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Cell phone tower plan irks Gilford neighbors By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — A proposal to erect a cellular telephone antenna tower on land owned by the Traditional Catholics of New Hampshire abutting residences on David Lewis Road and Stark Street has aroused opposition from at least two nearby property owners. New Cingular Wireless PCS, doing business as AT&T, and American Tower Corporation, LLC, the construction manager, have applied to erect a 100-foot monopole tower with 12 antennas on the southeast corner of the 148acre tract. The site would include an equipment shelter, 12-feet by 20-feet, and emergency generator within a 50-square compound surrounded by chain link fence sixfeet high and topped with barbed wire. A driveway leading from the southwest corner of David Lewis Road would provide access to the tower. The tower would stand 100 feet from the property line of two adjoining lots, one a house lot at 38 David Lewis Road owned by Kevin Lacasse and the other a vacant 5.27-acre parcel reached from Stark Street owned see tOWEr page 8
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Young couple charged with running marijuana growing operation in 3-car Governor’s Island garage By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — Local police and agents from the New Hampshire Drug Task Force and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency converged on a Governor’s Island home Thursday morning and arrested the two residents for two counts each of possession of drugs with intent
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to distribute. Following their separate video appearances in the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division, Janelle Noftle, 24, and Corey M. LaPlante, 28, of 47 Blueberry Hill Lane were each held on $30,000 cash-only bail. According to Asst. N.H. Attorney General James Vara, Noftle and LaPlante alleg-
edly had about 100 marijuana plants growing in a three-bay garage that contained what he described as a fairly sophisticated growing operation. Inside the home, Vara said police allegedly found three to five pounds of hashish and a table that was equipped to serve as production and distribution center. He said they also
found $33,000 in cash. Vara said six guns — three handguns and three long guns — were found in the home. Two of them were allegedly loaded and he said the three pistols were located near the cash. During his request for $50,000 cash bail, Vara said what police found was “not a see POt page 11
Meredith resident Jim Gregoire walks in the surf of the Pacific Ocean off Ilwaco, Washington on Oct. 5 upon completion of a 4,000 mile hike from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Portland, Maine. The walk, broken into 14 segments, took 8 years to complete. (Courtesy photo)
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MEREDITH — On October 5, Jim Gregoire waded into the surf of the Pacific Ocean rolling on to the beach at Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Washington to complete a journey that began eight
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years earlier at Portland, Maine, taking him from coast-to-coast — across 4,200 miles, through 13 states — on foot. “In 2005, I completed the Appalachian Trail, which took me 10 years,” Gregoire recalled, “and began thinking about something bigger in scope.” Tempted by a coast-
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to-coast trek, he explored the prospect and sought the inspiration through the experience of other hikers, particularly Nimblewill Nomad, who has hiked all 11 national scenic trails as well as walked from the Florida Keys to the Cliffs of see HIKE page 8
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