Laconia Daily Sun

1 day ago | laconiadailysun.com | Gabriel Perry

For the first time in a decade, a large coordinated effort to conduct water quality testing across Lake Winnipesaukee immediately following ice-out started Monday morning. Ice-out was declared by Dave Emerson of Emerson Aviation just after 7 a.m. on April 16. The sort of official-unofficial declaration denotes the date and time when the M/S Mount Washington is able to reach all of its ports of call across Lake Winnipesaukee each year.

2 days ago | laconiadailysun.com | Gabriel Perry

LACONIA — A group of citizens and municipal leaders, tasked with reviewing proposals regarding development of a city-owned parcel on the north end of the city, will meet Tuesday night to hear a presentation from Lakes Region Community Developers. The Mayor’s Special Citizens Ad-Hoc Review Committee on the municipal parcel located at Old North Main Street and Parade Road will meet at the downtown headquarters of Lakes Region Mental Health Center at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.

5 days ago | laconiadailysun.com | Gabriel Perry

LACONIA — Immigration enforcement collaboration program or not, Chief Matt Canfield and the Laconia Police Department will enforce the law. Councilors rejected a resolution Monday night which would have recommended the city’s police commission direct Canfield to sign onto the United States Department of Homeland Security’s 287 (g) program, which delegates certain immigration and customs enforcement authorities to local and state law enforcement agencies.

1 week ago | laconiadailysun.com | Gabriel Perry

LACONIA — City councilors may approve the installation of a new flagpole, donated by Bank of New Hampshire, at Veterans Square downtown. A public hearing is set for Monday, April 28. Councilors learned Monday night that Bank of New Hampshire, which renovated their large location near Veterans Square, would sponsor and donate the installation of a tall flagpole high above the city streets. The new pole, procured from High Flying Flag Co. of Greenland, will be satin aluminum with a revolving truck.

1 week ago | laconiadailysun.com | Julie Hart

To The Daily Sun,Can anyone explain how billions of unvaxxed people with no boosters are still alive? Why's it a "good idea" taxpayers keep funding extremely liberal stations NPR and PBS? The astronauts stranded for nine months rescued by Elon Musk is a huge accomplishment. Why does a liberal judge want recently deported illegal Venezuelan gang members brought back? First time since March 2021 gas prices are actually down — no mention in the mainstream media.