April 17, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Hot weather, dry conditions prevail

This month as been the driest April on record, with summer-like temperatures returning and Monday’s pushing the mercury in the thermometer over the record high for the day. More...

Selectmen postpone proposed solid waste amendment

BELMONT — Selectmen have decided to postpone their vote on amending the town’s solid waste ordinance after a number of multi-unit property owners who are not in compliance with the ordinance spoke out against proposed changes. More...

Special Sections

Local

Selectmen want town-specific cable content

BELMONT — The Town of Belmont will be sending a letter to media provider MetroCast Cablevision saying the three available public, education, and governmental access channels should be reconfigured to allow Belmont residents to view only Belmont More...

Injured hiker carried off trail

LINCOLN — Conservation officers from the NH Fish and Game Department, with assistance from members of the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team and LinWood Ambulance rescued a Massachusetts woman who was injured while hiking on the Basin C More...

Osprey nest

AN OSPREY brings a stick to its nest atop a utility pole in Laconia, along Route 106. More...

Sports

Bruins win Game 3

NHL PLAYOFFS

WASHINGTON — Zdeno Chara scored the tiebreaking goal during 4-on-4 play with less than 2 minutes left, and the reigning Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins finally solved playoff rookie goalie Braden Holtby, beating the Washington Capitals 4-3 M More...

Newfound drops Inter-Lakes

D-III BASEBALL

MEREDITH — The Newfound baseball team needed just three games to match its win total from all of last season. Now, these young and emerging Bears are wondering just how much this season can bring. More...

Sachems get first victory

H.S. ROUNDUP

BELMONT — Junior Sam Batchelder fired five stellar innings and the Laconia softball team got new coach Jessica Peterson her first varsity win, riding a big fifth inning to a 4-0 win at Division III neighbor Belmont Monday. More...

Letters

Support Guinta’s efforts

Editor, The Citizen: Under President Obama our country lacks a coherent energy policy and the average American is suffering due to the financial burden of high fuel prices. More...

Didn’t you see my signal?

Editor, The Citizen: As the President of the HNHfoundation, I work every day to help promote healthier communities by making them safe for pedestrians and bicyclists. More...

Thanks for the help

Editor, The Citizen: The Main Street Initiative of Laconia, Inc. would like to thank Sgt. William R. Enos and Sgt. More...

Business & Finance

LSB offers local students unique financial education

LACONIA — Laconia Savings Bank is offering area students a unique financial education through the Teach Children to Save program. More...

Spend school vacation week in the Lakes Region

Parents who get a little anxious about school vacation weeks can put their nerves at ease by planning to stay busy in the Lakes Region: It is effortless, according to the Lakes Region Tourism Association. More...

NHEC announces 8.7% rate decrease

PLYMOUTH — Members of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) will be paying less for electricity next month. Effective May 1, typical residential members using 500 kWh per month will see an overall bill decrease of 8.7 percent. More...

Entertainment

Bid scientifically but revealingly

FROM UNIVERSAL Bidding is a two-edged sword if you do not become the declaring side. You might have helped partner to find the killing lead, but you might have told the declarer how to make his contract. More...

ASTROLOGY

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Rooney Mara, 27; Victoria Beckham, 38; Jennifer Garner, 40; Sean Bean, 53. More...

A battery of tests

Dear Heloise: Many people check their SMOKE-DETECTOR BATTERIES when switching to and from daylight saving time. It’s also a good time to check the backup battery in your bedroom alarm clock or clock radio. More...

Breaking News - 4/17/2012 11:51 PM

Family displaced by fire in Belmont  Free Access 

BELMONT — Authorities are still investigating the cause of a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a four-unit, bank-owned apartment building late Tuesday night. More...

Scam warning: Fundraising for Chief Malony

The Association Executive Director for the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police has received several calls from residents throughout the State about telemarketing calls they are getting from a person who represents himself as calling for More...

Remembering the Titanic

A personal perspective on Titanic tragedy

LACONIA — When the “unsinkable” Titanic sank on its maiden voyage 100 years ago Sunday, the event touched many lives, including, locally, that of Warren Clement who lost several family members — an experience he spoke about Mo More...

‘Baby Giovanni’ loses his battle for life

BELMONT — In a tremendous shock to his family and many supporters, “Baby Giovanni” Guglielmo has lost his lifelong battle with a rare immune system disorder. More...

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Region/State

Fatal shootings in 3 small towns alarm state

CONCORD — An apparent murder suicide. A beloved police chief gunned down by a man who later turned the gun on his on-again-offagain girlfriend and himself. A man shot dead on a dirt road. More...

US Rep. trying to stop student loan interest hike

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. More...

Nation/World

GOP derails Senate ’Buffett rule’

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett rule” bill Monday forcing the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans’ taxes are due to defy More...

Dempsey: Military embarrassed by Colombia prostitute scandal

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. military officer said Monday the nation’s military leadership is embarrassed by allegations of misconduct against at least 10 U.S. More...

Panetta regrets expense of weekend trips home

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday he regrets the cost to taxpayers for his weekend trips to his California home, but says it’s important “just to get your mind straight and your perspective straight.” Pan More...

Citizen Sports Blog  Free Access 

Newfound's packing some offensive punch  Free Access 

It's a safe bet that if the Newfound baseball team accomplishes its goals this season — that is, taking a run at the Division III tournament — the linchpin of its success will be its pitching. More...

Opinion

The Ryan plan is the place to start

Please check the attribution of The Citizen’s April 13, 2012, editorial, entitled, “A budget to widen nation‘s income gap.” If it really came from the Concord Monitor, please check to see if they have replaced their editorial More...

GUEST EDITORIAL

Time for real postal reform is right now

For anyone who still does not quite grasp the technologically obsolescent U.S. Postal Service’s calamitous financial situation, here are a few facts from Thursday’s Government Accountability Office report. More...

Political Cartoon

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Community

New Hampton Garden Club celebrates 80 years

NEW HAMPTON — The April meeting of the garden club was held at the Gordon Nash Library in New Hampton. This was the first meeting of the season and a pot luck brunch was held to welcome back members. More...

Author J.P. Kelly to speak at Pease Public Library in Plymouth April 26

PLYMOUTH — James Patrick Kelly, award winning author, will present his “View of a Changing World” on April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of Pease Public Library. More...

Hanaway joins New Hampshire Music Festival board

PLYMOUTH — Like the relationship between the New Hampshire Music Festival (NHMF) and Plymouth State, Dick Hanaway has been in the Plymouth area some 40 years. More...