Elm Street School fifth graders Keegan Maltais, 11, left, and Natalie King, 11, read through the newspaper during a visit to The Laconia Daily…

Students from Andrea Morin's Elm Street School fifth grade class visit The Laconia Daily Sun on Tuesday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Dai…

Steve Landry, co-Director of the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program, walks along the bridge on Central Street in Franklin to take an E. Coli s…

Environmental Engineer Mike Hamilton, of Watts Water Technologies, pulls up a bucket filled with water to take an E. coli sample from the Pemi…

Michele Tremblay, left, co-director of the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program, watches as fellow Co-Director Steve Landry points to two double…

Environmental Engineer Mike Hamilton, of Watts Water Technologies, takes the temperature of the air as he volunteers with the Upper Merrimack …

Michele Tremblay, co-director of the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program, observes water in an E. coli sample from a bridge on Central Street i…

From left, Environmental Engineer Mike Hamilton of Watts Water Technologies and Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program Co-Directors Steve Landry a…

The Wicked Witches of the Lakes Region dance Thursday night at Gunstock Mountain Resort during the Best Of the Lakes Region celebration. (Dani…

Owen Thomas, 11, raises his hand to ask a question during a visit to The Laconia Daily Sun during Andrea Morin’s fifth grade class' walking fi…