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Early Mother’s Day

The perfect Mother’s Day gift
By VICTORIA GUAY
vguay@citizen.com
LACONIA — Mother’s Day came early for a Campton woman who gave birth to her second child on Tuesday. Angela and Shawn Torsey of Campton are the proud parents of Isabelle, born May 8 at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. More...

Grafton County elders face loss of services

By SARAH BRUBECK
Valley News

LEBANON — The Grafton County Senior Citizens Council plans to discontinue a program that currently helps more than 100 frail seniors still living at home with housekeeping, grocery shopping, and other services, saying it can no longer afford to More...

Special Sections

Local

Jury acquits woman on spanking charges

By BEA LEWIS
blewis@citizen.com

LACONIA — A Belknap County Superior Court jury has acquitted a Tilton woman of alternate counts of second-degree assault and misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly spanking a twoyear old, causing bruising to the child’s buttocks. More...

Presentation on history of Native Americans

MEREDITH — The Meredith Public Library will sponsor an appearance by Dr. David Stewart-Smith on Tuesday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. More...

Accident victim moved to DHMC

NEW HAMPTON — A Londonderry man with a Lakes Region connection who was injured in a Wednesday night motor vehicle accident on Route 104 has been transferred to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, according to police. More...

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Sports

T’wolves hand Campbell first loss

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
FROM STAFF REPORTS

ALTON — The Prospect Mountain baseball team has seen its ups and downs this season, but nothing so far has climbed higher than Friday’s game. More...

Wild ride

Winnisquam rallies in 7th for narrow win over Belmont
By RYAN O’LEARY
roleary@citizen.com

TILTON — The Winnisquam softball team wasn’t fretting a one-run deficit entering the bottom of the seventh inning Friday. Not in Division III softball — a sport as unpredictable as a game of Keno. More...

No rest for C’s, 76ers: Second round to start

NBA PLAYOFFS
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer

WALTHAM, Mass. — The Philadelphia 76ers danced in celebration after their first-round upset of the top-seeded Chicago Bulls. More...

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Police/Fire Logs

LAKES REGION FIRE LOG

Emergency Number: 911 More...

BELKNAP COUNTY INDICTMENTS

LACONIA — A Belknap County Superior Court grand jury returned indictments and misdemeanor charges against a number of Lakes Region residents. More...

BELKNAP COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

LACONIA — Judge James D. O’Neill III heard the following cases in Belknap County Superior Court: More...

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History

THEN . . .

. . AND NOW

IN THE TOP PHOTO, the Lakeside House at The Weirs is seen around 1900. Built by George Weeks in 1880 — with constant additions, by 1899 the hotel contained 75 rooms and, ultimately, 118. More...

125 YEARS AGO

Steam sawmill at Black Brook

LACONIA — L.P. and R. Lamprey had “recently leased of S.C. More...

75 YEARS AGO

Sioux Indians at ‘Aquadoctan Village’ in 1937

LACONIA — Chief Red Cloud and his wife Bear Woman, Ogalala Sioux Indians from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, were at Mrs. More...

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Business & Finance

Homeownership is lowest in 15 years

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Homeownership in the U.S. fell to its lowest rate in 15 years during the first quarter as more delinquent borrowers lost their homes to foreclosure, forcing many to rent. More...

10 housing markets set for double-digit price gains

By LES CHRISTLE
CNNMoney

NEW YORK — Ten hardhit housing markets will record double-digit price increases through 2013, according to a report Wednesday. More...

Questions for your next real estate agent

By BETH BRAVERMAN

Money After four years of sleepy sales during the traditionally busy spring and summer homebuying seasons, real estate experts are forecasting a pickup. More...

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Entertainment

Baking soda keeps washer fry

Dear Heloise: I wanted to share a hint for those of us who have FRONT-LOAD WASHING MACHINES. They tend to stay “moist” inside. More...

Snipping away at their tricks

Jeff Foxworthy, wellknown exponent of redneck humor, joked, “For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. More...

ASTROLOGY

Saturday, May 12, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jason Biggs, 34; Tony Hawk, 44; Emilio Estevez, 50; Ving Rhames, 53. More...

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Junior-Senior Prom a first at LHS

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

GILFORD — It was sweet music on Friday evening when the Laconia High School Class of 2013 held a “Grammy”-award-themed prom at Meadowbrook U.S Cellular Pavilion and — in a decision that made the event a certified gold-record s More...

Bottled water truck overturns

Driver trapped for 2 hours

MOULTONBOROUGH — The driver of a tractor-trailer unit that overturned near Castle in the Clouds after its brakes failed Friday afternoon was airlifted to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon with non-life-threatening injuries. More...

Woman robs BNH’s Conway branch

CONWAY (AP) — Police are looking for a woman who on Friday afternoon robbed a bank in Conway. Police say the Conway office of Bank of New Hampshire was robbed around 1:30 p.m. More...

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Region/State

AG says officer justified in shooting

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire’s Attorney General says a Keene police officer was justified in shooting a burglary suspect who was driving toward him at high speed. More...

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Nation/World

Court: Detroitarea pastor can't testify about teen's confession

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan appeals court says prosecutors can't use a pastor's testimony in a sexual assault case. More...

Kansas county commission won't reinstate Christian prayer

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Reno County Commission will end its long tradition of offering mostly Christian prayer before its meeting. Four witnesses asked the commission Tuesday to continue having ministers offering Christian prayer. More...

Coeur d'Alene Tribe in negotiations to buy acreage near northern Idaho mission

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is negotiating with a private landowner to buy property surrounding a historic mission site in northern Idaho. More...

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Columnists

Not a parent who likes to smack his kids

Is it still cool to hit kids? I’m never sure. Not that I’ve ever done it. And not that I have any big stance on or against it, either. More...

Honoring Mom

Mother's Day nine years ago was the first time it occurred to me that I no longer would have a daughter's privilege of giving my mother a card or gift or spending time with her on this day...or ever again. More...

Kelly

What Kelly did was very simple — but how she did it impressed the family immensely. More...

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Community

New Hampton students install third solar water heater

NEW HAMPTON — The scene outside Veazey Dorm at New Hampton School on Thursday, May 3 was equal parts industrious, educational, and celebratory. More...

Lakes Events

MAY 12 Walk MS at Opechee Park, 9 a.m. check-in, 10 a.m. walk. Spring Fair, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Community School, 1164 Bunker Hill Rd., S. Tamworth. Games, face painting, food, organic veggie seedlings, perennials, shrubs, trees. Info: 603-323- 7000. More...

The flavors of early spring

I love the flavors of spring. More...

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Churches/Religion

Attend Your Church This Weekend

Religion series MEREDITH — St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, will be hosting an inquiry session, for those who are seeking a path to know Jesus Christ as a member of the Catholic Church. More...

Mothers and memories

Mother’s Day moves most of us into long-range memory mode. Childhood events come to mind, racing then through the years with stops at pleasant places and learning times with our mothers. More...

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Senior Lifestyles

Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care

By MARK JEWELL
AP Personal Finance Writer

BOSTON — Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, according to an annual projection released Wednesday by Fidelity Investments. More...

Garden club prepares for June plant sale

BRISTOL — Melissa Trae- ber, owner of Renaissance Florals (http://renaissanceflorals.com/), opened the season for the Pasquaney Garden Club with a creative workshop on floral arranging and design. More...

Free estate and retirement planning workshop

LACONIA — Jennifer Brook, an estate planning and elder affairs attorney, and Cheryl Villani, president and retirement planning specialist with the LightPoint Retirement Planning Center in Laconia, are presenting a series of educational retireme More...

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