Laconia News

Allan Kirker recently returned from serving his country in Kuwait as a staff sergeant with the New Hampshire Air National Guard, but he won't be going back to his job as a unit manager at the State Prison for Men in Concord.

Name of the business or Web site: City of Laconia URL link: www.city.laconia.nh.us Location or contact of business: 45 Beacon Street East, Laconia, NH 03246 Tell us about the business: Laconia was established as a city in 1893 and is dedicated to providing the best possible service to its residents, businesses and visitors.

Police in Laconia, NH, need your help finding three suspects in an armed home invasion.

BACKGROUND: New Hampshire avoided the fate of six other states that did not have a budget agreement in place for the start of the fiscal year on July 1. CONCLUSION: But that doesn't mean everything is just dandy with the faith-based budget adopted by the state Legislature last month.

A judge has dismissed a pair of felony charges facing a Laconia man accused of stealing a pickup truck and being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon.

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Twenty-something James Webb fears July 18 might be his last week for unemployment checks.

Apparently, what happens in Manch-Vegas does not stay in Manch-Vegas. Take Frank Guinta, the Manchester mayor and Republican congressional candidate whose presence at - and pre-authorities-arriving departure from - a recent bar fight at the East Manchester Fish and Game Club became the subject of tongue-wagging and blog-writing from here to D.C.

Presenter: Jeffrey Pindelski This webcast will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied daily fireground survival.

The Brookfield Board of Selectmen's decision on June 9 not to rehire Attorney Susan Slack as town counsel provoked a reaction from several residents.

Gov. John Lynch yesterday put his signature on the state's $11.5 billion budget for the next two years.

Nearing the end of their trip to all their county towns, the Belknap County Commissioners encouraged Gilford officials to talk to other towns and exchange ideas.

Gov. John Lynch signed an $11.5 billion budget Tuesday that could result in up to 950 New Hampshire workers being laid off if it isn't replaced with a furlough plan costing workers more than a month's pay over the two-year budget.

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The coils of razor wire remain, but the chow hall has no tables. The barber shop has been swept and shuttered.

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Duane Merck of Palenville, N.Y., came up to Bike Week at Weirs Beach with his brother, Albert Merck, and their father, Buster Merck.

Elaine Blinn of the Belknap Point Motel considers herself fortunate she was able to fill most of her rooms during a rainy Bike Week that saw traffic into the Weirs Beach epicenter for the 86th annual Bike Week dwindle to the point that police were actually able to cut back on staffing several days last week.

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At the tail end of Laconia Bike Week, the first day of summer dawned hot and sunny, the perfect weather for riding into the mountains or strutting down Weirs Beach in a skimpy tank top.