Cat succeeds in climbig all 48 4,000-footers with hiker — see page 3 THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 VOL. 30 NO. 33 BERLIN, N.H. 752-5858 FREE Riverwalk moves closer to completion BY WILLIAM CARROLL erwalk project moved one step closer to fruition Pamela Lafl amme told council members that the THE BERLIN SUN Tuesday night during the Berlin City Council work city has received fi nal design approval from the N.H. BERLIN — The long-awaited multi-use Riv- session, when Community Development Director see RIVERWALK page 10 Teenager leads police on chase in stolen truck BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN SUN BERLIN — A 17-year old girl led law enforcement on a wild chase into Maine after allegedly stealing a truck from the Big Apple Convenience Store lot Monday. The chase ended when Maine State Police forced the vehicle to stop. Along the way, the teen drove through a back yard, crashed a fence, struck two vehicles and managed to avoid three sets of spike mats. Berlin Police Capt. Jeff Lemoine said police received a call at 4:39 p.m. on July 5 that a 2001 Chevrolet pickup truck, belonging to Steven Bolduc of Dummer, had been stolen from the convenience store lot at 120 East Mason St. The name of the suspect is being withheld because she is a minor. According to a release from Maine State Police, the truck was spotted early Monday evening traveling east through a construc- tion zone on Route 2 in Bethel, Maine, where it struck a barrier and another vehicle. Construction equipment is seen at Nansen Ski Jump July 1. Work got underway last month on reprofi ling the landing hill for the historic The driver continued to Rumford, Maine, Nansen Ski Jump and is expected to continue for the next six weeks. Once work on the big landing hill is complete, the Friends of Big Nansen avoiding three sets of spike mats along the Ski Jump hope to work on two smaller hills on the site to allow the development of a youth jumping program. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO) way. Once in Rumford, the driver turned onto a dead-end street and escaped author- ities by driving through a resident’s yard and crashing through a fence, striking a Work ski jump hill taking off parked vehicle. Making it back onto Route 2, the driver headed west, back towards BY BARBARA TETREAULT fi nished, the Friends of the Big Nansen, a committee Bethel. THE BERLIN SUN of the Nansen Ski Club, have plans to build one “high At the intersection of Route 2 and MILAN — Work on reprofi ling the landing hill on the school” sized jumping hill and a smaller beginner hill on Whippoorwill Road, the truck ran over a Big Nansen Ski Jump is underway. When that work is see NANSEN page 11 set of spike mats put out by Maine State see CHASE page 9 Morency LLC CALL US TO BOOK ALL YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. 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Within two weeks, Chance of rain: 92% High: 72 14.59 to 4,358.13 Total deaths: 1,374 he had died of COVID-19. Low: 53 Hours after Cameron Sunset: 8:30 p.m. Melius, 26, was released from a Virginia jail in October, he ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– NATION/WORLD –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died. The coronavirus, the authorities said, was a contributing factor. In New York City, Juan Cruz, 57, who fell ill with COVID-19 ‘State of siege’ declared in Haiti while in jail, was moved from a hospital’s jail ward into its reg- ular unit before dying. None of these deaths has been included in offi cial COVID mortality tolls of the after president’s assassination jails where the men had been detained. And these cases are not unique. The New PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (NY Times) — head of state,” the prime minister said, but the Caribbean nation 675 miles southeast of York Times identifi ed dozens of people around the coun- President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti was assas- there was little solid information about who Miami. But it had already been in turmoil. try who died under similar sinated in an attack in the early hours of might have carried out the assassination. In recent months, protesters had taken circumstances but were not Wednesday at his home on the outskirts In an interview with The New York to the streets to demand Moïse’s removal. included in offi cial counts. of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the interim Times, Joseph said that he was the one He had clung to power, ruling by decree In some cases, in places, prime minister said, creating a political running the country at the moment. Still, for more than a year, even as many — including Texas, Ohio and California, deaths were void that threatens to deepen the turmoil it was unclear how much control he had, or including constitutional scholars and added to facilities’ virus tolls that had gripped the country for months. how long it might last. A new prime min- legal experts — argued that his term had after The Times brought As foreign governments struggled to assess ister had been scheduled to replace Joseph expired. Others, including the United missing names to the atten- the situation, millions of Haitians anxiously this week, and the head of the nation’s States, backed his position that his term tion of offi cials. In other cases, people who were huddled around radios and televisions, stay- highest court, who might also have helped did not end until next year. infected with the coronavi- ing off the streets as they tried to understand establish order, died of COVID-19 in June. Armed gangs control many streets and rus while incarcerated — what the coming days might bring. Later Wednesday, in a televised broad- have taken to kidnapping even schoolchil- but granted legal releases Moïse’s wife, Martine Moïse, was also cast to the nation, Joseph presented dren and church pastors in the middle of because of the severity of shot in the attack, the interim prime min- himself as head of the government and their services. Poverty and hunger are on their illnesses — were not included in the death tal- ister, Claude Joseph, said in a statement. announced that he and his fellow minis- the rise, and the government has been lies of the jails where they Her condition was not immediately clear. ters had declared a “state of siege.” accused of enriching itself while not pro- got sick. Still other inmates’ “A group of unidentifi ed individuals, Joseph called for calm. 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