MEREDITH — What does elastic potential energy, projectile motion and the engineering design process all have in common? At Inter-Lakes Middle/High School, in the physics class it all came together to build what the students have termed The Laker Launcher. Inspired by …

Local News from Laconia, Belmont, Gilford, Meredith and the other towns of New Hampshire’s Lakes Region.

Sandra Jacques Flanders, 82, a longtime resident of Franklin, passed away on Jan. 23, 2025. She was born in Franklin on July 9, 1942, daughter of the late Eugene and Gertrude R. (Elliott) Jacques.

Jan 2, 2025 · Tia Jean Reed, 29, unexpectedly passed away on Dec. 30, 2024, at Concord Hospital-Laconia. Tia was born in Franklin, and remained local in the community. Tia will always be remembered as a social butterfly. She had many passions and interests such as her love of motorcycles, snowmobiles, horses and spending time with family and friends.

Oct 1, 2024 · LACONIA — An employment shakeup at Concord Hospital-Laconia resulted in jobs for three fewer doctors, with thousands of patients left to seek care from another provider, raising questions about patient abandonment. Three doctors in the hospital’s internal medicine department were fired last week, and patients received notices the next day to call the hospital to reschedule existing ...

Oct 10, 2024 · Have 6,000 patients been abandoned? Concord Hospital says primary care in the Lakes Region is here to stay — doctors say they’re worried patients will fall through the cracks

Jan 3, 2025 · The Laconia Daily Sun’s top stories of the year ran the gamut, covering everything from housing development and health care to breaking news and the introduction of new businesses to the Lakes Region. There were about 1,000 stories written by The Sun's team of reporters, but 10 topics stood out among them. These are the issues which garnered the most page views online, one indicator of their ...

Nov 20, 2024 · Chris West, captain at the Laconia Salvation Army, stands in front of 370 Union Ave., which will be the site of the organization's thrift store starting in January. The store was forced to seek a new building after its current location was sold. (Adam Drapcho/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

Oct 17, 2024 · LACONIA — After more than a year of construction, Bank of New Hampshire opened the lobby of their new building this week. Located just off Veterans Square downtown, the brick

CAMPTON — A Campton man was arraigned on Thursday for several sex-related felonies, including incest and bestiality.