakes Region Community College President Mark Edelstein. Last night, in honor of his tenure, the community, the faculty and staff, some former students and his family joined at Modern Woodmen
the Laconia County Club to fete the man who they credit with leading the college to the elevated status it enjoys today. “Mark was the right person at the right time,” said Paul Holloway, the chair of the LRCC board of trustees who said Edelstein brought the requisite amount of professionalism, firmness and humor to the college when it needed it the most.“LRCC
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will continue to be a shining star,” Holloway said after which he conferred the status of president emeritus to Edelstein. President Emeritus Edelstein came to the Lakes Region as a Nashua native whose 40-year career in education took him from the campus of Colby College in Maine to the the halls of the University of see edeLsteIN page 14
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