June 6, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

New county corrections system proposals reviewed

LACONIA — The Belknap County Commission believes it may have found the consultant to help guide it in developing a new county correctional system, including a new jail, and all it needs now is the money to hire them. More...

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Local

PMHS’s top grads headed toward bright futures at East Coast colleges

ALTON — Friday night marks not only the end of high school for members of Prospect Mountain High School’s Class of 2012, but the beginning of the next chapter of their lives. More...

Franklin City Council rejects pay raises for teachers

FRANKLIN — If Destiny Bennett, 16, had her way, she’d pay her teachers at Franklin High School a whole lot more money. More...

Medicaid program info sessions set

CONCORD (AP) — The state Department of Health and Human Services is holding 11 sessions in June and July on the new Medicaid Care Management program. The information session in Laconia will be held Monday, June 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. More...

Sports

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Golden Eagles edged in semis

PLYMOUTH — This wasn’t in the script. The Gilford softball team was ready and eager to get back to the Division III championship game. More...

O’s top Sox in extras

RED SOX

BOSTON (AP) — Ronny Paulino ended a hitless night with an RBI single in the 10th inning to drive in the go-ahead run and the Baltimore Orioles hung on for an 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. More...

Djokovic, Federer set French rematch

TENNIS

PARIS — As the chilly evening air swirled, and raindrops fell, and the thousands of spectators pulling for his opponent hushed, Novak Djokovic stood a single point from exiting the French Open. More...

Police/Fire Logs

STATE POLICE TROOP E LOG

State Police Troop E responded to the following calls for service between May 25 and May 31. More...

PLYMOUTH COURT LOG

During the week of May 21, the Plymouth Police Prosecutor’s Office handled on arraignment and two pleas in the 2nd Circuit Court, Plymouth District Division. More...

Community

SCS Community Yard Sale this weekend

The Sandwich Central School 6th grade is holding a Community Yard Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, at the school. They still have some space to fill and it’s not too late to sign up. More...

Lakes Food

New way with a Southern classic: shrimp and grits

During a recent visit to a food festival in South Carolina, I was lucky enough to be invited to the home of Nathalie Dupree, cookbook author and Southern entertainer extraordinaire. More...

Grill that pineapple skin

As I stood at the cutting board slicing slabs of thick skin off a fresh pineapple, a thought occurred to me — the strips of skin were an awful lot like the cedar planks some people use to add flavor to food on the grill. More...

New packaging offers wine to go for the picnic season

Enjoying good wine in the great outdoors is fun, but toting glass bottles on the trail is no picnic. Enter the new crop of alternatively packaged wines in cartons, cans, and other trail-ready options. More...

Unsung Hero award recipient helps those who might go unnoticed

LACONIA — With the adulation of family friends and colleagues, Janet Brough on Tuesday was named the 2012 recipient of the Annette P. Schmitt Unsung Hero Award. More...

Police say man hid drugs in buttocks

LACONIA — A city man is facing drug and falsifying evidence charges following an incident at the Laconia Police Station during which police said the man attempted to swallow a bag of Oxycodone pills that had been concealed in the crease of his More...

Federal agency probing ’breakdowns’ at JPMorgan

WASHINGTON — A top federal regulator says that starting late last year, JPMorgan Chase changed its strategy aimed at containing risk. More...

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Region/State

Maine GOP sets sights on Angus King

PORTLAND, Maine — Six Republicans vying for their party’s nomination for U.S. More...

Court to hear challenges to NH redistricting plan

CONCORD — Some of the New Hampshire communities challenging the House’s plan to redraw its districts are comparing themselves to citizens who fought for local representation at the state level as far back as 1776. More...

Nation/World

US confirms Al-Qaida’s No. 2 killed by drone

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. More...

Senate GOP blocks Dems’ equal pay legislation

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a Democratic bill calling for equal pay in the workplace. But President Barack Obama and his congressional allies aren’t finished appealing to women on the No. More...

Opinion

Selectmen should prudently represent us

This is in response to Bristol Selectman Joe Denning’s recent response to my initial letter to the editor regarding what I believed to be an unfair situation at the Bristol’s annual Town Meeting on March 17, 2012. More...

EDITORIAL

Holding Toumpas’ feet to the fire

The state is being called to task on its abandonment of its obligations to the poor and elderly. More...

Letters

Romney’s Massachusetts spin

Editor, The Citizen: We in New Hampshire are not fooled by the state legislature’s tactic of decreasing state funding of services, leaving counties, cities, and towns to cut de-funded services or increase local property taxes. More...

What would Romney do?

Editor, The Citizen: Now that former Governor Romney has clinched the Republican nomination, it is important to consider how his performance as governor of Massachusetts might predict how he would act as president. Mr. More...

Where does Grimm stand on the issues?

Editor, The Citizen: Some questions from one candidate to another: As many of you are already aware, I am running for NH Senate, District 7. More...

Entertainment

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Woman who’s happly single wants to keep it that way

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 28- year-old, newly single female who has never been happier. I’ve had a couple of long-term relationships that didn’t turn out well, so my quiet, uncomplicated life is refreshing. More...

ASTROLOGY

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Natalie Morales, 40; Paul Giamatti, 45; Max Casella, 45; Robert Englund, 65. More...