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Temporary outage of Visa card network

WASHINGTON — A technical problem affecting the Visa network barred some people around the United States from using their credit and debit cards for about 45 minutes on Sunday, the company said. More...

Relief as fire- hit cruise ship safe in Malaysia

SANDAKAN, Malaysia — Passengers of a fire-damaged luxury cruise ship lauded the captain and crew Monday for maintaining order and bringing them safely ashore in Malaysia after 24 hours adrift in Philippine waters. More...

Special Sections

Local

Annual variety show a crowd-pleaser

MEREDITH — For another year, the stars were shining indoors at the 14th annual Inter-Lakes Friends Assisting Music Education (or FAME) Variety Show, which, true to its name, was filled on Saturday evening with something for everyone and then so More...

Early risers

MORNING fog burns off as fisherman try their luck on the opening day of the Salmon fishing season in Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee on Sunday. More...

Laconia man shot, injured in Lawrence

LAWRENCE, Mass. More...

Sports

Softball swept by Eastern Conn.

PLYMOUTH STATE

MANSFIELD, Conn. More...

Kansas, Kentucky to meet in power-program final

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW ORLEANS — Jayhawks or Wildcats, take your pick. Either can make a case for this being “their” year. More...

Boston tackles Rangers

BRUINS

NEW YORK — Dennis Seidenberg and Patrice Bergeron scored second-period goals, and Tim Thomas made 33 saves for the Boston Bruins, who clinched the Northeast Division title with a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night. More...

Letters

Fed up

Editor, The Citizen: As a retired American and former union laborer, I am outraged to see that both Frank Guinta and Charlie Bass voted for the 2013 budget plan written by Rep. More...

Voting against her town

Editor, The Citizen: What is it that I’m missing? More...

NHPHA celebrates Affordable Care Act

Editor, The Citizen: The New Hampshire Public Health Association celebrates the Affordable Care Act, particularly the central role of prevention in the Act. More...

Police/Fire Logs

BELKNAP SUPERIOR COURT LOG

Judge James J. Barry recently heard the following cases in Belknap County Superior Court: Jacob S. LaBonte, 23, of 43 Upland Drive, Laconia, was sentenced to 12 months in jail. Judge James J. More...

ALTON POLICE LOG

Police responded to 158 calls for service between March 18 and March 24. One male subject was charged with violation of protective orders. One male subject was charged with operating without a valid license. More...

PLYMOUTH COURT LOG

During the week of March 12, the Plymouth Police Prosecutor’s Office handled 20 arraignments and 18 pleas in the Plymouth District Court as follows: Brandon Boisvert, 19, of Hooksett, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of alcohol, fined $300 More...

Entertainment

The monarch’s role is short-lived

Ambrose Bierce, in “The Devil’s Dictionary,” defines “anoint” as: “To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.” In chess, a king needs to be slippery, evading mating nets. More...

Glue gives instant stains

Dear Heloise: I was working with INSTANT GLUE and got some on my clothes and hands. I eventually was able to peel the glue off my hands. But it seems impossible to remove the stains from my clothing. More...

ASTROLOGY

Monday, April 2, 2012 Celebrities born on this day: Michael Fassbender, 35; Christopher Meloni, 51; Emmylou Harris, 65; Linda Hunt, 67. More...

A nice day for a dip

LEADING WAVE C off the dock is Chief Doug Moorhead from the NorthWoodstock Police Department doing a belly flop, during Sunday’s Winni Dip in Laconia to benefit Special Olympics of New Hampshir More...

Thousands gather at Miami rally for Trayvon

MIAMI — Political leaders, sport stars and entertainers were among several thousand people who gathered Sunday at a Miami rally to call for an arrest in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer. More...

Area law enforcement officers, others take a dip to benefit Special Olympics

LACONIA — Led by New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney — and joined by Belknap County Attorney Melissa Countway Gulbrandsen, several local police chiefs as well as law-enforcement officers and supporters from near and far — More...

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Region/State

Pole postion: Fishing season opens in NH, Maine

CONCORD (AP) — Anglers were out Sunday as fishing season got under way under sunny skies in New Hampshire and Maine, but questions lingered about the impact of the unusually warm winter on the fishery. More...

NH Senate to consider right-to-work

CONCORD (AP) — Rightto work will be one of the first bills from the House that the Senate considers this session. More...

UNH to oversee 5-year ecosystem, land use project

CONCORD — A new research project aimed at helping New Hampshire protect its quality of life will rely on everything from a state-of-the-art aircraft imaging system to students measuring snow on the ground. More...

Nation/World

Nomination fight could end in Wis.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin voters are just warming up. More...

Eye in the sky

Drones coming to a sky near you

BERKELEY, Calif. — Sharpeyed dog walkers along the San Francisco Bay waterfront may have spotted a strange-looking plane zipping overhead recently that that looked strikingly like the U.S. stealth drone captured by Iran in December. More...

Judge says campaign donors can’t be shielded

WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission overstepped its bounds in allowing groups that fund certain election ads to keep their financiers anonymous, a federal judge has ruled. More...

Opinion

Making Laconia an outstanding destination

When we run for the city council we tell the public what we will do to improve the lives of the people living here and how we want to create or increase revenues for the city and create jobs which in turn will mean lower taxes and money available for More...

GUEST EDITORIAL

A cruel budget

In February, after embarrassing himself by saying he was “not concerned about the very poor,” Mitt Romney explained that the government’s safety net would take care of them, and he promised to repair any holes in the net. More...

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Columnists

‘I’m free, free falling ...’

I thought landing on German soil for the first time after a six-hour flight was an incredible feeling ... until I decided to jump out of one 14,000 feet in the air the next day. Yes, that’s right, skydiving. More...

Ayn Rand will have her revenge

Thanks for staying with us. You’re tuned into CTZN, the Lakes Region’s principal egress for homicidal paroxysms. I’m Dack Rouleau, providing equanimity one day a week. More...

Community

Cathie LeBlanc receives PSU’s Theo Kalikow Award

PLYMOUTH — Four women were recognized March 29 at the annual PSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women Awards Recognition ceremony. More...

WOWTrail launches trail use assessment program April 17

LACONIA — The WOW Trail Organization is excited to announce our spring 2012 Trail User Count Program. In an effort to collect data of usage on the WOW Trail in Laconia, we are coordinating a volunteer effort to manually record trail users. More...

Have breakfast with the Easter Bunny on April 7

GILFORD — The Gilford Parks and Recreation and the Gilford Youth Center are co-sponsoring the 3rd Annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny on the morning of Saturday, April 7. This program will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. in the Fellowship More...