GILFORD — The town Department of Public Works will rent a generator to power its temporary office, also serving as a backup in case of a power outage at the town’s sewer pump station.
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OSSIPEE — The former Ossipee Main Street Program building was demolished last Thursday, after a 19-month-long legal saga.
LACONIA — Sharon Sousa and Laura Cate were downtown Friday morning, raising money for the Salvation Army. It’s part of that organization's annual bell-ringing campaign, but this year that volunteer assignment came delivered, with a twist.
LACONIA — A council subcommittee is recommending the Human Relations Committee be made permanent, councilors learned at their meeting on Monday night.
Matthew Kaplan grew up knowing his parents spent their days caring for patients — his mom as a nurse, his father in a hospital laboratory. While he appreciated how their successful careers supported their family of 10, he didn’t, at first, see there might be opportunities in health care for him.
LACONIA — City councilors are asking for public input on the purchase of a used ambulance in good shape to fill a gap in the fire department’s capacity.
In 1956, a documentary titled “Help Wanted” placed viewers inside the Laconia State School, which from its founding in 1903 as the New Hampshire School for Feeble-Minded Children to its closure in 1991 housed people with disabilities.
About 70 protestors from across the Granite State stood outside the passenger terminal at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Sunday, holding signs with slogans like "Stop Cruelty” and “Avelo out MHT."
GILFORD — The town selectboard will hold a public hearing to gather community input about proposed parking changes on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Changes include proposed amendments to the town’s winter parking ordinance, requiring a town decal to park at Lincoln Park, and adding a requirement that p…
Two Lakes Region football teams went all the way to the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association championship this past weekend in Exeter for a fierce, head-to-head battle on the gridiron, with the Gilford Golden Eagles taking home the trophy after a hard-earned 20-6 win against th…
LACONIA — Some of the police department’s newest officers have four legs, not two.
MEREDITH — Winning one state championship is something most high school athletes and coaches dream about, but a three-peat is an especially rare accomplishment.
The first ever White Mountains Almanac has been published.
More than 100 towns and cities around the Granite State are represented in a group of eight “sanctuary communities,” created in response to the expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in New Hampshire.
President Donald Trump is calling six Democratic lawmakers — including New Hampshire Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander — "traitors” and suggested they receive the death penalty for appearing in a video in which they urge members of the U.S. military to refuse orders that are “illegal.”
MOULTONBOROUGH — The town tax rate has been set, and one of the lowest rates in the state has reduced 5.66%, to $5.33 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.


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