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Arrest made for armed robbery of Tilton store
TILTON — A Northfield man has been charged with armed robbery for the holdup of the Tilton Shop Express convenience store on August 21. David Messier, Jr., 33, was arrested by Franklin Police on October 10 and is also being charged with the September 9 armed robbery of the Franklin Shop Express. Shannon Gauthier, 32, of Northfield has been charged with one count of being an accomplice to robbery for allegedly drivsee arrEst page 12
VOL. 14 NO. 93
LacONIa, N.H.
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Budget feud extends to whether or not reps will get paid
Delegation leader says when budget is exhausted lawmakers won’t get checks but commission insists law requires payments By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Anticipating that with its next meeting, the Belknap County Convention will have busted its 2013 budget, Rep. Frank Tilton (R-Laconia), who chairs the delegation’s Executive Committee,
said yesterday that he has advised his 17 colleagues not to expect to receive their stipend or be reimbursed for mileage for attending meetings during the remainder of the year. The appropriation for the convention is $15,550, consisting of $3,500 for meeting
fees, $10,000 for legal services, $450 for publishing public notices and $1,600 for mileage reimbursement. During the first three quarters of the year, ending on September 30, 97.6-percent of the total appropriation was spent. The convention has see COuNty page 13
2 more houses being razed on lower Liberty Hill
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Demolition workers razed the last two of four homes in the immediate vicinity of where toxic coal was tar buried on lower Liberty Hill Road in the 1950s in preparation for the the removal of contaminated soils from the site. Homes at 77 and 83 Liberty Hill Road were removed soon after the coal tar was discovered in 2005 and those at 69 and 87 were demolished this week. The foundations of all four residences will be removed. Altogether 93,000 cubic yards of soil will be excavated and between 39,000 and 44,000 cubic yards removed and treated while the remainder will be stored on the site and used as backfill. properties. Scheduled to begin next spring, the project will stretch over two construction seasons with between 12 and 16 trucks a day hauling material from the site. (Lakes Region Aerial Photograph/Bil Hemmel)
Burglary arrest made after girl friend fails to buy ‘can’t find the hamburger’ story By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — A city man has been charged with one count of burglary for allegedly breaking
into his employer’s workplace and taking some radios and a Dewalt Sawzall because he believed his employer had shorted his previous paycheck by $60.
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David R. Nelson, 25, whose former address is on North Main Street, is also charged with two counts of possession of narcotics for having small
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