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LACONIA — In an effort to provide a COVID-friendly substitute to traditional trick-or-treating, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department is working to organize an outdoor event and is looking for volunteers to sign up so it will be a success.
The mission for The Sunshine Project is to report on issues of civic discourse and social determinants of community health – and not just health in a medical sense. The project will examine medical issues as well as broad indicators of health, looking at data that may shed light on which communities and subgroups are doing well, and which are facing unique challenges, why, and what can be done.
Editorials
Marketplaces function best when consumers have choices, and that includes the marketplace of ideas embodied by our elections and the campaigns leading up to them. When voters have choices, candidates are more likely to voice ideas that have to compete for approval at the ballot box.
Community
GILFORD — The Gilford Fire Department will burn a former lift building at Gunstock Mountain Resort on Saturday, Oct. 24 starting around 8 a.m. The lift building is located between the bottom of the Phelps Ski Trail and the Stockade Lodge. This event is a training exercise for firefighters.
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Obituaries
GILFORD — Priscilla J. Miller, "Janey Miller," 57, of Old Lake Shore Road, passed away at her home surrounded by family, on Saturday, October 17, 2020.
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I value the press and the protections afforded it under our state and federal Constitutions. A free press keeps people informed, holds public officials accountable and ultimately protects our democracy. Like many, I have come to value our community newspaper, The Laconia Daily Sun, and appre…
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Real Estate
During this past summer, I have been talking mainly about the exploding residential real estate market, lack of housing inventory, and lots of buyer demand. However, this past week with Amazon Prime Day, it was a wake-up reminder of how e-commerce is transforming the way we purchase, but at …
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Health and Wellness
Adolescence is often a stormy time for families. One of the major reasons for this is that adolescents are beginning in earnest their crucial task of separating from their parents and family of origin and learning to become independent and unattached young adults. There is no clear manual th…
Outdoors
CONWAY — New Hampshire’s outdoor community is coming together to educate visitors through a new membership-based non-profit.
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