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Public will have say on making Cat Path a dead end By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — The Selectboard will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 8 to take public opinion and vote on making Cat Path a dead-end road. Other traffic regulations to be considered for the well-known shortcut between Routes 11-A and 11-B are reducing the
speed limit from 30 to 25 mph and restricting the weight limit to six tons. For Susan Leach, who was one of the first people to build a home on Cat Path, the changes can’t come soon enough. Leach recalls the times when Cat Path was, literally, a path that led from Route 11-A, or Cherry Valley Road, to her
house and the A-Frame across the street. “It wasn’t until 1964 that the town even opened up the bottom of the road,” she recalled, remembering how her mailbox was on Route 11-B and she and her husband used to snow blow to the bottom of the hill just to grab the mail and her children would trudge through the snow
to get the school bus. She also said accidents at the top of the road were very common because of poor visibility and, before the road was rebuilt in the late 1970s, Cherry Valley Road was almost literally a 90-degree turn at the Cat Path intersection. “Once you started down that see CaT PaTH page 9
By adaM drapchO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — New Hampshire Humane Society is working with police to identify the woman who appears to have stolen a dog from the shelter on Saturday. After reviewing surveilance footage, Humane Society staff said yesterday that the person they suspect of the theft is a woman between 20 and 30 years old. The woman, as she appears on the surveillance tape, has long hair and was wearing a black skirt, a purple sweater and sandals. Footage from the surveillance system, which was donated last year, allegedly shows the woman placing the dog in a blue Volkswagen Golf with New Hampshire plates. Marylee Gorham, the public relations director for the nonprofit society, said the animal, a shy three month-old miniature pinscher named Baxter that had been recently transported to the shelter from North Carolina, was noticed to be missing at about 2 p.m. on Saturday, during the busiest time of the week for the shelter. The dog had been among a litter that was ressee dOG page 15 Modern Woodmen
Sons Quinn, Tucker and wife Tianna have the honor of pinning Laconia’s Chief of Police badge on Christopher A. Adams during a well-attended ceremony at Pitman’s Freight Room on Tuesday. Also on hand was Adams’ proud father, John (right). (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Chris Adams takes oath as city’s new police chief By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — After his son Tucker pinned the chief’s badge to his chest at Pitman’s Freight Room yesterday, Chris Adams recalled that he was perfectly content serving as a patrolman until Lieutenant John
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