When a chipmunk or raccoon is hit by a car but survives, when a wild turkey or bear cub is orphaned, or when an eagle or falcon has a broken wing, there is a network of licensed wildlife rehabilitators spread around the state, dedicated to helping th More...
CONCORD — The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire is preparing to swear in a new leader to replace Gene Robinson, who made international headlines when he was ordained in 2003 as the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church. More...
LACONIA — A new Lakes Region Public Access Television documentary spotlights history, interviews, and photographs of the historic Belmont Village Bandstand. Bandstand Memories begins airing on educational Channel 25, on Saturday, Aug. More...
LACONIA — A Sanbornton woman will spend 20 days in jail after pleading no contest to a Class A misdemeanor charges of simple assault and guilty to endangering the welfare of a child. More...
LACONIA — A city man whose manufacturing of methamphetamine resulting in the downtown area being evacuated last January has pleaded guilty to the crime and been sentenced to prison. More...
HANOVER — Laconia’s Raige Hollis weighs 340 pounds. Monadnock’s Nick Dragon checks in at 331 pounds. Together, they are 671 pounds of defensive tackle with one goal for Saturday’s Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl. Clog the middle. More...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Quarterback Tom Brady looks fine. The Patriots’ passing attack should pick up right where it left off. No worries in that phase of the game across New England. The running game? More...
LONDON — Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end. Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps. Was there any other way to go out in the final individual race of his career? More...
Dessert theater GILFORD — The Wesley Players of the First United Methodist Church in Gilford will present a dessert theater presentation in the church fellowship hall on Friday and Saturday night Aug. 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m. More...
Since the Bible is an accurate record of the lives of many people, it reveals the shortcomings and failures of human nature. It also tells of miraculous rescues of those who had become great disappointments to others and to themselves. More...
Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom are Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, neither pastors nor theologians. As someone who writes on issues of faith, these men are about as far from the pulpit or seminary as one could get. More...
If you ask my grandchildren, they would probably tell you that “Silly” is my middle name. George may remember the time Grampy showed up at his house wearing one red high-top sneaker, one purple. More...
NORTH HAMPTON — Ashley Grant Davis and John Goodhue of Roche Realty Group, with offices in Meredith and Laconia, represented the seller, Marble Realty Trust, in the sale of a landmark property once owned by former NH Governor Charles Dale. More...
FRANKLIN — The NH Department of Environmental Services has classified three dams in Franklin as “high hazard” and the state is monitoring them due to the devastating impact they could have on life and property should they ever fail More...
CONCORD — After an earlier false start, New Hampshire health officials on Friday offered three testing options for thousands of people who may have been exposed to hepatitis C by a hospital technician now facing criminal charges. More...
WASHINGTON — The government’s consumer finance watchdog is investigating deals that transferred billions in premiums charged to mortgage borrowers from mortgage-insurance companies to the banks that made the loans. More...
By CARLA SALAZAR and FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press
LIMA, Peru — More than 100 Peruvian farmers have been sickened by the spill of a copper concentrate containing arsenic and lead produced at one of the Andean country’s biggest mines, authorities said Friday. More...
By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy generated jobs last month at the fastest pace since February, a sign it is resilient enough to pull out of a midyear slump and grow modestly even as the rest of the world slows down. More...
Pete and I were out on the Big Lake enjoying a day of smallmouth fishing with rubber baits when I happened to look down in the clear waters near Forty Islands and noticed a dark cloud slowly moving along the bottom in waters about eighteen feet deep. More...
IN THE TOP PHOTO, courtesy of Wyn Wyatt, a parade crosses the Union Avenue-Court Street intersection in Laconia, heading up Main Street toward Bank Square, prior to the city’s Urban Renewal pro More...
GILFORD — Fabian was appearing at Lakes Region Playhouse in “John Loves Mary,” The Citizen reported, 50 years ago this week. City Editor Ebba M. More...
WOLFEBORO — Ever wonder what the magnificent boathouses of Lake Winnipesaukee look like inside? Now is your chance to see some of the most beautiful and historic boat houses on the lake either by vintage boat or by car. More...
WOLFEBORO — The 33rd annual Artists in the Park event is coming Wednesday, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine) to Cate Park in Wolfeboro. More...
SANDWICH — The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a coming-of-age farce full of the outlandish antics humans engage in while pursuing hormone-fueled first (then second, then first again) love. More...
MEREDITH — Interlakes Summer Theatre's junior interns continue their fifth anniversary children's series with a world-premier musical adaptation of Ladybug Award-winning children's book “Memoirs of a Goldfish.” More...