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Vandals cause ‘significant’ damage to Boys & Girls Club BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The new home of the Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region was vandalized over the weekend, forcing the facility to be closed for at least a week. Police Chief Chris Adams, president of the club, said staff arrived yesterday morning to find “significant damage see CLUB page 8
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Annual WLNH Children’s Auction starts today WLNH Children’s Auction “elves” put the final touches on the set of the annual holiday fund raiser on Monday, December 9, 2013. The yearly event, which began in 1982, starts this morning. Auction hours will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and will conclude on Saturday with an 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. session. Last year, the auction raised $416,500, which was then given to various local organizations that serve children. The auction can be watched on Channel 25, listened to by tuning to 98.3 FM, or live streamed through childrensauction.com or lrpa.org. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
City Council again defers TIF decision Gunstock Inn purchased BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — After convening a special meeting to consider authorizing a borrowing to undertake a series of projects recommended by the Downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Advisory Board the City Council last night again deferred its decision. Presenting the menu of projects, Kevin Dunleavy, director of parks and recreation, reminded the council it had already approved spending $275,000 to improve the gateway to downtown at the Main Street Bridge, in order to ensure that the improvements were incorporated into the design for the reconstruction of the bridge. Likewise, in October the council approved spending $35,000 to extend a ten-inch water
main from Main Street to Veteran’s Square to service the former Evangelical Baptist Church, which is being converted to restaurant. Dunleavy told the council the board recommended investing $400,000 to extend the WOW Trail between Main Street and Fair Street, $25,000 to add signage and kiosks to the riverwalk and WOW Trail, $181,000 to connect the Main Street Bridge to the riverwalk at the Landmark Inn, $121,800 to extend the riverwalk through the Walgreen’s property, and $300,000 to carry the riverwalk from behind the old police station up to the Church Street bridge. Altogether the estimated cost of the projects, including the Gateway Plaza and water main, see COUNCIL page 10
by local couple, will re-open later this month BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD – The Gunstock Inn and Fitness Center has been purchased by Les and Linda Schuster, the current operators of three Weirs Beach area lodging facilities. Les Schuster said yesterday that he and his wife have been working on the purchase for a little over a year – or shortly after the former owners shut the doors citing a poor economy. “Now that the economy is better, we’ve been able to get it all in order,” said Schuster. He said he and his wife plan on opening the hotel or lodging portion of the Inn before Christmas and are working on some Ski-and-Stay packages with see INN page 8
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