PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island National Guard sergeant who was killed in Afghanistan while saving an Afghan boy was remembered Monday for having the “courage of a warrior” and the “heart of a father.” More...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Lawmakers failed to muster enough votes Monday to revive a bill intended to address mortgage foreclosures in Maine — a measure that Democrats said would protect consumers from losing their homes to large mortgage companie More...

BOSTON — Former state treasurer Timothy Cahill was indicted Monday on public corruption charges related to advertisements promoting the state lottery that ran during his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010, according to a person familiar More...

MEREDITH — Mason Peverly remembers last year’s season opener. He was a freshman making his first varsity start. He was No. 6 on the Inter-Lakes ladder. Mostly, he remembers losing his singles match and being pretty angry about it. More...

DENVER — All season long, Baylor has been the best team led by the best player in the country. And that just makes the stakes in Tuesday night’s NCAA championship a little higher. More...

NORTHWOOD — The Laconia girls tennis team came up short in its season opener, falling 8-1 to Coe Brown in a Division II matchup Monday. Laconia’s lone win came in the No. More...

Editor, The Citizen: The details surrounding his death show just how little confidence Americans have in government. Mr. Martin was shot by a member of a neighborhood watch in a gated community. More...

Editor, The Citizen: I would like to thank everyone who helped the Gilford High School’s FIRST Robotics Team make our Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser a success. More...

Editor, The Citizen: I would like to say “thank you” to the many community businesses in town who have generously supported the Interlakes Summer Theatre as sponsors and advertisers as we approach our 5th Anniversary Season! More...

CERT COORDINATOR Kathleen Merriam, left, CERT Communications and Dispatch Deputy Jim White, fourth from left, and Outreach Deputy Nancy Fuchs, right, recognize local graduates of the eight-week disas More...

LACONIA — The Gale Memorial Library on Main Street will be sponsoring a day-long workshop on Long- Distance Hiking on Saturday, April 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More...

MEREDITH — The Friends of the Meredith Library has scheduled its first Game Night at the Meredith Public Library on Thursday, April 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. More...

Agnes Martin was a Canadian born American painter who considered herself an abstract expressionist. She said, “Any material may be used, but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork. More...

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Cobie Smulders, 30; Jennie Garth, 40; Eddie Murphy, 51; Alec Baldwin, 54. More...

Dear Heloise: I LIKE TO WALK, and I always put my driver’s license in my pocket when walking in case something should happen to me. Yesterday, a lady walking in our neighborhood collapsed and passed out, and no one knew who she was. More...