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Killer sentenced in Maine woman’s death Free Access

A taste of justice

By BEA LEWIS
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OSSIPEE — A Carroll County man sentenced to a minimum of 42.5 years in prison for killing a Maine mother last spring told the court, “I’m truly sorry for what I’ve done. I stand here a broken-hearted and sorry man. More...

Fire damage assessment awaits for nuclear sub

By DAVID SHARP
Associated Press

KITTERY, Maine — Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a nuclear-powered submarine on Thursday so they could get inside to assess damage from an intense blaze that swept through the forward compartments. More...

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Police arrest man on criminal threatening charge

LACONIA — A Massachusetts man charged with felony criminal threatening was expected to appear today in the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia District Division. More...

CONSIDERING HIS OPTIONS

WHETHER TO GO right onto Beacon Street East or straight up Main Street was the decision the man riding this recumbent bicycle faced before he ultimately settled on the latter, merging with vehicular traffic which allowed him the privilege of leadin More...

Exemptions for nonprofit groups may expire

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

LACONIA — A year ago, the Laconia Parks and Recreation Commission instituted non-resident user fees for city parks and facilities. More...

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D-III boys lacrosse seedings released Free Access

Randy Booth

The NHIAA released its boys lacrosse tournament seedings Friday. Two Lakes Region teams made the cut and will get a chance to play for the Division III championship. Plymouth (13-1) earned the No. 2 seed and an automatic bye into the quarterfinals. More...

D-III baseball, softball tournaments ironed out Free Access

Randy Booth

Division III baseball and softball tournaments start Sunday with the "play-in" round all across the state. Four local teams will have to play Sunday to try to earn their spots in the field of 16. More...

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Bashing Bain

President Obama isn’t backing down from his campaign ad attacking Mitt Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital. More...

The public trial of Justice Roberts

WASHINGTON — Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vo More...

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HONOR ROLLS

Laconia High School Third quarter More...

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PSU announces 2012 Distinguished Teachers

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...

NEW MEMBER

LOBSTER IN THE ROUGH on Weirs Beach celebrated the beginning of its second season Thursday with a welcome from Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce staff, board members, and ambassadors with a ceremonial More...

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

GENESIS HEALTHCARE’S Laconia Rehabilitation Center was the scene of the most recent Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event. More...

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Duties shift as Beals leaves LHS

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

LACONIA — Superintendent of Schools Bob Champlin on Thursday announced major changes in the leadership of the city’s schools, as Laconia High School Principal Steve Beals returns to his native Hudson to lead Alvirne High School. More...

New Beginnings benefits from book sale

By KRISTA MARRS
kmarrs@citizen.com

LACONIA — The third of the three charities receiving donations from proceeds of the annual Citizen book sale was New Beginnings: A Women’s Crisis Center. More...

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1st black to graduate from Naval Academy dies

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African- American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has died, the Academy said. He was 85. The Capital of Annapolis reported that Brown died Tuesday. More...

Food stamp fraud raising concerns in gov’t offices

By SAM HANANEL
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for rep More...

Critics question planned use of untested drug for executions

By JIM SALTER
Associated Press

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Gilford falls to Profile in semifinals Free Access

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

FROM STAFF REPORTS

BETHLEHEM — The defending champions are officially out. No. 2 Profile beat No. 3 Gilford, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Division III boys tennis tournament Thursday. More...

Another chance

Eagles host Bow in playoff rematch

By RANDY BOOTH
rbooth@citizen.com

GILFORD — You could have written it on a piece of paper halfway through the season and stashed it in a drawer somewhere. Of course the Gilford and Bow girls tennis teams would make the Division III playoffs. More...

Gay and play hockey? You’re welcome at UConn

COLLEGE HOCKEY

By PAT EATON-ROBB
Associated Press

STORRS, Conn. — Gay and play hockey? You’re welcome at the University of Connecticut. That is the message the school’s men’s hockey team is sending out in two videos for a program called You Can Play. More...

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