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Lewd behavior leads to arrest of Belmont man

BELMONT — Following a report Friday afternoon of suspicious activity at the town beach, authorities arrested a local man on charges of lewd behavior. More...

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Local

Energy-saving donation

DAVE LAFOND, left, yardman at Amerigas of Laconia, gets a handshake from Steven Durand master of the Wicwas Lake Grange as he takes delivery of a new Rinnai Energysaver propane heater. More...

Sports

SPEEDY RISE

D'Amour made swift transition to leader

BELMONT — To this day, three weeks later, Jeremy D’Amour still feels some numbness in his right wrist. More...

UNC survives Ohio without Marshall

NCAA TOURNAMENT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Awful all night, Harrison Barnes came through when North Carolina needed him most. More...

Boston thrashed by Sixers

CELTICS

PHILADELPHIA — Elton Brand scored 20 points, and Spencer Hawes had 12 points and 10 rebounds to help the Philadelphia 76ers remain in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 99-86 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night. More...

Police/Fire Logs

PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COURT LOG

PLYMOUTH — During the seven week period ending March 5, the Plymouth Police Prosecutor's Office handled 18 arraignments and 30 pleas in the Plymouth District Court as follows. More...

LAKES REGION FIRE LOG

Emergency 911 for Thursday, March 22 12:56 a.m. New Hampton: Pinnacle Hill Road, outside fire. 4:58 a.m. Tilton-Northfield: Fox Hill Circle, Tilton, medical aid. 6:19 a.m. Sandwich, Meredith EMS: Whiteface Road, Sandwich, medical aid. 6:21 a.m. More...

ALTON POLICE LOG

ALTON — Police responded to 122 calls for service between March 4 and March 10. One male subject was charged with driving/operating under influence of alcohol. More...

History

Laconia delegation sees new Cunard liner, named for city, in Boston in 1912

LACONIA — Through “the courtesy of the Boston officers of the Cunard Steamship Co., a delegation of Laconia citizens were guests on board the new steamship of the company, ‘Laconia,’ at the Cunard dock in East Boston,” M More...

125 YEARS AGO

Gilbert early city undertaker

LACONIA — Jonathan B. More...

75 YEARS AGO

Seek federal building for city

LACONIA — Members of the supervisor’s force were obliged to go to Littleton, March 23, “for a meeting since there was no room in the local headquarters of the White Mountain National Forest large enough to accommodate the group summ More...

Lakes Health

Choosing the right, ethical home care agency

LACONIA — Recently the national news has reported several cases of extreme Medicare fraud in the state of Texas. In one case, a single physician is accused of bilking Medicare for some $350 million. More...

Healthcare Needs Assessment results available

LACONIA — LRGHealthcare recently completed a Healthcare Needs Assessment. The process included hosting, Key Informant Focus Groups, as well as offering a public survey. More...

What’s gotten into us?

Miracles happen to people. We call them miracles because they can't be replicated on someone else. That's what happened to McKay Jenkins, an English professor at the University of Delaware and he wrote a book about it entitled, What's gotten into us? More...

Misc

Plants travel well this time of year

People often stare in disbelief when I suggest buying a plant from a nursery thousands of miles away. Surely no plant could survive such a journey! Not so. This time of year, trucks and airplane holds are filled with plants on the move. More...

Shepard sentenced 7-14 years for role in burglary spree

LACONIA — The defense attorney represented a man convicted for his role in a regional burglary spree told a judge on Friday the legal system had failed her client. More...

Jim Yong Kim: Obama’s pick for World Bank

WASHINGTON — Passing over betterknown candidates, President Barack Obama on Friday nominated global health expert and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. More...

Dry land, gusty winds add to fire danger

LACONIA — The lack of snow this winter has made for a very dry, early spring which, combined with unseasonably warm temperatures and occasionally gusty winds on Friday prompted the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine to issue a red flag wil More...

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Nation/World

Science, care preserve DC’s cherry trees

WASHINGTON — The pink and white cherry blossoms that color the nation's capital and draw a million visitors each spring began with trees that have survived for a century. More...

Some states saw spike in foreclosures in February

LOS ANGELES — Foreclosure activity surged last month across about half of the nation’s states, as banks tackled a backlog of homes with mortgages that had gone unpaid yet remained in limbo due to delays stemming from foreclosureabuse clai More...

Columnists

Disappearing relic

Recently I had the opportunity, if one can call it that, to become reacquainted with a convenience called a public pay phone. Many of us may not notice they are becoming rarer on the local scene, down dramatically in numbers from decades past. More...

Outdoor work in early spring

Despite a spate of warm weather, it’s still early spring. In my world maple sap is running, a little snow is still in the woods and foolish (early bird) robins are losing weight while waiting for the earthworms to surface. More...

Community

Attend Your Church This Weekend

Service FRANKLIN — On Sunday at 10 a.m. Joesph Schmidl will present “Justice is the Human Right of Water.” The church is located at 206 Central St., Franklin. For more information, call 934-2141. Service More...

Annual tally finds drop in 2010 donation to churches

NEW YORK — An annual report on North American congregations found that total donations to the churches declined by $1.2 billion in 2010, the second consecutive year denominations reported a drop in giving. More...

ENGAGEMENT

Reed-Moore

Christina Anne Reed of Boscawen and Samuel Ross Moore of Loudon have announced their engagements. She is the daughter of Ron and Kathy Reed of Boscawen. He is the son of Larry and Melissa Moore of Loudon. More...

Business & Finance

Builders making a bet on a brighter US housing market

WASHINGTON — U.S. builders are betting that the housing market is finally on the path back to health. They requested 5 percent more permits in February to build single-family homes and apartments in the coming months. More...

Top selling agents

MAXFIELD REAL Estate is proud to recognize this year’s top unit sales agents. More...

Spring’s hot color for homes? Tangerine Tango

Bold, dramatic and invigorating, Tangerine Tango is dancing its way into home decor trends in 2012 with a punch of reddish orange panache. More...

Entertainment

Christmas competition’s best entrants

There was a smaller number of entries than usual this year, although it was again multinational, with submissions from Canada, India, Israel and the United States. Perhaps the single-dummy (declarer play) problem was too hard. More...

Time to clean the glasses!

Dear Heloise: A wonderful assistant at my eye doctor’s office gave me a small bottle of lens cleaner and an eyeglasscleaning cloth. More...

ASTROLOGY

Saturday, March 24, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Peyton Manning, 36; Alyson Hannigan, 38; Jim Parsons, 39; Louie Anderson, 59. More...