Children's Fairy Tale Theatre

The Belknap Mill is delighted to announce the addition of IMPACT - Imagination and Music: Professional Artistry in Children's Theatre to its summer programming offerings. Join us beginning on Tuesday, July 6th at 10:00 am for Little Red Riding Ho...

Weirs Beach 2021 Fireworks Schedule

You won't want to miss this family tradition! The fun begins on July 3rd at 11:59 pm with the first 4th of July fireworks show in NH, and continues each Saturday night at 9:30 pm through August 14th. You can view the fireworks display from the beach, the ...

2021 Lakes Region Household Hazardous Waste Collections

Household Hazardous Waste Collections have been scheduled in several Lakes Region communities on Saturday, July 31 and Saturday, August 7, from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon both days. The Laconia event will be held on Saturday, August 7 at the Department of Publ...

Summer Concert Series in Rotary Park

Please make plans to join your neighbors at one or more of the Belknap Mill's "Arts in the Park" summer concerts! Held in Rotary Park in Laconia, all concerts are free and open to the public. NH State Guidelines will be followed to ensu...

Beach Stickers Available

Resident beach stickers for Bond Beach or Weirs Beach are now available at the City Clerk or Tax Collector offices in City Hall. Residents may purchase two stickers per household at a cost of $15 each (or $25 for two if purchased at the same time). Please...

Fire Department News

Read the most current news for the Laconia Fire Department!

Laconia Links

To receive Laconia Links each Friday via email, simply send your email address to info@laconianh.gov.

Special Events

The City of Laconia holds special events throughout the year..click the link below to find a listing of those events.

Burn Permit Changes

As of May 1st, 2021, Property owners (or those with property owner permission form) will again be required to obtain a burn permit in person. These can be obtained at :

Central Fire Station - 848 N. Main Street Laconia, NH 

Weirs Fire Stat...

Laconia Fire Crews Deliver another baby!

At around 10:30 AM on Friday December 4th, Laconia Fire responded to a call for a female in labor and arrived on scene just in time to deliver a healthy, baby boy! Mom and baby were transported to LRGH ED for further care and were both doing well. This wa...

Laconia Fire Crews Rescue man from Christmas Day Fire

Laconia fire crews, along with mutual aid from Gilford and Belmont were dispatched to a building fire in the area of Union Avenue and Zion Hill Road around 10 AM on Christmas Day. First arriving crews found heavy smoke fire on the first level of the build...

Volunteer at the Library

Library volunteers play an important role as partners in the library’s mission of connecting people to the world of ideas and information. Library volunteer service offers a social experience and a valuable chance to help maintain library operat...

NoveList Plus

Need help figuring out what book you might like to read next? Search Novelist by series, by author read-a-likes, award-winning books, genre (western, Christian fiction, historical novel), and lots more. A great tool to help readers like you find a book yo...

New Library Website

The Library is excited to show off the new look of our website. 

New features include the ability to search the catalog with the search bar at the top right of the page. A convenient calendar to view all of the library's events, divided b...

Library Passes Available

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

23 Science Center Road Holderness, NH 0325

Each pass allows up to four trail admissions for $10 each every day from May 1 through November 1.

Hours

Open daily from 9:30 am - 5 pm, with the last trail admission at 3:30 pm.

Cas...

Enjoy our library garden

We have a lovely open space behind the library, take your lunch, or read a book on one of our benches and enjoy the flowers. The garden is cared for by the Laconia Garden Club.

Summer Reading Begins

Teen & Tween Summer Reading

• No Sign-ups Required! Grades 6-12.
• Weekly Summer Fun Craft Kits: Beachball Painting, Rainbow Pom-Pom Key Chains, Unicornaments, Suncatchers, and Paint-by-Stickers.
• Summer Reading Raffle with weekly Gift Bags featuring a gift c...

Children's Summer Reading Sign Ups

All of our programs will take place outside on the library lawn unless the weather says otherwise. Please check our Facebook page for updates! 

 Here are some of the adventures in store for you this summer at the library:

• Wednesday Special...

New Library Service: Reading Round-Up

Would you like help to pick out bedtime stories? Do you feel like you’ve read everything your child loves, and you’re looking for something new? Laconia Librarians to the rescue! Just fill out this quick form, and we’ll gathe...

Reserve Express

Arrange to receive new items by selected authors automatically! 

Reserve Express will automatically place you on the reserve list for new books by selected authors in regular print, large print, or audiobooks. 

You can find reserve express...

Overdrive and the Libby App

This is a large collection of eBooks and downloadable content available to Laconia Public Library cardholders.

• Download from Overdrive
• Learn about how to use Overdrive  
• What is Libby and how do I sign up for it? Our Tech Help Librarian wil...

Hoopla

Hoopla is a collection of eBooks, movies, television shows, music, and more. Content is available to stream or download instantly to Laconia Public Library cardholders.

• Download from Hoopla
• Learn about how to use Hoopla
• What is Hoopla and how do I sign up fo...

Library Tech Help Videos

Find out how to use our library services and more from Shayla's Tech Help Videos.

Sign up for our e-mail newsletter

Keep up to date on the programs and events at the library with these bi-weekly newsletters sent out on the 1st and 15th of each month. Now available by targeted age range so that you only get the information you care most about!

On-Demand, Anywhere Online Tutoring for Kids and Adults

Laconia Public Library is excited to announce the launch of Brainfuse – on-demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for children and adult learners. Through Help Now™ students communicate with live tutors using an interactive whiteboard to chat, write, draw, c...

Court Street Bridge

Underground utility construction began in the fall of 2020.  Groundwater infiltration into the drilling pits for the new water line presented a challenge due to volume of groundwater and contamination in the water from an old leak by an undergrou...

2021 Road Program

The Department of Public Works has paved the following streets this spring – Weirs Boulevard (roundabout to NASWA), Lakeside Avenue (Foster Ave to Centenary Ave), Shore Drive (Pump Station Road to 422 Shore Drive). Streets scheduled for overlay ...

Sewer Projects

Park Construction will continue with the Southern Lakeport Area Sewer, Water, Drain and Mechanic Street Reconstruction project this spring with sewer installation on Mechanic Street.  The project includes water and sewer upgrade on Mecha...