The Laconia Daily Sun, September 22, 2012

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Cop reportedly punched in the face; cruiser window kicked out; 3 men facing charges By Gail OBer

ing while intoxicated. Stephen P. Johnstone, 21, of 37 Fair St. is charged with second degree assault and resisting arrest after allegedly pushing Officer Michael Armstrong and then punching him in the face when Armstrong went to the assistance of Sgt. Allan Graton.

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LACONIA — A city police officer is recovering from a broken nose after being hit in the face early yesterday morning, allegedly by one of two men who were passengers in a car whose driver was stopped on suspicion of driv-

Abdul Kamara, 21, of 4 Hill St. is charged with criminal mischief — for kicking the window out of a Laconia Police cruiser — resisting arrest, and two counts of criminal threatening. Police affidavits contend Kamara and Johnstone were in a car being driven by Scott A. Batch-

elder, Jr., 29, of 115 Kelley Pond Road in New Hampton when Officer Gary Allen stopped the car at 1:50 a.m. on Endicott Street North (Rte.3) and requested backup assistance for a DWI check. Allen also said he thought Kamara had given him a false see PuNCHEd page 10

Hosmer picks up call for Youssef to provide personal financial info By Gail OBer

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LACONIA — Democratic State Senate District 7 candidate Andrew Hosmer of Laconia said yesterday his Republican opponent needs to “come clean with voters”

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LACONIA — Planning Director Shanna Saunders said yesterday that her department has no intention of strictly enforcing zoning ordinances that taken literally would restrict residents from planting flower gardens and tilling vegetable patches in most parts of the city. Saunders said that since an article appeared in The Daily Sun on Wednesday highlighting the nonsensical wording of the ordinance, residents have called her office asking if they can plan on planting a garden next spring. The ordinance, Saunders determined, was written in 2000 when much of the zoning ordinance was revised. But, the flaw was only discovered earlier this month, when the ZBA considered a request for a variance from a resident of Bay Street seeking to keep chickens. The board found that the definition of “agriculture” permits raising and keeping “plants and animals useful to man” — for either commercial see VEGGIEs page 14

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and and answer the ethics questions surrounding his candidacy. Calling Joshua Youssef a “Tea Party conservative”, Hosmer said his opponent has not been entirely forthcoming about his “questionable finances,” and “high-profile

legal troubles” in his campaign. “I call on Mr. Youssef to provide clear, straightforward answers to the voters of District 7 — answers worthy of the public office he hopes to hold,” Hosmer said yesterday. see HOsMEr page 11

Street flooded? Call Ashley

When your street is flooded, call an 11-year-old. Ashley Easter of Academy Street cleans the leaves out of storm drain on Wednesday. Neighborhood residents said the city Water Department opened the hydrant on the street without anyone first removing the leaves left behind in the recent storm from the storm drain, causing the water to released to back up. Ashley, who was home from school, with the permission of her mother, said she wants to be a police officer when she grows up. As to her civicminded daughter, her mother Debbie said, “She is a great kid, but it now it looks like I’m going to have to do another load of laundry.” (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)

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