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Cast members of the BHS Players prepare to create musical mayhem this Friday and Satur-day when they present “Nonsense in the Wood” at the BJHS auditorium. See story page 11.

‘Nonsense in the Woods’

Stratford woman critically injured in crash

STRATFORD -- A Stratford woman was critically injured yes-terday, November 1, when her vehi-cle collided with a tractor trailer on Route 3 in North Stratford.

According to a NH State Police report, a preliminary investigation

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Bill funding Berlin prison passes Senate

BERLIN -- The U.S. Senate yester-day passed an appropriations bill that would fund opening the federal prison in Berlin.

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen reported the Senate voted 69-30 to pass the Com-merce, Justice and Science appropria-tions bill. The bill includes $6.6 billion in funding for the Bureau of Prisons and specifi cally prioritizes funding for the Berlin prison and two others that are completed but awaiting funding to open. The bill now goes to the House of Representative.

“I am pleased the Berlin prison is one step closer to fi nally opening. It will pro-vide good jobs for the economically dis-tressed area of Berlin and ease prison overcrowding,” Shaheen said. “Keeping a completed prison empty at the cost of

$4 million per year just doesn’t make sense. I urge the House to pass this bill quickly.”

Shaheen had testifi ed on the Senate fl oor in favor of the bill on Oct. 19. In her testimony, she noted the 1,280-bed Berlin prison was completed last November at a cost of $276 million. At the same time, Shaheen pointed out the federal prison system is becoming increasingly over-crowded. She said 7,541 inmates were added to the system since she spoke on the fl oor about the matter last spring. She said the entire system is now 39 percent overcrowded and medium secu-rity prisons, like the Berlin prison, are 51 percent overcrowded.

In addition to safety concerns, Sha-heen said the prison would create

Budget cuts cause personal tragedyCraig LyonsThe Eagle TimesCLAREMONT -- The sister of a Cla-

remont woman who took her own life this week said the loss of a job at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center wasn’t the only burden in her life, but may have been the one that was more

than she could bear. Kelly Pageau, 36, of Claremont, was already struggling with personal issues and a recent arrest for driving while intoxicated, her sister said. Then Kelly lost her job last week as a patient care technician at DHMC, according to Kimbly Pageau, who said

see TRAGEDY page 15

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Job Fair aims to recruit for biomass project

BERLIN -- A job fair for people inter-ested in working on the Burgess Bio-Power biomass plant will be held at city hall auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 10, starting at 6:30 p.m.

The job fair is being held by the New Hampshire Building Trades Council which will be providing union workers for the construction of the facility.

Mayor Paul Grenier, who is facilitat-ing the job fair, explained that the gen-eral contractor on the project, Babcock and Wilcox, has signed a project labor agreement with N.H. Building Trades Council. The agreement requires the contractor and subcontractors to use the NHBTC to hire workers for the project.

“It is a union job,” confi rmed Cate Street Capital spokesman Scott Tranchemontagne.

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LOS ANGELES — Robert Gaffney, who came here from Oklahoma 10 years ago, settled on a scrap of burlap the other day on a grassy hill outside City Hall, surveying the tents and crowd that make up Occupy Los Angeles. For many of his neighbors at City Hall Park, this is a center of protest and political grievance. For Gaff-ney, it is the latest piece of land that he calls home.

It is, he said, more comfort-able than the sidewalk in Hol-lywood that he has been living on for the last few months. It is safer and less sketchy than Skid Row, the homeless colony a few blocks away.

“It’s different here,” said Gaffney, 31. “I fi nd myself getting sleep. Interesting con-versation.” He held up a pair of dirty socks. “But I haven’t fi gured out how to do laundry.”

Gaffney is hardly an unusual presence in the Occupy demonstrations across the country these days. From Los Angeles to Wall Street, from Denver to Boston, homeless men and women have joined the protesters in large numbers, or at least have settled in beside them for the night. While the economic deprivation they suffer might symbolize the grievance at the heart of this protest, they have come less for the cause than for what they almost invari-ably describe as an easier existence. There is food, as well as bathrooms, safety and company.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — The Leba-nese police have accused Syria of orchestrating the kidnapping of Syrian dissidents in Lebanon, a country that has served as a haven for them since the uprising against the government of President Bashar al-Assad began nearly eight months ago.

In a related development on Tuesday, The Associated Press quoted a Syrian offi cial and witnesses as saying Syrian troops had begun to sow landmines along parts of their border with Lebanon, apparently to prevent the smuggling of weapons to fuel the revolt.

The full extent of the planting of landmines was unclear, but the report added to suggestions that Syria is working against dissidents using Lebanon

as a safe haven. The newest allegations of kidnap-ping, moreover, seem to demonstrate Mr. Assad’s determination to prevent Lebanon from becoming a staging ground for plots against his government.

In one case, Shibli al-Aisamy, 89, a founder of Syr-ia’s governing Baath Party who has become a lead-ing voice of dissent against Mr. Assad, disappeared in late May while visiting his daughter outside Beirut. He went out for a walk and was picked up by people in a black sport utility vehicle, who spirited him across the border, the Lebanese police said.

In another case, the police said, three Syrian brothers, the Jassems, were kidnapped in February by rogue members of the Lebanese security forces using Syrian Embassy vehicles, again black S.U.V.’s.

Syria accused of kidnapping four in Lebanon

ATHENS (NY Times) — The Greek government was plunged into chaos on Tuesday, as law-makers rebelled against Prime Minister George Papandreou’s surprise call for a popular refer-endum on a new debt deal with Greece’s foreign lenders.

The revolt by lawmakers and a no-confi dence vote planned for Friday raised the prospect of a government collapse that

would not only render the ref-erendum plan moot but could also scuttle — or at least delay — the debt deal that European leaders agreed on after mara-thon negotiations in Brussels last week. That, in turn, could put Greece on a fast track to default and raises the prospect of the country’s exit from the monetary union of countries sharing the euro currency.

The political instability in Greece has long dismayed Euro-pean offi cials, who fear that it could touch off a fi nancial market panic that could cause a damaging run on other shaky European economies like that of Italy, which is mired in its own political crisis. Indeed, European markets plunged on Tuesday on the news from Greece, in most cases by at least 5 percent.

Government in Greece teeters after move on referendum

N.Y. detective convicted of planting drugs

(NY Times) — The New York Police Department, already sad-dled with corruption scandals, saw its image further tainted on Tuesday with the conviction of a police detective for planting drugs on a woman and her boyfriend.

The bench verdict from Jus-tice Gustin L. Reichbach in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn stemmed from acts committed in 2007 by the defendant, Jason Arbeeny, a 14-year veteran of the department who worked in the Brooklyn South unit.

Before announcing the verdict, Justice Reichbach scolded the department for what he described as a widespread culture of corrup-tion endemic in its drug units.

The case against Detective Arbeeny was rooted in a far larger tale of corruption in Police Depart-ment drug units: several narcot-ics offi cers in Brooklyn have been caught mishandling drugs they seized as evidence, and hundreds of potentially tainted drug cases have been dismissed. The city has made payments to settle civil suits over wrongful incarcerations.

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MANCHESTER — New Hampshire is getting $14,699,808 in federal heat-ing aid for low-income households, a little more than half the $29 million paid in benefi ts last heating season.

“The President’s budget would be a signifi cant cut,” State Offi ce of Energy and Planning Director Joanne O. Morin said.

Last year the state distributed $29 million in benefi ts to 45,000 house-holds.

To date this fall, 13,811 households have been certifi ed by the state as eli-gible for heating aid. Income eligibility is capped at 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

With the newly announced funds and a carryover from last winter, the state could distribute about $17 mil-lion, Morin said.

“People are still encouraged to con-tact their community action agency to apply,” Celeste Lovett, fuel assistance program manager, said. “It’s important to us to know how many households are in need of assistance.”

The fact that the House and Senate have each proposed higher funding levels than President Obama gives hopes that the state will eventually get benefi ts closer to what was paid out last year, Morin said.

If benefi ts aren’t raised, her offi ce will have to look at options including cutting benefi ts, adding a waiting list or cap-ping eligibility at a lower income level.

Other local assistance options are very limited, she said.

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said in a statement that the president’s decision to release a lower amount of money “makes no sense.”

“As heating costs rise and tempera-tures drop, LIHEAP continues to be crucial for low income families who rely on the help to heat their homes and keep their families warm,” Sha-heen said. “New Hampshire has just been hit by our fi rst snowstorm and it is only October. More LIHEAP funding needs to be released quickly because the families who rely on the assistance can’t afford to wait.”

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds are part of $1.7 billion earmarked for states, tribes and territories.

“We are releasing these funds now to ensure low-income families are able to meet their heating cost expenses this winter,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement Monday.

“This program helps to offset sea-sonal energy costs for those families, leaving them with more opportunity to use their income for other necessities,” she said.

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NASHUA — Public Service Co. of New Hampshire said Tuesday it’s doubling the number of line crews working to restore power to tens of thousands of customers still in the dark after the weekend nor’easter.

About 143,000 customers were still without power across the state. PSNH said 137,737 of its customers didn’t have power, while National Grid reported 3,822

without power, Unitil reported 2,151 without power and New Hampshire Elec-tric Co-op had 57 without power.

Unitil and National Grid said most of their customers should have power restored by the end of the day except in a few isolated pockets. New Hampshire Electric Co-op said all of its customers should have power by Tuesday afternoon.

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Theresa Sterling left town the other day. She arrived here about two and a half years ago to become the minister of the Gorham Congregational Church. The church, which had been served by an interim minister for a couple of years welcomed Theresa with open arms. The search committee was elated to have found a candidate who seemed ready and willing to meet their criteria, She was young enough, fresh enough and eager to fulfi ll the goals of revitalizing the church, recruiting new and younger members and bringing the church into the modern world.

Her early days seemed ideal. The church greeted her warmly and responded to her efforts. While she was a new minister newly ordained and maybe a little unsure, she put forth a real effort to begin making the changes the search committee was seeking.. There were new things being discussed and even some new faces around. The new experi-ence seemed to be off to a good start.

It wasn’t until November that trouble sur-faced. Just before Thanksgiving, Theresa scheduled an activity which left some mem-bers unhappy. After an opening service, most of the members departed the church to go to Berlin too process much of the food that had been collected for distribution to the less for-tunate. The members sorted and packed the

items and delivered them to the various dis-tribution points. For those who took part it was a worthwhile and satisfying effort. While the worship service that day was somewhat shorter then normal, the activity had seemed worthwhile.

But some church members were unhappy and their unhappiness was soon made well known. These folks called meetings to discuss their unhappiness. The folks who had partici-pated by leaving the worship service early had to defend themselves and defend the new minister. It was not pretty and it left scars. Those scars may have been deep and lasting.

For Theresa the message was delivered loud and clear. Yes, we want new effort to revitalize the church and go forth in the com-munity. She has done that. But no we want all the good and regular stuff too. She has done that also. The Thanksgiving business was gone but not forgotten. Ever!

Anyway Theresa Sterling left town the other day. A huge moving van was parked in front of the parsonage packing her stuff. The next stop for Theresa will be a church in Scottsdale, Arizona, near Phoenix. It seems like a great move for her and we wish her well.

It was an interesting experience for the church too. Let’s wish them well also.

John Walsh

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Lumberjack Festival a big success thank to all who participatedTo the editor:On October 2, Northern Forest Heritage Park

held the 12th Annual Lumberjack Competition and Festival. In spite of the continuous rain it was a very good turnout. The day started out at 6: a.m. with an absolutely delicious Lumber-jack Breakfast prepared by Bing Clark, head chef at Friendship House, and his crew. The Friendship House is a program of Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc., located in Bethlehem. The Lumberjack Show set a record this year with 76 registered competitors. These axe swingers travelled from California, Con-necticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Our Canadian neighbors were well represented as well with competitors coming from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. They all came to compete and have some fun.

Although the weather was wet and gloomy the competition was very exciting and enter-taining! Amazingly, there were approximately 300 people on hand to cheer on their favorite log buster. New for this year was the Standing Block Chop. This is a very popular event among the axe swingers. Women’s events were sepa-rated from the men’s and for the fi rst time in 12 years there was an overall winner’s award for women. The privilege of winning the fi rst Over-all Winner’s title at Northern Forest Heritage Park went to Nancy Zalewski from Manitowoc, WI. The overall winner for the men was Mike Sullivan from Winsted, Conn. To get a com-plete listing of event winners please call 603-752-7202 or send an email to [email protected]. Regardless of the weather, all lumberjacks and lumberjills who commented provided posi-tive feedback about the event and the venue. Thank you for that, we sure do appreciate it.

Donald Quigley, professor of forestry at UNH did a great job as emcee and we thank him very much for being here for us once again. He is truly a special person and his love of the sport is obvious.

There is no way to measure the value of our volunteers that helped with the success of the festival. Their help is priceless! We sincerely want to let them know they are dearly appreci-ated. The following were on hand for the Lum-berjack Festival; Dona Larsen, Shawn Costello, Jim Wagner, Barbara Couture, Rachel Couture, Bob Moody, Paula, Linda and Kim Huot, and Joan Merrill. Timers who volunteered their day and braved the pouring rain were, Sue and Ricky Coy, Curtis and Karen Roberge, Toni Pierce, Troy Menier, Rusty Scott, Carl Huot and Jon Boozan. I also want to say thank you to RSVP volunteers Warren Johnson, Theresa Lessard, Vivian and Amie L’Heureux, Sandra Lemire, Fred and Julie Smith, Jeannette Mor-rissette, Cecile Poulin, Georgette McCosh and Pauline Robinson for manning the ticket booths. Your help is always greatly appreciated. Thank you also to Kathy McKenna and Nancy Malone for organizing the RSVP volunteers. Janice Gingras, a special person to the Lum-berjack Festival, consulted with us, provided her wisdom of the event and worked hard on her own time making many phone calls for the Lumberjack Festival. Her efforts are sincerely appreciated! And how can anyone say thank you enough to Jean Boucher for all the unre-lenting and exceptional work he’s done at the park and to Dick Merrill and for all his spirited and compassionate attention to details!

All of us at the park extend a huge thank you to the sponsors of the festival. They are; A. R. Couture Construction, Inc., Brookfi eld Renew-able Power, Chapman Scrap Metal and Recy-

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Horrorfest at RiverFire a terrifi c successTo the editor: Horrorfest at Riverfi re

this year was an amazing success. We, the cast and crew of that attraction, feel as though we are doing our part in making Riverfi re a signature event for our com-munity, and we would like to take the chance to thank the following people and organizations for making all of this possible: Theatre North, Riverfi re Committee, Northern Forest Heritage Park, Dave and Jill Dubey, Plymouth State College and Tau Omega, Berlin City

Council, Berlin Fire, Police, and EMS, The Main St. Pro-gram, Anderson Pyrotech-nics, Better Buildings, Jan from the Razors Edge, all of the contributors, cast and crew,

But most notably, we want to thank each of you that bought a ticket. Making you scream for your lives in the great Halloween tradition is as enjoyable for us as it is for you, so in the spirit of our undying and undead optimism. We’ll see you next year.

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RiverFire is something we can all be proud ofTo the editor:For weeks leading up to

this year’s RiverFire there was a “buzz” in the air. People were talking about it on the streets and on social networking sites. The area’s “signature event” held on Saturday October 22, did not disappoint! An estimated crowd of 5,000 attended and celebrated the best that our region has to offer. With a full schedule of events start-ing at 1 p.m. through the evening, there was truly something for everyone!. Activities included a bouncy village to accommodate all ages and sizes, Bobo the Clown, book sale, face painting, Halloween cookie decorating, Halloween cos-tume parade, duck race, hay rides, jack-o-lanterns on the bridge, Horrorfest and food vendors offering every type of food imaginable. Zombies made an appearance during

the daylight hours to remind all in attendance that the best was yet to come. As the sky grew dark, the gates for Horrorfest opened, the carved pumpkins were lit on the bridge, the torches were lit along the river walk, and the boom pier fi res were lit to bring the day’s events to a climax. Screams were heard as visitors wandered through two acres of the Heritage Park. Hundreds of people could be seen wearing glowie glasses, hair and teeth in the darkness of the night. River-Fire is the type of event that has put our region on the map. Many tourists visited and vowed to return to next year’s RiverFire.

This year’s RiverFire was made possible because of many people who have been meeting and planning for months. Thanks to these vol-unteers and those who joined

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Mark your calendars for the 1st Annual Christmas Dinner with The-atre North. It will be held December 10. More details will follow. Please call 752-7202 or send an email to [email protected] for more information. Look for us on Facebook too!

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LUMBERJACK from page 4

us on the day of the event, thousands of people were able to enjoy a day to remember. More than ever, it is impor-tant to thank our sponsors who sup-port our community by sponsoring worthy community events such as Riv-erFire. Our Sponsors were: AutoNorth Pre-Owned Superstore, Couture Con-struction, Brookfi eld Power, Berlin BetterBuildings, Aerial Site Com-munications, Guardian Angel Credit Union, Laconia Savings Bank, North-way Bank, Personal Touch Homecare, Great North Woods Container Service and Remax. Your generous sponsor-ships allowed us to make this year’s event the best ever!

We also need to thank those of you who supported us with acts of kind-ness to make things come together. Proquip, Morty the Mover, Roland Berthiaume for letting us use their generators for the bouncy village; The Mt. Madison Motel for allowing us to hang our banner to promote the event. Thanks to those who helped load the pallets on the boom piers. Thanks to those who helped scoop up the ducks. Thanks to those who lit the boom pier fi res. The Berlin Recreation Depart-ment for helping us with logistics and

dumping the ducks in to the river. Lauren Letourneau for making the Halloween costume parade possible. Thank you to Berlin PTO for run-ning the bouncy houses and book fair. The Harvest Christian Fellowship for receiving and lighting the pumpkins on the walking bridge. Thank you to those who worked in the admissions booth and those who worked on the hay rides. Thank you to Great North-woods Container Service for helping get the pumpkins and for donating a container for cleanup. Thank you to all those who helped make Horrorfest such a success. Last and not least, a big event leaves a big mess! Thanks to everyone who showed up the next morning to help clean up.

RiverFire brought out the best our community has to offer. The spirit of collaboration to make this event suc-cessful has never been stronger. Riv-erFire is truly something we can all be proud of!

Riverfi re CommitteeAndroscoggin Valley Chamber of

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BERLIN -- The Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce 5th Annual Penny Sale & Live Auction will be held on Saturday, November 12, at the White Mountain Chalet. It all begins with a penny sale at 9 a.m. until 2.p.m. While at the penny sale you can also take a peek at the Silent Auction and place your bids. Come on in to see the great bargains. There’s something for everyone. Bring the kids to the penny sale, this year we have a table of good-ies just for them! Admission is free for the daytime events.

The evening festivities will run from

6 p.m. 11 p.m. Admission price is $12 per person. Admission price includes hors d’Oeuvres, silent auction bidding from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. including New England sports memorabilia, live auc-tion beginning at 8 p.m.

New this year, White Mountain Distributors Brew Crew will be there with prizes and samples from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and our local favorite band PLAN B will be playing from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Please call 752-6060 for more information or fi nd the Androscog-gin Valley Chamber of Commerce on Facebook.

AV Chamber of Commerce to hold 5th Annual Penny Sale and Live Auction


38 Glen Ave., Berlin 752-1449

AubuchonHardware.com

Did you know Aubuchon Hardware now carries a

wide variety of Pet Foods and Treats? You can find

several varieties for everyone’s needs and price

point too. We also have a huge variety of Wild Bird

Seed and Feeders to help our feathered friends

make it through our tough New England months.

Fall HOME ImprovementI

Berlin BetterBuildings is a program to promote energy savings using deep retrofi ts and energy effi ciency solu-tions for both Berlin homeowners and businesses alike.

To participate in Berlin Better Buildings, you must own a home or operate a business in Berlin. Berlin BetterBuildings energy analysts are certifi ed by the Building Performance Institute to perform home energy checkups and diagnose building prob-lems. Your local Better Buildings staff will share an estimate of the

federal, state, and local incentives that my be available for your project, and help you fi nd a local bank to fi nance the rest with a rate as low as 1 percent for residential projects, and low interest rates for commercial proj-ects.

Contact Cimbria Badenhausen, community manager at 603-326- 6166, email CimbriaB@NHCDFA. org. their web site address is www. Ber-linBetterBuildings.com. You can also stop at their offi ce at 151 Main Street in Berlin.

Berlin Better BuildingsThere’s a store in Berlin where

you can get everything to fi x up your home, be it paint and hardware to weather proofi ng it for our harsh New Hampshire winters. Window kits or plastic and expanding foam to block heat loss are ready for you to winterize. Saving money by replac-ing those old thermo- stats and light bulbs with energy star effi cient ones are a common fall pracice in Berlin.

You can repair your faucets, paint your home for the holiday company and decorate it too.

October is time to replace the bat-teries in you smoke debtors and change them is they are 10 years or more.

All the things for your home can be found at any time of the year at Aubu- chon Hardware; “We’ll fi x you right up.”

Aubuchon Hardware

This fall, consider getting your computers and networks renovated as part of your home improvement. Genesys Computer Services offers onsite and in-shop computer repair, upgrades, sales and service, network-ing, virus removal/prevention and much more to Residential and Busi-ness.

The North Country Flea Market has added an addition. We now have a full fl edged GUN SHOP located in the same store. The gun shop offers a selec- tion of Shotguns, Rifl es and Handguns. We also offer a few acces-sories along with Ammunition • We can also order that special gun that you have always dreamed about and will accept consign- ments to insure that you receive the best dollar pos-sible for your gun. And as always we Buy, Sell, and Trade weapons. You may also like to check out our self defense items that we now have

in stock. Wanna put a gun on lay-away?, come talk to us. We offer the best terms around. The Flea Market is packed with savings everyday. We still offer the lowest prices on every-day items and our venders continue to select some of the best values for our customers. We carry a little of everything and continue to receive more items each day. So you never know what you may fi nd in our store.

Since winter is just around the comer. Don’t get caught up in those winter blues. Come on down to 161 Main Street in Gorham, NH. Have a cup of coffee, Meet our new manager. Ken Moreau.

Relax, let Mom and the kids look thru the store while you look thru the Gun Shop. We are still open 7 days a week from 10 am to 5 p.m Monday thru Saturday. And 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Phone 466-1140 for more iinformation.

North Country Flea MarketThe Market Place at 101

The Market Place at 101 has “a little bit of everything” is what I hear my customers say most often. We have antiques, sporting goods, Libby’s Bistro food, cards, gift bags, New Sun vitamins, homemade

soaps, NH shirts, maple syrup, books, gifts, drinks, chips, sweets, tea, coffee, pasta... and the list goes on and on...

We hope to see you soon, call 466-5050 FMI.

Top Notch Builders and Remodeling Co. Top Notch Builders and Remodel-

ing, Co. of Gorham, NH now provides you the customer with all the confi -dence needed for any and all of your home improvement needs.

We offer complete packages from start to fi nish. This includes land-scape design, custom masonry, retain-

ing walls and high out-put heating systems. Also, we now will be offering building maintenance for commercial and residential property’s to include SNOW removal as well. So, give us a call if your in need of quality work-manship and service you can depend on.

Northern DreamscapesNorthern Dreamscapes is a full

service, year round landscape con-struction and maintenance company offering everything from lawn and hardscape installations, to fall clean-up and snow plowing. Our commer-

cial fl eet and equipment, and our knowledgeable staff make any project with Northern Dreamscapes a breeze. Check out our facebook page for a part of our portfolio. Call to get a free estimate today.

Genesys Computer Services

This fall, consider getting your computers and net-works renovated as part of your home improvement. Genesys Computer Services offers onsite and in-shop computer repair, upgrades, sales and service, network-ing, virus removal/prevention and much more to Resi-dential and Business.

Established in 2001 by local owner/operator Elvis Houle, Genesys Computer Services continues to be the leading computer service provider in the area. Elvis Houle, Genesys Computer Services, 400 Hillsboro St., Berlin, NH 03570; 603-752-8159; ehoule@ genesyscom-puting.com.

Roger Villeneuve Heating Oil opened his business on May 1, 2007 and has been servicing since 1984. He delivers quality products and service quickly and courteously. Villeneuve specializes in heating oil delivery, furnace repair, installation, tank installation and spill clean-ups. They have the lowest cash prices and his service technicians are available 24/7.

Roger Villeneuve Heating Oil is located on 10 Unity Street in Berlin. His hours are Monday

Roger Villeneuve Heating Oil


603-466-1047 • [email protected] • “Quality Workmanship & Service you can depend on”

Local bookkeeping business in oper-ation since 2000 specializing in Quick- Books, 603-752-2575 or 603-631-1900. The Accounting Connection is owned and operated by Brenda Stone of Fifth Avenue, Berlin. Originally she oper-ated out of her home in Lancaster and then moved to Berlin six years ago offering her services to a new circle of businesses. She is a bookkeeping pro-fessional with over 30 years of expe-rience in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont.

Her customers usually are sole proprietorship’s, non-profi ts, LLC’s and small businesses needing a book-keeper a few hours or a day each week, or on a monthly or project basis. Brenda brings her expertise directly

to her customer’s offi ces or works from her home offi ce depending upon each individual clients needs.

Brenda recommends QuickBooks for conversions and start-up compa- nies. She will also help clients that are already using QuickBooks with questions and setting up or revamp-ing their chart of accounts.

As a member of StarsNorth, a Pro-fessional Services Network, she can refer clients to an array of profession experts in tax preparation, fi nancial planning and consulting. The network is an affi nity group of WREN-Wom-en’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network-based in Bethlehem and having a satellite offi ce here in Berlin. FMI call or e-mail at [email protected].

Accounting Connection

E&S Rental Sales and Service is your local headquarter for Toro snowblowers and lawn mowers. E&S also ser-vices most other brands, and is located at 29 Bridge Street in Berlin, and has been in business in the same location for over 35 years. We are trained in servicing: Toro, Briggs and Stratton, Tecumseh, MTD, Desa (Reddy) Heat-ers, as well as several other brands. Winter is on the way so this is the ideal time to have all your summer and fall equipment serviced so it is stored clean and Ed Solar, owner, is recognized by Briggs and Stratton as a Master Service Technician. This title

ecognizes technicians nationwide who have shown excellence in diagnostics and repairs. E&S is also the home of Ed’s Artworks; offering hand engraved personalized items such as gunstocks, wine bottles, decorative baking pans, or any metal, glass or wood item. We also create hand-turned pens and pen- cils that make great gifts for any time.

New snowblowers are in stock and ready to go. Also last call for 2011 left over lawn mowers priced to sell!.

For unique gifts this holiday, or to have your equipment serviced E&S is currently open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 752-3625

E&S Rental Sales and Service

Hot Tubs - Spas - Pool Supplies - Chemicals - Saunas - Whirlpool Baths - Pools. The Gosselin’s have 26 years of experience in the pool and spa indus-try. Roland and Ann have managed their BioGuard Authorized Dealer Pool & Spa Care Center for 25 years. Gosselin’s Hot Tubs/Spas/Pools’ staff can perform free, on the spot comput-

erized water analysis for customers, and the store provides a complete line of pool and spa maintenance and spe-cialty products.

Gosselin’s also carries a line of Been Pod and Bridgewater soy candles, gourmet salsas and BBQ sauce. Gosse-lin’s Hot Tubs/Spas, 122 Wight Street, Berlin, 603-752-4209.

Gosselin’s Hot Tubs/Spas

iPod Fix ItDid you drop your iPod? Stop! Don’t

throw it away! We specialize in Apple products from iPods, iPhones, and iPads, to Apple laptops and desktops. We also repair digital camera and cell phone screens,

Kindle, Nook, and most game systems. We not only repair we also teach about the Mac OS and can do so in your home. Call us at 603-752- 9838 or visit our website www.iPod- FixIt.com.


“We Clean With Care At A Price That’s Fair”

MOUNTAIN DOVE CLEANING COMPANY

Mike Fod or • 752-8180 RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL carpets / upholstery *plus* floors & more....

call today for an appointment!!!

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Snowblowers Lawnmowers

Servicing most other brands Renting Carpet Cleaners, Floor Sanders,

Hammering Drills - Most everything under the sun!

North Country Flea Market and GUN SHOP

Hunting season is fast approaching. Now is the time to be getting ready. We are proud to announce the

new addition to The North Country Flea Market, Our GUN SHOP is now open . We are a fully

licensed Gun Shop. Now is the time to order that special weapon that you have been dreaming about. We can and will save

you money on Ammo, Rifles, and Hand Guns plus other hunting and fishing supplies. We also buy used weapons and other hunting and fishing items.

161 Main Street, Gorham, NH


Caron Building CenterDo you think your windows are saving you money

on your heating bills? Seriously? get serious about your windows with “Serious Energy” Windows avail-able at Caron Build- ing Center, yes, lower your bills up to 49 percent with true maintenance free vinyl, non-rotting, non-fading,

Serious Energy Windows. Serious Energy are American made and will help keep American jobs too. Replace your old windows with serious energy available at Caron Building Center on Union Street in Berlin. Serious Energy...Save more energy than any other window.

For over 25 years Brian has focused on having happy customers no matter what the cost. His cus-tomer service is above many others in the remod-eling fi eld. Kitchens, bathrooms additions and complete renovations are what he does best. “Thank you for a great job, we were very impressed with your professionalism” wrote one customer in June 2011, another wrote “Thank you for the great job you and your crew have done. It was a pleasure to work with you.” If you want to have a pleasant expe-rience on your project and see great work done on your home. Call Brian 603-752-7847.

Brian Lang Home Remodeling & Construction

Great North Woods Container Services

Fall is here and time to think about fall clean-ing and projects around the house. Great North Woods Container Services is available 24/7 offer-ing three sizes, 6, 10 and 12 yard. Coming soon; larger containers are on order for al your needs. At this time we would like to thank our loyal customers and are looking forward to meeting everyone’s needs. “No job is too small.”

Also offering trash containers, all metal with slid- ing doors and locks and new bear proof fea-tures. Call Normand Thibodeau for quotes at the office at 603-752-4288 or cell phone at 603-723-3257.

TechPros Computer Sales & Service

Store now open! 700 Lancaster Street (Burgundy/Tan Building) Mon, Tue, Thurs., & Fri .Hours By Appt. (603) 723-0918 Wed 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Come check us out, lower prices than the competition!

We Carry InStock Laptop/Netbook AC Adapter/ Charges $38; Headphones $4, Laptop Bags $10-$20, HDMI & USB Cables $8; Wireless N Routers $38, AntiVirus/AntiSpyware; SurgeProtectors, Ipad-Ipod Chargers $8, Wireless Mice, Mouse Pads and More!

TM Handyman Services, L.L.C.

We are your comprehensive repair/remodeling solution. We bring the patience, attention to detail, and professionalism associated with different industries to this business. We specialize in Custom Carpentry. Do you need a new deck put on? Does your current deck need a ramp for a family member with accessibility needs? Did Hur- ricane Irene leave a path of destruction? We can help!. I seek the lowest cost to every issue in your

home. There is no job that is too small! Call me at (603) 723-3079 to make an appointment. New for this fall/winter season, TM Handyman Services, L.L.C. is offering Snow Removal. We have a variety of packages available. Please call for details! The snow will be fl ying soon!

Again, please call (603) 723-3079 and leave a mes-sage. We return all calls within 24 hours! We look forward to serving you!

Be Local. Buy Local.


New Lower Prices. Call For Details

TM Handyman Services, LLC TM Handyman Services, LLC Construction • Remodeling Maintenance • No Job Too Small

Tom Mooney, Owner 391 Goebel Street #2 Berlin, NH 03570 Serving Coos County and Surrounding Areas

(603) 723-3079 [email protected]

36 Exchange Street Gorham, NH • 466-9900 Wednesday & Th ursday 12:30-5 Friday 10-5:00, S aturday 10-4:0 0

Y o u Picture It, W e Fram e It

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Tim Murphy Proprietor 8 Normand Avenue Gorham, NH 03581

Master Lic. #4428 Cell: 603-723-3777

Home: 603-466-1079

(603) 752-2575 C e ll: (603) 631-1900

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Accounting Connection Sm all B usinesses can “account” on us

Specializing in N on-P rofits & Q uickB ooks

831 5th Ave nue Bre nda S tone Be rlin, NH 03570 O w ne r

Norman Roy Plumbing & Heating Radiant Heat Certified

Full Line of Propane Heaters, Boilers and Furnaces Specializing in Radon Removal, Water Pumps & Conditioners

Complete Home Plumbing and Heating Sales & Service

Call 726-6832 or 1-800-513-3252 203 Wight St., Berlin • email: [email protected].

NH Mas. Lic. #1321 • Pump Installers Lic #1414 ME. Mas #MS 90009972

Come in and let us show you the most energy efficient window on the market today.

39 Union St., Berlin, NH • 603-752-1500

On Sale Now!

Roger Villeneuve’s Heating Oil Located at the Eastern Depot • 24 Hour Service

752-5100 • 449-7324 • 723-5171

General Contractor Excavation • Construction • Replacement Foundations

Foundations • Slabs • Walls • Concrete Driveways Siding • Additions • Home Repairs • Garages

Robert Bertin, 603-752-3605, 110 Jasper St., Berlin, N.h. 03570

For All Your Home Needs

B C ERTIN

ONCRETE & ONSTRUCTION


Gateway GalleryMats come in a wide range of colors, styles and sur-

faces. While most applications are fi ne with paper surfaces. There are times when something more dramatic is desired a fi ne oriental painting may call for a silk mat, a sailing image may want a mat that resembles a piece of sail. Mats come in wider ranges of color in paper of course, but silks, linens, denims, suedes, hides and grass cloths all offer interesting alternatives. You should expect to pay more for these specialty materials. Mats can also be added in mul-tiples giving more dimension and visual interest to your art. Remember these are added to enhance

your special pieces not to overpower it, if you see the framing fi rst, simplify! Frames should pleasingly set off your art or treasured memories. While your decor may dictate a particular style never let it dominate the piece you wish to display, You want the item(s) to be the center of interest after all it is the art itself or the memories that you wish to preserve. The maxim “when in doubt do without” clearly works when framing. It is important to keep in mind the environ-ment the art will live in is it going into a bathroom - steam, into a kitchen - cooking oils, is there a smoker in the house, let your framer know.

Mountain Dove Cleaning Co.

Residential and commercial; Mike Fodor, 752-8180.

Hello to all! We are once again get- tingback-intototheresidentialsideof cleaningindustry.We reoffering the following; Carpet cleaning/uphol-stery cleaning/carpeted stair-cases and scatter rug cleaning and deodorization!

We are also offering hard wood floor care and cleaning! Our hard wood floor care and cleaning includes the following: stripping and waxing/ machine washing and waxing of kitchen lino-leum floors (wax or no-way floors and VCT Tile floors) along with tile and grouted floor care. Call our office today for an appointment 752-8180.

Bertin Concrete and ConstructionBertin Concrete and Construc- tion has been in

business for 37 years. They started their business in 1974 and have done commercial work as well as residential buildings.

Bertin Concrete and Construction can handle any

phase of home construction, excavating, foundations, walls, slabs, new home construction, addi-tions, garages as well as repairs. They have actually poured foundations under existing houses.Be Local. Buy Local.

see BERTIN page 11


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Call today for a free DVD, brochure or video tape. Learn why System 2000 is perfect for your home!

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The importance of a good night’s sleep

We’re not here to sell you on a new mattress, but we can’t underesti- mate the importance of getting solid sleep. In today’s over-worked, caf- feine-fueled society, proper sleep can help reduce stress levels, increase productivity and keep you healthier. To get better sleep, maybe you need a new bed or just better habits at night. See the back of this guide for some important sleep tips.

First things fi rst. Do you need a new mattress? That’s the big question. Be sure that your bed is to blame for your sleepless nights.

Chances are if a couple of these signs

apply to you, it’s time to start shopping:You often wake up with stiffness,

numbness, aches and pains.Your bed hasn’t aged well. It sags, has

lumps or, on those occasions when you change the sheets, you can see stuff you shouldn’t, like strands of wire.

You often think to yourself, “I need a good night’s sleep. I better stay on the couch.”

Your mattress is older than the term “Hanging Chad.”

Regarding the age of your bed, you might think seven years or so isn’t very long.

But it’s important to remember that as you grow older and become a bit

creakier, your bed has to keep up with your body’s needs and still give you proper support.

Lesson One: Know thy mattress.As you’ll soon learn when you shop,

there are many types of mattresses to choose from. A little homework can help you in the store.

Innerspring mattresses, the most traditional type of mattress set, typi-cally use systems of open coils or metal springs layered between padding. When shopping, you’ll hear the term “coil count.” Typically, the higher the count, the more support you’ll get.

Encased coil spring mattresses, such as the original Pocketed Coil® spring

mattress created by Simmons, feature an advanced innerspring system. The coils are individually wrapped in soft fabric. This allows each coil to adjust independently to your body.

Memory foam mattresses are con-structed of high-density polyure- thane and conform to the body to reduce pres-sure points and provide natural body alignment. Memory foam is temper-ature-sensitive and conforms as your body warms it. Latex foam is not sen-sitive to tem- perature and is available in many different densities. When you research, be on the lookout for new and better types of foam, such as Advanced

Top Furniture

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Join the BHS Players for some Nonsense in the North Woods

BERLIN -- Musical mayhem comes to Berlin as the Berlin High School Players present “Nonsense in the North Woods”, a musical comedy based on a book written by Andrew Ross. Music and lyrics were written by Bill Francoeur.

How do you keep an inept congress-man with ludicrous ideas, like turning the Grand Canyon into a giant lake, from speaking out in public? Bring him to an out-of-the-way location like the lodge at Moose Bottom Lake and fabricate a story about a kidnapping by Bigfoot himself. Or maybe it wasn’t a fabrication. Join some lunatic guests in hot pursuit of Bigfoot and some camera-wielding reporters on the heels of the Congressman, as they try to fi nd out the truth about the kidnap-ping, and…was that really Bigfoot?

The cast of wacky characters is being fi lled by an equally wacky crew of Berlin students including Miranda Brazier, Brianne Morneau, Monica Gillis, Kenzie Macdonald, Tiffany Howick, Mario Molina, Jane Burdick, Kelly Stock, Jason Sederquist, Bren-dan Bergeron, Amelia Kendall, Delaney Macdonald, Alexander Ther-riault, Matthew Landry, and Sam Roux. Backstage crew includes set designer, O’Brien Murphy; producer, Jean Bouchard; and director, Amber Donato.

Performances will be held on Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5,

at 7 p.m. in the Berlin Junior High School Auditorium, 200 State Street, Berlin. Price of admission is $8/adults, $5/students.

of a 1994 Kenworth tractor trailer truck, driven by Raymond Primo, 67, of Pittsburg, NH.

The report stated that Malone suffered critical injuries that required her to be air lifted by DART to Dartmouth Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

Primo sustained no injuries in the crash.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation by Trooper First Class Paul Rella of Troop F, who was assisted at the scene by members of Troop G as well as the Stratford Hollow Fire Department and the Groveton Ambulance.

INJURED from page one

In the years of business they have done specialty work such as stamped concrete, a walkway or patio with a cobblestone look. They have also poured concrete driveways.

Some of the commercial businesses they have done work for are: Isaacson Structural Steel, Berlin City Ford, Wildcat and the Post Offi ce in Cole-

brook.Their motto is to perform the high-

est quality construction at today’s best prices. To be responsive to customer needs and provide the best solutions in a timely manner.

Bertin Concrete and Construc- tion is owned by Bob Bertin of 110 Jasper Street, Berlin, their phone number is 603-752-3605 or 603- 723-7204.

BERTIN from page 9

NxG® Memory Foam in ComforPedic® mattresses.

Hybrid mattresses feature layers of foam and coils. These beds give you the comfort and support of both technolo-gies.

If you’re not sure about buying an all-foam mattress, it makes for a nice com-promise.

Air mattresses use air chambers as their primary support. A quality air

mattress will mold to body contours. Some models come with adjustable air chambers, so you can change your bed’s fi rmness when- ever you like— a great feature for the comfort-challenged among us.

Water mattresses come in several varieties but are all designed to conform to the body to reduce pressure points.

Built for stability, today’s beds feel nothing like their groovy, wavy ances-tors from the late 70s.

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A new face is on the beat in Gorham. Offi cer Eric Benjamin, right, is the latest hire of the Gorham PD. Benjamin, a Berlin native and 2008 grad of Berlin High School, has a degree in Criminal Justice from White Mountains Community College. He is currently undergoing a 14 week in-house fi eld training program, alongside FTO Corporal Brad Willey, left. Benjamin will attend the 157th Police Academy at the NH Police Standards and Training Council in Concord starting on January 9. Standing between the two offi cers is Gorham Chief of Police Paul “PJ” Cyr. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)


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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Exter-nal things have never defi ned you. Some say what’s inside defi nes you, but that doesn’t quite fi t now, either. You’re much bigger than your thoughts and feelings. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Orga-nizing yourself well is a talent. You’re pretty amazing at this now. You’ll leave the house knowing that you are pre-pared for every important occurrence and some of the unimportant ones, as well. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will do something nice just because it feels good to do it. You probably won’t give a thought as to what this will do for your karma, so the major karmic boost that results will be an unexpected bonus. CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you face a challenge, you’re not just facing it for you. You’re facing it for everyone who has ever and will ever be challenged in a similar way. Hopefully, this knowledge will give you the cour-age to continue. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s wide open for you right now. It’s as though destiny hasn’t put anything on the agenda for you, so do your thing. The only thing that is inevitable is what you decide upon. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There’s someone you feel you can rely on in times of trouble, but it’s important to you that you reach out to this person in the good times, as well. The relation-ship is built one phone call at a time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Just when you thought you couldn’t possi-bly be more in love with someone than you already are, a new surge of feeling swells up in you. Your capacity to love is endless.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You still may be reacting to the painful aspects of your past. Your relationship with someone special will help you work through these issues in a lighthearted and positive way today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There are buried memories and past heartbreaks you’d rather not recall. And yet, if you have the courage to dredge up such a recollection, you’ll have a different take on it, which is a sign that you really have healed. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The scene that unfolds is almost too funny to believe. It feels like you’re the only one who gets the joke, though. You wish someone would wink at you so you would know that you’re not alone in seeing the humor. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Though you like to know you’ve made a good impression, it’s far more important that you be true to yourself. Otherwise, you’ll be acting out a part to gain favor, which after a while will be exhausting. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A joint venture will work out well for you, but only because you take initiative and your partner follows suit. Ultimately, it’s your willingness to take action that will save the day. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 2). You’re willing to move with the times, and so the future favors you. Your powers of concentration will be aug-mented. Furthermore, your attention is like magic in January. A new relation-ship blossoms in your nurturing sun-shine. Financial improvement happens in February. June brings a move. Invest in September. Pisces and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 1, 35, 41 and 17.

ACROSS 1 Rubies and

diamonds 5 Take an oath 10 Lie next to 14 Creative notion 15 Full of foliage 16 Pierce 17 Robin or crow 18 Spring basket

edibles 20 And so forth: abbr. 21 Cathedral part 22 Tiny map within a

larger map 23 Astound 25 Didn’t __ up; made

no sense 26 Pet bird 28 Out of __; panting 31 Upper room 32 St. __, Missouri 34 Actor __ Lowe 36 Aluminum wrap 37 Out of this __;

extraordinary 38 Exist

39 Added wing 40 Biblical tower 41 __ mignon; steak

choice 42 Offi cial emissary 44 Capital of the

Philippines 45 Strike 46 Hayes or Hunt 47 Christmas song 50 Old TV knob 51 Talk on and on 54 Modest 57 Albacore or bluefi n 58 Lahr or Parks 59 Twilled fabric 60 Dines 61 Fills with holy

wonder 62 Change slightly 63 Brewery products

DOWN 1 Taunt; deride 2 Make scholarly

changes in

3 Store, in a small town of yesteryear

4 Dejected 5 Like a creep 6 Intertwine 7 At __; relaxed 8 Fore and __ 9 Bread variety 10 Chairperson’s

schedule 11 Marshes 12 Egg on 13 Examination 19 Carousels, e.g. 21 Drug agent 24 USPS delivery 25 Very dry 26 Lunch spot 27 Ring-shaped

island 28 Cow’s mate 29 Able to speak 3

languages 30 Shanty; hut 32 Part of the ear 33 Miner’s fi nd 35 Alpha’s follower

DAILY CROSSWORDTRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

37 Light bulb’s “W” 38 Queue 40 __ out; puts up a

bond for 41 Autumn 43 Phantoms 44 Scanty 46 Door-hanger’s

piece 47 Castro’s land

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Wednesday, November 2Coos County Commissioners

Budget Work Session: 9 a.m., North Country Resource Center, Lancaster.

Thursday, November 3Free Blood Pressure Screeen-

ing: Walmart 1-3 p.m All welcome. Sponsored by nursing services, city of Berlin Health Department.

Friday, November 4“Nonsense in the Woods: pre-

sented by BHS Players, 7 p.m. , Berlin Junior High School Audi-torium, 200 State Street, Berlin. Admission $8/adults, $5/students.

Cholesterol Clinic: 9 a.m. to noon, AVH ENT offi ce, second fl oor of the hospital. Complete lipid and sugar profi les available. For an appoint-ment or more information, call 326-5870.

Saturday, November 5“Nonsense in the Woods: pre-

sented by BHS Players, 7 p.m. , Berlin Junior High School Audi-torium, 200 State Street, Berlin. Admission $8/adults, $5/students.Yard Sale: to benefi t Ladies Auxil-iary VFW Post 2520. From 9 a.m. to12 noon at post home, 1107 Main St., Berlin.

Sunday, November 6Josee Vachon: Quebec Heritage

singer-songwriter, returns to St. Kieran Arts Center, 2 p.m. bringing her high-energy traditional style to the stage. Tickets $12 adults and $6 for students. FMI 752-1028.

Monday, November 7

Social Club Card Party: 1 p.m., St. Anne lower hall. School Street, Berlin.

Tuesday, November 8Berlin and Coos County His-

torical Society: meeting 6:30 p.m., Moffett House Museum, 119 High St. Berlin, N.H. Public wel-come.

WednesdayCholesterol Clinic: Monday through Friday,

Berlin Health Dept., city hall. By appointment only, Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee $15.

Carving Club: Meeting every Wednesday, 5 p.m., E&S Rental, 29 Bridge St, Berlin. All welcome, prior experience not necessary. Open to all. Instructions to those new to carving. We hope to provide a wide range of carving experiences. FMI call Ed at 752-3625.

Harvest Christian Fellowship Soup Kitchen: Free community dinner every Wednesday night, 219 Willow St., Berlin. Doors open 4 p.m., dinner 5-6 p.m. FMI 348-1757.

PAC Meeting. Child addicted to drugs? You’re not alone. Join us for the PAC (Parent of Addicted Children) meeting, 6 p.m., 151 Main Street, Berlin. FMI call 603-723-4949 or e-mail @ [email protected].

Bible Study: 6 to 7 p.m., Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mt. Forist St., Berlin.

Weight Watcher’s Meeting at the Salvation Army, Berlin—9 a.m. meeting, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in

Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, Monday-Thursday Noon, Friday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545).

Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am-6pm, Saturdays: 10am-Noon. Children’s Story Time: Fridays, 1:30pm. View On-line Catalog at https://gorham.biblionix.com/ . FMI call 466-2525 or email [email protected].

Artisan Gift Shop: 961 Main St., Berlin. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Reiki Sharing Gathering: Third Wednesday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., Pathways for Thursday’s Child Ltd., 3 Washington Street, Gorham. Open to anyone who has at least fi rst-level Reiki training. No charge. (FMI 466-5564)

Awana Children’s Club - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Grades K-6th. Games, Worship, Bible Lessons, Workbook Time, Prizes, Fun. Community Bible Church. 595 Sullivan Street, Berlin. Call 752-4315 with any questions.

AA Meetings: 12 to 1 p.m., Discussion Meet-ing, St. Barnabas Church, corner of Main and High Streets, Berlin.

Step Book/Discussion Meeting, Tri-County CAP, Step I, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., 361 School St., Berlin.

Women’s Relationship Support Group: CCFHS sponsoring. Group meets 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. CCFHS will provide transportation as needed. Limited space available. Call Carolyn at 752-5679 for more information.

Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VFW Post 2520: Monthly meeting third Wednes-day of every month. VFW Ladies Auxiliary: Meets every third Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., post home, 1107 Main St., Berlin. All members encour-aged to attend.

Foot Clinics: Every second and fourth Wednes-days of the month, Berlin Health Department, Berlin City Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. By appointment only. Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee: $15.

Al-Anon Meeting, 7 p.m., Salvation Army, 15 Cole St., Berlin.

Serenity Steps Peer Support Center: 567 Main St. Berlin, Providing peer support services to local area residents challenged by emotional or mental diffi culties. Open Monday through Wednes-day 11-4; Thursday and Friday 11-7 p.m. FMI 752-8111.

Thursday Community Bible Church Free Meal: Doors

open 4 p.m. for coffee and conversation, Dinner at 5 p.m., close up around 630. There is live music and complimentary Dunkin Donuts coffee for all. Anyone wishing to make a donation to this service can con-tact [email protected]

Developmental Play-Group: FCESS, 9:30 to 11 a.m. every Thursday, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Contact person is Sheri Goyette at 603-662-2331 or email [email protected].

Meet every Thursday, 5:30 p.m., meeting room of the Gorham Public Library on Railroad Street, Gorham. FMI Call Carolyn at 348-1416.


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DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15-year-old girl who has never been in trouble, but my mom treats me like I’m a criminal. She makes me go to church every Sunday. She makes me go to Catholic school, and I have to wear an ugly uniform. She won’t help with my homework. She says, “I already did 10th grade.” I can’t wear halter tops, short shorts, a bikini or much make-up. If I tell her it’s the style, she says, “Modesty is always in style.” When I go out with my friends, she wants to know where I’m going, who I’ll be with, what we’ll be doing, when we’ll be back and their phone numbers. If I have a date with a new boy, she makes him come into the house and tell her what school he goes to. Then she makes him show her his driver’s license and car registration. I can’t keep my computer in my room. When I’m using it in the den, she looks over my shoulder and won’t let me go to chat rooms. I have to set the table even if we don’t have com-pany and sit down and have dinner with her EVERY night. If I can’t afford something, she tells me to save up or bud-get better. She won’t let me drive until I can pay for my own insurance. It’s not like my mom’s poor. We go to Hawaii and Lake Tahoe, and we’ve been to Europe and on cruises. But she won’t even pay for cable TV. She says it’s an idiot box and I should read a book instead. She also makes me do my own laundry and keep my room and bathroom clean. She makes me do unfair chores like clean the guest bathroom even though I never ever use it. She wants to teach me to sew and cook, but I have no interest in those things. She makes me visit Dad every week, and if I complain about anything, she says (very calmly and quietly, which I hate more than if she’d yell), “You can always choose to live with your dad.”

She told me as long as I live under her roof, I have to abide by her rules even if I’m over 18. And I have to go to college, and if I don’t, I’ll have to get a job and support myself. I could go on and on. Have you ever heard of a mother so unreasonable? I’m afraid to run away, but I don’t know how much more of this I can take. -- EMOTIONALLY ABUSED IN CALIFORNIA DEAR EMOTIONALLY ABUSED: Wow! Your letter should be posted on every refrigerator in the country. Rarely do I hear about a parent who tries as hard as your mother does to do a diligent job. One day you will look back and thank her. PS. And if by chance this letter was written by your moth-er -- congratulations for a job well-done. I would like to nomi-nate you for Mother of the Year. DEAR ABBY: I would like to know who gives singers the right to change the melody of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful”? Some of them who are featured on national TV don’t even get the lyrics right. Many of us would love to hear our national anthem without the addition-al fl ourishes. Isn’t anything sacred anymore? These so-called singers can add their individual squealing to their own songs, but I wish they would leave Francis Scott Key’s version in its original format. Am I alone on this issue? -- NOT TONE-DEAF IN WASHINGTON STATE DEAR NOT TONE-DEAF: You’re far from alone in feel-ing as you do. Our national anthem is notoriously diffi cult to sing, and the lyrics diffi cult to remember. However, perform-ers are, to a greater or lesser extent, artists. And some artists can’t resist the temptation to add their personal interpretation to the classic, which has proved embarrassing for the singer and the listeners. It proves the truth of the old saying, “Some-times less is more.”

LIFE OF TOIL AND THRIFT IS TEEN’S TOUGH ROW TO HOE

by Abigail Van Buren

Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at: Dear Abby, c/o The Conway Daily Sun, PO Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860

Animals

COCKATIELS, FMI call 752-2166.

Low Cost Spay/ NeuterCats & dogs Rozzie May AnimalAlliance www.rozziemay.org603-447-1373

PUPPIES small mixed breed.See website for more details:www.mainelypuppies.com(207)539-1520.

AntiquesANTIQUES, glass, furniture, &collectibles of all kinds wanted byBob Gauthier, 449-2542. Special-izing in Estate and Business liqui-dation. Bonded.

Announcement

North Wood MHP1 Arlington StreetBerlin, NH 03570off E. Milan, Road

Needs bids onplowing parks

roads. Must haveliability insurance.

Call 752-6179 Bob,752-7374 Chip

Autos

1995 F-150 XLT $4195 auto,4X4, 752-4443.

1998 Ford Ranger, ext. cab, 4.0engine, 5 speed, 4WD, highmileage, runs great, $3900,466-5933, 723-3986, 915-6216.

Autos

1998 Subaru wagon, all wheeldrive, 5 speed, great winter car!Inspected, $2000, 752-9838.

2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport,101,000 mi. very good condi-tion, $4250/OBO, 603-915-6057.

2000 Toyota Camry, aut., 4 cyl.,4 door, studded snows on,passed inspection, $4300,752-9838.

2001 Chevy Malibu- 4 door,auto, inspected until 8/2012150k, $2000/obo (603)969-3717.

2006 Ford Focus ZX3 5spd, 95kmiles, white, new tires, 4 extrawheels, Thule with roof rack,clean. $5295. (603)466-5911.

BUYING Junk Cars and Trucks.Paying in cash. Honest pricing.No gimmicks. Kelley’s Towing(603)723-9216.

BUYING junk cars and trucksME & NH. Call for price. MartinTowing. (603)305-4504.

Autos

Junk Car RemovalBest Local Prices

ROY'S TOWING348-3403.

For Rent

2+ bedroom, first floor, heat,h/w included. 1st and security,r e f e r e n c e s a m u s t(603)723-8455.

A+ pickarent.com apartments ofall sizes, homes and commer-cial rentals. Your one stop shopfor rentals, call 348-2000.

BERLIN 2 Bedroom house-Wight St. large yard, garage,full basement. Stove and fridge.W/D hookup $675/mo plus allutilities. No smoking. Call723-7015.

For Rent

Are you visiting/ workingin the area or working on

the Laidlaw BiomassProject and need a room

by the night, week ormonth? Stay at DuBee OurGuest B&B in Milan, eight

miles north of project.Fully furnished, includingpaper goods, full use of

kitchen, wireless internet,Direct TV, barbecue grill

and cleaning service.$35/night, or $140/week.Owners have separate

living quarters.

FMI call 603-449-2140or 603-723-8722.

BEAUTIFUL: Large, one bed-room, big back yard, frig, stove,heat, h/w, w/d hook-up, parking,no pets, sec. deposit, refer-ences, $625, 723-3856.

BERLIN (2) 4 room 2 bedroomapartments heated. Call(978)609-4010.

BERLIN First floor 2BR, $675/moheat included- First Floor 1 BR$475 heat included. Yard, park-ing, storage, stove, fridge. W/Dhookup. No Smokers Call723-7015.

BERLIN large 1 bed 3rd floorapt. Refrigerator, stove, hot wa-ter, shed inc. Inexpensive moni-tor heat. $395/mo plus security.717 2nd Ave. (207)571-4001.

BERLIN large 2 bdrm apt. 2ndfloor. Heat, hot water, appli-ances & shed inc. $595/mo plussecurity. 717 2nd Ave.207-571-4001.

BERLIN- 3 Bedroom house- Jol -bert St. Hardwood floors. Livin-groom, diningroom, familyroom, Stove/ fridge, dish-washer. Yard, garage, deck.$800/mo plus utilities. No smok-ing Call 723-7015.

BERLIN- Spacious 2 bedroom1st floor of duplex w/ heat, hw,w/d hookups; yard & garage;stove & frig incl., no pets; $700+ sec dep. 560-3481.

BERLIN: 2 & 3 bedroom apt:spacious, w/d hook-ups, stor-age, garage, heat, hot water,sun porches, centrally located(must see) 752-5034, 387-4066.

BERLIN: 2 bedroom, heat, h/wincluded, HUD accepted,$550/mo. 802-388-6904.

BERLIN: 3 bedroom, heat in-cluded, 2nd. floor, available im-m e d i a t e l y , $ 5 2 5 / m o .802-579-6553.

BERLIN: 3 bedroom, w/ heat,1st. floor, laundry room, offstreet parking, all appliancesand dishwasher, porches,$750/mo. 603-247-0471.

BERLIN: 5 rooms, 2nd. floor,heated, h/w, 752-3765.

BERLIN: First floor, 2 bedroom,heat, h/w, included, large stor-age included, w/d hookups,$650/mo. small dog O.K., nocats, 603-348-5186.

BERLIN: one bedroom, firstfloor, $600/mo.; studio, firstfloor, $500/mo. includes electri-ciy, heat, h/w, 603-723-4724.

COMPLETELY renovated 3 bed-room & 1 bedroom apartments.Call H&R Block, great landlord(603)752-2372.

ERROL 2 bedroom 1.5 bath. Ap -pliances, private yard newlyrenovated. Ref. (603)482-3402.

GORHAM Two- 2 BR apart-ments in town. W/D hookup,yard, parking, storage.$725/mo.- $625/mo Heat in-cluded. Both have stove andfridge. No smokers. Call723-7015.

GORHAM HOUSE 3 bedroom, $795 completely re-modeled, no utilities included,84 Lancaster Road, 466-5933,915-6216.

For Rent

GORHAM- 3 bdrm, large yard,great location. Utilities not in-cluded. Parking. $725/mo. Call(603)986-5800.

GREAT, 3rd, floor, 2 bedroom,dining room, deck, storage, offstreet parking, $500, includesheat, first, last references,508-888-7869, 508-274-6512.

NEWLY renovated apartments,hot water included, electricheat, HUD approved: 3 bed-room $650; Large 2 bedroom,$500; 2 bedroom $450; 2 studios$375/each, no dogs allowed, callRich 326-3499.

For Sale

AMAZING! Beautiful pillowtop ma-tress sets, twin $169, full or queen$249, king $399. See AD under“Furniture”.

Custom Glazed Kitchen Cabinets.Solid maple, never installed. Mayadd/subtract to fit kitchen. Cost$6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 833-8278

DRYER, washer, range, hi-boybureau, SXS Fridge, pelletstove, 348-3213, 466-5087.

FOUR studded snow tires,205/55 R16, $125; Craftsmantools, 3/4 H.P. reciprocatingsaw, $60; all-in-one cutting tool,$65. (603)466-5099.

FREE VW studded snow tires -after the season (moving).M&S205/55R16. (603)752-3561.

FRESH CHICKENSButchering this week. Raised inDummer, pastured on grass, fedorganic vegetables and qualitygrains. 5-7lbs. dressed.$3.50/lb. 21 available.(603)449-2333

IGUANA Cage, custom made-suitable for large reptile,63”x26”x32” wood w/ glassf ron t & sc reen top .(603)752-7525.

KITCHEN Set table 4 chairswood, $125; hot water radiators15"&24", $50/each; 9" table sawwith stand, $60, 752-1777.

NIKON 35mm D60 10.2mexapixels digital camera bodywith all cables, extra batteryand good book $400, Tasco675X telescope $250, HP Deskjet812C printer $35. 723-8167.

Steel BuildingsReduced Factory Inventory 30x36– Reg $15,850 Now $12,600.36x58– Reg $21,900 Now$18 ,800 . Sou rce# 1 IB ,866-609-4321

THANKSGIVING TURKEYSRaised in Dummer on organicvegetables and quality grains.20-45lbs. dressed. $10 depositholds your bird for pickup freshany time Thanksgiving week.$3 .50 / lb . 14 ava i lab le .(603)449-2333

WOODSTOVE: 1/4 diamondplate, $275/obro, FMI, 752-4443.

Furniture

AMAZING!Beautiful Queen or

Full-size mattress set,

Luxury Firm European

Pillow-top style, Fabulous

back & hip support,

Factory sealed-new 10-

Yr. warranty. Cost $1095,

sell $249. Can deliver

Help Wanted

LOOKING for a flexible, depend-able and creative team player toprovide PT personal careassistance with activitiesand personal care for a youngstudent in the Berlin/Gorhamarea. 10 hrs/week. Experienceworking with individuals withdevelopmental disabilities pre-ferred. Send resume plus threeletters of reference to MaryEllen Cade, Northern HumanServices, 87 Washington St.,Conway, NH 03818 [email protected] EOE Position requires validdriver’s license, proof ofadequate auto insurance, anddriver’s and criminal back-ground checks. (036)

DEADLINEfor classifi eds is

noon 2 days prior to publication


TRI-COUNTY CAP/ HEAD START HAS THEFOLLOWING OPENING FOR THE

BERLIN PROGRAM

ASSOCIATE COMBO TEACHER: Applicant must cur-rently have an Associates or Bachelors degree or be en-rolled in a program leading to one of these credentials. Ap-plicant must also currently have 9 credits in ECE, 3 ofwhich must be in Child Growth & Development. This is afull-time up to 33hrs/wk for a 37 wk/yr benefited position.Medical and dental benefits available after 90 days & paidschool vacations and sick leave as accrued. Salary is$9.96-10.63/hr. depending on degree. If interested, pleasesend a letter of introduction, transcripts and resume post-marked by November 5, 2011 to: Tri-County Head Start,610 Sullivan St., Berlin, NH 03570. HEAD START IS ANEOE.

The Gorham Community Learning CenterIs looking for substitute teachers who are interested in workingwith children between the ages of 18 months and 12 years andwith children with special needs. Candidates must be able towork cooperatively with other teachers in a busy preschoolenvironment. An understanding of how children grow anddevelop is required. Training will be provided. Interestedcandidates should send a resume with references to theGorham Community Learning Center, 123 Main Street,Gorham, NH 03570. GCLC is an EOE.

HOUSEKEEPERYEAR ROUND

Friendly, energetic person to as-sist with housekeeping at 21room Jackson inn. Weekendsrequired. Attention to detail, im-maculate housekeeping, de-pendability and team spirit aremusts. Inn at Ellis River.383-9339.

Help Wanted

• Experienced CNCSetup Positions

• Quality ControlSupervisor

• Machine OperatorsLooking for some wellrounded CNC setup people,a Quality Control Supervisorand entry level Machine Op-erators to come join ourteam producing top qualitygun barrels. Full benefits af-ter 90 days. Two weeks paidvacation after 1 year service

EOE

Apply in person to:Green Mountain Rifle

Barrel Co.153 West Main St.,

Conway

P/T Assistant driver, must bedependable; P/T Mechanic,flexible hours. Apply to: C&SVending, 595 Main St. Gorham.

ROOFING and siding installer.Liability insurance, driver’s li-cense and transportation amust. Call Ben (603)730-2521Rocky Branch Builders.

Home Improvements

FORTIER HOME REPAIROld & New- One call, We do itAll! (603)752-1224.

Mobile Homes

GORHAM: 4 bedroom, GatewayTrailer Park, asking $15,000/BO,FMI, 603-723-1480.

TWO homes to choose from incentral North Conway park.New 2012 model Skyline, 14x72,two bedroom, 2 bath, work-shop/ shed, gas heat, big lot$49,900. 1994 Astro, 14x56, twobedroom, 1 bath, washer dryer,new appliances, new furnace,new roof, new hot water heater$24,900. Both homes ready tobe lived in! No dogs. Financingavailable, affordable living rightin North Conway. Walk toshops, outlets, trails, river. Call603-986-3991.

Motorcycles

2000 Harley Davidson, UltraClassic, metallic green & black,new motor, many accessories,asking $7950 Paul 603-752-5519.

BUY • SELL • TRADEwww.motoworks.biz

(603)447-1198. Olson’s MotoWorks, RT16 Albany, NH.

Real Estate

Milan Housefor sale or lease.Private well & septic,9 rooms, 2 full baths

(603)466-5087.

WE buy houses, any place, con-dition, price, 978-870-6438,[email protected]

Services

$75 Furnace CleaningSpecial: Reliable, dependablefor all your furnace needs. Re-pairs, cleaning and service. Calltoday for an appointment,723-0729.

Andy's ElectricResidential/Commercial

Licensed andFully Insured

603-466-2584603-723-4888

HYPNOSIS for habit change,stress, regression. MichaelHathaway, DCH, certifiedhypnotherapist. Madisonmichaelhathaway.com(603)367-8851.

AFFORDABLE ROOFING& SIDING SOLUTIONS.

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the role that might have played in her death has been a topic of discussion among family members.

Kelly Pageau was found at her home Monday on Bay Street, part of a resi-dential neighborhood of Claremont not far from downtown.

Kimbly Pageau said she knew Kelly was having a tough time. But she had no indication that suicide was on her sister’s mind and they had even talked about how they’d get through the tough times.

“It was a shock,” she said.The big blow to Kelly, said Kimbly

Pageau, was losing her job.“Dartmouth, I think, was the kicker,”

she said.In the wake of the Legislature’s deci-

sion to cut $250 million over two years from the Medicaid uncompensated care reimbursement paid to hospitals, the state’s hospitals have been trying to accommodate an expected loss of rev-enue. Ten hospitals are contesting the Medicaid cut in federal court.

DHMC offi cials have said that the impact to the medical center and its affi liates could be as high as $100 mil-lion.

Faced with budget pressures, the hospital responded to the anticipated revenue shortfall by offering early retirement packages this fall to hun-dreds of employees. More than 300 took the medical center up on the offer. The hospital also reportedly asked all of its patient care technicians to reapply for their jobs.

Some, like Pageau, didn’t get hired back.

DHMC Rick Adams didn’t return a call for comment for this story.

Yesterday, Shannon Shutts, a spokes-man for New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien, rejected any suggestion that state budget cuts played a role in Kelly Pageau’s death.

“I can’t attribute it to having anything to do with our budgeting decisions,” Shutts said. “Our Medicaid reimburse-ment rates did not change this year in this budget.”

Asked if she could see how it might appear to some people that the suicide was part of the fallout from the Medic-aid reimbursement tug-of-war between the state and hospitals like DHMC, Shutts said, “I can’t agree with that angle.”

The hospital’s budgeting decisions, she said, are its own.

Nursing had been Kelly Pageau’s career for a long time, said Kimbly Pageau. She fi rst received her degree as a licensed nursing assistant when she lived in her hometown of Berlin. She moved to Claremont after getting a job at Dartmouth in the intensive care unit and received her 10-year pin last month, according to her sister.

Kelly Pageau graduated from Clare-mont’s River Valley Community Col-lege in May with a degree in licensed practical nursing. She was also pursu-ing work in sleep studies through the New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord.

“She loved it and she was good at it,” Kimbly Pageau said.

Kelly got a call from DHMC last week saying she was being laid off.

Her sister said Kelly was told she was being let go because of the times she’d called out of work even though she had doctors’ notes to account for her absences.

Kelly was told that her work and her skills were stellar but the hospital needed someone who was dependable and that the budget cuts had forced them into a tough spot, according to Kimbly Pageau.

After Kelly’s fi ring, Kimbly Pageau said, several co-workers went to the hospital’s management and argued that, between her tenure and profes-sionalism, she should have been spared.

“That’s how much she was liked,” she said.

But Kelly was still fi red after 10 years of dedicated service, Kimbly Pageau said.

“It was a big slap in the face for her,” she said.

Attempts to contact Dartmouth-Hitchcock offi cials last night were unsuccessful.

Kelly Pageau is survived by her son, Stephen St. Germaine, her mother Christine Pageau, her sister Kimbly Pageau and her companion, Craig Moote, according to her obituary.

She loved getting outdoors, mountain biking, shopping, going to the beach, spending time with her two dogs and being with her friends and family, according to her sister.

Kelly Pageau’s funeral is Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home in Berlin.

TRAGEDY from page one

BERLIN — The ice is ready and the time is right. Next Saturday, Nov. 5, local law enforcement and fi refi ghters will face-off in a battle of Guns and Hoses. The charity event will begin at 7 p.m., at Berlin’s Notre Dame Arena.

The Guns and Hoses hockey game will not only entertain, but also raise money for a local charity. This year the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) of Coos County, a non-profi t that pro-vides a child friendly location and service coordination for child vic-tims of abuse, will benefi t from the event. All of the proceeds will go to the CAC, said Berlin Police Corporal Cory Riendeau who is coordinating the game.

The players, all of whom are local law enforcement or members of Berlin Fire Department, pay $10 each

to participate, Riendeau explained. There is no admission fee, but dona-tions are accepted at the door. Raffl es will also be offered inside.

The game is meant to be light-hearted and friendly, Riendeau said, with bragging rights and a trophy on the line. Of course, Riendeau pointed out, that trophy currently sits at Berlin Police Department, after the boys in blue claimed it in the last contest.

The Guns and Hoses game is held every two to three years and the last contest raised more than $3,000 for the local chapter of the Make A Wish Foundation, Riendeau said.

Anyone who would like additional information on the Guns and Hoses game can contact Riendeau at Berlin PD, 752-3131, or Andrea Gagne, CAC executive director at 788-4633.

Guns and Hoses is this weekend


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A walk-through of all 4 locations will occur on Wednesday November 2 nd at 10:30 am beginning at 54 Willow Street in Berlin. Detailed information will be available at that time. Cleaning services are required 5 nights per week after closing hours Monday through Friday and includes cleaning all exam rooms and common spaces on a daily basis. Proposals for services to begin January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 will be due by Tuesday November 8 th at 4:00pm. If you are unable to attend the walk through and would like more information, please contact Melissa Frenette, CFO at 752-2040.

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Celebrating the end of the soccer season were the Maroon Marauders, one of three 2nd and 3rd grade teams in the Berlin Recreation program. The team included, from left, front, Kyra Woodward, Zachary Demers, Hayden Munce, Brayden Landry, Andre Cole; back row, Coach Danielle Demers, Timothy Allen, Chloe Dagesse, Bryce Bernier, Cole Boewe. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

Orange Thunder, one of the second and third grade soccer teams through the Berlin Recreation Department gathered for a group photo prior to some well-deserved pizza and trophies last week. The team includes, from left, front, Jenna Lafl amme, Maria Frenette, Cameron Sloane, Jace Arsenault; back row, Devin Meunier, Adam Hodgdon, Jonah Berthiaume, Viggo Kardell, Hidalgo Kardell. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

Second and third graders who comprised the Yellowjackets team for the Berlin Recreation Depart-ment included, from left, front, Jacob Meunier, Brady Buck, Landon Boucher, Shaun Goyette, Ethan Ray; back row, Emile Morris, Ashlin Lozeau, Zachary Huntington, Dillon Labonte. The youngsters, along with players from the other two teams, were treated to a season closing pizza party and trophy ceremony at the Recreation Department last Thursday. (MELISSA GRIMA PHOTO)

Woodsville eliminates Gorham girls from playoffs

WOODSVILLE--The Woodsville girl’s soccer team got scoring from four different players and went on to defeat Gorham 4-1 in a girs’ Division IV quarterfi nal playoff game played in Woodsville Saturday.

The visiting Huskies had upset on their mind and got themselves on the score board fi rst. Gorham sniper Lily Keenan made it 1-0 netting her 21st goal of the Fall.

Woodsville scored 2-1/2 minutes later to tie it up 1-1 by Sadie Mat-terson and Just three minutes later,

the Engineers took a lead they would never relinquish on a goal scored by Taylor Morris to make it 2-1 by half-time.

In the second half, Woodsville scored insurance goals at 5:20 and 8:31 by Louisa Noble and Corrie Kinder to make the fi nal score 4-1.

BY JEAN LEBLANCTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

see WOODSVILLE page 17


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needed jobs and provide an economic boost to one of the most economically distressed areas of New Hampshire. She said opening the prison would create 340 jobs and pump $40 million into the North Country. Shaheen said Berlin has spent $3 million so far to upgrade its water and sewer system to serve the prison.

Shaheen has fought for opening of the prison since its funding became at risk. She has appeared on NBC

Nightly News and the Today Show to discuss the issue, and has repeat-edly pressed Congress and the Obama Administration to prioritize funding for it.

In her speech on the Senate fl oor, Shaheen said there is bipartisan sup-port for the Berlin prison which she noted was started under the Bush administration and continued under President Obama. She said the state’s Congressional delegation has fought for its opening.

FUNDINGfrom page one

“We played on the fi eld near the school which is very large (biggest we play on),” said head coach Jeff Stew-art. “The fi eld doesn’t play into our game scheme of quick play and close contact. Woodsville plays a no non-sense kick and chase format which is very aggressive and worked very well for them on Saturday.”

For the game Woodsville had 14 shots, made three saves, and took three corners. The Huskies had six shots, Casandra Poulin made seven saves and the Huskies earned two corners.

“The Gorham girls never quit, never backed down and when the girls left the fi eld for the last time this fall, I believe they understood they had accomplished more than anyone had

expected this season,” said Stewart. “This is my third season (in some capacity) with this team and I am very proud to have been their coach. I’ve enjoyed the time we spent at prac-tice as well as standing on the side-lines watching them play. They gave everything they had to make Gorham successful and it did not go unno-ticed by anyone who attended a game (especially the last fi ve). It’s amazing to see how much they have grown, not only as players, but as a team! We will miss our seniors next year, but every-one should know that Gorham ladies soccer will be back and very strong next season!”

GHS 1 0-1WHS 2 2-4Scoring: WHS- Matterson, Morris,

Noble, Kinder, GHS- Keenan.

WOODSVILLE from page 16

BHS winter sports meeting announcedBERLIN- Berlin High School

athletic Director Craig Melanson has announced the schools’ winter sports parent meeting for Wednes-day November 9, at 6 p.m. at the Berlin high gymnasium. The meet-ing is for any parent whose child will be participating in a winter sport (boys and girls basketball, boys and girls ice hockey, bowling, and spirit) for Berlin High School.

The purpose for the meeting is the following: To go over policy and pro-cedures. Discuss the Athletic User Fee. Chain of command when you have any concerns with your child and the sport they are participat-ing in. Meet your child’s coach to go over their program. The Berlin High School Backers, who are they and what do they do? Get upcom-ing schedules and paperwork.


CITY OF BERLIN New Hampshire Contract # 2011-18

ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REMOVAL SERVICES

INVITATION TO BID Sealed Bids for Contract # 2011-18 for the abatement of asbestos and lead contaminated materials and removal of hazardous materials found in a hazardous materials demolition survey for 49 Gilbert Street will be received by the City of Berlin at the City Manager’s Office at Berlin City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570 until 2:00 pm prevailing time Thursday November 17. 2011. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 3:00 PM in any available office or conference room at the City Offices, City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH. The City Manager reserves the right to waive defects in form and minor irregularities and to reject any or all bids as determined to be in the best interest of the City. Contract documents are available at no charge at the City Manager’s Office (603-752-7532), Berlin City Hall, 168 Main Street, Berlin, NH 03570, Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm or on the City website http://www.berlinnh.gov Bidders may further acquaint themselves with the work to be done by attending an onsite pre-bid meeting at 49 Gilbert Street on Wednesday November 9, 2011 at 1:00 PM.

Any contract or contracts awarded under this Advertisement for Bids are expected to be funded in part by an Economic Development Initiative Special Projects under the Department of housing and Urban renewal (HUD). Federal compliance requirements include Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Etc. This is an equal opportunity/affirmative action agency. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, or national origin.

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Monday, Oct. 2411:22 a.m. A caller on Rocking-

ham Street reported a loose dog.2 p.m. A caller on Burgess Street

reported hearing people outside their building last night.

6:03 p.m. A caller on Western Avenue reported seeing strange people on private property nearby. Police investigated and found the subjects were retrieving personal property.

6:17 p.m. A burglary was reported at a home on Fourth Avenue. Numerous personal items and medication were taken.

6:36 p.m. A caller on School Street reported their vehicle had been broken into. Personal items were stolen.

Tuesday, Oct. 257:59 a.m. A case of littering was

reported. Household items were left on the side of the road on First Avenue.

11:10 a.m. A vehicle backed into a Coca Cola truck in a parking lot off Main Street. No injuries were reported and the vehicles sus-tained minor damage.

3:40 p.m. Samantha Lam, 21, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with two counts of theft by unau-thorized taking. She was released on $500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 4.

5:36 p.m. A student at White Mountains Community College reported that tools had been stolen from his toolbox.

Berlin police log10:53 p.m. A single car accident

was reported on Jericho Road. Jon-athan Goupil, 18, of Berlin, was subsequently arrested and charged with making a false report and aggravated driving while intoxi-cated. He is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 2.

Wednesday, Oct. 2610:04 a.m. Autumn Lavoie, 23,

of Berlin, was issued a citation for non-inspection.

12:19 p.m. A juvenile male was charged with three counts of crimi-nal mischief.

1:37 p.m. Benjamin Bilodeau, 22, of Berlin, was issued a citation for speed.

2:12 p.m. Robert Howard, 25, of Berlin, was issued citations for non-inspection, possession of a license, and possession of registra-tion.

4:42 p.m. Kyle Higgins, 17, of Berlin, was arrested on an elec-tronic bench warrant. He was held on $350 cash for an Oct. 27 bail hearing.

Thursday, Oct. 279:10 a.m. A two vehicle accident

was reported when vehicle on Unity Street backed into a parked car. No injuries were reported and the cars sustained minor damage.

11:43 a.m. Scott Fortin, 31, of Berlin, was arrested and charged with two counts of violating a restraining order, disorderly con-duct, and criminal trespass. He was held for an Oct. 28 bail hear-ing.

4:22 p.m. A caller on Unity Street reported a juvenile female was writing on a swing set at Commu-nity Park.

Friday, Oct. 281:23 a.m. A woman came in to the

police station to report a possible assault.

8:32 a.m. A caller on Riverside Drive reported packages stolen from outside the home.

2:21 p.m. A Hillsboro Street resi-dent called to report their vehicle was stolen by their son.

4:39 p.m. James Laplante, 37, of Berlin, was issued a citation for speed.

4:47 p.m. Jillian Paradis, 28, of Berlin, was issued a citation for non-inspection.

6:36 p.m. A car struck a moose on Milan Road. The impact caused moderate damage and no injuries were reported.

7:42 p.m. A caller on Burgess Street reported a dispute between roommates involving an eviction.

Saturday, Oct. 2912:52 p.m. A caller on School

Street reported receiving threaten-ing messages on Facebook.

1:34 p.m. A Milan resident on East Side River Road reported an unauthorized hunter in the back-yard and the house and car were struck by shot pellets.

2:01 p.m. A caller on Denmark Street reported a lock on the resi-dence was broken and a freezer was missing.

2:20 p.m. Cebra Ouellette, 55, of

Berlin, was issued a citation for speed.

3:54 p.m. A caller on Abenaki Lane reported a case of fraud. The caller had received a call saying they won free gasoline, but then was asked for their credit card information.

5:03 p.m. A caller on Abenaki Lane reported juveniles throwing rocks.

5:28 p.m. A caller on Guilmette Street reported juveniles throwing rocks.

6:29 p.m. A caller on Burgess Street reported receiving a threat-ening voicemail message.

7:22 p.m. Joseph Goodrich, 34, of Berlin, was issued a citation for speed.

Sunday, Oct. 309:24 a.m. A rollover accident was

reported near the prison entrance on East Milan Road. A pickup truck struck a utility pole and landed on its side. Travis Ouellet, 19, of Berlin, was issued a citation for speed. No injuries were reported and the truck was towed.

1:17 p.m. A snowball fight was reported on Champlain Street.

6:40 p.m A caller on First Avenue reported a diamond bracelet stolen.

Monday, Oct. 316:58 a.m. Roland Martin, 43, of

Berlin, was issued a citation for failure to stop at a traffic control device.

7:29 a.m. A caller on Kent Street reported a snowboard stolen. It was later returned.


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The job fair is set up to recruit local people for the different unions that will work on the project. Repre-sentatives of the trade unions will describe the type of work they perform and the skill sets needed by their craft. Interested workers will then be able to fi ll out an application and set up an interview for future employment with the union. Diana Nelson of the N.H. Employment Security will be present to assist.

Cate Street Capital has projected there will be over 300 people employed during the height of the construc-tion which is expected to take about two years. Last month, Cate Street Capital President John Halle said while there is some work underway on the site now, he expects the project to gear up next spring.

Grenier said he understands there are between 40 and 50 union trade members in Coos County. With NHBTC involved in other projects throughout New England, he predicted there will be a need for workers for this job site.

“They are going to need additional labor from this local labor market,” he predicted.

Grenier said the council will be able to hire off the street on an as-needed basis. Those workers would be hired under a permit basis which would require them to pay union dues.

One path for unskilled workers is to apply for an apprenticeship to get trained on the job to be carpen-

ters, iron workers, millwrights, and pipe fi tters. Gre-nier said generally apprenticeships take two or three years with some course work included.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for young people to get into the trades,” he said.

Grenier said out-of-town workers hired for the proj-ect will still help the local economy by spending money here on food, gas, accommodations, and other items.

While a representative of Cate Street Capital will attend the job fair, a release issued by Council Presi-dent Joe Casey and Grenier, emphasized that the com-pany will not be taking applications for the Burgess BioPower facility at the meeting.

Grenier said he is hoping for a large turnout at the Nov. 10 meeting.

Tranchemontagne said Cate Street Capital is still in discussions with Kestrel Aircraft Company about having the company co-locate a plant on the former mill site in Berlin.

“We’re doing everything we can to convince them that co-locating in Berlin is a wonderful opportunity for them,” he said.

Kestrel, which is headquartered at the former Bruns-wick Naval Air Station in Maine, last month revealed it is looking at manufacturing its composite parts in Berlin. Since then, Maine offi cials had pledged to try and persuade Kestrel to keep the entire operation in Maine.

FAIR rom page oneState Police Troop F logOctober 1810:45 p.m. -- State police investigated an accident

on Route 3 in Pittsburg. Louis E. Degray was north-bound on Route 3 and swerved to avoid a moose, going off the left side of the road and striking a utility pole. He refused treatment and his vehicle was towed from the scene.

October 209:58 a.m. -- State Police responded to a report of a

motor vehicle collision in Errol. A tractor and trailer operated by Matthew White, 33, of Baldwinville. Mass., swung around 360 degrees and rolled over. No injuries reported and the vehicle was towed from the scene. The accident remains under investigation at this time.

October 216:44 p.m. -- State Police responded to a report of a

motor vehicle collision in Martins location. A vehicle operated by Hillary Arenburg, 19, of Berlin, struck a moose as it crossed in front of the vehicle. No injuries reported and the vehicle was towed from the scene.

9:54 p.m. -- State Police stopped Jennen Tetreault, 28, of Groveton, for a traffi c violation in Lancaster. He was subsequently arrested for possession of controlled drugs. He will need to appear In the Lancaster District Court December 7.


Josee Vachon celebrates Quebec heritage at St. Kieran Arts Center

BERLIN -- Josee Vachon, Quebec Heritage singer, songwriter and sto-ryteller, returns to St. Kieran Arts Center on Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. bringing her beautiful voice and high-energy style to the stage. Tickets are $12 adults and $6 for students and are available at the door.

Born in Quebec and raised in Maine, Josée Vachon has been sharing her Franco-American heritage and upbringing for over 25 years through traditional and contemporary folk-songs from Quebec and Acadia as well as her own compositions.

Growing up, she often happily entertained at family gatherings. She began singing publicly with the sup-port of the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine, where she discovered others who shared the same, rich Quebeqois heritage. She quickly gained recognition as a new Franco-American voice at festivals and concert halls throughout New England and beyond. Josee enchants and delights audiences wherever she performs.

Also, from March of 1987 to April of 1998, Josée Vachon hosted over 500 tapings of “Bonjour!”- the most widely-seen French-language tele-vision show in the U.S., airing on various cable and public television stations throughout the Northeastern U.S. and C Josee Vachon was awarded the 1999 National Culture Through the Arts Award from NY State Asso-ciation of Foreign Language Teachers for her work in schools and her knowl-edge and appreciation of foreign lan-guages and cultures. She has served as a Franco-American ambassad-rice through musical presentations at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., as was honored as a member of the Women´s Singing Traditions of New England Tour of 1994.

In announcing the upcoming con-cert, Arts Center Executive Director Joan Chamberlain states, “Josee is a wonderful artist and consummate entertainer who creates a program which can be enjoyed by both French-speaking and non-French speaking audiences of all ages. Her singing and traditional music make you want to tap your feet, clap your hands and

sing along!”This performance is sponsored by

Cross Insurance, Croteau Agency and Tremaine Opticians with sup-ported in part by grants from NH State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation/North Country’s Art Ventures Fund, an Anonymous Fund, Libby Family Fund, North Country Region Commu-nity Fund and the Stanton and Eliza-beth Davis Fund.

Doors will open at 1 p.m .and guests are invited to come early to view a new Group Art Exhibition by North Coun-try artists Asa Brosnan, Paul Croteau, Fran Greenwood, Andre Belanger, Ernest Demers, Michael Eastman, William Scolere and Michael Pelchat.

Upcoming performances include Berlin Jazz, Nov 20; The Nutcracker Ballet, Dec. 3 and North Country Community Chorus Christmas Con-certs, Dec. 7, 9 and 11. Advance Nut-cracker Tickets are now on sale at the St. Kieran Offi ce and at businesses throughout Coos County.

For more information call 752-1028 or visit 155 Emery Street, Berlin, NH, www.stkieranarts.org and view program updates at Facebook/ St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts.

Josee Vachon

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sena-tor Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) announced Monday that she will open a Senate offi ce in Berlin next week to serve North Country area residents who need assistance interacting with the federal government. Ayotte said her Berlin location will serve as a resource for area residents and a key link between her Senate offi ce and northern New Hampshire.

“Opening a Berlin offi ce refl ects my strong commitment to working closely with North Country residents,” said Senator Ayotte. “This location will serve as a base of operations for my Senate offi ce’s Coos County outreach efforts, with a staff member available to provide assistance to those who

need help on matters related to the federal government.”

Senator Ayotte’s offi ce will be located at 19 Pleasant Street, Suite 13B, Berlin, 03570. Starting Monday, November 7, a staff member will be available to meet with constituents regularly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., and during the rest of the week by appoint-ment. At other times, Senator Ayotte’s North Country staff member will be traveling to communities throughout the region to meet with local offi cials, civic leaders, business people, and other constituents.

This location joins existing Ayotte Senate offi ces in Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth and Washington, DC.

Sen. Ayotte to open Berlin offi ce

Androscoggin Ranger station offers limited services through Thanksgiving

BERLIN -- The Visitor Center and district offi ces located at the Andro-scoggin Ranger Station of the White Mountain National Forest will offer limited visitor services due to build-ing maintenance. The main building, located on Route 16 in Gorham New Hampshire, will be closed for an esti-mated two to three weeks, beginning November 1.

During this time, some administra-tive services will remain available on site, including fi rewood collec-tion permits, America the Beautiful Interagency Recreation Passes, and White Mountain National Forest

Recreation Passes. These will be available during our regular winter hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Recreation infor-mation, including maps, books, and recreation opportunity guides will be available at the Saco and Pemi-gewasset District Offi ces while the Androscoggin Ranger District Visi-tor Center is closed. Building main-tenance will be completed and full services restored by Thanksgiving. For more information, please visit our website, www.fs.fed.us/r9/white, or call the Androscoggin Ranger Dis-trict, (603) 466-2713.

the berlin daily sun, wednesday, november 2, 2011

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