Reader Pics highlights reader-submitted local photos of people, places, events, scenery, or even breaking news. Follow The Laconia Daily Sun on Instagram to see daily Reader Pics. Have a great shot? Email it to us for consideration at readerpics@laconiadailysun.com. Please include as much information as possible about the photo, including who took it, when and where it was taken, who's in it and what's happening. The larger the file the better, and please, no Photoshopping. Let your natural talent speak for itself. We hope you enjoy the photography skills of your neighbors and fellow readers.
Reader Pics: July 6
Christine Egan of Manchester submitted this photo of the McLaughlin and Keriazes families with their decorated ice cream truck golf cart in the annual South Down/Long Bay golf cart parade Saturday. Over 110 decorated golf carts participated.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: June 15
“Motorcycle Week did not deter the Meredith Sculpture Walk Ground Team from assisting sculptor Binney Meigs installing ‘Ocean Swimmer’ on Main Street,” writes Liz Lapham, who submitted this photo. “When completed, 29 new sculptures will be installed.”
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: June 13
“This is my mom and former Weirs Beach resident Ruth Baer Arnold at the Laconia races in 1948 astride her Indian Arrow motorcycle,” writes Bob Arnold. “She rode 160 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts, to attend the National Motorcycle Races and Gypsy Tour, brought to a permanent home in Laconia in 1938 by her father Fritzie Baer.”
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: June 4
Margie DeSisto of Laconia shared this photo, which she described as "New kids on the block." She wrote, "A few days old, this mama mallard is seen here taking her chicks out in the cold water. She kept bringing them back on shore and laying on them."
- Julie Hirshan Hart
Reader Pics: June 1
U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate Seaman Matthew Jimino from Tuftonboro performs anti-corrosion maintenance on a .50 caliber gun mount aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. The 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caylen McCutcheon.
- Caylen McCutcheon
Reader Pics: May 26
"We got lazy this winter and put fruit waste in the composter. Grass got long while out of town, so raked cuttings were on top of waste. The bear lifted the top half off and investigated. Lots of muddy paw prints," writes Jan Hooper of Center Harbor.
- Julie Hirshan Hart
Reader Pics: May 26
"We got lazy this winter and put fruit waste in the composter. Grass got long while out of town, so raked cuttings were on top of waste. The bear lifted the top half off and investigated. Lots of muddy paw prints," writes Jan Hooper of Center Harbor.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: May 24
Tricia and Kevin Larson of Laconia submitted this photo of them celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary at Liliuokalani’s on Paugus Bay. “Thank you, Frank Pasquarello, and your wonderful staff for a wonderful afternoon,” they write.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: May 3
“After eating birdseed off the ground, this black bear said a polite ‘hello’ to our cat Chloe in the sunroom, and then he quietly ambled off into the woods. We kept a nervous eye on him, but had no issues just letting him move on,” writes Becky Solorzano, who captured this image last week at her house in Campton.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: April 8
Sharon Ryan submitted this photo of a scene in March in Meredith. “At first glance I thought I was looking at large stones in the snow. Once I realized it was a group of ducks I stopped to take advantage of this Kodak moment,” she writes.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: April 4
Sarah Stanley submitted this photo of U.S. Army veteran Bob Tarr at the baseball opening day party at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton. “Bob recalls opening day as a 10-year-old youth, seeing Jimmie Fox and his favorite, HOF second baseman Bobby Doerr. Fast forward to Opening Day 2023. Now he’s a bonafide, 85-year Red Sox fan,” Stanley writes.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: April 1
Historian Warren Huse submitted this postcard from circa 1900 Laconia, published by E.G. Baker & Co., stationers on Main Street. “Of particular note is the elevated railway with steam locomotive, several hot air balloons and a dirigible, a sightseeing bus and the entrance to a ‘subway to New York,’ along with an actual trolley car of the Laconia Street Railway,” he writes.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: March 30
Andrew Trimble submitted this photo of the Wolves U16 hockey team as they head to the national tournament in Buffalo, New York. Pictured with the team are coaches John Guerin and John McKenzie, Merrill Fay, and Trimble, the team’s general manager.
- Ben Welch
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Reader Pics: June 13
“This is my mom and former Weirs Beach resident Ruth Baer Arnold at the Laconia races in 1948 astride her Indian Arrow motorcycle,” writes Bob Arnold. “She rode 160 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts, to attend the National Motorcycle Races and Gypsy Tour, brought to a permanent home in Laconia in 1938 by her father Fritzie Baer.”
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: June 1
U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate Seaman Matthew Jimino from Tuftonboro performs anti-corrosion maintenance on a .50 caliber gun mount aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. The 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caylen McCutcheon.
- Caylen McCutcheon
Reader Pics: May 3
“After eating birdseed off the ground, this black bear said a polite ‘hello’ to our cat Chloe in the sunroom, and then he quietly ambled off into the woods. We kept a nervous eye on him, but had no issues just letting him move on,” writes Becky Solorzano, who captured this image last week at her house in Campton.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: April 4
Sarah Stanley submitted this photo of U.S. Army veteran Bob Tarr at the baseball opening day party at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton. “Bob recalls opening day as a 10-year-old youth, seeing Jimmie Fox and his favorite, HOF second baseman Bobby Doerr. Fast forward to Opening Day 2023. Now he’s a bonafide, 85-year Red Sox fan,” Stanley writes.
- Ben Welch
Reader Pics: April 1
Historian Warren Huse submitted this postcard from circa 1900 Laconia, published by E.G. Baker & Co., stationers on Main Street. “Of particular note is the elevated railway with steam locomotive, several hot air balloons and a dirigible, a sightseeing bus and the entrance to a ‘subway to New York,’ along with an actual trolley car of the Laconia Street Railway,” he writes.
- Ben Welch
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