North Country

The new owners of the Balsams resort in Dixville Notch will be taking a plan for renovations to the Coos Planning Board later this month. But they have yet to come up with the financing.

The owners, Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert, have filed an application for a building permit, said spokesman Scott Tranchemontagne.

By Saturday morning it appeared the North Country had been spared the worst of the storm.

Only four inches of snow was reported in Lancaster and about nine inches in Randolph, according to spotter reports filed with the National Weather Service office in Gray Maine. Berlin was an exception with 14 inches.

Sergeant Travis Anderson of Troop F, which covers the North Country, said “things are pretty quiet.”

Anderson said only one car was reported off the road since midnight.

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BAG SALE AT FRIENDS-N-NEIGHBORS THRIFT SHOP, WHITEFIELD
Thursday Feb. 7 through Saturday Feb. 9, 10 AM-5 PM, 4 Main Street in Whitefield across from the Cumberland Farms. For more information: 837-9044.

VALENTINE CANDY SALE TO BENEFIT LISBON CLUBS, SCHOOLS AND SERVICES

Compiled by Tova Cohen of Franconia.

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HATE MAIL AT THE PAPERMILL THEATER, LINCOLN

House lawmakers will hear a bill Thursday  that would make New Hampshire the first state to make people pay fees any time they are rescued by Fish and Game.

Backers of the proposal say they want to help Fish and Game recoup costs of expensive rescue operations.

But opponents, including the state’s volunteer search and rescue outlets, say this bill is a bad idea that could put people, and the state’s appeal to hikers at risk.

Hikers who were in trouble in the White Mountains, exhausted, climbing out a helicopter…

Explaining what went wrong….

Just as other wind farms are being considered around the state, Coos County officials are fighting with the operator of the 33 turbines located in their county over payment.

The county contends Brookfield Renewable Energy owes it twice as much as Brookfield wants to pay.

In 2008 three Coos County Commissioners approved a deal under which -  instead of taxes - the county expected to get payments of about $495,000 each year for a decade.

But now Brookfield says it only owes the county half of that, says Jennifer Fish, the Coos County Administrator.

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FAMILY GAME NIGHT, LITTLETON

Friday Jan. 25, 7-9 PM, Heald Room, Littleton Community Center, 1220 Main Street, Littleton, bring your favorite games and a friend!

ST. JOHNSBURY PLAYERS PRESENT CORMAC MCCARTHY'S SUNSET LIMITED