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Opening ceremonies today

PERFORMERS WELCOME athletes to the Olympic Village ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Olympic Park in London on Thursday. More...

Smith brings pro-business message to Moultonborough

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

MOULTONBOROUGH — Kevin Smith was in town Thursday evening, preaching a pro-business message and touting his experience as both an unelected insider and an outside advocate who could “hit the ground running” should be elected as New More...

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Police seize evidence in Gilford drug raid

By HARRISON HAAS
hhaas@citizen.com

GILFORD — Authorities are holding two local residents on high bail after local, state, and federal law enforcement officers raided a Doris Drive residence Wednesday morning. More...

Three charged in robbery

By HARRISON HAAS
hhaas@citizen.com

BELMONT — Police have arrested three area men on robbery charges after they allegedly physically assaulted another man. Police charged Sean Newman, 20, of 5 Pine Grove Rd., Belmont, Christopher Kevlin, 20, of 11 West St., Tilton, and Clark J. More...

Man pleads guilty in attempted strangling case

By BEA LEWIS
blewis@citizen.com

LACONIA — A Sanbornton man has pleaded no contest to a Class B felony charge of domestic violence related second-degree assault for allegedly attempting to strangle a woman, and to a Class A misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. More...

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Sports

Bristol ready for playoffs Free Access

As the No. 2 seed, Post 26 plays Nashua in 1st round

By LAUREN KIRSCHMAN
lkirschman@citizen.com

Bristol Post 26 coach Shaun Bean didn’t expect his team to make the postseason tournament in its first season of Junior Legion baseball. He thought the more established teams in the league would have an advantage. More...

Mass. mayor fires officer

Officer allegedly used racial slur against OF

By JAY LINDSAY
Associated Press

BOSTON — A Massachusetts mayor on Thursday fired a police officer accused using a racial slur to taunt Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford, saying the officer had “brought discredit” on himself and the department. More...

First day of practice in the books

Injury puts Plymouth’s Brooker on N.H. roster

FROM STAFF REPORTS

MERIDEN — Seventy-two recently graduated high school football players from New Hampshire and Vermont arrived on the campus of Kimball Union Academy on Thursday to begin preparation for the 59th Annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. More...

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Letters

Thank you, community

Editor, The Citizen: It was a hot, humid, sunny day. There was plentiful food with hungry people preparing to taste delicious ethnic food handed down from generation to generation. More...

Questions about Mitt Romney

Editor, The Citizen: In 1999 Mitt Romney “left” his company called Bain Capital and went to work for the Olympics. He remained the President, CEO, and owner of Bain Capital. He attended board meetings as well. More...

Back to farming

Editor, The Citizen: It’s been almost 4 months since the exciting What’s on Your Plate? Sowing the Seeds of the Lakes Region Food Network event. Like in the garden, seeds were planted, and over time we will see what comes up. More...

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Police/Fire Logs

LAKES REGION FIRE LOG

Emergency: 911 Monday, July 23 12:54 a.m. Danbury, Bristol: Route 4 in Danbury, motor vehicle accident. 12:59 a.m. Laconia: Academy Street, medical aid. 1:41 a.m. Alton: Horne Road, medical aid. 1:51 a.m. Belmont: Meadow Lane, medical aid. More...

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Business & Finance

‘Archie’ creator’s daughter loves Archeez

By HARRISON HAAS
hhaas@citizen.com

MOULTONBOROUGH — The inheritance of a comic book collection gave restaurant owners David and Lisa Cross the name for their new pizza joint, but the proper wall decorations were missing until the daughter of Bob Montana, the creator of the Archi More...

Winnipesaukee Transit revises Lakes Region bus schedule

LACONIA — Community Action Program Belknap- Merrimack Counties, Inc., sponsoring agency for the Winnipesaukee Transit System, has expaned the Lakes Region bus route, releasing a revised route map and schedule on Thursday. More...

SCORE installs new officers

LACONIA — SCORE Lakes Region has elected new officers for Fiscal Year 2013. More...

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Police seek suspect in bank drive-through robbery

TILTON — Police are searching for white male who allegedly stole money bag from a store manager making a night deposit at the Norway Bank drive-through on Thursday night. More...

Electronic age helps residents stay informed Free Access

By JOHN KOZIOL
jkoziol@citizen.com

LACONIA — In a small, but important step, the city this week added to its evergrowing list of online amenities, this one with real insider cachet: access to not only the city council agenda but also to every supporting document in the councilor More...

Search continues for missing NC man

By BEA LEWIS
blewis@citizen.com

RUMNEY — The search continues for a North Carolina man who last was seen leaving on a walk from Hawthorne Village here about 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday. More...

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Region/State

Officials alert elders about phone scam

By LYNNE TUOHY
Associated Press

MANCHESTER (AP) — Kim Nichols says she thought her retired airline pilot father living in New Hampshire was too smart and fiscally conservative to fall victim to a telephone scam. More...

AG looking into wine missing from store

PORTSMOUTH (AP) — The state attorney general is investigating the apparent disappearance of about $100,000 in wine from a state run liquor outlet. More...

Suspect in hepatitis C case was fired in Arizona

By HOLLY RAMER
Associated Press

CONCORD — A dozen hospitals in seven states are scrambling to identify people who might have been infected with hepatitis C by a traveling medical technician who was charged a week ago with causing an outbreak in New Hampshire. More...

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Nation/World

Romney stirs Olympic tiff as European tour begins

By KASIE HUNT
and DAVID STRINGER
Associated Press

LONDON — Mitt Romney wanted to highlight U.S.-British bonds — and show off his diplomatic skills to boot — but he managed to rankle the Olympic hosts instead, from Prime Minister David Cameron on down. More...

White House: No push for new gun laws

By BEN FELLER
AP White House
Correspondent

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will not push for stricter gun laws this election year, the White House said Thursday, one day after his impassioned remarks about the need to keep assault weapons off the streets suggested he may plunge into More...

Palestinians in Syria pulled into civil war

By BEN HUBBARD
Associated Press

BEIRUT — Like other communities sucked into Syria’s widening civil war, the Yarmouk neighborhood in Damascus has seen death and destruction. Soldiers and snipers have gunned down demonstrators. More...

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Opinion

Granlund

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GUEST EDITORIAL

Ease up on the drought drama

The United States is experiencing its worst drought since 1956. Amid seemingly endless heat, crops bake and livestock pant. Politically, though, the brutal weather is manna from heaven for the agriculture lobby and its amen chorus on Capitol Hill. More...