The Laconia Daily Sun, September 28, 2012

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Maiden voyage: osprey ‘Jil’ already near S. America

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Gilford police arrest pair of17-yearBullets said to have fallen out of 2nd graders coat at Woodland Heights olds for graffiti spree By adam drapchO THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

LACONIA — Iain MacLeod, executive director of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, expects to be wearing out the edge of his seat over the coming days, as he anxiously watches as three osprey he’s observed

all summer make the dangerous fall migration to South America. Thanks to a tracking program the science center is participating in, MacLeod can watch as the birds make every step of their voyage. Project Osprey Track is a collaboration between the Squam

LACONIA — Police and state social workers responded Tuesday afternoon to Woodland Heights Elementary School for a report of some bullets falling out of a second grade girl’s raincoat.

By Gail OBer

THE LACONIA DAILY SUN

GILFORD — Police charged two teens yesterday with felony criminal mischief for spray painting graffiti at the Gilford Middle and High Schools as well as the Gilford Village Field. Police said the vandalism was reported on September 16 and they believe it happened in the overnight hours of September 15 to 16. Arrested were Connor Garfinkle, 17, of Cherry Valley Road and Justin O’Connor, 17, of Farmer Drive. Police said they based their arrests on eyewitnesses, video surveillance and evidence recovered near the graffiti. Photographs provided to the media by police indicate the men used black and red spray paint and allegedly defaced windows, doors, concrete, brick walls and a motor vehicle belonging to the School District. At the village field, they also spraypainted garbage cans, see GraffiTi page 12

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Police said yesterday they found six .22 caliber bullets and the 7-year-old girl told the responding officer that she didn’t know they were in her coat pocket. Lt. Richard Simmons said the responding

United States and attached small transmitters on their backs. The devices regularly send updates, relayed to the scientists via a communications satellite, which report the bird’s location, direction, altitude and speed. see OSPrEy page 13

police officer took the bullets and tagged them for destruction. He said police have been in contact with the state Division of Youth, Children and see BULLETS page 14

Home(coming) for the holidays at LHS

Freshmen Riley Stone, Kyle Chiasson, Mackenzie Howe, Gabby Smith and Logan Bossey work on their 4th of July-themed float on Thursday afternoon in preparation for today’s annual homecoming parade at 4 p.m. The parade theme this year is “holidays” and other class floats will feature Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. The football game against Kingswood Regional starts at 7 p.m. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)

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