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Union Cemetery suing neighbor, alleging theft of ‘timber, dirt, rocks & stone’ By Gail oBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Union Cemetery Association has filed a civil suit against one of its neighbors claiming, among other things, the neighbor violated a law against taking earth and stone enacted by the state General Court in 1791. According to the pleading filed in Belknap County Superior Court, over the past winter, Calvin F. Dunn Jr. of 217 Garsee uNION page 12
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Hannah Bassett and Madelyn Besegai swim circles around Evan Tucker and his twin dolphins at the Meredith town beach on Lake Waukewan on Friday afternoon. The town’s Community Development Department and the Waukewan Watershed Advisory Committee are concerned about the number of aged septic systems that ring the lake, the only source of the town’s potable water supply. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
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Community Development Department will host a “Septic Sense Workshop” at the Community Center on Monday, July 16 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The workshop is the latest in a series of steps to inform property owners in the Waukewan, Winona and Win-
nipesaukee watershed of the risks posed by aged or failed septic systems since John Edgar, director of Community Development, proposed supplementing state regulation of septic systems with a local ordinance in 2010. Edgar pitched his proposal
to the Board of Selectmen without success and when Randy Eifert, chairman of the Waukewan Watershed Advisory Committee made a third presentation last December the board urged him to reach out to property owners, espesee MErEdItH page 10
Parade, free Eric Grant Band concert & lots of fireworks planned for 4th By adaM drapcho THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The city’s Fourth of July celebration will begin with fireworks on July 3, end with fireworks on July 4, and will feature a parade and party in between. Amy Lovisek, assistant Parks & Recre-
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