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City courting buyer interested in former police station
Police, B M K LACONIA — After languishing on the Legion take market for nearly a decade, the building at 51 Church Street, which until July 2003 up cause housed the police department and has been ever since, has attracted the interest of a potential buyer. of girl who vacant City Manager Scott Myers confirmed yesterday that last week he was approached lost her glass eye Rabbit wrangler B G O y
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by an interested party with whom he toured the property last week. Declining to offer any information about the identity or intentions of the prospective buyer, he said only that “I was encouraged by our conversation.” Shortly after the police department left the building it was offered for sale for an initial asking price of $300,000. A local dentist made an offer, but the transaction never
closed. Last year, the city issued a request for proposals, which explained that since the City Council sought to return the property to the tax roll and put it to its highest and best use, there would be “no minimum sale price threshold.” Myers reaffirmed that the city’s priorities are putting the site to productive use in order to generate tax revenue and gainsee Pd page 6
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LACONIA — The local American Legion Post and two members of the city police department are among those helping Jennifer Miller, the 10-year-girl who lost her prosthetic eye while swimming in the Winnipesaukee River last month. According to Laconia Police Capt. Matthew Canfield, Weirs resident and Jennifer’s aunt Christine Jenot has arranged a spaghetti dinner at the Laconia Elks Club in Gilford on August 18 and has established the Jennifer Miller Fund at the Meredith Village Savings Bank. Canfield said the spaghetti dinner coincides with the Timberman Triathlon in Gilford and Laconia Police Lt. Richard Simmons, who completed an Iron Man challenge in Lake Placid, N.Y. last month, has reached out to many of the competitors in the local event for their help. Jenot has taken over the fundraising activity from neighbor Alyssa Phillips for the family and said the amount to be raised see MILLeR page 6
A first time in show for Rachel Fife of Northfield as she demonstrates handling skills of her lop rabbit to Judge Wayne Hall at the Belmont 4H Fair Saturday afternoon. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
Inter-Lakes looks at using $800k surplus to make capital improvements By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — The Inter-Lakes School Board will be asked to approve using much of an approximate $800,000 budget surplus to pay for needed capital improvements. Assistant Superintendent Trish Temperino told the board Tuesday the unencumbered balance – or surplus – from the $20.48 mil-
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tion is looking to “accelerating the capital improvements that have been put off.” She said that the administration planned to present a list of those projects at the board’s next meeting which is scheduled for Aug. 28. Tuesday marked the first time the board had met since June as well as the first meeting for new superintendent Mary see InTeR-LaKes page 6
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