By RICK GREEN, LACONIA DAILY SUN LACONIA — Former State Sen. Andrew Hosmer and Ward 6 Moderator Tony Felch are seeking to fill the City Council vacancy created by the death of longtime Councilor Armand Bolduc. Each filed an application for the post. The city will accept applications until 4 p.m. Friday. The City Council will interview applicants in public on Monday and will name Bolduc's successor at a special meeting on April 30. Felch, who was defeated three... Read more
Julia Zardeckiene, right, greets Barbara Bush during a visit to the Belknap Mall in February …
By THOMAS P. CALDWELL, LACONIA DAILY SUNNEW HAMPTON — Two months after a garage fire claimed th…
By MICHAEL MORTENSEN, LACONIA DAILY SUN LACONIA — A Laconia man who has admitted to being a fe…
To The Daily Sun, When I retired I wanted to volunteer and find ways to continue to feel useful, I soon discovered that there is a strong volunteer spirit here and many ways to help our neighbors. For me, a way to feel like I am truly helping to make someone’s life better is by being a CASA, a Court Appointed Special Advocate. CASAs have a positive impact on the lives of abused and neglected children... Read more
18-04-2018 Hits:88 Letters Edward Engler
To The Daily Sun, So, Burchell helped drive the county reserve fund from $4.5 million to $1.7 …
To The Daily Sun, On behalf of Altrusa International of Laconia, we would like to thank all wh…
To The Daily Sun, Former county commissioner Richard Burchell's letter to the editor of March …
They don't call it "Mud season" for nothing! Good trail etiquette demands that you walk in the center of the trail no matter how deep the mud is. (Courtesy/Tim Jones/EasternSlopes.com) By TIM JONES I know there are probably daffodils and forsythia blooming in your yard, but that doesn’t mean winter has gone away. Most northern ski areas have gotten at least a little snow in April, some have gotten a lot. In Vermont, Bolton, Burke, Jay Peak, Mad... Read more
19-04-2018 Hits:104 Community Announcements Ginger Kozlowski
LACONIA — The Lakes Region Bed & Breakfast Association will hold its annual Muffin and Scon…
LACONIA — Holy Trinity School’s seventh- and eighth-grade students had six first-place and thre…
TILTON — Kim Merritt will be hosting a step-by-step acrylic painting class at 6:30 p.m. on Apri…
VENICE, Fla. — Corinne Edna Booth Quigley (Renee), 88, died April 17, 2018, at her home in Venice.She was born June 30, 1929, in Amityville, New York, to the late Howard Morrison Booth and Eunice Cook Booth.She graduated from Amityville High School and attended S.U.N.Y. with an emphasis on Commercial Art.Renee is survived by her husband of 67 years, Ramon North Quigley of Venice; one son, Steven Jay Quigley of Flagstaff, Arizona; and one daughter... Read more
18-04-2018 Hits:79 Obituaries Ginger Kozlowski
MEREDITH — Arnold (Cy) Parker, passed away peacefully with family and friends standing around…
SANBORNTON — Harriet Lena Robillard, 89, of Sanbornton, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2…
LACONIA — Michael Fitzgerald, 51, of 130 Endicott Street North, died Sunday, April 15, 2018, …
Library EventsEvents at Gilford Public Library: Brown Bag Book Discussion, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Home School Game Club, 1:15-2:30 p.m.; Teen Tabletoppers, 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Conversational French, 4-5 p.m.; Evening Book Discussion, 6-7 p.m., at 31 Potter Hill Road in Gilford. For details call 603-524-6042.Events at Sanbornton Public Library: Artist Group, 1-3 p.m.; Spring Student Nature Photo Contest, 6-7:30 p.m.; Earth Day Celebration with photo awards and turkey vulture talk, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Turkey Vultures : natures recyclers, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at 27 Meetinghouse Hill Road. For details call 603-286-8288.Events at Laconia Public Library: Preschool... Read more
17-04-2018 Hits:158 Calendar of Events Don Campbell
Library EventsEvents at Gilford Public Library: Books in Bloom, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; National Librar…
Library EventsEvents at Gilford Public Library: Baby/Toddler Storytime Drop-In, 10-10:30 a.m.;…
Library EventsEvents at Gilford Public Library: Line Dancing, 9-10:30 a.m.; Check Out an Exper…
Multibillionaires Charles and David Koch want nothing less than to supplant America's core democratic principle of majority rule — the will of The People — with their core plutocratic principle of inviolable property rights, also known as domination by the wealthy minority. Their notion is that "property" (accumulated wealth and the means to get it) is sacrosanct and cannot be restricted by the pesky majority for the Common Good. Cloaking their efforts with layers of... Read more
18-04-2018 Hits:102 Columns Edward Engler
"Ten days ago, President Trump was saying 'the United States should withdraw from Syria.' We co…
In the days of wooden sailing ships when a ship started sinking, the rats were always sure to g…
One hundred nineteen years ago, Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed announced that he was, afte…