April 21, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Gas prices start falling

NEW YORK — The worst appears to be over. Gasoline prices are going down. More...

Do antibiotics in animals hurt humans?

WASHINGTON — The bacon you had for breakfast is at the center of a 35-year debate over antibiotics. More...

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Local

MIRROR IMAGE

Pastor Mike Koepfer of the Lakes Region Youth and Family Foundation, a new resident of Tilton, held a yard sale on Union Avenue in Laconia on Friday across from Belknap Tire. More...

Laconia observes Arbor Day Friday

LACONIA — A mayoral proclamation, poems, and the planting of a ginko tree at Leavitt Park by Elm Street School fourth graders marked the city’s observance of Arbor Day 2012. More...

Hearing on alleged liquor violations postponed to May

GILFORD — The N.H. Liquor Commission has postponed a hearing scheduled to take place last Thursday to discuss a number of alleged violations filed against the former Mardi Gras North, the Gilford night club raided last year. More...

Columnists

Starting flowers by seed: Now is a good time

Imagine this: you walk into your house and everywhere you turn there are vases full of gorgeous, colorful flowers. More...

When to say no

There are phone calls and there are phone calls. Most of them are routine and benign, those from friends or relatives are downright pleasurable. More...

Community

Hall of Fame inductee

JULIE KRISAK, Inter-Lakes Elementary School music teacher, was inducted into the NH Music Educators’ Hall of Fame on Friday, April 13. More...

Supporting their champ

ON FRIDAY, April 14 the Lakes Region Vale Tudo (LRVT) fight team traveled to Mansfield, Mass. More...

Melissa Fortin earns award in Wells College’s Entrepreneurship Week

AURORA , NY — Wells College has announced the winners of this year's Entrepreneurship Week student contest. The judges awarded a total of $4,500 in prize money to first- and second-place teams in two categories. More...

Business & Finance

Free Scoop Day April 28 at Bristol’s Mill Fudge Factory

BRISTOL — Enjoy a free scoop of ice cream made from scratch by The Mill Fudge Factory and Ice Cream Cafe in Bristol Square on Saturday, April 28 from noon until 9 p. m. More...

Ricker Miller named Century 21 Top Agent

MOULTONBOROUGH — Ricker Miller, realtor, broker and associate with Lakes Region Realty was recognized in a March convention for being the top selling Century 21 Agent in Central New England. More...

US homebuilder outlook dips below 4-year high

WASHINGTON — The outlook among U.S. homebuilders dimmed in April after six months of rising or steady confidence. The decline suggests the housing market remains weak despite modest gains. More...

Lakes Health

Ashland, Laconia receive HEAL NH grant

CONCORD — Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) NH, one of New Hampshire’s leading organizations supporting healthy community initiatives, announced that it will provide funding, training and other resources to four New Hampshire cities and More...

‘Partnership for Better Care’ formed by Huggins, Central NH VNA & Hospice

WOLFEBORO — “Despite best efforts, there are still people who don’t get the help they need,” says Bette Coffey, branch director for Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice. More...

Autism Center Walk-a-thon set for May 19

LACONIA — Get your friends together to take a brisk walk for a great cause! The 2nd annual Autism Center Walk-a-thon will be held on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the WOW Trail in Lakeport. More...

Many hands make light work

EVERY HAND in Barbara Fisher and Amanda Youssef’s fourth grade classes at Elm Street School touched the soil on Friday afternoon in planting a ginko tree at Leavitt Park as part of the City of Laconia’s observance of Arbor Day. More...

Laconia police commission approves benefit contract

LACONIA — At a brief but consequential meeting Friday, the Laconia Police Commission approved a oneyear benefit package for nonunionized employees which is the same as that being offered to unionized workers by the City of Laconia. More...

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Nation/World

Missouri House endorses more abortion restrictions

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Physicians prescribing abortion-inducing drugs could face greater requirements than those performing surgical abortions under legislation that won preliminary approval Tuesday in the state House. More...

Fire at Vegas-area mosque site ruled human-caused

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a two-alarm blaze that destroyed a mosque under construction in Las Vegas in February was caused by human action, but they don't know whether the fire was set intentionally. More...

US home-buying season finally signaling a recovery

AP Real Estate Writers WASHINGTON — Five years after the U.S. housing bust sent sales and prices plunging, the spring homebuying season is pointing to a long-awaited recovery. More...

Sports

FENWAY PARK TURNS 100

Red Sox legends attend Fenway for 100th b-day

BOSTON — More than 200 former Red Sox players and coaches returned to the major league’s oldest ballpark Friday to help the team celebrate Fenway Park’s 100th birthday. More...

Despite celebration, Sox fall to Yanks

BOSTON — There was no number 13 on the back of the grey throwback jersey to identify who was wearing it. There was no mistaking the swing. The home run swing of Alex Rodriguez. More...

Franklin, Bird earn first win

H.S. ROUNDUP

FRANKLIN — The Franklin softball team picked up its first win of the season Friday, getting a solid start from sophomore pitcher Kelsey Bird in a 6-2 win over Prospect Mountain at Odell Park. More...

History

THEN . . .

. . . AND NOW

IN THE TOP PHOTO (courtesy of Claire T. Clark), the Tekwood Inc. plant at Black Brook, Lakeport, is seen in April, 1964. More...

Our yesterdays

125 YEARS AGO (1887) from The Laconia Democrat More...

Ladies’ Bicycle Club enjoys a spin

MEMBERS OF THE LACONIA LADIES’ BICYCLE CLUB head west through Depot (now Veterans) Square in the early 1900s. Tracks of the Laconia Street Railway appear at right. More...

Churches/Religion

Attend Your Church This Weekend

Rummage sale LAKEPORT — United Baptist Church, Park St., Lakeport will be having an Indoor Rummage, Odds & Ends Sale on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. At noon time you can buy a bagfull for $1. More...

Humility: The highway to the top

An e-mail arrived with a lesson I’ll not soon forget. This missive from a respected minister and friend told of a personal inventory of his motives in life and described a change of heart that would be good for us all. More...

The procession has got to go on

Hans Christian Andersen first told the now-familiar story of an Emperor who spent all of his kingdom’s disposable wealth on being well-dressed. More...

Senior Lifestyles

Things to think about when considering assisted living

MEREDITH — When the time came for Ellen to move her 90-year-old mother into assisted living, she was full of self-doubt. “I didn’t know if it was the right time, or if this was something my mother really needed. More...

Rehabilitate in style

PICTURED HERE is one of 16 private rooms at Golden View Health Care's rehabilitative care facility, the Retreat, for care following surgery, illness or injury, which opened in August. More...

Entertainment

‘Hay Fever’ closes on The Village Players stage tonight

WOLFEBORO — A sumptuous production of Noël Coward's “Hay Fever” closes this weekend at The Village Players Theater in Wolfeboro. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. More...

Kashmir to rock Plymouth tonight

PLYMOUTH — The Flying Monkey will play host to Kashmir: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Show tonight. More...

Burlesque added at Pitman’s Freight Room

LACONIA — Pitman’s Freight Room, home of the popular NH Jazz Center series on Monday and Thursday evenings, is expanding its entertainment repertoire into another roots art form: Burlesque. More...