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Sandwich Dog Sled Race is Feb. 14
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Department mourns loss of K-9 Zeke
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Laconia District Court Log
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Report released on crash involving patrolman
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Former pharmacist reaches plea deal
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Franklin misses third quarter 2014 water ...
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Ossipee students invite you to their ...
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Meredith selectmen, fire chief stood up ...
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News
Two area students to compete for pageant title
By ED PIERCE - Feb 03The big day is nearly at hand for two Lakes Region students competing in the 11th annual Miss New Hampshire’s Outstanding Teen Competition in ...
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Report released on crash involving patrolman
By BEA LEWIS - Feb 03An accident report detailing a collision that is the subject of a lawsuit involving a former Meredith patrolman has been released by police. Accord...
Gilford Selectman O’Brien to step down
By TIM CAMERATO - Feb 03Selectman John O’Brien has decided to sit out the upcoming town elections, leaving two well-known town figures to contend for his seat – Dale ...
Northeast Utilities and PSNH have new name: Eversource Energy
Feb 02Northeast Utilities, which operates New England’s largest energy delivery company, has announced that effective today, it has become Eversource ...
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Meredith budget lowered by staff cut
By BOB MARTIN - Feb 02A winter storm that left much of the Lakes Region with more than a foot of snowfall on Monday led to the postponement of the public hearing for ...
Town administrator, firefighter face off for Gilmanton selectman
By TIM CAMERATO - Feb 03Gilford Town Administrator Scott Dunn and call firefighter Michael Jean are both seeking a seat currently held by Brett Currier on the Gilmanton ...
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Former pharmacist reaches plea deal
By BEA LEWIS - Feb 03A former pharmacist who was arrested by Laconia police in October for possessing a cache of prescription and illicit street drugs, has reached a ...
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Franklin misses third quarter 2014 water samples
By ED PIERCE - Feb 03Water bills for Franklin sent out in January contained information alerting customers that the city failed to conduct a scheduled monitoring, ...
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Sandwich will vote on adding teacher
Feb 02Parents and staff alike have been concerned about the large size of a combined class of fourth- and fifth-graders at the Sandwich Central School, ...
Northeast gets its 2nd major workday snowstorm in a week
By MICHAEL MELIA, ... - Feb 02A winter storm inflicted fresh misery on the Northeast on Monday, causing the cancellation of flights, classes and major court cases across a ...
Police Log
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Laconia District Court Log
By Bea Lewis - Feb 03Judge James M. Carroll IV heard the following cases in the 4th Circuit District Division Laconia Court: On Jan. 28, Danny L. Sage, 22, 537 Blake ...
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Laconia Police Log
Feb 02City police responded to 61 calls for service and made one arrest from Thursday, Jan. 29 to Friday, Jan. 30. • On Jan. 29, at 3:45 p.m., Justin A. ...
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Gilmanton Police Log
Feb 02The Gilmanton Police Department responded to 71 calls for service from Jan. 11 to Jan. 24. • Police arrested Sara Scovill, 31, of Gilmanton, on an ...
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Northfield Police Log
Feb 02The Northfield Police Department responded to 103 calls for service between Jan. 12 to Jan. 18. • Police arrested Michael Deveno, 46, of Franklin, ...
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Gilford Police Log
Jan 31The Gilford Police Department responded to 219 calls for service between Jan. 22 and Jan. 29. • Police arrested Ryan Michael Hibbard, 32, of 131 ...
Letters to the Editor
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Sanbornton should vote against zoning amendment Article 4
Feb 02On March 10, Sanbornton voters we will be asked to vote on five proposed zoning amendments submitted by the Sanbornton Planning Board. Amendment ...
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Ossipee students invite you to their perspectives on history
Feb 02The middle school students at Cornerstone Christian Academy have been taking a class called American Perspectives. In that class, students have ...
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Meredith selectmen, fire chief stood up against roundabouts
Feb 02A week ago, there was a special hearing concerning the proposed three roundabouts in the downtown Route 3-25 area. The proposal was to help ...
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Thanks for coming to Meredith hearing; I’m running for office
Feb 02I am writing to thank the residents of Meredith for coming to the selectboard public hearing Jan. 26... the proposal for three single-lane ...
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Letter about Fox News gave us a look at ugly free speech
Feb 02In Thursday’s issues of both the Laconia Daily Sun and The Citizen newspapers, the readers were “treated” to a series of attacks on Fox News by ...
Sports
Falcons hire Seahawks' Dan Quinn as coach
By CHARLES ODUM, AP ... - Feb 02The Atlanta Falcons' long wait for new leadership on the field finally ended Monday when Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn was named the ...
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Brady, in 'midst of my career' at 37, set on more titles
By BARRY WILNER, AP Pro ... - Feb 02Tom Brady knows what's next: more Super Bowl wins. At least he hopes so. The most successful quarterback of his era was still riding the high of ...
Seattle coach Pete Carroll stands by decision to pass
By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports ... - Feb 02Less than 16 hours later, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was still stunned by the outcome while defending the decision to call a pass from the 1-yard ...
Racing for a cause
By DAVE SUITOR, For The ... - Feb 02The Lakes Region Ice Racing Club conducted two days of automobile ice racing last weekend. Oval tracks were prepared on Berry Pond for Saturday’s ...
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Source: Edelman cleared to play after concussion test
By HOWARD ULMAN, AP ... - Feb 02Julian Edelman passed a concussion test after a big hit in the Super Bowl appeared to leave him groggy, allowing him to continue and catch the ...
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Boston postpones Super Bowl parade after heavy snow
By PHILIP MARCELO, ... - Feb 02The Super Bowl celebration for New Englanders and their beloved Patriots will have to wait another day as Boston continues to get battered by ...
Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel enters treatment
By TOM WITHERS, AP ... - Feb 02Johnny Manziel has sought help to change his off-field lifestyle. Following a rough rookie season in the NFL, Manziel has entered a treatment ...
Junior Hockey
Wolves continue playoff push
By FROM STAFF REPORTS - Feb 02The New England Wolves continued their playoff pursuit with a decisive 4-2 win over the Valley JR Warriors this weekend. Sunday’s victory was ...
Features
The snow that never ends
By BOB MARTIN - Feb 02Winter has really picked up in the Lakes Region, with another storm sweeping through the area on Monday and some areas seeing accumulation of ...
THE BUTLER DID IT!
By HARRY KOZLOWSKI - Feb 01Friends and fans gathered at the 405 Pub & Grill on Union Street in Laconia to, hopefully, see their beloved Patriots achieve mythic status. Dave ...
Innovative program prepares students for life, careers
By ED PIERCE - Jan 29Principal Jim McCollum believes that, more than anything else, his mission and that of his teachers and staff is to prepare students for life ...
Meredith's oldest resident remains positive about life
By ED PIERCE - Jan 21The oldest living resident of Meredith has some simple advice for everyone as she celebrates her 103rd birthday. "Be positive, never be crabby and ...
PSU, NOAA join forces for meteorology study
By BOB MARTIN - Feb 02Even with the most recent technology, the weather can be a difficult thing to forecast. In an effort to improve forecasting, Plymouth State ...
First Congregational Church celebrates 200 years
By TIM CAMERATO - Jan 31Parishioners of Meredith’s First Congregational Church will be dressed in historic costume on Feb. 15, to rededicate their covenant and celebrate ...
Cold hands, warm hearts
Jan 21Christian Bua, left, of Gilford, and his girlfriend, Breanna Simpson of Meredith, enjoy coffee and a blue sky day as they walk among the bob ...
Cobbler takes shoe repair business in stride
By CHRIS WADE - Jan 17Standing tall at his worktable, crafting away with tools older than he is, Jim Daubenspeck of Laconia, 50, carefully and conscientiously examines ...
History
Sled dog races during the mid-1930s in Bank Square, Laconia
Jan 31SLED DOG RACES IN LACONIA traditionally started from Bank Square and, in the early years, often traveled south to trails in Belmont, as these ...
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LRGHealthcare: $5.7M deficit
Jan 31LACONIA — With hospital costs rising and federal reimbursements dropping, LRGHealthcare had run a $5.7 million deficit in 2004, up $111,588 from ...
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New District Court hears 402 cases
Jan 31LACONIA — In the year and a half since the organization of the Laconia District Court, 402 criminal cases had been disposed of, The Laconia ...
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Tentative deal on Courthouse
Jan 31LACONIA — State and city officials reached a tentative compromise, Jan. 25, 2005, on the ownership of the Laconia District Court building, The ...
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John Chandler again LRGH president
Jan 31LACONIA — Attorney John P. Chandler was re-elected president of the Laconia Hospital Association at the annual meeting, Jan. 25, 1965, The Citizen ...
Obituaries
Jean A. Horn
Feb 03Jean A. Horn, 84, of 406 Court St., died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was the widow of Robert T. ...
Arvid E. "Andy" Anderson
Feb 02Mr. Arvid E. “Andy” Anderson, age 98, of Wolfeboro, formerly of Lynn, Massachusetts, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at Huggins Hospital in ...
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June M. Crane
Jan 30June M. Crane, 90, of Holderness passed awayon Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at Golden View Health Care Center. June was born in Providence, Rhode ...
Katherine E. Seavey
Jan 28Katherine E. Seavey passed peacefully at Mountain Ridge Nursing Home in Franklin, on Jan. 21, 2015, at the age of 101. She was born on Nov. 18, ...
Doris McGrath
Feb 03Doris McGrath, 86, passed away on Jan. 26, 2015. Doris was born May 16, 1928, in Schenectady, New York. Doris moved to New Hampshire in 1940 with ...
Angela Porter
Feb 02With heavy hearts, we announce Angela Lynn Porter, 11, of Bow, passed away due to a short illness on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at Elliot Hospital ...
Margaret Noury
Jan 30Margaret Aerona Noury, 89, of Meredith Bay Village, Meredith, died at her home on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, surrounded by her loved ones and ...
Lawrence D. ‘Larry’ White
Jan 25Lawrence D. “Larry” White, 51, of Fowler River Road, died suddenly Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Larry was born in Plymouth, the son of Franklin and ...
Community
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Sandwich Dog Sled Race is Feb. 14
Feb 03Bring the whole family to the Sandwich Sled Dog Race in North Sandwich on Saturday, Feb. 14. This decades old tradition will feature mushers from ...
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A hometown, real and fictional
By RUTH DOAN MACDOUGALL, ... - Jan 31This week’s column is written by guest writer, Ruth Doan MacDougall. On a wall beside my desk in my so-called office (the garret in our house), ...
History presentation focuses on church pipe organs
By ED PIERCE - Jan 24Larry Leonard has seldom come upon a church organ he didn't admire. Originally from Randolph, Vermont, Leonard studied organ with legendary organ ...
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Forestview Manor achieves perfect survey for third year in a row
Jan 20Forestview Manor has recieved a perfect score in its annual state survey by the Department of Health and Human Services for the third year in a ...
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Rey Center fundraisinggala to be Feb. 14
Jan 20The the Margret and H.A. Rey Center fundraising gala will be on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “Happy Valentine’s Day: A Night ...
Department mourns loss of K-9 Zeke
Feb 03It is with great sadness that the Alton Police Department announces the passing of K-9 Zeke. He passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 29, 2015, ...
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Belmont High School honor roll:
Jan 29BELMONT — The following students were named to the honor roll at Belmont High School for the second term of the 2014-15 school year: Grade 12 High ...
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Upcoming events at Tapply-Thompson Community Center
Jan 20The following are upcoming events at the Tapply-Thompson Community Center in Bristol: Sporty Kids A new program for preschool children is offered ...
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DAR meeting will be Feb. 7 in Plymouth
Jan 20Betty and Bill Batchelder, known for their passionate support of preservation of local history, will be guest speakers at the next meeting of the ...
