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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
VOL. 11 NO. 237
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M/S Mount Washington passes inspection, ready for season
With Captain and General Manager Jim Morash (inset) at the wheel, the M/S Mount Washington cruise ship completed its annual shakedown cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee on Thursday and state inspectors pronounced it seaworthy for the 2011 summer season. Here the vessel is seen pulling into its Weirs Beach port-of-call with a number of invited guests along for the ride. (Laconia Daily Sun photos/Adam Drapcho)
State commands Lake Waukewan to rise half a foot By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) announced yesterday that the operating level of Lake Waukewan during the summer recreational season — from May 15 until Columbus Day — will be
540-feet, or six inches above the 539.5-feet level that aroused bitter controversy a year ago. In addition, the decision stipulates that to reduce the frequency and extent shoreline flooding in the spring, the lake will be drawn down to 538.5 feet. The drawdown will begin on Columbus Day with the goal
of filling the lake to its summer level by May 15. Jim Gallagher of DES described the decision as “a balance, a compromise that is protective of the environment and the public interest while recognizing the recreational interests of shoreowners.” Duncan McNeish of Mer-
edith, a member of the Waukewan Shoreowners Association, which favored the higher level, said yesterday that “most of the people I’ve spoken with are happy with the decision.” In December, he was among those who persuaded the Board of Selectmen to urge DES to consee WauKeWaN page 7
Belmont looking at adding as many as 30 downtown parking spaces By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — Selectmen last night unanimously gave the go-ahead to the town’s police chief to draft a new downtown parking ordinance that could add as many
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