WOLFEBORO — As a teenager, Roger Campbell and his friends kept a pigeon coop on the roof of his apartment building in Central Falls, Rhode Island. They would drive the passenger pigeons hundreds of miles away and bet on which would be the first bird to return to its roost.
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CENTER HARBOR – Not all of Lake Winnipesaukee's schools were found beneath the waves on Thursday.
School districts in the Lakes Region are already preparing for the upcoming budget season, with building principals gathering staff recommendations for superintendents to review.
ALTON — Jeffrey Clay is appealing to the state’s highest court his convictions for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on the grounds that the arrest was not based on a lawful order and that Clay’s actions did not meet the legal definition those two crimes.
GILFORD — A health insurance grievance filed over a misreading of contract language between the town of Gilford and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 534 was settled in the town’s favor earlier this month, but the town acknowledged that it had not followed pr…
A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018
As young children grow, every experience or encounter presents a learning opportunity. They learn from the things they try to do, see, hear, smell and taste. Their young brains grow quickly, with 90 percent of their brain development occurring by age 5. Parents, family members and other ca…
GILMANTON — A woman was injured when the car she was driving on Route 140 near Gilmanton Corners crossed the highway, glanced along an embankment, and rolled over Friday.
GILFORD — The Gilford Police Department responded to 46 calls for service on Wednesday and Thursday.
LACONIA — Two Alton men who allegedly were scoping out an area of Alton in July to see that they could steal have been indicted on a variety of theft charges.
BELMONT — State Rep. Michael Sylvia has refused to talk publicly about his legal troubles with the town that is taking him to court for not complying with building and occupancy permits. But letters he has written to a town official and the town’s attorney make clear the lawmaker believes wh…
LACONIA — Madi Smith fed applesauce to a fellow student at the Huot Technical Center Thursday morning. Earlier, another student worked on Smith’s nails.
LACONIA — A local fugitive turned himself in at the Belknap County Courthouse Wednesday hours after the U.S. Marshal’s Service broadcast a statewide alert naming him as the agency’s Fugitive of the Week.
CONCORD — A Manchester man has pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking and firearms charges in which Tilton police played a critical role in the defendant’s arrest.
LOUDON — One of the most anticipated short-track weekends in New England is on deck, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosts its first "Full Throttle Weekend."
LACONIA — Mayor Ed Engler warned a state panel Tuesday not to stray from its mission of turning the former State School property into a jobs generator.
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