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Boothby seriously considering run for Executive Council By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
MEREDITH — Christopher Boothby, a former Belknap County Commissioner, said yesterday that, “I am giving serious consideration to running for the Executive Council in District 1.” The seat fell open with passing of Ray Burton of
Bath who held it for 35 of the past 37 years. Boothby, a Republican from Meredith, served as an intern with Burton while attending graduate school at the University of New Hampshire. “Ray was a fixture in our personal lives and public lives for more than 30 years,” he said yester-
day. “His death was such hard news to receive.” Burton, he continued, “provided the district with a level of public service its people have come to expect and should expect in the future.” For the past 15 years Boothby and his wife Maren have owned and operated Boothby
Therapy Services, a Laconia firm that provide occupational and speech therapy services to school districts. During the same period he also worked at LRGHealthcare, as director of outpatient services as well as in philanthropy and community affairs. see BOOTHBy page 8
MEREDITH — Other than waterfront properties on Lake Winnipesaukee worth more than $2 million each, all classes of property diminished in value when the valuation was updated in anticipation of setting the 2013 property tax rate. Assessor Jim Commerford reported that the aggregate taxable value of the town decreased by $116,115,857, see $2M page 8
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Eric Grant stands to testify about what he sees on a video recording of a 2006 party at which he is accused of sexually assaulting his, at the time, 10-year-old niece. Grant took the witness stand in Belknap County Superior Court in his own defense on Wednesday. In the foreground is his attorney, Emily McLaughlin. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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“I did not do this,” he said breaking down into tears for the first time since his trial for aggravated felonious sexual assault began on November 12. “I have lived for a year not thinking I could go home and see my little boys,” the popular local band leader said. “I’ve
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waited a year to tell the jury — these people — that I did not do this.” Grant ex-wife’s sister’s daughter accused him of digitally assaulting her at a 2006 New Year’s Eve Party at his former house in Gilford. The girl was 10 when the see GRanT page 8
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