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Huntsman brings message to Plymouth

PLYMOUTH — “We face a fiscal deficit as well as a deficit of trust!” Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said Sunday at Pease Public Library. More...

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LAKES REGION FIRE LOG

Emergency Number: 911 Thursday, Dec. 8 12:13 a.m. Laconia: Mechanic Street, smoke investigation. 12:24 a.m. Moultonborough, Meredith EMS, Center Harbor: Krainewood Drive, Moultonborough, medical aid. 12:29 a.m. More...

GILFORD POLICE LOG

Police responded to 44 calls for service on Thursday. Mark W. Staubitz, 40, of 21 Circle Drive, Meredith, was charged with driving after revocation or suspension, habitual offender and possession of controlled/narcotic drugs. More...

Santa Jam raises almost $5,000

LACONIA — The Rod & Gun Club hosted its 37th Annual Santa Jam on Saturday and its Breakfast with Santa on Sunday, raising almost $5,000 that will benefit area charitable organizations that serve children. More...

Sports

Locals dominate All-State team

D-VI FOOTBALL

You might as well call the Division VI All- State team the Lakes Region team. Twenty-nine local football players were recently named to the D-VI All-State team. More...

CLOSE CALL

Brady throws late pick, but Pats win

LANDOVER, Md. — Tom Brady’s first interception in more than a month led to a screaming match on the sideline. More...

Men’s hockey takes victory wearing camo

PSU

PLYMOUTH — Junior Kyle Greco (Hillside, Ill.) scored two goals, including a power play marker with three seconds remaining in regulation play Saturday night, giving Plymouth State University a 4-3 victory over Fitchburg State University in a Ma More...

Letters

Romney has what we need

Editor, The Citizen: Let’s get real – Mitt Romney has what America needs. We don’t need someone who has spent their professional life as a politician. More...

Romney will bring respect

Editor, The Citizen: Over the past 4 years, President Obama’s actions have caused the international community to lose respect for our country. Those actions have also caused our citizens to lose respect for the Office of the President. More...

LRGH Family Birthplace

Editor, The Citizen: After giving birth to our first child in October, I feel compelled to share my outstanding experience at Lakes Region General Hospital (LRGH) Family Birthplace. From my excellent prenatal care with Dr. More...

Children meet Santa at The Citizen

LACONIA — Santa was at The Citizen on Sunday for milk, cookies and an opportunity to meet with his many young admirers, who this year, said the Jolly Old Elf, have been especially well-behaved, thoughtful and loving, and who, as a result, shoul More...

Laconia City Council to vote on field use charges

LACONIA — This evening the City Council will consider how to add more revenue into city coffers through the sale of municipal property, and it is also scheduled to act on an item that would allow the Parks and Recreation Department to cover par More...

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Nation/World

NRC panel: Nuke chief damages agency

WASHINGTON — Four Nuclear Regulatory commissioners from both parties say they have “grave concerns” about the panel’s chairman, charging that the actions of Gregory Jaczko are “causing serious damage” to the commis More...

Noriega returns to Panama

PANAMA CITY, Panama — More than two decades after the U.S. forced him from power, Manuel Noriega was returning to Panama on Sunday as a prisoner and, to many of those he once ruled with impunity, an irrelevant man. More...

Syrian troops, defectors clash

BEIRUT — Syrian troops battled army defectors Sunday in clashes that set several military vehicles ablaze. The fighting and other violence around the nation killed at least eight people, activists said. More...

Opinion

Road show took a detour around truth

GUEST EDITORIAL

It took courage for House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt, Sen. Bob Odell and Rep. Ken Weyler, chairman of the House Finance Committee, to meet with Claremont city officials and residents to hear their gripes and answer their questions. More...

Ron Paul as an election spoiler?

WASHINGTON — On Oct. 12, 1948, the campaign train of Tom Dewey, Republican nominee against President Harry Truman, pulled into Beaucoup, Ill., where, from the rear platform, he would speak to about 1,000 people. More...

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Entertainment

Having attitude is good when signaling

BRIDGE

If you have a regular partner with whom you discuss the game, you probably spend most of your time talking about constructive bidding. But you defend as often as you declare. More...

Hints from Heloise

Paint on the Poster Board More...

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