THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012
VOL. 13 NO. 37
LACONIA, N.H.
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LRGHealthcare has only one ‘traveler’on staff BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Suzanne Stiles, senior vice-president for Administrative and Support Services at LRGHealthcare said yesterday that the organization currently employs only one contract worker. Hospital staffing practices have come under a bright light with allegations that a medical technician at Exeter Hospital stole drugs and contaminated syringes that were later used on patients. At least 30 former patients have since been diagnosed see LRGH page 10
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The state-owned property that was long home to the Laconia State School, more recently the Lakes Region (prison) Facility is seen in this recent photograph taken by Bill Hemmel. North Main Street runs along the bottom of the photo and Lake Winnisquam is in the background. (Lakes Region Aerial photo/Bill Hemmel)
Belknap commissioners want to make sure Laconia’s in driver’s seat before saying ‘no’ to state’s offer of State School property BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Belknap County Commission has put off a decision on whether it will take up the state’s offer to purchase the former Laconia State School property for $1,760,000 until it hears more from the City of Laconia about why it is confident that it will be able to acquire the property.
Commissioners agreed that they wanted to see the the city’s name on the deed and are supportive of the city’s effort, but Chairman Ed Philpot of Laconia said that he was ‘’not confident in the process after we say no.’’ The county has until August 15 to accept the state’s offer, which was made in a July 9 letter from the state’s Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and which
is $400,000 less than the city offered to pay for the property earlier this year. According to legislation enacted in 2011, if the county declines the offer, the property will be listed on the open market and sold for not less than its fair market value. Mike Connor, director of the plant and property division of the DAS, said that he would engage a redevelopment see STATE SCHOOL page 6
Selectmen say ‘no’ to exotic dancing return; federal court likely next stop BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — Selectmen last night gave the owner of the local night club building that was targeted by a N.H. Drug Task Force raid last October a
license to have live entertainment but denied him permission to host exotic dancing. After asking Will Drew’s lawyer David Bownes a series of questions about how he was going to run his business in the
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