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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - President Bush, using all the trappings of his family's oceanfront estate, worked on a cozier relationship with France and its new president Saturday. Bush welcomed Nicolas Sarkozy, the French leader known for his fast-paced style who may also be this White House's last true chance for better relations between the two nations. "He's bringing a good brain, good vision and goodwill," Bush said from his parents' compound, which juts out like a finger pointing into the Atlantic Ocean. Bush called Sarkozy a friend who could be counted on to speak frankly. "We have had good disagreements —...

Sarkozy's trip to seal US entente By the time Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for his meeting on Saturday with President George W. Bush in Kennebunkport, Maine, he will have travelled nearly 7,000 miles in two days. The French president's meeting at the Bush family's ocean-front compound was planned to coincide with his holiday 50 miles (80km) away at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. But he returned home Friday to attend the funeral of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, the archbishop of Paris, who died last Sunday. He was scheduled to fly back across the Atlantic immediately after the multi-faith service in order to keep...

PARIS: Never mind the carbon footprint. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's super-active president, is crossing the Atlantic twice in the space of a day to attend a funeral in Paris on Friday and still keep his Saturday lunch date in Maine with President George W. Bush. Sarkozy, whose decision to spend his summer break in the United States has raised eyebrows and some hackles here, has been vacationing for a week with his family at Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He was expected to arrive in Paris on a French government jet early Friday morning, in time for the funeral of...

President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet this weekend at the coastal Maine home of Bush's parents, the White House said Wednesday. Sarkozy is vacationing at an estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., about 50 miles away from Kennebunkport, Maine, where former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, own a seaside compound called Walker's Point. The president arrives in Kennebunkport on Thursday, staying through the weekend for a wedding. The Bushes are having Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, to a private lunch on Saturday, presidential spokesman Tony Snow said. Laura Bush extended the invitation during...

WASHINGTON - President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet this weekend at the coastal Maine home of Bush's parents, the White House said Wednesday. Sarkozy is vacationing at an estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., about 50 miles away from Kennebunkport, Maine, where former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, own a seaside compound called Walker's Point. The president arrives in Kennebunkport on Thursday, staying through the weekend for a wedding. The Bushes are having Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, to a private lunch on Saturday, presidential spokesman Tony Snow said. Laura Bush extended the...

"French President Nicolas Sarkozy points toward a photographers boat on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. Sarkozy was objecting to photographers taking pictures of him while on vacation.""French President Nicolas Sarkozy notices photographers taking pictures and starts yelling at them while vacationing on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H."

KENNEBUNKPORT -- President Bush is headed to the family estate in Maine this weekend, prompting speculation he may visit with another world leader vacationing nearby. Bush is scheduled to visit for a family wedding while French President Nicolas Sarkozy vacations at an estate on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H. -- just 50 miles away by car. Neither the White House nor the Elysee have commented on a possible meeting, and Sarkozy declined to say during a press conference Sunday whether he planned to visit with Bush this weekend. White House officials did not return calls seeking comment Monday. A Bush-Sarkozy...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in the New Hampshire of the United States to spend his summer holidays, the AFP reported Friday. Sarkozy is to spend his summer vocation in the upmarket lakeside town of Wolfeboro, a holiday rental company was quoted as reporting. No official report about Sarkozy's arrival and his official schedule are available. Sarkozy won the French presidential run-off in early May. The White House welcomed the election result, and said the Bush administration looks forward to having cooperation with the new French leader. It was reported in June that Sarkozy would travel at the invitation of...

Sarkozy, his country's celebrated new leader, is planning to get some rest and relaxation on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee.

TheBostonChannel.com Teen Deported After Beach Rape Plea Garcia From Dominican Republic POSTED: 5:14 am EDT May 16, 2007 LACONIA, N.H. -- A teenager faces deportation after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl in Lake Winnipesaukee. Joverlyn Garcia, 18, of Methuen, Mass., accepted a plea offer by prosecutors Monday after a jury had been selected for his trial. Garcia is from the Dominican Republic and not a U.S. citizen. Garcia had faced two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and two counts of felonious sexual assault. He pleaded guilty to a single charge of having sex with an...