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Demand for fuel assistance is strong

Though the winter has been mild thus far, heating remains a necessity and the cost of home heating oil is on the rise. More...

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LAKES REGION FIRE LOG

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Making up on Valentine’s Day

MEREDITH — In a fitting conclusion to a Valentine’s Day meeting, a vocal critic of the Inter-Lakes School Board apologized for the tenor of his remarks during a Feb. More...

Gilford students win art awards

GILFORD — Students from the Gilford High School art department recently received numerous awards during the Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire and from Plymouth Friends of the Arts. More...

Sports

Raiders win on emotional night

D-III GIRLS BASKETBALL

BELMONT — For Sam Phelps and the Belmont girls basketball team, Wednesday night was a mixed bag of emotions. More...

MAILers fight past Wolfpack

D-III BOYS HOCKEY

LACONIA — Despite what the scoreboard read, there were two winners in Wednesday’s Division III boys hockey game between Moultonborough/ Inter-Lakes and Laconia-Winnisquam. More...

Seguin, B’s top Habs

BRUINS

MONTREAL (AP) — Tyler Seguin’s shootout goal gave Boston a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night after the Bruins squandered a twogoal lead in the third period. More...

Letters

The right candidate

Editor, The Citizen: I’m so very excited that Tony Botton is running for Gilmanton Road Agent in the March elections! More...

Milfoil — how far we’ve come

Editor, The Citizen: The invasive water weed, known commonly as variable milfoil, started infesting our waters in the mid 60s. More...

Exercise your rights

Editor, The Citizen: The following letter to Newfound Area residents was submitted for publication: More...

Belknap Mill sees bright future

Historic landmark

LACONIA — Members of the Belknap Mill Society gathered on Wednesday for their annual meeting to discuss happenings over the past year and what will come down the road. More...

Senate approves school aid amendment

CONCORD — New Hampshire would have more power over school funding, but would be required to provide at least some aid under a constitutional amendment the Senate approved Wednesday and passed to the House for its consideration. More...

Missing student returns unharmed

LACONIA — A secondgrade student who left the school grounds on Wednesday morning has returned safely to his parents, ending some anxious moments for all concerned. More...

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Region/State

House gives preliminary OK to health compact

CONCORD — An effort intended to free the state from the mandates of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul received preliminary approval in the New Hampshire House Wednesday. More...

Legislators angle for control over state contracts

CONCORD — New Hampshire legislators are looking for more control over public union contracts. More...

Proposal would limit lawmakers’ spending ability

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Senate passed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday that would require a 60 percent vote by the House and Senate to increase spending in the state budget above the rate of inflation. More...

Nation/World

Defiant Iran claims major steps in nuclear fuel

TEHRAN, Iran — In defiant swipes at its foes, Iran said Wednesday it is dramatically closer to mastering the production of nuclear fuel even as the U.S. More...

Opinion

Outlawing rent control

NEW YORK — James and Jeanne Harmon reside in and supposedly own a five-story brownstone on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a building that has been in their family since 1949. More...

GUEST EDITORIAL

When to retire on Social Security?

The director of the Social Security Administration brought some indispensable advice to Manatee County this week during his brief visit: Americans should initiate a “hard conversation with their spouse” about the age of retirement and the More...

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Entertainment

The ducks are triply difficult

Douglas William Jerrold, an English dramatist and writer who died in 1857, said, “He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.” Today’s deal i More...

ASTROLOGY

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No sneak peaks

Dear Heloise: I graduated from high school and received a LAPTOP COMPUTER as a present to take with me to college. I also was told something important that I think is worth sharing. More...