May 30, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Americans gloomier about the economy in May

NEW YORK — Americans grew much gloomier about the economy in May, causing a critical measure of consumer confidence to suffer its biggest decline in eight months and ending a period of steady optimism. More...

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Local

NHS graduates 101 students

NEW HAMPTON — Inclement weather outside could not dampen the spirits of the 101 New Hampton School seniors who received their diplomas Friday at the school’s 191st Commencement exercises in the Moore Center’s Lower Gymnasium. More...

Smith would focus on business, jobs growth

ALTON — Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kevin Smith says his first job if elected will be to craft a budget that would include reductions in both the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. More...

NHEC annual meeting June 12

PLYMOUTH — The 73rd annual meeting of the members of the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) will take place on Tuesday, June 12, at Prospect Hall on the campus of Plymouth State University. More...

Sports

Winnisquam to take on unfamiliar foe  Free Access 

PLAYOFF PREVIEWS

TILTON — Kevin Dame doesn’t quite know what to expect for Wednesday’s playoff game. That worries him a bit. But fortunately for him, his girls are much more at ease. More...

Eagles soar past Kearsarge

D-III BOYS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS

GILFORD — There were a few rumbles of thunder, but never a bolt of lightning that caught an official’s eye. The hovering thunderstorm was about all that was going to stop No. 5 Gilford on Tuesday, and it held off. Well, sort of. More...

Kings, Devils set for Cup final

STANLEY CUP FINAL

NEWARK, N.J. — A little less than two years after battling for the services of high-scoring free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk, the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings are going after a bigger prize — the Stanley Cup. More...

Columnists

The Avengers? Nah, troops are the real heroes  Free Access 

I’ve got a job description for you. Let me know if you are interested. More...

Entertainment

Photo

Full Story

A standard of measurement

Dear Heloise: I use clear glass measuring cups. It is a bother to bend over to CHECK THE LEVEL OF LIQUIDS that I need to measure, especially if using a heavy bottle of vegetable oil or a half-gallon of milk. More...

ASTROLOGY

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Clint Bowyer, 33; Cee-Lo Green, 38; Idina Menzel, 41; Wynonna Judd, 48. More...

Memorial Day ceremony at veterans’ home

TILTON — The 2012 Memorial Day observance Tuesday at the NH Veterans’ Home was a first for District 1 Congressman Frank Guinta and the last there for Congressman Charlie Bass, Gov. More...

Council looks to stay well below tax cap

LACONIA — The Laconia City Council on Tuesday began the work of eventually adopting a municipal budget for 2012-2013, agreeing to hold the projected increase in the tax rate to about a third of what would have been permitted under the municipal More...

City has time to make offer on prison property

LACONIA — Property acquisition was the topic of the day Tuesday as the city found out it has another two years to put together a bid for the former NH Department of Corrections’ Lakes Region Facility property and also that the Boys and Gi More...

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Region/State

Fatal boating accident

KINGSTON — One person was killed and five people were injured when two powerboats collided on 255-acre Country Pond late Saturday night, New Hampshire Marine Patrol reports. More...

Community colleges hold line on tuition

CONCORD — Tuition at the state’s seven community colleges will not increase for the 2012-13 academic year, in a decision reached by the board of trustees on Tuesday. More...

Signs of movement on voter ID bill

CONCORD — House and Senate lawmakers indicated Tuesday that a compromise might be possible on a bill to require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots if they can resolve differences over issues such as when certain provisio More...

Nation/World

Actor goes to bat for farm animals

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In “Game of Thrones,” Peter Dinklage's character is constantly steeped in battle over control of a mythical kingdom. After the show's season finale on Sunday, Dinklage plans to take his fight to the farm. More...

Citizen Sports Blog  Free Access 

No fence may be a problem  Free Access 

Playing home or away doesn't really matter to Winnisquam softball coach Kevin Dame. He knows the Bears' faithful fans travel well. But making the trek to play No. More...

Opinion

The life of Julia under anarchy

As a toddler Julia will begin a twenty odd-year sentence in institutions designed to process her into a “human resource”: Someone encultured to view the existing institutional framework and power structure as natural and inevitable, who t More...

GUEST EDITORIAL

Egypt’s firm step toward democracy

The results of Egypt’s presidential election will be bitter for most of those who organized and led last year’s revolution against the autocracy of Hosni Mubarak. More...

Letters

Grateful for support

Editor, The Citizen: On behalf of those we serve at New Beginnings, as well as our Board of Directors, Staff and Volunteers, I would like to publically thank and acknowledge everyone who supported us through fundraisers this spring. More...

Replace the engineers, not the truck

Editor, The Citizen: The 5- 24 meeting with the budget committee ended positively because Budget Com, Members are intelligent, unlike the so called “fire engineers”. More...

Young Professionals thank you

Editor, The Citizen: The Lakes Region Young Professionals recently held its inaugural charity Bowl-a- Thon at Funspot. While our vision was to help out the Got Lunch! More...

Community

Renaissance Faire

THE INTER-LAKES High School Honors World History/Honors English class is hosting the 18th annual Renaissance Faire at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium today from 8-11 a.m. More...

Join Pasquaney Garden Club for trip to LongHaul Farm

BRISTOL — On June 19, the members and guests of Pasquaney Garden Club in Bristol will be taking an educational trip to Long- Haul Farm in Holderness. More...

Friends of the Meredith Library meeting Wednesday

MEREDITH — The monthly meeting of the Friends of the Meredith Library will be held this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Function Room of the library. More...

Lakes Food

Bruschetta too clumsy as picnic food? Try as salad

It's easy to love basic bruschetta — thick slabs of toasted bread topped with a heap of chopped tomatoes and shredded basil, then drizzled with a mess of olive oil. More...

The taste of summer — a great, basic deviled egg

When I think about summer, I think about deviled eggs. More...

Mario Batali a hungry chef on food stamp challenge

NEW YORK — To much of the world, it was Monday. To Mario Batali, it was Day Four. More...