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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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VOL. 11 nO. 238
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Dogs may search lockers & backpacks if new school policy adopted By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The School Board gave a first review last night to a school policy that would, among other things, allow trained police dogs to conduct random searches of school lockers and student backpacks.
The policy, which needs to have a second reading before it is adopted, specifies dogs may not be used for random searches of individual students. School Board member Scott Vachon (Ward 3) emphasized the final policy should specifically state that dogs may not be used
to search students or others at random. The policy also provides that, with reasonable suspicion, two staff members of the same sex as the student or employee being searched will conduct any individual searches. “There needs to be some reason,” said see LaCOnIa page 10
Lawmakers defer to Lakes Region sentiment as 55 on The Broads bill fails committee test By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Safe at third Matt Lefebvre of the Legion Post 1 team reaches third base just ahead of a throw to Ian Hearn of the Cantin Chevrolet team during Laconia Little League action at Colby Field last evening. Players are enjoying their first full week of action in the 2011 season. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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CONCORD — Defenders of speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee scored a victory yesterday when the House Transportation Committee, in a show of bipartisanship, voted 11 to 6 to not recommend a bill that would raise the limit on The Broads to 55 miles per hour. The bill will go before the full House next week. “It isn’t over,” said Sandy Helve of the Winnipesaukee Family Alliance for Boating Safety (WinnFABs), “but, this was a very good result.” She said that the discussion in committee indicated that members were impressed by the strong and widespread support for speed limits among individuals and businesses in the Lakes Region. Scott Verdonck, president of Safe Boaters of New Hampshire (SBONH), said that “we knew it was coming.” In a prepared statement he said his group was “outraged” by the vote, charging that the committee “fell victim to fabricated stories . . . that the additional 10 miles an hour (from 45 MPH) would result in accidents and mayhem” despite statements by the New Hampshire Marine Patrol to the contrary. see sPeed page 10
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