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Tech in NH hepatitis C case worked in Michigan, Maryland

CONCORD — A traveling hospital technician accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire previously worked in Maryland and Michigan health care facilities, officials said Friday. More...

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Local

Man surrenders to police

GILFORD — Police have charged a 51-year-old local man with two misdemeanors after being called to check the welfare of a juvenile in connection with a custody issue. Edward F. More...

Christmas beach party wraps up fund drive

LACONIA — Because “need knows no season,” the Salvation Army this week has been conducting a “Christmas in July” awareness effort — complete with bell ringers and red kettles — that culminates this afternoon More...

Parking garage can’t shake image

LACONIA — Perception is reality, says City Manager Scott Myers, and the perception for a number of years has been that the downtown parking garage is not the place one wants to leave one’s vehicle. More...

Sports

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Collins sets HR record in Laconia loss

LACONIA — Danny Collins set the New England Collegiate Baseball League record for home runs in a season Friday night, but the Laconia Muskrats couldn’t pick up a win to go along with the milestone. More...

Shaheen lobbies for refugee

N.H. Senator trying to get former Concord resident in Olympics

When he was 8 years old, Guor Marial ran under cover of night to escape child slavery in a labor camp in Sudan. More...

Josh Beckett roughed up by Blue Jays in loss

RED SOX

BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Laffey pitched seven shutout innings and Colby Rasmus drove in two runs, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. More...

Opinion

Warren D. Huse

An Occasional Opinion*

A death notice in The Boston Globe on Wednesday disclosed that Rawson Lyman Wood had died, July 4, at age 103. More...

Community

St. Germain wins big at Dexter Hale Memorial Classic

MEREDITH — The Meredith Rotary Club and The Hale Family of Waukewan Golf Club hosted the Dexter Hale Golf Classic on June 29 at Waukewan Golf Club. The Meredith Village Savings Bank was the primary sponsor for this annual event. More...

IN THE SCHOOLS

Marden named to Mount Ida Dean’s list NEWTON, Mass. More...

Churches/Religion

Attend Your Church This Weekend

Yankee Fare More...

The contradiction of lukewarm love

Upon arriving at a New York church where I was to be the speaker for a weeklong conference, I was both impressed and concerned. More...

Senior Lifestyles

Just a little tip

This is never supposed to happen. It was Motorcycle Weekend and I had traveled with a large group to a gathering where we parked our bikes at the far edge of a very hilly field. More...

Socializing with seniors

Here we are in the midst of planning our 60th class reunion . . . our 60th! We’re hoping to reach out and pull in all those classmates that haven’t been coming because it may be their last chance. More...

Monthly Alzheimer’s support group offered at Golden View

MEREDITH — Are you looking for someone to talk to, someone who understands what it's like to deal with Alzheimer's disease? More...

Entertainment

Grammy winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn comes to Plymouth July 27

PLYMOUTH — The Flying Monkey Performance Center is honored to present singer-songwriter, Marc Cohn with his band on Friday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m. More...

Loon Fest highlight Laconia author’s new book

MOULTONBOROUGH — Come join the fun at the 35th Annual Loon Festival at The Loon Center in Moultonborough on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Admission is free so bring the whole family. More...

A couple of unusual Leading Ladies take to the stage in Wolfeboro

CHRISTIAN BOUDMAN as Stephanie and Victoria Neal as Audrey share a scene on stage as the Village Players prepare for the upcoming production of ‘Leading Ladies,’ opening July 27 at the Village Players Theater on Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. More...

Appeal helps but need for blood remains

A nationwide appeal for blood donors by the American Red Cross at the end of June to address a critical blood shortage has been successful, with the organization reporting that supplies have been restored to adequate levels, though the need for donor More...

Tackling the problem of feral cats

LACONIA — During the past decade, there has been a growing concern over feral cats in Central New Hampshire, with some groups advocating feeding them and others blaming those efforts for exacerbating the problem by increasing the population of More...

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Region/State

Officials: Vt. couple missing for year were killed

BURLINGTON, Vt. A husband and wife from Essex who have been missing for more than a year were abducted and murdered by a random stranger, and a suspect is in custody in another state on other charges, state and federal authorities said Friday. More...

FEMA said to be backing away from Vt. funding

MONTPELIER, Vt. More...

Nation/World

Tom Davis, Al Franken’s ‘SNL’ partner, dies in NY

HUDSON, N.Y. More...

Today in history

Today is Saturday, July 21, the 203rd day of 2012, There are 163 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1542 - Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition to fight Protestantism. More...

UN extends period for UN observers in Syria

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday renewing the 300-strong U.N. More...

Outdoors

Revisiting a spot and beating the heat

I 'd just settled it to watch the evening news when the phone rang. It was my buddy Mike and he was all excited. Seems he'd just discovered some photos of a trout fishing trip that we'd taken a couple years ago up north. More...

Digging down deep

SUSAN PETERSEN digs for sand worms at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean early Friday in Saco, Maine. She planned to use the worms as bait for striped bass fishing. More...

Ellingwood named Wildlife Division Chief

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department today announced the selection of Mark Ellingwood as the new Wildlife Division Chief. More...

Columnists

Hot topic

Perfect strangers were speaking to each other earlier this week and the dialog went mostly like this. “Hot enough for you?” or “Hot, isn’t it? More...

History

THEN . . .

. . AND NOW

IN THE TOP PHOTO, courtesy of Win Wyatt, Cub Scouts appear in summertime parade, leaving Bank Square, Laconia, in the 1960s. Old Laconia Hardware Co. More...

125 YEARS AGO

Get ‘dandy’ new delivery wagon

LACONIA — O’Shea Bros. could well “boast the ‘dandy’ delivery wagon of the town,” The Laconia Democrat reported, 125 years ago this week. More...

50 YEARS AGO

Pavlick sent to penitentiary

BELMONT — Richard Paul Pavlick, 75, retired Belmont postal clerk, “accused of trying to rig himself as a human bomb directed at then President-elect Kennedy,” was transferred to a federal penitentiary at Danbury , Conn., July 20, 19 More...

Business & Finance

Modern commercial building sold on Route 104 in New Hampton

NEW HAMPTON — A commercial/professional building located at 438 NH routes 104 in New Hampton recently sold to Live Free Home Health Care LLC and it has become the new headquarters from this rapidly expanding business in the home health care ind More...

NH Business Sales, Business Transition Strategies moves to new corporate office

CONCORD — A ribbon cutting ceremony held recently with the Concord Chamber of Commerce marked the official opening of new corporate offices for N.H. Business Sales and Business Transition Strategies. More...

Home & Garden

Mid-summer in the vegetable garden

Summer squash of all sorts are ripening up nicely, so I know it’s midsummer in the vegetable garden. Soon gardeners will be dropping off bags of squash in unlocked cars, on porches, and, occasionally, on seats of buses and in public libraries. More...

Idaho farm hosts new ‘weed dating’ event for singles

BOISE, Idaho — For one night a year, a neighborhood farm in northwest Boise turns into a respite for singles who are tired of the same old dating scene. More...