April 24, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Council targets crime

LACONIA — The Laconia City Council on Monday told Police Chief Chris Adams that it is tired of hearing La- conia compared to Manchester in terms of property, violent, and drug crimes per capita and directed him to come up with a long-term plan More...

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Finishing touches put on Old Man of the Mountain Profile Plaza

FRANCONIA — With the cooperation of the NH Division of Parks, the Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund will complete the Profile Plaza in Franconia Notch this summer. More...

Officer completing police academy receives two awards

BELMONT — A local police officer graduating from the NH Police Standards and Training Academy in Concord received two awards for his efforts. More...

Police catch alleged thief ‘red-handed’

GILFORD — Through the use of two K9 units, local and state police were able to track and arrest an Ashland man on charges of trespassing and stealing appliance parts from a town’s recycling center. More...

Opinion

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GUEST EDITORIAL

Nuclear haste

Can the world fight global warming without nuclear power? One major industrialized country — Germany — is determined to find out, and another — Japan — is debating whether to try. Both illustrate how hard it would be. More...

Pardon my zeitgeist — or going to the dogs

NEW YORK — I think it is fair to say that the shark has been permanently displaced by the dog. More...

Police/Fire Logs

LACONIA DISTRICT COURT

Judge James M. Carroll IV heard the following cases in the 4th Circuit Court, District Division Laconia: More...

BELKNAP COUNTY INDICTMENTS

LACONIA — A Belknap County grand jury returned 80 indictments or misdemeanor charges when it met in March. More...

NH STATE POLICE LOG

The New Hampshire State Police Troop E in Tamworth made the following arrests and responded to the following accidents between March 25 and March 28. More...

Business & Finance

Annual report wins national recognition

PLYMOUTH — Speare Memorial Hospital has received a merit award for its 2011 annual report, “More than you expect.” The announcement came from the 29th annual Healthcare Advertising Awards sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report, th More...

New real estate office opens in Meredith

MEREDITH — Lakes Region Luxury Real Estate, LLC, has opened an office at 3 Main St., targeting high-end luxury real estate in the greater Lakes Region. More...

MVSB marks Teach Children to Save Day

MEREDITH — April is Community Banking Month and, in an effort to further demonstrate the vital role that community banks serve throughout America, Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) has joined forces with the American Bankers’ Associati More...

Nothing but lack of skilled workers holds them back

Plant tour

FRANKLIN — Governor John Lynch toured the Vitex Extrusion facility in Franklin on Monday afternoon with other members from the private and public sector to get a glimpse of some of the company’s most recent successes and learn what is nee More...

Council makes offer on prison property

LACONIA — By a 5-1 vote, the Laconia City Council on Monday agreed to offer the State of New Hampshire $2.16 million — or about one-fifth of the state’s asking price — for the 200-plus acre North Main Street parcel that until More...

Social Security heading for insolvency even faster

WASHINGTON — Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians’ reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program. More...

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Nation/World

EU imposes new sanctions on Syria

LUXEMBOURG — The European Union on Monday banned the sale of luxury goods and products to Syria that can have military as well as civilian uses as the U.N. More...

US-Afghan security pact sends warning to al-Qaida

KABUL, Afghanistan — A new strategic partnership that commits the U.S. to defend Afghanistan militarily for 10 years after most foreign forces leave in 2014 is intended to signal that the U.S. More...

ECB officials resist nudge from IMF

FRANKFURT, Germany — Officials from the European Central Bank are pushing back against calls from the United States and the International Monetary Fund to offer more support to the struggling economies of the 17 countries that use the euro and More...

Sports

Howe selected to Green Racing Project team

GILFORD

GILFORD — Former Gilford High School and Gunstock Nordic ski star Alex Howe has been chosen to participate in the 2012 Green Racing Project (GRP), the Craftsbury Outdoor Center announced this month in a press release. More...

Surprise, surprise

Boston preps for another Game 7

BOSTON (AP) — Game 7s just happen to the Bruins in the Claude Julien era. Whether they lead early, or trail late, most of the time over the past five seasons, Boston ends up playing a Game 7 to decide its playoff fate. More...

Warm April is quite the catch

With temperatures expected to feel more like a midsummer day rather than April I wasn't surprised when Mike called to see if I was interested in joining him for a few hours of pickerel fishing on my favorite warm water pond. More...

Letters

Unkindest cut

Editor, The Citizen: As we near Shakespeare’s birthday (April 26th), I’m looking at this quote and online interpretation: More...

SB 406 will help everyone

Editor, The Citizen: I am a physician, and I support Senate Bill 406. The bill offers a way for New Hampshire to improve the way medical injury claims are resolved. This kind of quality improvement will benefit both patients and physicians. More...

Community

History comes alive for fourth graders at Historic Belknap Mill

LACONIA — For the staff, volunteers, board of trustee members and Belknap Mill members it's the best time of the year. More...

Happy birthday Einstein

SUNDAYWAS Einstein's 2nd birthday! He woke up to discover Lilly the boxer dog waiting to surprise him in the living room of their New Hampshire home. More...

Sanbornton Historical Society, Doric Centre Lodge pitch in for wheelchair ramp

SANBORNTON — On Saturday, April 21, members of the Sanbornton Historical Society and the Doric Centre Lodge #20 F&AM joined together to construct a wheelchair ramp at the SHS’ historic Lane Tavern in Sanbornton. More...

Entertainment

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Two changes are better than one

Confucius said, “If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.” More...

ASTROLOGY

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kelly Clarkson, 30; Derek Luke, 38; Barbra Streisand, 70; Shirley MacLaine, 78. More...