The Laconia Daily Sun, July 13, 2011

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E E R F Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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Estimating cost of phase 2 is next step in WOW Trail development By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Work on the second phase of the WinnnisquamO p e c h e e - Wi n n i p e saukee (WOW) Trail, stretching from Veteran’s Square to the Belmont town line, could be underway by this time next year Diane Hanley, president of the WOW Trail committee said this week. Hanley said the committee, which hosted the eighth annual WOW Sweepstakes Ball in May, remains is “a fundraising mode,” seeking to collect the funds required to complete the design and estimate the cost the second phase of the project in anticipation of beginning construction next year. In 2003, when the vision of crossing the city with a nine-milelong trail that would connect to trails in Belmont to the south and Meredith to the north to form part of an an even broader regional trail network originated, the project was estimated to cost $3-million. Since then the projected cost has more than tripled to $10-million. Last year, the first phase of the trail, from the Veterans Square see wOw page 10

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Law change lets restaurants promote ‘happy hour’ LACONA — Last week Anthony Santagate, who owns and operates the Tower Hill Tavern at The Weirs, was having a drink at La Bec Rouge in Hampton Beach when he spotted a film crew from WBZ-TV of Boston. “They were filming the return of Happy Hour,” Santagate said. “That’s when I see HaPPy HOUR page 12

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Laconia woman awakens at 3 a.m. to awareness of burglar in her bedroom By Gail OBer

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LACONIA — An Emerald Drive woman scared away a would-be burglar crawling through her bedroom early Monday morning by screaming and turning on her light. Sheila Harris (not her real name) said she was sleeping when around 3 a.m. she woke to what she said was the glow of an apparent pen-light. She said at first she thought it was the reflection of a headlight off her wall but then she realized someone was kneeling at the foot of her bed. “I was disoriented but I was pretty sure I saw

someone,” Harris said noting her husband was at an out-of-town conference and she was alone in the house. “I just laid there in disbelief. Oh, now what am I going to do?” she said. “I thrashed a little,” she said thinking if she made some noise whoever was in her bedroom would realize she was in the room and run away. “Well apparently, he layed flat (on the floor) at the foot of my bed,” she said. “I thought I could see his feet sticking out on my side of the bed. I was terrified.” see BURGLaR page 10

Holding up ‘Luca’

Emily Kumph, Dylan Couture and Justin Gauthier probably never dreamed they’d be holding an 11 foot, 52 pound albino python named “Luca” on Tuesday afternoon during the “Reptiles on the Move” presentation by Marie Leighton and her assistant Robert Breslin at the Gilford Public Library. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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