stand. dence in the death of George Jodoin. The deadline for a court challenge to the The 51-year-old pawn shop owner was amendments passed in late December without found shot to death in his home last week. a filing. The second amendment moved voting Investigators wouldn't say what they were day from late November to October, when sup- looking for in the water, but the search porters hope warmer weather will encourage focused on an area not far from Jodoin's more participation. home. Both amendments came under scrutiny on - The Associated Press election day, when state officials learned that the city had put them on the ballot without the KEENE required state review. The attorney general's office did a subsequent review and deemed Locals not keen on ballpark them legal. Still, residents had until the end of Decem- KEENE - Opponents of a plan to build a ber to mount their own legal challenge. Court baseball stadium say the ballpark would overSweeps officials said yesterday that no one had. power the city's small-town attended atmosphere. - Annmarie Timmins Several hundred people a meeting Thursday night to discuss the sports and office complex being proposed for an abandoned PEMBROKE railroad yard downtown. Reardon loses interim tag Though most said they liked the office hands building when plans, asked about if 70 they percent the raised 3,000- their PEMBROKE - Interim Pembroke Academy oppose Headmaster Michael Reardon has accepted seat stadium. the position The permanently. Associated Press Reardon said yesterday that he appreciated the nod from the school board, noting that BERLIN "If you bring leadership someone in from the outside, Casino will be studied closely consistent is good for Pembroke. they would obviously be coming in with their BERLIN A to boost the Reardon said. "A continual group trying own agenda," changing of direction hampers educational view of a proposal to build a casino North Country's economy is taking a cautious in Berlin. reform.' Reardon has been acting headmaster since The Corp. on Androscoggin Thursday Valley heard from the city's Economic RecovConservation July 2001, when then interim Headmaster mayor and a state lawmaker, who described ery in the Newfound School District. their plan to stimulate the economy by buildFamily John Graziano left the job to be superintendent been at Pembroke for five years, serving as the ing a casino on Jericho Lake. curriculum director there for four years. The region has been hurting since the closDistricts Jennifer Skalka ing of its pulp and paper mills, but the ecoThe nomic group says a casino might not be the CLAREMONT answer. The group said the casino could be a quick 11-year-old meets rescuers fix to pump money into the area, but members want to carefully study its long-term effects on CLAREMONT - An 11-year-old boy was local businesses, the community and other reunited yesterday with the firefighters who industries. rescued him from a fall through the ice. - The Associated Press Curtis Shattuck fell into the ice-covered Sugar River on Tuesday. Yesterday, he Bill would make library appeared firefighters on Michael Friend and Bryan Burr, reading list open to local and national television with parents who slid on their stomachs across the ice to Parents would be able check whether their pull him out. children are reading inappropriate material Shattuck said he feared for his life as he at their local libraries under a bill making its waited for officials emergency told workers to arrive. he way through the state Legislature. Hospital have the firefighters The bill would require librarians to keep could died had he spent five minutes track of the materials children view and furFounded more in the 36-degree - water. nish lists to parents who request the information The Associated Press tion. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Karen McRae, AUBURN Republican from Goffstown, said parents have a right 1 to know what their children are Lake may hold clues to. up AUBURN - The investigation into the But librarians told a House committee shooting death of an Auburn man has led to Thursday the bill would be burdensome for the icy waters of Lake Massabesic. them and would violate a state law that proers Divers from the Derry Fire Department tects the privacy of library users. plunged into the lake Thursday looking for evi- The Associated Dress