Nashua area to get its first Goodwill store, at site of former burned plaza...
The big new retail store going up on Route 101A in Amherst has one major difference from all the big retail stores that exist around it: It needs customers not only to buy its goods but to supply them...
View ArticleNashua Motor Express closing after 92 years in business
NASHUA – A business mainstay for more than nine decades and one of only two family-owned trucking businesses in the state is selling off its trucks to focus on logistics services. After 92 years in...
View ArticleDuling guilty in 2008 Wilton murder
NASHUA – After seven hours of deliberations, Benjamin Duling was pronounced guilty of murdering his common law wife, Shelly McGrade, five years ago. The jury, which included nine women and three men,...
View ArticleNashua man to be evaluated for competency on charges of murdering his sister
NASHUA – A competency evaluation will be held to see whether Duane Rolfe is fit to stand trial on charges that he killed his sister, Judy, at their Belmont Street home Jan. 19. The evaluation was...
View ArticleReport: States force jobless to pay needless fees
WASHINGTON – Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary fees to collect unemployment benefits because of state policies encouraging them to get the money through bank-issued payment cards,...
View ArticleVt. man arrested, charged with murder of doctor at NH hotel; authorities...
LITTLETON (AP) – New Hampshire prosecutors say a Vermont man stabbed to death a 70-year-old woman at the Hampton Inn in Littleton. Thirty-seven-year-old Rodney Hill of West Danville, Vt., is scheduled...
View ArticleSouhegan may be poised to make a run
They’ve enjoyed countless years of glory in Division III high school boys ice hockey. But it’s been a couple of years since the Souhegan High School boys team has been in the spotlight. Since falling...
View ArticleHollis Brookline boys snap two-game losing streak with 54-35 win over Pelham
HOLLIS – There were a number of things the Hollis Brookline High School boys basketball team wasn’t doing during its last four games, but the key to all of it was defense. The Cavaliers stepped it up...
View ArticleEndorsing spending bills looks hard
CONCORD – The 2011 decision of the Republican-led Legislature to eliminate state-paid welfare benefits for unemployed two-parent families was a direct cost shift to property taxpayers, advocates for...
View ArticleWolfeboro town garage, plow truck damaged by fire
WOLFEBORO (AP) — A fire has damaged the town garage and a plow truck in the New Hampshire community of Wolfeboro. The fire started at about 1 p.m. Tuesday and was under control about an hour later. The...
View Article‘Freeze Your Buns’ 5k race series continues Sunday in Nashua
Gate City Striders’ “Freeze Your Buns” series continues 9 a.m. Sunday at Mine Falls Park. The flat, open, paved 5k course begins at 8 Riverside St. and includes timing, mile markers, and prizes for...
View ArticleNorth girls, South boys take meets
boys SCORES: Nashua South 387, Nashua North 385 TOP LOCAL PERFORMERS: 1.Jack Rice, NS (62). 2. Jeremy Sayers, NN (63.83). 3.
View ArticleHollis man arrested by Merrimack police for domestic assault, stalking
HOLLIS – Merrimack police arrested a Hollis man over the weekend for allegedly stalking and assaulting his significant other. Robert Kempton, 55, of 38 Main St., was charged with domestic related...
View ArticleHigh School Sports Schedule
January 28 - February 3, 2013 high school sports schedule for the following communities in Southern New Hampshire: Amherst Brookline Hollis Hudson Litchfield Lyndeborough Merrimack Milford Mont Vernon...
View ArticleVolunteers needed to deliver soup for ‘Empty Bowls’ event at Nashua High...
“Empty Bowls,” Nashua High School South’s annual benefit for the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, will really feature empty bowls unless volunteers step up. More help is needed to pick up pots of...
View ArticleBishop Guertin falls to Timberlane
Timberlane 58, Bishop Guertin 6 TEAM RECORDS: Tim 8-0, BG 4-6 LOCAL WINNERS: John Fagan (220 pounds).
View ArticleTrio lead Milford past Manchester West
Milford 66, Manchester West 11 TEAM RECORDS: Mil 11-6, MW 6-10 LOCAL WINNERS: Rueben Carson (126 pounds), Mitch Rota (138), and Joe Albina (182). OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: Milford’s next meet is at Bow on...
View ArticleCavaliers edge Kearsarge
Hollis Brookline 6, Kearsarge 5 RECORDS: HB 6-5, K 3-9 SCORING: SCORING - Ian Rowe had three goals and one assist for the Cavaliers, who got two goals and two assists from Tim Birch and a single goal...
View ArticleMerrimack tops Alvirne in dual meet
Merrimack 43, Alvirne 25 TEAM RECORDS: Merr 3-3, Alv 3-4 LOCAL WINNERS: For Merrimack: Kurt Beeten (106 pounds), Ben Cronin (113), Shawn Hebert (126), CJ Proudy (132), Kyle Mercer (145), Pheonyx...
View ArticleJennings, Lopez lead Hollis Brookline
Hollis Brookline 58, Winnacunnet 9 TEAM RECORDS: HB 8-0, WIN 4-4 LOCAL WINNERS: Jonathan Lopez (106 pounds), Nathaniel Lindsay (120), Ryan Ahlquist (126), Zach McPherson (132), Zach Jennings (152),...
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