Laconia

Election monitors have been appointed in Windham, Bedford and one ward in Laconia for the Sept. 13 New Hampshire primary after problems were found in vote counting or the administration of elections in November 2020, the attorney general’s office said. The office said in a news release Monday that the monitors are appointed to work with election officials and review…

A New Hampshire inmate who escaped from Belknap County Jail in Laconia on Monday night has been captured in New York state, the US Marshals Service confirmed Wednesday. Peter DiBiaso, 57, was being held on pre-trial charges of threatening with a deadly weapon, stalking, operating a vehicle without a license and being an armed career criminal, officials said. Belknap County…

A New Hampshire man is facing drunken driving and other charges after crashing his car into multiple concrete barriers on Interstate 93 on Tuesday morning with an 8-month-old baby riding in the back seat. Nathan Rabbitt, 35, of Laconia, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence, endangering the welfare of a child, operating after suspension and disobeying an officer….

A year after the coronavirus pandemic impacted the Laconia Motorcycle Week, the annual New Hampshire event is getting back up to full speed. Hundreds of thousands of people are descending on the city in the Lakes Region this week for what’s considered the world’s oldest motorcycle rally. There was a scaled-back version last year, but this year, the event...

Hundreds of thousands of people are descending on Laconia, New Hampshire, for the world’s oldest motorcycle rally.

City leaders in Laconia, New Hampshire, are in a stinky situation, forced to pay five times more than in years past for port-a-potties to accommodate huge Bike Week crowds next week. “It was interesting, the price was up five-fold,” Laconia City Manager Scott Myers said. The price to rent 34 port-a-potties has gone from an average of $5,000 to nearly…

The cost of Port-a-Potties is five times higher for the city of Laconia, New Hampshire, ahead of Bike Week this year.

Police searched for an armed man in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Tuesday afternoon, but have yet to arrest him. Laconia police had searched in the area of Country Club and Perkins roads. Residents were urged to avoid the area and shelter in place for hours, though an incident that prompted road closures was over by early evening. Police said the…

New Hampshire’s Division of Fire Safety confirmed the death of one person in a housefire in Laconia, New Hampshire Wednesday. Firefighters were first called to a blaze at a two-and-a-half story duplex structure in Laconia around 2 p.m. Wednesday, where they learned that one person was trapped inside. Officials said a person was discovered inside unconscious and not breathing....

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu this week issued a new executive order that will require people to wear masks at scheduled gatherings of more than 100 people. It’s the first mask mandate issued by Sununu, who has resisted calls to require the use of face coverings to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Here’s what to know about...

Gov. Chris Sununu is now requiring people to wear face coverings when they’re part of organized gatherings of 100 people or more in New Hampshire, a change that comes ahead of a large annual gathering, Laconia Motorcycle Week. Images of people ignoring social distancing measures at another major motorcycle gathering, this weekend’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, factored...

Officials say two men were injured when what appeared to be homemade fireworks detonated in Laconia, New Hampshire. Fire Chief Kirk Beattie said the explosion happened on the Friday night before the Fourth of July, and both victims were taken to Lakes Region General Hospital with leg injuries. One of them had to be flown to another facility for further…

The death of a 5-year-old boy on Christmas Eve was caused by blunt force trauma to the head and neck, and the manner of death is homicide, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Dennis Vaughan, Jr., of Laconia, died at a hospital. Police arrived at his home to find him unresponsive. Several other family members were with...

The event known as Bike Week, which draws thousands of motorcycle riders to New Hampshire each June, has been postponed because of the coronavirus. The Laconia City Council voted Monday to move the event from Aug. 22 to Aug. 30. It had been scheduled from June 13 to June 21. Charlie St. Clair, executive director of the Laconia Motorcycle Week…

A task force in New Hampshire is looking for ways to reopen vacation spots in time for summer.

Officials have released the name of the 5-year-old boy whose Christmas Eve death has sparked a suspicious death investigation in New Hampshire. Dennis Vaughn Jr. was found inside a home on Blueberry Lane in Laconia on Dec. 24, according to the attorney general’s office. The child was taken to an area hospital, where he later died. An autopsy has been…

New Hampshire officials are investigating the suspicious death of a young boy in Laconia, according to a news release.

A state advisory board has voted to approve a sports betting contract between the New Hampshire Lottery Commission and DraftKings Inc. The Executive Council voted 3-1 on Monday to approve the six-year contract with the possibility of two two-year extensions.

The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner, has died at age 90. His son said a church service was held Friday for Doehner, who died on Nov. 8 at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire.

Former Vice President Joe Biden campaigned in New Hampshire Friday.