LACONIA — A one-alarm fire destroyed the office building of the Weirs Beach Tent and Trailer Park, early on the morning of Nov. 16, 1999, causing damage estimated at more than $20,000, The Citizen reported, 10 years ago this week.

LACONIA — Put up by "volunteers cooperating with the Chamber of Commerce," Christmas lights were ready for Santa to throw the switch the day after Thanksgiving, The Citizen reported, 50 years ago this week.

LACONIA — A civil engineer and a corps of assistants "were engaged," Nov.

LACONIA — The Citizen launched a new weekly publication, Nov. 16, 1959 — the Lakes Region Trader.

CENTER HARBOR — Royal C. Van Etten Jr. was elected president of the New Hampshire Music Festival, Inc., The Citizen reported, 50 years ago this week.

LACONIA — Med-Source Technologies Inc., formerly Portlyn Medical, had broken ground for a new facility on Lexington Drive in the O'Shea Industrial Park, according to The Citizen, 10 years ago this week.

LACONIA — In view of declining resident population and staff reductions, the Laconia State School was seeking a smaller budget — $30.4 million for the 1986-87 biennium, The Citizen reported, 25 years ago this week.

LACONIA — The city expected to be awarded $291,800 "to make City Hall accessible to the handicapped," The Citizen reported, 25 years ago this week.

The second snow storm of the season, which began during the morning of Nov. 19, "continued about 24 hours, with a fall of about 6 inches in this vicinity."

LACONIA — Through Tuesday of next week, Channel 25 of MetroCast Cablevision will air the videotape of the Laconia Historical and Museum Society's program of Oct. 4, 2004, at which Bruce D. Heald spoke on "Railroads of the Lakes Region."

In the photo at right, from the collections of the Laconia Historical and Museum Society, Laconia City Hall is seen at center, on Pleasant Street, 50 years ago.

LACONIA — Intensive security measures had been "imposed at the Belknap County Courthouse," 25 years ago this week, but officials were "refusing to explain the reason for the unusual action," The Citizen reported in 1984.

LACONIA — New Hampshire Music Festival Executive Director Philip L. Walz reported "a year of consolidated growth despite a significant increase in the budget," at the annual meeting here, The Citizen reported, 25 years ago this week.

LACONIA — The Laconia Malleable Iron property on Water Street had been sold to the owners of Streetcar Place, The Citizen reported, 25 years ago this week.

LACONIA — Although the City Council had given conceptual approval to the Downtown Revitalization Project, the debate was not yet over, according to The Citizen, 25 years ago this week.

MEREDITH — The Bear Island House, "a famous summer hotel," was destroyed by fire, Nov. 8, 1934, The Citizen reported, 75 years ago this week.

LACONIA — A "grand jollification" took place at the Meredith Bridge end of Laconia, Nov. 13, 1884, "in honor of the election of Cleveland & Hendricks," The Laconia Democrat reported, 125 years ago this week.

The property "situated on the Tilton road below Durkee Brook," including eight acres of land "and the cottage belonging to Andrew S. Wait of Cambridge, Mass.," had been sold "to a Boston lady, the price paid being about $2,500.

LACONIA — Through Tuesday of next week, Channel 25 of MetroCast Cablevision will air the videotape of the Laconia Historical and Museum Society's program of May 12, 1997, at which Norman Brough, Fred Lamere, Ray Walker and Norm Dionne spoke on...

In the photo at right, , from the collections of the Laconia Historical and Museum Society, Main Street, Laconia, is seen around 1954, looking south from Bank Square toward the Winnipesaukee River.