 The company made the change in order to compete with nearby papers such as the "New Hampshire Union Leader" and the "Concord Monitor".The Foster Company announced on June 23, 2010, that it would sell the paper on June 26, in order to concentrate on their main property, "Foster's Daily Democrat".The company said it would continue to print "The Citizen" and the Laconia edition of the "Sunday Citizen" at its presses for at least the next three months.