CONCORD — Be aware of endangered birds on the beaches this holiday weekend and beyond as the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reports there are six pairs of piping plovers nesting along the sandy shores of Hampton and Seabrook. More...

AN APPROXIMATELY 2-YEAR-OLD FEMALE COUGAR bares her teeth at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife agents preparing to release her back into the wild northeast of Arlington Wednesday afterno More...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's governor says Omaha and Lincoln ordinances barring discrimination against gay and transgender people should be put to public votes. More...

 BELMONT -- One Belmont spring sports team is moving on. The 16th-seeded Belmont softball team edged No. 17 Hillsboro-Deering, 4-3, on Sunday. The Red Raiders advance into D-III's Field of 16 and will play top-seeded Campbell on Wednesday. More...

As we make plans to celebrate Memorial Day, we will be reminded that it is a day to remember not only those who lost their lives serving in our nation’s military but all military veterans who have died. More...

What are your plans this weekend? In just two days, we will be observing Memorial Day 2012. Although it seems to arrive all too soon, this holiday on Monday is as important as the last one and all others before it. More...

I think I have grown, at one time or another, every kind of vegetable one can grow in New England, from artichokes to zucchini. Some, like carrots and beets, are worthy of a spot every year. More...

IN THE TOP PHOTO, from the historical collections at Laconia Public Library, Kelley’s Army & Navy Store, on Canal Street, is seen in the late 1920s, with brickwork from the New Piscopo Bloc More...

By WARREN D. HUSE whuse@citizen.com 125 YEARS AGO (1887) from The Laconia Democrat More...

LACONIA — Windows had “been put into Moulton’s new opera house block this week, and the boarding over the sidewalk has been taken down so that people can now take in the full beauty of the structure,” The Laconia Democrat repo More...

WASHINGTON — Americans bought more previously owned homes in April, a hopeful sign that the weak housing market is gradually improving. More...

MEREDITH — Frank Roche, president of Roche Realty Group with offices in Meredith and Laconia, has announced that John Tibbs and Debrah Blake have joined the Meredith office of the firm. More...

MOULTONBOROUGH — Alton poet Barbara Bald will treat listeners to a stirring mix of poems about growing up, growing older, risks, regrets, and second chances when she reads from her new first book, “Drive-Through Window,” at Moultonb More...

Football coach Vince Lombardi said, “A dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.” More...

GILFORD — In honor of Gilford's Bicentennial Celebration, the Carter Mountain Brass Band will present a concert on Saturday, June 2 at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Gilford. More...