LACONIA — The Belknap Mill will be putting on their annual Sock Hop, inviting the community to come together at the Mill and Rotary Park to enjoy community fun for all ages, at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11.
GILFORD — An open house regarding the proposed renovation project at The Meadows will be held on Saturday morning, right before the first home game of the season for the state champion Gilford High School football team.
Priscilla Bean, the wife of the late Harry Bean, former Belknap County Delegation chair, received the most votes in the Republican District 6 Primary Election Tuesday, and will join Rep. Glen Aldrich (R-Gilford), Jade Wood, and Colleen Harkey on the ballot in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, General Election.
LACONIA — City Clerk Katie Gargano said Tuesday's Primary Election was comparable to the midterm election in 2024, in terms of voter turnout. In 2024, there were 10,704 registered voters, and 3,293 cast votes, resulting in a 33% voter turnout. This year’s election had 10,135 registered voter…
BELMONT — Republican Kevin Nugent, a dispatcher with Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid, beat out opponent Dana Silcock, 382-287, to progress to the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as a candidate for Belmont’s state representative. Nugent will face Democrat Liz Charlwood, who garnered 492 votes.
MEREDITH — Rep. Matt Coker (R-Meredith) and former Rep. Scott Wallace will represent Republicans in the General Election, beating out two others in Tuesday's Primary Election to join Democrats Dean Cascadden and Seth Wheeler, running as a team with hopes of snagging the two seats.
BELMONT — The Belmont Selectboard voted 5-0 on Sept. 2, to support a solar energy project on Jamestown Road that could ultimately save the town thousands and generate new tax revenue. The project, which must gain approval next from both the zoning and planning boards, would be installed in 2027-28.
Incumbent Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, a Democrat, and Lily Tang Williams, a Republican, secured nominations from their respective parties on Tuesday in the race to represent New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District.
LACONIA — Police are investigating a potential hostage situation Monday night, after a Peterborough man was charged after an altercation at the former Laconia State School property.
GILFORD — Ellen Gelotte is 98 years old and has never missed voting in an election. That tradition continued in Tuesday morning's Primary Election.
FRANKLIN — A federal program makes some prescriptions available to patients at lower costs through their local hospital, but critics are calling for increased transparency around where the money saved is spent.
LACONIA — Natalie Kitching-Rajak, ward clerk in Ward 2 at St. Andre Bessette Parish Hall, said they had a great voter turnout this year for the Primary Election on Tuesday. She emphasized the importance of having a say in local politics, and how amazing it is to simply have the ability to vote.
MEREDITH — Turnout was solid at Meredith Community Center Tuesday morning, with a steady stream of voters hitting the polls for the Primary Election.
Overcast weather didn’t serve as a deterrent to getting out the vote, and Belmont voters were turning out indeed Tuesday morning at Belmont High School for the state Primary Election. As of 11 a.m., 403 of 4,523 registered voters had cast a ballot, with more streaming in. That number continu…
LACONIA — Christopher Garon, accused of strangling his mother to death in April, will appear in Belknap Superior Court on Friday, Sept. 11, for the first time since being indicted on a pair of second-degree murder charges.
MEREDITH — Meredith’s Old Home Day celebration is back, and believed to be “better than ever,” according to members of the Old Home Day Committee. The event returned in 2025, after a 70-year hiatus, and this year will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
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