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By the end of the first week - before the Big Weekend even starts - it's apparent what kind of Bike Week this is... The weather has made everyone happy, and if the crowds are thinner the joy is every bit as big as ever.On Tuesday, a rock/blues group named Grace Curran & the High Falutin Band has the small crowd at the restaurant jumping. But it's a rainy day that produces a...

If you stand at the foot of Tower Hill and look down Lakeside Avenue on a warm summer day, the reflections from metals and mirrors on the rows of motorcycles emits a wavy aura. It’s the kind of thing you’d see over street pavement on a hot day. The epicenter of Bike Week looks hotter from a distance than it is.Working at restaurant just yards from Weirs Beach, the crowds, the activities, the people...

Two interesting Lakes Region stories in today's New Hampshire Sunday News.Check out the concerns of the owner of the Lake Opechee Inn & Spa, and the suit filed by  Ossipee Lake lakefront property owners. (Careful, the site only gives a few 'free' looks!)And have a great Sunday... "Just another day in (our weather) paradise."But forecast is for temps to hit 90s later this week - the first...

Our recent June 14 post, "How Squam Lake Really That Funny?," contained an error. The organization presenting the special "Saturday Night Wild" comedy night is the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. We've corrected the original post and apologize for the err...

What an amazing Bike Week!In almost 20 years, cannot recall more perfect weather. Except for a morning mid-week, it's been fabulous. Warm, sunny, a bit of clouds... Ride, enjoy - and be sa...

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The folks at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center are trying something different. Their newest fundraiser, scheduled for July 21, is a "comedy night"- "Saturday Night Wild" - and if they do it like they do most things, it should be a hummer. Prized at the auction held that night include two nights at Church Landing in Meredith, a week's stay at Rockywold-Deerhaven camp for four people,...

In the current issue of the Hippo, the arts & entertainment magazine based in Manchester, the editors name 50 favorite New Hampshire restaurants. Among those with ties to the Lakes Region are the Common Man (Ashland and Plymouth), the Homestead in Bristol, and Fratello’s Italian Grille, T-Bones Great American Eatery in Laconia, Cactus Jack’s and O Steak & Seafood, all in Laconia. Not...

Daryl Carlson of Meredith perfectly captures the spirit of Motorcycle Week in this image from our photography book. (See below for purchasing details.)They’re like the Greek gods.Every culture has them. Characters, symbols really, who somehow stand head-and-shoulders above the other “ordinary” people.But who, at the same time, are recognizable to all of us. They’re...

On a cool June night just days before Motorcycle Week, Weirs Beach is quiet. You can hear the water lap gently at the sandy beach. But there are spurts of noise and activity in the area.On both sides of Lakeside Avenue, where motorcycles will soon fill the slanted parking places, tractor trailer trucks fill up almost 15 spaces a piece. Workers, with cigarettes dangling from the lips, unload...

Foodie News: Just a while after we wrote about “disappearing” food menu items like the Red Flannel Hash recently featured at the Cafe Deja Vu diner in Laconia, the eatery has brought the once-familiar New England dish back for a rerun. (Guess that’s what they mean by “déjà vu".)… The Tilt’n Diner is now open 24 hours. And just days ago, owner Alex Ray won the Jim Irwin Community Service Award from...

Today's edition of the Laconia Daily Sun features our opinion piece about the former Laconia State School property. Here's the link.(The last time we tried this, the link stopped working after a certain amount of time so if you'd like to read this as it originally appeared online, check out the May 19 post belo...

After weeks of anxiety, it appears that the owners of Sunny Slope Farm in Alton - the site where Nh2o spring water is bottled - have staved off a bank auction.Below it the latest news, from Deanna O'Shaughnessy, a friend and a member of the family that owns the 300-acre property. Her business owed the bank about $53,000 when she began notifying friends and supporters of the problem several weeks...