December 29, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

Body of Barnstead man found

BARNSTEAD — The body of a local man missing since Dec. 13 has been found. According the WMUR TV, the body of Paul Barnet, 54, was found on Peacham Trail sometime between 4:30 and 5 p.m. More...

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BELKNAP COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Judge James D. O’Neill III heard the following cases in Belknap County Superior Court: More...

FRANKLIN POLICE LOG

Police responded to 311 calls for service on Dec. 14-22. Kevin Groesser, 50, of 81 Old Town Rd., Hill, was arrest on a warrant, and was released on $2,000 personal recognizance bail. More...

LACONIA DISTICT COURT LOG

Judge James M. Carroll IV heard the following cases in the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia District Division: More...

Sports

Knights fend off Bears

GILFORD — All Zach McKenzie had to do was get out of his own head, and it was a good thing for the Kingswood boys basketball team. More...

Strong 2nd half sends Newfound to finals

GILFORD — On Wednesday night, the Newfound girls basketball team had its first-half personality: sloppy, sluggish and unable to hit a free throw. More...

Closer Andrew Bailey traded to Sox

RED SOX

BOSTON — For Andrew Bailey, coming in from the bullpen at Fenway Park is a special feeling. He’ll experience that a lot more next season. More...

Letters

Updated Clean Air Act favors the 1 percent

Editor, The Citizen: As of Dec. 21, with thanks to our Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and our Republican Sen. More...

Gold wrapping paper

Editor, The Citizen: Once upon a time, a man punished his five-year-old daughter for using up the family’s only roll of expensive, gold wrapping paper before Christmas. More...

Trash trash and garbage pollution

Editor, The Citizen: Trash and more trash! Everywhere I look all I see is trash. New Hampshire is one of the original 13 colonies that became the United States of America — the Live Free or Die state — the Scenic State. More...

Bike Week promoter against police vehicles on Lakeside Ave.

LACONIA — When the City Council next month addresses what changes to make to municipal rules regulating Bike Week activities, Charlie St. More...

Council may get update on Colonial Theatre effort

LACONIA — After learning this week that the effort to revitalize the Colonial Theatre is at a “crossroads,” Mayor Mike Seymour on Wednesday said that the entire City Council may get an updade on the project early next month from the More...

China blames 54 officials for bullet train crash

BEIJING — A long-awaited Chinese government report says design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of the showcase system. More...

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Nation/World

A Sweet Welcome

Paul gets front-runner’s welcome in Iowa as Republican caucuses near

Newton, Iowa — Texas Rep. Ron Paul received a welcome befitting a man with a suddenly serious chance to win next week’s Iowa Republican presidential caucuses as he arrived in the state Wednesday for a final burst of campaigning. More...

US warns Iran against closing key oil passage

TEHRAN, Iran — The U.S. More...

North Koreans salute, cry for late leader Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader escorted his father’s hearse in an elaborate state funeral on a bitter, snowy day Wednesday, bowing and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens who wailed and stampe More...

Opinion

China’s crackdown

GUEST EDITORIAL

China’s Communist rulers are ringing out December in a flurry of paranoia and repression, a fitting coda to a year of steadily decreasing tolerance for open dissent and discussion. More...

WHAT OTHERS SAY

On secrecy and the Supreme Court: For three days beginning March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will set aside an extraordinary five hours for arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law. ... More...

Judging properly is admirable

WASHINGTON — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is famously liberal and frequently reversed. Recently, however, a unanimous three-judge panel of this court did something right when it held that bone marrow donors can be compensated. More...

Entertainment

Gilford Middle School to stage ‘Seussical Jr.’ Jan 19-21

GILFORD — The Dr. Seuss inspired musical, “Seussical Jr ” will be swinging on to the stage at Gilford Middle School this January. More...

A Far Cry Orchestra comes to Wolfeboro Jan. 15

WOLFEBORO — What do 17 20-something musicians from the Boston area have in common and where did they get the name A Far Cry for their ensemble? More...

‘Uncle’ George spins holiday tales

SANDWICH — The Corner House Inn welcomes back popular storyteller George Radcliffe of Webster to the Storytelling Dinner program this evening. “Uncle” George strings a yarn that is magical, captivating and entertaining. More...