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Alton Bay, New Hampshire is located in Belknap County. Zip codes in Alton Bay, NH include 03810.

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Oct 12, 2009 | The Citizen

Christian center rebuilding 6 months after 14-alarm fire

The Alton Bay Christian Conference Center has existed for almost 150 years, but six months ago today it took just hours for 42 of its cottages to burn to the ground and for 12 others to be damaged.

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

WBZ TV

Swimmer Attempts Big Crossing Of NH's Largest Lake

Share + Sep 2, 2009 6:43 am US/Eastern NORTH CONWAY, N.H. An official with a New Hampshire group that wants to develop an aquatic center is attempting a double-swim crossing of Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Wed Aug 12, 2009

Mountain Ear

Salem runner bests Old Home Day 5K field

More than 230 runners and walkers turned out on a gorgeous Saturday morning for the annual Alton Old Home Day 5K, and local competitors walked away with a number of top finishes.

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Associated Content

5 Top Day Cruises on New England's Waters

Relax for the Afternoon on Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire A relaxing hour-and-a-half tour of Lake Sunapee is accompanied by the ship captain's narrative about the geologic history of the clear glacial lake, with some cultural history thrown in.

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Mon Aug 10, 2009

Mountain Ear

Salem runner bests Old Home Day 5K field

More than 230 runners and walkers turned out on a gorgeous Saturday morning for the annual Alton Old Home Day 5K, and local competitors walked away with a number of top finishes.

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Tue Jul 21, 2009

The Citizen

Honorable Mention ...

Send listings to communityweekly @ fosters.com. Marina, Calif. - Dr. Dean F. Kennedy, formerly of Durham, N.H., and currently a resident of Marina, received his PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado in May 2009.

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Sun Jul 19, 2009

The Citizen

Craft fair features more than 50 juried vendors

Ray Mongeau/Citizen photo Grace George of Grace Leathers of Lynn Mass., jokes with a customer at her stand Saturday during the annual Alton Bay Craft Fair.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

OfficialWire

Rainy Day Ideas For The Soggy Traveler

Water may be dampening some people's passion for travel, but there remains plenty to do--indoors and out--by just venturing a little to the north It has been quite the rainy summer.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Concord Monitor

Plenty of fireworks planned for the Fourth

Assuming there's not a thunderstorm headed our way this weekend - and, yes, that's a big if - there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate Independence Day with a fireworks display.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Citizen

Fireworks stores: Sales steady or growing

Fireworks retailers in the Lakes and Seacoast regions are reporting solid sales for this year's Fourth of July weekend.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

New Hampshire's guide to restaurants,...

Lake Winnipesaukee's Weirs Beach is perfect for timeless family fun

It's been a great many years since I first visited Lake Winnipesaukee and fell in love with the crystal clear waters of New Hampshire's "Big Lake." A teenager at the time, I came up from New York for an idyllic first job on one of the lake's small islands - the days filled with swimming, boating, tennis and water skiing.

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Wed May 13, 2009

Berlin Reporter

Cautious optimism for tourism in summer of 2009

As the weather warms up, many businesses in the Lakes Region are looking ahead to their summer season and are cautiously optimistic that slower sales in certain areas will pick up as tourists and seasonal residents begin to arrive.

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Tue May 12, 2009

Carroll County Independent

Chris Mahoney wins Big Lake Half Marathon

There were a lot of new things about the Big Lake Half Marathon this year. A new primary sponsor came on board in Harvard Pilgrim.

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Thu May 07, 2009

The Citizen

The right thing to do: Boy finds and returns backpack stuffed with cash

Before a woman who "lost everything" in an Alton fire last year learned a 10-year-old found more than $8,000 of her money, Arie Johnston had to defy his grandmother's orders.

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Wed Apr 22, 2009

The Citizen

Clubs and groups ...

Sunday, April 19, 2009 Send listings to communityweekly fosters.com. Winners are ... DOVER - April 7 Dover Duplicate Bridge Club winners are: first, Stephen Robbins and Phil Desfosses; second, Patrick and Judy Parks; third, Ruth Cunniff and Carol Leonard; and fourth, Carl Vancelette and Eric Fillion.

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Mon Apr 20, 2009

The Citizen

Tower truck proves its mettle at Alton Bay fire

In 32 years of fighting fires, Rochester Fire Chief Norm Sanborn thought he'd seen it all.

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WCAX-TV Burlington

Woman who watched NH fire saw similar 1 in 1945

One witness to the devastating fire in Alton, N.H., says she saw it from almost exactly the spot where she watched a similar fire 64 years earlier.

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The Citizen

Family histories lost in Alton fire

VICTORIA GUAY/STAFF PHOTO Katie Fogell, who works and lives at the Christian Conference Center in Alton, said her friends' cottage, which located just a couple houses away from where she and her husband, John Fogell live, had the walls of their cottage covered with pictures of their children and grandchildren, precious memories lost during the ...

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Sun Apr 19, 2009

The Citizen

Anatomy of a 14-alarm fire at Alton Bay

Fire Chief Scott Williams remains humble. He defers accolades for his quick decision-making on April 12, which prevented a historic 14-alarm fire at the Christian Conference Center on the bay from getting out of control, to the men and women who fought the blaze - and the dispatchers who managed the response.

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The Citizen

Alton Bay conference center also burned in '45

"Those who might well be in a turmoil of despair over conditions existing today, let them come to the campground for proof that there is still hope for a better world." Alfred Vollmeke "Story of the Campground" Vollmeke wrote the above in a thin volume - published in 1942 and available at Alton's Gilman Library - that contains some fanciful, and ...

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