A1 GET OUT Littleton Art Festival FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 2016 Page 14 Cyan Magenta Yellow Yellow Black Bode’s Back? Miller Looks To Break With Ski Supplier, Make Cup Return. Page 23 A2 2 The Record Friday, September 23, 2016 What’s Inside Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 Bode’s Vol 8, No. 14 Back? Bath w Bethlehem w Dalton w Easton w Franconia w Lancaster w Landaff w Six-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller has sued ski Lisbon w Littleton w Lyman w Monroe manufacturer Head as he wants to resume World Cup Sugar Hill w Whitefield w Woodsville racing with a different equipment supplier. See Coverage Page 23 www.caledonianrecord.com Publisher Todd Smith Nine months after paying $2.5 million for 123 acres adjacent to its landfill, that it said would be used for Managing Editor Landfill Proposes earthen cover, Casella Waste Systems Inc. (CWS) is pro- Paul Hayes posing another expansion of its Trudeau Road landfill. [email protected] Another Expansion See Coverage Page 4 Advertising (Littleton) Sylvie Weber (603) 444-7141 (Ext. 1006) Cyan It’s a project that was several years in the making Fax: (603) 444-1383 and when it is completed it will be the only senior living [email protected] Senior Housing community in the North Country, one that will allow Magenta the region’s older population to stay here as they age. Advertising (St. Johnsbury) (802) 748-8121 Breaks Ground See Coverage Page 5 Fax: (802) 748-1613 Yellow Yellow [email protected] Editorial Offices:263 Main Black St., Littleton, N.H. FYI On The Cover New Hampshire’s Projected Population In This Issue To Reach 1.4 Million In 2040 News Briefs CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — State officials say Page 6 New Hampshire’s projected population is ex- Obituaries pected to reach 1.4 million in 2040, an increase of nearly 9 percent from the population at the Page 8 2010 census. Get Out The Office of Energy and Planning says Page 14 the projected number of births is expected Classifieds to decline very slightly over this time period, Page 22 from 66,000 between 2010 and 2015 to 65,000 between 2035 and 2040. At the same time, though, deaths are projected to increase sharply, from 56,500 between 2010 and 2015 to nearly 96,000 between 2035 and 2040. Thus, the projected rise in total population between now and 2040 will be due to continued migration into the state. The Woodsville soccer team huddles up prior to a game at The statewide num- Lisbon on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. (Photo by Paul Hayes) ber of people age 65 and over is projected to in- crease from 178,268 in 2010 to 408,522 in 2040. A3 Friday, September 23, 2016 The Record 3 Close To Home 21 Jefferson Road, Whitefield, NH Mountain Views 603-837-2646 347 Main Street, Franconia, NH I have seen the moon rise over after I return to a lower elevation. 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