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LACONIA — “The mayor’s job is not just to be out there at parades and presiding at meetings,” said Kaileif Mitchell, one of three candidates for the office. “He is the only one elected by all the people and I really think his job is to represent the people as a liaison to the City Council.”
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Boy mauled by propeller in Paugus Bay boating accident
Rescue crew credited with ‘amazing’ job stabilizing 10-year-old before airlift to Dartmouth Hitchcock By RogeR Amsden FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — A 10-yearold boy, from North Andover, Mass., who suffered serious injuries to his legs and lower body in an accident Thursday afternoon on Paugus Bay when
a boat driven by is father is said to have backed over him, was airlifted by helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. No late night condition report was available on the boy, whose name has not been released
by investigators, but Laconia Fire Chief Ken Erickson said the youth had suffered ‘’major trauma to both legs from waist to toes’’ as a result of contact with the boat’s propeller. ‘’He was wakeboarding with his father when the boat acci-
dentally backed over him,’’ said Erickson. He said that the father and younger brother, who was also on the boat, were able to pull him back into the boat and bring the boy to the South Down Shores Marina dock. see PrOPELLEr page 15
Opening ceremony for BNH Stadium will precede tonight’s Sachems kick-off
LACONIA — The Grand Opening of Bank of New Hampshire Stadium at Laconia High School is tonight beginning at 6 p.m. Ceremonies will be followed by the kick-off for the Sachems vs. Pembroke
Academy football game at 7. Festivities will begin with an official ribbon cutting ceremony at the main gate to the stadium at 6. After the ribbon cutting, there will be
time to mingle. At 6:45 p.m. City Manager Scott Myers will serve as the Master of Ceremonies and will provide recognition to the corporate sponsors, contributors to the Wall see STadiUM page 9
Purple trash bag era begins in Tilton
see MiTCHELL page 14
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Co-feature Mortal Instruments (Pg 13) SCREEN 4
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Co-feature Smurfs 2 (PG) Help us go “Digital” Vote daily in Honda’s “Project Drive-In” contest. Ends Sept. 9. Also on our website & Facebook http://ProjectDriveIn.com/vote_41 Text VOTE 41 to 444999 Box office opens at 7pm. Shows start at DUSK or approx. 8pm. Admission: Adults $10, Children 11 and under are FREE. Minimum $20 charge per car. Come early & enjoy our snack bar & see 2 movies in one of the Country’s Last Drive-In Theaters. weirsdrivein.com & Find us on Facebook
Bestway Disposal employee Harold Mossey grabs a purple bag of trash on Main Street in Tilton on Thursday. This week marked the start of the town’s new Pay-As-YouThrow trash collection program, where all non-recyclable material discarded is required to be in the specially-marked purple bags that residents can purchase in local stores. See story on page 4. (Alan MacRae/for the Laconia Daily Sun)
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