LACONIA — With the threat of the Export Import Bank being shut down by the end of the month if Congress does not pass a reauthorization measure, U.S. More...
LACONIA — Dropped incoming phone calls at Woodland Heights Elementary School will soon become a thing of the past, thanks to a phone system upgrade there and at Laconia High School that was approved this week by the Laconia School Board. More...
LACONIA — With the donation of a portable automated external defibrillator (AED), the city on Thursday helped make visitors to the Laconia Senior Center and the Laconia Alternative School safer in cases of certain lifethreatening cardiac condit More...
NEW HAMPTON — Citing continued growth in demand for wine and spirits, state officials are looking to open additional liquor stores throughout central New Hampshire, with the area around Interstate 93’s Exit 20 in Tilton being of particula More...
LACONIA — A story on the return of the Kelly Miller Circus which appeared in the May 3 edition of The Citizen stated that American Legion Post 1 had paid to have the damage to Memorial Field repaired last year. More...
I have lived in New Hampshire all my life. My father was severely mentally ill back in the 1940s to the 1980s. In the 1950s, conditions at the New Hampshire State Hospital were deplorable. More...
Editor, The Citizen: Congressman Frank Guinta was wrong on a number of things he recently told citizens and a reporter in Laconia, but one thing was particularly bad. More...
Editor, The Citizen: As Mother’s Day approaches, I wanted to thank the community for their support of the reward for information in the death of Bobbie Miller. More...
Editor, The Citizen: When the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee held a hearing on SB 361, I expressed concern because, as a strong opponent of Northern Pass, I thought enacting this bill would slow down the work necessary to keep this pr More...
PLYMOUTH — Professors Kathleen Arecchi, Kathleen Norris and Annie Hager are the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards from Plymouth State University. Each year, PSU presents three awards for excellence in teaching. More...
DEAR ABBY: I am a professional ornithologist (bird expert) with a substantial record of accomplishments — books, scientific papers, blog, website, consultant work, etc. More...
Ellsworth Huntington, who taught at Euphrates College in Turkey from 1897 to 1901 and was a professor of geography at Yale University, said, “A journey of 430 miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many da More...
BELMONT — Without providing details, the Belmont Police Department announced Thursday night that a therapy dog which had escaped from his home last weekend has been found and reunited with his family. More...
CONCORD — The NH Department of Health and Human Services has announced that more than 8,000 children currently covered under the New Hampshire Healthy Kids Gold and Silver programs will, as of July 1, be covered instead under the state Medicaid More...
CONCORD — Senate budget writers expressed skepticism Thursday that a proposed system to require welfare recipients and applicants to go through a new verification check will save New Hampshire money by detecting fraud. More...
NEW YORK — It has been a year of milestones for the families of those killed on Sept. 11, with the death of Osama Bin Laden followed by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. More...
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Military leaders are telling commanders to get their troops in line and refrain from misconduct such as urinating on enemy corpses, in a sharp response to the tasteless photos and other disturbing examples of bad behavior that have More...
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press
BEIRUT — Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an anti-government protest at Aleppo University Thursday, firing tear gas and bullets in an hourslong siege that killed at least four students and forced the closure of the state-run sch More...
WALTHAM, Mass. — When Rajon Rondo first saw his teammates again after Game 2 of their playoff series against Atlanta, he shook their hands and thanked them for pulling out a victory in his absence. More...
MOULTONBOROUGH — The Gilford girls tennis team has had its share of hurdles this season. There was the season opener, when illnesses and injuries forced the Eagles to all but forfeit a match with Profile. More...
Police responded to 180 calls for service on April 27- May 2. Police charged Troy A. Northcutt, 30, of 9 Chalet Dr., Gilford, with simple assault. More...
LACONIA — As the Melcher & Prescott Insurance Agency marks another significant milestone this year, the company’s chief operating officer, Shaun Farley, said it is not only Melcher & Prescott’s longevity but its continuity i More...
LACONIA — Henry Lipman, the executive vicepresident and chief financial officer at LRGHealthcare, has received recognition from New Hampshire Business Review as a financial executive of the year. More...
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