GILFORD — The Laconia Elks Lodge, located in Gilford, took on the trappings of an assembly line on Sunday, as some 50 club members and other volunteers gathered to help make sure the region’s less fortunate enjoyed a good holiday meal. More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Editor, The Citizen: President Obama complains about a “do nothing” Congress and says Republicans prevent him from creating jobs. That is false. More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...