LACONIA — Volunteers at Isaiah 61 Café help provide the city’s less fortunate residents with a hot meal and other amenities, and on Thursday, they also helped feed the first responders who often work right alongside them.

The inaugural First Responders Appreciation Breakfast took place from 6 to 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 23, and offered a full array of food including scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, beans, home fries, two types of quiches and an egg pie. Coffee and juice were available, as well as various pastries and sweets.

“[Fire] Chief [Tim] Joubert and eight or nine officers at the fire department were here this morning to enjoy a nice buffet breakfast,” said Ray Boelig, who spearheaded the appreciation breakfast. “They also took a dozen bags back to other firefighters. That is perfect. I

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