GILFORD — Area businessmen and -women gathered at the Laconia Eye & Laser Center on Wednesday for a Business After Hours event sponsored by the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. More...
PLYMOUTH — Eight area youths, all girls, have just returned from five days helping to rebuild a home in a part of Birmingham, Ala., leveled by last year’s tornadoes. More...
GILFORD — A shorter ski season at the Gunstock Mountain Resort resulted in fewer emergency responses from Gilford Fire- Rescue during the fivemonth period. More...
LACONIA — For being the best at what it does in the Granite State — preparing youngsters for a happy, healthy future — the New Hampshire Child Development Bureau recently nominated Lakes Region Child Care Services for a prestigious More...
In 2010, the Republicans came up with a clever story for their campaign. They claimed that four years of reckless spending by Democrats resulted in a 25 percent increase in state spending, and a huge deficit. Not one part of this story is true. More...
It’s been five weeks since the Obama administration granted Egypt its full, $1.3 billion in annual military aid despite its government’s failure to meet conditions set by Congress for advancing democracy. More...
Editor, The Citizen: In a 2006 National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI) rating of states’ mental health services, New Hampshire scored a “D”. Not an impressive showing for a state that prides itself as being No. More...
LACONIA — Don Quixote will be dreaming the impossible dream on The Winnipesaukee Playhouse's stage when The Winni Players, the Playhouse's award-winning community theatre arm, presents the beloved musical “Man of La Mancha” on May 4 More...
LACONIA — The Lakes Region Art Association will hold its up-coming meeting on May 21, at the Woodside Building Conference Center at the Taylor Community, 435 Union Avenue, Laconia. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. More...
LACONIA — With a unanimous vote in favor and wishes for its success, the Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday granted the request of the Laconia Main Street program to sponsor the return of the Kelly Miller Circus this summer to Memoria More...
CLAREMONT — Providing opportunity was at the core of her message as U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) ended a daylong tour of the state’s western border with a community forum at River Valley Community College in Claremont Wednesday night. More...
CONCORD — Citing a spate of violence that included the shooting death of a police chief, the New Hampshire Senate killed a bill Wednesday that would make permits optional to carry concealed, loaded guns anyplace where gun possession is legal. More...
By BERNIE WILSON and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Junior Seau, a homegrown superstar who was the fistpumping, emotional leader of the San Diego Chargers for 13 years, was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. More...
MEREDITH — There was a sense of relief for the Winnisquam baseball team last Friday. With a 5-2 win at Mascoma came the end of a six-game skid, a chance to start fresh entering the second half of the season. More...
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks are running out of players. The team learned Wednesday that forward Josh Smith has a strained tendon in his left knee, perhaps costing the Hawks another key player for their playoff series against the Boston Celtics. More...
During the week of April 9, the Plymouth Police Prosecutor’s Office handled 16 arraignments and 19 pleas in the 2nd Circuit Court, Plymouth District Division, as follows: Colby Collier, 18, of Ridgefield, Conn., received an administrative findi More...
Aziz Ansari, an actor, stand-up comedian and writer, said, “When I tour, it’s like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all the weird places, the obscure barbecue joints and burger places. More...
