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Brenda Baer says this next term on council will be her last
LACONIA — City Councilor Brenda Baer, who is running without an opponent for her fifth consecutive term in Ward 4, confirmed yesterday that her next term will be her last. “Absolutely, positively,” she said, “unless they find a cure for old age. You can’t go on forever.” She had made an offhand remark to the same effect the night before at the Belknap Mill where she was among the handful at see BAER page 30
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Pitman’s appears to be arson target; 2nd time this fall By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — For the second time in a month, it appears Pitman’s Freight Room on New Salem Street has been the target of an arsonist. At 3:05 a.m. yesterday, firefighters again responded to the live entertainment venue and function hall to extinguish a fire that started and burned in the exact same area as a fire that that burned on September 28. Firefighters also responded at the same time to three additional fires that were apparently set in two dumpsters and a wooden fence behind the Beacon Street
The porch at Pitman’s on Thursday morning. (Gail Ober)
West building (Streetcar Place) that houses Hector’s restaurant and other businesses and offices. “This is really upsetting,” said Pitman’s manager Maureen Bienairz-Pond as she surveyed the damage around noon yesterday. “This is my second home.” Last night there was supposed to be a Halloween party at Pitman’s that was slated to be the grand re-opening. This weekend a blues band was scheduled to perform, but Bienairz-Pond said yesterday that all upcoming events again needed to be canceled. see ARSON page 15
Treats in the trunk
Mrs. Perry and her pre-kindergarten students go “Trick or Trunking” in Meredith Kelley’s car trunk during Holy Trinity Catholic School’s annual Halloween parade in Laconia on Thursday afternoon. The children were able to secure their haul before the holiday-spoiling rain settled in. (Karen Bobotas/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
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