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1 week ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
Sen. Tim Lang of District 2 met with local citizens engaged in renewable energy initiatives at Laconia Public Library on Monday afternoon. The roundtable discussed two bills, HB 219 and HB 224, which will be in front of the Senate Finance Committee on which Lang serves.
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1 week ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
FRANKLIN — After a contentious discussion at last month’s meeting, the city council declined to vote on a motion to relocate Kayak Man from Trestle View Park. A 5-4 majority vote Monday night at the council meeting tabled the motion. Kayak Man, a 22-foot art piece created by Colby Morrill from seven kayaks, was the product of a contest put on by former City Manager Judie Milner. Discussion of moving the piece brought an outpouring of support for Kayak Man.
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1 week ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
MEREDITH — More than 50 years ago, Granite Staters saw fewer loons swimming on their lakes. With no system in place to monitor the species, the dramatic decline of New Hampshire's beloved bird was not accurately documented. When the Loon Preservation Committee was founded in 1975, there were only 74 territorial pairs of common loons in the state. Thanks to aggressive conservation efforts, in 2022, a census counted 345 pairs.
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2 weeks ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
Brothers Samuel, 14, and Noah, 13, Lafever, played a pickup game of lacrosse with Brecken O’Reilly, 15, in their Whipple Avenue neighborhood of Laconia during spring break on Wednesday afternoon. Samuel is a member of the junior varsity team at Laconia High School, and Brecken plays for the varsity team.
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2 weeks ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
FRANKLIN — There were no injuries following a residential building fire on Spring Street Monday afternoon. The fire department was notified of the fire by a call to 911 at 3:28 p.m.Firefighters extinguished the blaze by 5 p.m., and cleared the scene shortly after. No one was living in the building, which was vacant at the time of the fire. There was minimal damage to the structure, but smoke may have affected contents like furniture and bedding. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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2 weeks ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
A ribbon cutting marked the soft opening of The Taphouse Winnipesaukee in Center Harbor on Friday afternoon. The new 150-seat restaurant will have its official opening on Friday, May 2, following soft opening days on Wednesday and Thursday, April 30-May 1. The new eatery will have a 100-seat biergarten overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. They'll offer comfort food, a selection of craft beer, wine and cocktails, with three full bars.
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2 weeks ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
Kayode Mason, an electrician for Eversource, used a switch stick to re-energize a circuit breaker after performing maintenance Tuesday afternoon at the electrical substation on Messer Street. The disconnects are turned off during circuit maintenance and must be re-energized afterward. Eversource staff perform circuit breaker maintenance every six years. Mason said electrical work often goes unnoticed, and is done without any disruptions.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessnhmagazine.com | Daniel Sarch
Changing domestic tariff policies have Lakes Region businesses struggling to keep up. President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on almost every country in the world on April 2, calling it “Liberation Day." All but 11 countries were hit with the new tariffs. Then on April 9, Trump paused the tariffs for 90 days, to allow those countries to negotiate with the administration. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods and services.
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2 weeks ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
SANBORNTON — Fourth graders from Sanbornton Central School had a chance to experience learning in action Thursday when they released Eastern Brook Trout, raised for six months in a classroom tank, into Salmon Brook. Students from Andrew Veilleux's classes took the field trip to release the fish. The kids had mixed emotions as they watched their small friends swim away. “I feel sad they are away from us now, but happy that they have a real home,” 10-year-old Liam Huckins said.
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3 weeks ago | 
laconiadailysun.com | Daniel Sarch
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) listened to local leaders, health care providers and voters during a Medicaid Impact Tour roundtable discussion at Partnership for Public Health in Laconia on Tuesday afternoon. The discussion focused around how Granite Staters would be affected by cuts to Medicaid in the proposed state budget.
