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VOL. 14 NO. 72
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Still under scrutiny to meet residency requirement, First ever Tilton-Northfield fire chief quits to take #2 job in Gilford N.H. Coffee Festival to be celebrated on Main Street on Saturday afternoon friday
By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — For the second time in the past three years a chief has left the Tllton-Northfield Fire Department for the position of deputy chief in Gilford. Yesterday the Board of Fire Engineers here announced the appointment of Brad Ober, chief of the Tilton-Northfield Fire
Department, as deputy chief of the Gilford Fire Department. “I couldn’t be more pleased said Chief Stephen Carrier, for whom Ober served as a captain when he was chief of the TiltonNorthfield Fire Department before becoming deputy chief in Gilford in 2010. “Brad quickly rose to the top of our hiring process,” Carrier said, adding that
Ober will assume his duties on October 15.. Noting that Ober served as chief of the Ashland Fire Department before joining the Tilton-Northfield department, Carrier said that “his experience as a fire chief in two different communities and his extensive fire prevention background makes him tremendously valuable to our department and
our community,” Paul Auger of Northfield, who chairs the Tilton-Northfield Fire District Commission, said that the commissioners had yet to receive a formal letter from Ober tendering his resignation and declined to comment. Likewise, Commissioner Pat Clark only learned of Ober’s see OBEr page 11
By rOGer aMsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Main Street Initiative is anticipating that 34 vendors will be taking part in the first-ever New Hampshire Coffee Festival Saturday afternoon in Downtown Laconia. ‘’We’re looking to make it a yearly event and draw people from all over the state,’’ says Randy Bullerwell of All My Life Jewelers, a member of the sponsoring organization. He said that the idea for the festival, which is sponsored by the Bank of New Hampshire, came from John Moriarty, president of the Main Street Initiative. ‘’John said that it looked like everyone was having a wine festival and that maybe we should try something different. see COffEE page 10
Foley Oil Company of Laconia is closing the little full-service gas station at the corner of South Main and Garfield Streets this weekend because there is no cost effective way to meet new environmental regulations that take effect in a little over a year. The company itself, which is headquartered just across the street, remains in business. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
South End business icon closing on Saturday By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — For as long as most people can remember, the Foley Oil Company’s gas station has been across the street from Wyatt Park on the “V” corner at Route 106 and Garfield Street in the city’s South End. This Saturday, said Foley Oil Company President Jeff Pierson, the two-pump,
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full-service station will close because the environmental upgrades required to keep in open are too costly. He said with no room on the corner to expand and build a store, there isn’t enough profit in a gallon of gas to justify what could be as much as $100,000 in tank and pump upgrades that are mandatory for all gas stations by 2015. “It’s too bad,” he said. “We have a lot of
loyal customers.” Pierson emphasized that Foley Oil Company itself isn’t going anywhere — they’re just closing this one gas station. He said the station complies with all environmental regulations now but won’t in 2015 when the new regulations take effect. “We’ll continue to operate our larger gas stations with stores in Bristol and Enfield. see fOLEy OiL page 11
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