NH AG to form group to fight human trafficking
CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney is forming a commission to combat human trafficking and modern-day slavery in the state. The commission is being created in commemoration...
View ArticleO’Mara back on the job as Amherst town administrator
AMHERST – MORNING UPDATE: Town administrator James O’Mara is reportedly back working in Town Hall this morning. O’Mara’s executive assistant said Thursday that he was in the office, but not available...
View ArticleCar crashes become frequent as temperatures rise and roads turn slushy
When snow first began to fall across Greater Nashua on Wednesday morning, fender-benders were few and traffic seemed to move smoothly, except for some school buses that ran into snags. Streets...
View ArticleDartmouth will stop awarding credit for AP classes in high school
HANOVER – High school students hoping to earn college credits through Advanced Placement exams soon will be out of luck at Dartmouth College, which has concluded the tests aren’t as rigorous as its own...
View ArticleO’Mara returns to town offices; Selectman says answers unlikely
AMHERST – Jim O’Mara was back working in Town Hall today after a five-week leave of absence, but selectmen are giving no reasons why the town administrator has returned to his post or why he was gone...
View ArticleMeeting to organize Tree Streets community garden in Nashua planned
NASHUA – A group of community stakeholders hopes Nashua’s so-called Tree Streets will grow a little greener in the near future. Community gardens, they say, are the key to building pride in downtown...
View ArticleNorth gets win at Exeter
Nashua North 36, Exeter 30 TEAM RECORDS: N 9-5. LOCAL WINNERS: N: Joe Chimelski (195 pounds); Hanzala Sheik (220); Eric Blecharzyk (220); Cam Bennett (106); Marcel LaPlante (113); Ethan Kim (145).
View ArticleMilford boys, Souhegan girls win six-team meet
boys SCORES: Milford 368, Con-val 360, Hollis Brookline 360, Souhegan 353, Hillsboro 343, Goffstown 340. TOP LOCAL PERFORMERS: 1. Ben Lambert, Milford (1:07.9); 2. Evan Cooke, HB (1:07.93); 5. Trevor...
View ArticleCavaliers get win over Raiders
Hollis Brookline 13, Spaulding 6 TEAM RECORDS: HB 6-0. LOCAL WINNERS: H: Wyatt Farwell (138 pounds); Kayne Robert (170); Nate Ashe (195).
View ArticleSpartans take down Broncos
Milford 63, Alvirne 12 TEAM RECORDS: M 7-4, A 2-3 LOCAL WINNERS: M: Rueben Carson (126 pounds), Mitch Rota (145), Connor Borne (160), Joe Albina (182), Travis Hughes (220) and Steven Dumais (285) each...
View ArticleBishop Guertin beats Manchester Central
Bishop Guertin 51, Manchester Central 27 TEAM RECORDS: BG 4-5, MC 1-6 LOCAL WINNERS: B: Jordan Rowlette (106), Thomas Lampognana (113), Dylan Brown (120), Cole Fokas (126), Brandon Levesque (132),...
View ArticleCardinals lead way at D-I meet
boys SCORES: Bedford 393, Keene 353, Bishop Guertin 252, Timberlane 345, Nashua South 335, Londonderry 318.5, Nashua North 318, Merrimack 289.5. TOP LOCAL PERFORMERS: 9. Mitchell Golas, BG (1:03.99);...
View ArticleMilford woman arrested, accused of planning to torch downtown building
MILFORD – Police arrested a local woman Thursday in connection with what they call “an elaborate plan” to burn down a large building on the Oval. Police said the two-day investigation led to the arrest...
View ArticleGroup of students at NH school fall ill
GREENLAND (AP) – A New Hampshire school superintendent says about a dozen children at a school in Greenland are doing fine after they went to the nurse’s office feeling queasy. Superintendent George...
View ArticleN.H. flu remains widespread, may not be spreading
Influenza remains widespread in New Hampshire, with the number of deaths so far topping the level during last year’s very mild season, but public-heath data seems to indicate that it is not getting...
View ArticleNashua has no trash pickup on MLK Day
Local, state and federal government offices will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day. Trash pickup in Nashua will not take place Monday, and will be delayed one day for the rest of the week....
View ArticlePoll: Crisis if debt limit not raised
WASHINGTON – Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government’s borrowing limit. Yet they’re torn over how or even whether to raise it, leaning...
View ArticleFeds finalize rules to clean up mortgage servicers
WASHINGTON – A federal regulator released final rules on Thursday aiming to force companies that handle mortgage payments to deliver clear information about costs and deal fairly with struggling...
View ArticleWhole Foods CEO aims to give nuance to capitalism in new book
AUSTIN, Texas – John Mackey defies most labels, but “unabashed capitalist” is one of the few that sticks. In “Conscious Capitalism,” Mackey’s first book, the founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Markets...
View ArticleMan profits from self
It’s a worst-case scenario for most employees: There’s someone in China who can do your job quickly, efficiently and for about one-fifth of your salary, and your boss absolutely loves his work. But one...
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