Laconia News

Return to Adam Krauss' home page Mo Baxley, executive director of N.H. Freedom to Marry Coalition, responded today to Gilford activist Doug Lambert's "faggot" comment.

Victoria Guay/Citizen photo Cassie Bushnell, 21, a resident of the Carey House homeless shelter in Laconia, said she has been looking for work for two months and hasn't been able to find anything.

Over the weekend I reported on New Hampshire radio host and blogger Doug Lambert , who directed a vicious homophobic diatribe at gay New Hampshire Party Chair Ray Buckley into a web stream at the end of his show.

New Hampshire Democratic Party chair Ray Buckley declined to comment about the anti-gay slur by which a local blogger described him on his weekend talk show.

A mortgage company in Meredith that closed suddenly last week is undergoing a criminal investigation by the FBI.

Anti-gay comments by conservative blogger and radio show host Doug Lambert have drawn fire from all corners - " from his own radio show co-host to Congressman Paul Hodes.

The consensus from political experts: New Hampshire isn't Florida. With four candidates currently in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, and at least one more still considering running, the anticipated highest-profile New Hampshire race in 2010 will be about far more than cut-and-dried distinctions on ideology.

The American Dream hasn't reached the living rooms of Pema Tamang and Bhakta Dhital.

Concord attorney William Chapman said winning the Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment Award is like getting an award for skiing.

The exterior of the ice rink on Varney Point in Gilford is in need of a paint job and other minor maintenance.

The last of five people who conspired to rob the Franklin Savings Bank at gunpoint and get away on snowmobiles was sentenced in U.S. Federal Court yesterday.

More than 500 refugees looking for better lives in America resettled in New Hampshire over the past year -- the most since at least 2002.

Police are asking for the public's help to find the man who assaulted and robbed a man in the parking lot of McDonald's restaurant on Union Ave.

LRGHealthcare is set to expand in Franklin, Laconia and Meredith, backed by a federal program.

Daryl Carlson/Citizen photo With his attorney Mark Sisti by his side, Ryan Sell, who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of Robert Richey last year in Alton, apologizes to Richey's relatives in Belknap County Superior Court during his sentencing Wednesday.

The Lakes Region couple accused of staking out and robbing the manager of a Tilton restaurant this summer were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday.

A company that operates two hospitals and a medical office in New Hampshire is getting a $136.4 million federal loan for expansion and renovation projects.

The Belmont man arrested Thursday on sexual assault charges following a four-hour standoff with the police was charged with nine additional offenses yesterday.

Manchester, NH - The Jewish Federation of New Hampshire and its resident theater group, Manchester Community Theatre Players have partnered to present the award winning, one woman play, Golda's Balcony in four New Hampshire locations during November, including at Etz Hayim Synagogue in Derry.

For most of the last year, the discussion over a proposed cap on taxes and spending in Manchester has tended to focus more on whether the proposal should go before voters than on whether it would be good for the city.