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LAKES REGION FIRE LOG

Emergency Number: 911 Monday, Dec. 12 More...

Hearing scheduled in Franklin toxic waste case

CONCORD — The owner of a Franklin foundry indicted in August 2010 for unlawful storage of hazardous waste is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court next month for a change of plea hearing. More...

DirecTV seeks judgment on New Hampton tax assessment

LACONIA — DirecTV Inc. has filed a tax abatement appeal in Belknap County Superior Court challenging the town of New Hampton’s assessment of its satellite uplink facility located on Packard Drive. More...

Sports

Bulldogs win despite suspensions

LACONIA — The Belmont-Gilford hockey team won its first game of the season in dramatic fashion Saturday against ConVal, with Jeremy D’Amour scoring the game-winning goal with seven seconds remaining in the third period. More...

TEBOW TAKEDOWN

Patriots, Brady muzzle Tebow magic

DENVER — Not this time, Tim Tebow. Not with Tom Brady on hand. More...

Vonn eyes 2018 retirement

COURCHEVEL, France — Lindsey Vonn thinks she will end her stellar skiing career at the 2018 Winter Games before looking into ways of furthering an acting career. More...

Letters

Killing jobs

Editor, The Citizen: President Obama complains about a “do nothing” Congress and says Republicans prevent him from creating jobs. That is false. More...

Vote with your heart

Editor, The Citizen: In times like this, the election is critical to bring this country back to what it once was. There are people fighting for freedom and fighting hard. It is not about what the media pushes us to do. More...

Serving the Lakes Region

Editor, The Citizen: 2011 marks St. Vincent de Paul’s twenty-first year of service to those in need in the Lakes Region. With the poor economy and major cuts in Federal and state programs, the need continues to grow. More...

Jon Huntsman’s Meredith visit marks his 123rd appearance in NH

MEREDITH — Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, who has campaigned relentlessly in New Hampshire in advance of the Jan. More...

Fire damages residence in Moultonborough

MOULTONBOROUGH — A first-alarm fire thought to be chimney-related caused an estimated $50,000 to $75,000 worth of damage to a local home late Sunday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. More...

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Nation/World

NC man, 23, was last US soldier killed in Iraq

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As the last U.S. More...

Last American troops exit Iraq

IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER (AP) — Outside it was pitch dark. The six American soldiers couldn’t see much of the desert landscape streaming by outside the small windows of their armored vehicle. More...

Havel, Czech dissident writer dies at 75

PRAGUE (AP) — The end of Czechoslovakia’s totalitarian regime was called the Velvet Revolution because of how smooth the transition seemed: Communism dead in a matter of weeks, without a shot fired. More...

Opinion

Getting serious about distracted driving

GUEST EDITORIAL

Hang up and drive. That was the essence of a recommendation this week from the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency responsible for promoting transportation safety and investigating commercial accidents. More...

WHAT OTHERS SAY

On Newt Gingrich’s statements: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has come under fire recently for comments made about work ethic and poor families. More...

Testing the waters of economic liberty

WASHINGTON — In 1927, seven years before the board game was created, Washington state decided to play monopoly. It gave a private interest the exclusive right to operate a ferry on 55- mile long Lake Chelan in the northern Cascade Mountains. More...

Entertainment

Stop students from erring

BRIDGE

All bridge teachers at one time or another have had a prepared deal ruined because someone, usually a defender, made an unforeseen error. More...

Hints from Heloise

Assisted-living flowers More...

COMICS

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