MANCHESTER (AP) — President Barack Obama is visiting New Hampshire next week. Obama is scheduled to be in Nashua on Thursday, to talk about the economy. Further details on his trip have not been announced. More...

Emergency number: 911 Monday, Feb. 20 12:34 a.m. Alexandria, Bristol: Fowler River Road, Alexandria, medical aid. 12:49 a.m. Laconia: New Salem Street, medical aid. 12:50 a.m. Meredith, Meredith EMS: Cattle Landing Road, fire alarm activation. More...

Police responded to 125 calls for service during the five-day period ending Wednesday. Brandy S. Tuttle, 23, of 23 Saltmarsh Pond Road, Gilford, was charged with simple assault. Joseph J. Harder, 27, of 436 Stage Road, Apt. More...

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's commercial fishing catch topped 276 million pounds in 2011, the largest harvest since 2004 and the first time lobstermen caught more than 100 million pounds of the state's signature seafood in a single year. More...

WASHINGTON — The healthier job market that’s lifted the economy in recent months shows no signs of slowing. Applications for unemployment aid are near a four-year low, raising expectations of further hiring gains. More...

WASHINGTON — Construction of single-family homes cooled off slightly in January after surging in the final month last year. But a rise in permits suggests builders are growing more confident that more buyers are ready to come off the sidelines. More...

One can scarcely pick up a newspaper or hear a TV news show these days without a mentioning of the rising price of gasoline. The current dire predictions are that it will reach into and then higher than the $4 range, stretching toward $5. More...

LACONIA — Citizen sports writer Joe Gendron ventured into the features department, 75 years ago, with a profile of Laconia Water Co. senior employee William W. Webster, excerpts from which follow. _____________ More...

GILFORD — An article appearing “in the warrant for the Gilford town meeting to see if the town will vote to divide the town and cut Lake Village off from Gilford,” was noted in The Laconia Democrat, 125 years ago this week. More...

LACONIA — A copy of an 1830s map had been given the Belknap County Registry of Deeds by Strafford County Registrar Leo Lessard, The Citizen reported, 10 years ago this week. More...

LACONIA — After a solidly sold-out run of “To Kill a Mockingbird” by its community theatre branch, the Winni Players, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse is now underway with preparatations for its ninth summer season and recently announced More...

PLYMOUTH — The Flying Monkey is ready to thunder with Southern Rockers Molly Hatchet, performing tonight. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. More...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a sophomore at a religious university that is well regarded in both secular and religious circles. I came here to become a doctor because the pre-med program has an outstanding acceptance rate to medical school. More...