Laconia Laconia Laconia (, "Lakonía", ) is a region of Greece in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word "laconic" is derived from the name of the region by analogy—to speak in a concise way, as the Spartans were reputed by the Athenians to do. Laconia is bordered by Messenia to the west and Arcadia to the north and is surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea to the east and by the Laconian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani
The Citizen (Laconia) The Citizen (Laconia) The Citizen was a six-day-a-week, morning daily newspaper in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States, and it was the largest paid subscription local paper serving the Lakes Region of that state. It was owned since 2010 by Sample News Group of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and managed by Eagle Printing & Publishing of Claremont, New Hampshire. The paper suspended publication with its edition of September 30, 2016, citing rising costs in printing and production and inability to find a buyer for the newspaper. "The Citizen" was formerly an afternoon paper called the "Laconia Evening Citizen" and was launched by former