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July 5, 2012 / Front Page

A real blast on the Fourth Free Access

Celebrating Independence Day

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

LACONIA — There were two awesome aerial displays here on Wednesday when America celebrated its 236th birthday, the first courtesy of Mother Nature, the second of the City of Laconia which lit up the night sky over Lake Opechee with $10,000 wort More...

Storm wreaks havoc

Emergency crews kept busy with July 4 calls

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

LACONIA — It was a very eventful Fourth of July in the Lakes Region on Wednesday as powerful storms knocked down trees, knocked out power, and knocked three people to the ground when a lightning bolt struck The Weirs. More...

Romney calls health care mandate a tax

By KASIE HUNT
Associated Press

WOLFEBORO — Mitt Romney on Wednesday said requiring all Americans to buy health insurance amounts to a tax, contradicting a senior campaign adviser who days ago said the Republican presidential candidate viewed President Barack Obama’s ma More...

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Local

Meredith resident wins rubber duckie race

By HARRISON HAAS
hhaas@citizen.com

MEREDITH — Ducks by the dozen raced down the falls in Meredith on Wednesday afternoon, with hundreds of spectators waiting to hear their number called during the 21st annual Meredith Lions Club Rubber Duckie Race at the Mill Falls Marketplace. More...

Man faces felony threatening charge

LACONIA — Police have charged a Sheridan Street resident with felonious criminal threatening and criminal trespass following an incident Tuesday on White Oaks Road. More...

Ashland’s 4th

WORLD WAR II veterans — members of the ‘Greatest Generation’ — appear in the Ashland Fourth of July parade. The crowd cheered and saluted the veterans as the float went by them during the Wednesday morning parade. More...

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Opinion

Chicago-sized test of wills

CHICAGO — The title of the nation’s largest labor union — the National Education Association — seems calculated to blur the fact that it is a teachers’ union. More...

GUEST EDITORIAL

The torture of solitude

In 1890, the U.S. Supreme Court almost declared the practice of solitary confinement in prisons to be unconstitutional. More...

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Letters

Help business to survive

Editor, The Citizen: The Lakes Region of NH depends heavily on tourists, here for vacations, boating, fishing, skiing, and Motorcycle week. More...

Voting choices

Editor, The Citizen: Being born into a hard working, Italian immigrant family, I count myself among the fortunate. My grandparents immigrated to the US after WWI, seeking a better life for their families. More...

‘Private sector doing fine’?

Editor, The Citizen: In February 2009 President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus program was supposed to create 5 million new jobs and reduce unemployment below 8% by the end of 2010. He missed both projections by wide margins. More...

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Community

‘Kick for Cancer’ raises nearly $10k for local hospice programs

LACONIA — In 1990 Grandmaster Dr. Georganne Verigan started the annual Kick for Cancer Martial Arts Tournament. More...

New kiosk sign at Ashland Railroad station

ASHLAND — The historic Ashland Railroad Station Museum will soon welcome visitors with a new kiosk style sign and information center, the result of a community service project completed by the Class of 2012 at Ashland Elementary School. More...

Ham and bean supper Saturday

HOLDERNESS — All are invited to attend the monthly Ham and Bean Supper sponsored by Ellacoya Chapter 43 Order of the Eastern Star. It will be held on Saturday from 5-7 p.m.. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children. More...

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Kelly Miller Circus arrives Friday Free Access

LACONIA — The Kelly Miller Circus will be arriving Friday morning, with the public invited to watch the crew set up the big top for the seven performances schedul More...

Several injured in accidents

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

NEW HAMPTON — Seven people, including two children, were sent to area hospitals Tuesday afternoon with bumps, bruises, and some broken bones following a three-car, chain-reaction accident on Route 104 that police said was caused by bright sunsh More...

Obama office opens in Laconia

By VICTORIA GUAY
vguay@citizen.com

LACONIA — Approximately 30 campaign volunteers and citizens attended the official opening of the city’s campaign headquarters for Obama for America-New Hampshire. More...

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Nation/World

Many Americans have throwback Fourth without electrical power

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — George Washington never had air conditioning, but he knew how to keep cool: a mansion with lots of windows elevated on the banks of a wide, rolling river and lots of ice cream, maybe with a little brandy. More...

Scalia too political, critics say

By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia drew unusually critical attention during this past Supreme Court term for comments he made in court and in his writing that seemed to some more political than judicial. More...

Could economics doom ailing Calif. nuke plant?

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The future of the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant could balance on an inescapable question: Is it worth the money to fix it? More...

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Sports

Ortiz hits home run No. 400, but Sox get swept by Oakland

RED SOX

By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Baseball Writer

OAKLAND, Calif. — Brandon Moss might just make Boston miss him yet. Moss homered among his three hits for the Oakland Athletics in Wednesday’s 3-2 win and completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox. More...

Muskrats beat rain, but not Keene Free Access

NECBL

By LAUREN KIRSCHMAN
lkirschman@citizen.com

LACONIA — A rain delay that lasted over an hour cooled off Keene’s bats, but it didn’t jumpstart Laconia’s offense. More...

Semis are set

Wimbledon features Djokovic-Federer, Murray-Tsonga

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer

WIMBLEDON, England — After curling in a 102 mph ace to grab a two-set lead a mere 56 minutes into his Wimbledon quarterfinal Wednesday, Roger Federer casually pulled an extra tennis ball from his pocket and strolled to sit in his changeover cha More...

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