Spots open for Nashua music therapy students ages 3-10
Sonatina Music Therapy, a private music therapy provider serving New Hampshire counties and southern Maine is taking sign ups for Nashua students in February. Thursday social skills groups at...
View ArticleMeetings to study expanding city recycling to Nashua apartments, condos kick...
The first meeting of the city’s Recycling Expansion Committee is scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Division of Public Works conference room, located at 9 Riverside St. It is open to the...
View ArticleNH legislators discuss road tests for old drivers
CONCORD (AP) – A New Hampshire legislative committee is taking testimony on a bill that would require elderly drivers to take road tests to renew their driver’s licenses. Bette Champney told the House...
View ArticleNashua mental health admits no liability in Medicaid fraud settlement with state
CONCORD – The settlement between the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center and state over improper Medicaid billing is a civil and not a criminal matter, a state official said Thursday. The overbilling...
View ArticleSouth falls to Keene
Keene 39, Nashua South 34 TEAM RECORDS: K 2-5, NS 2-7 LOCAL WINNERS: Pat Sullivan (113 pounds), Kenny Kiriga (120), Mike Silva (126), Tyler Ellwood (160), Zach Gath (185), and Josh Norman (285).
View ArticleThousands without power in Southern New Hampshire as high winds begin to pick up
Don’t be fooled by those blue skies and warm temperatures, today’s weather is creating problems across the state for a different reason – high wind. PSNH is reporting power outages in dozens of...
View ArticleGendron leads Merrimack to comeback win over Bishop Guertin
NASHUA - Eric Gendron scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half Friday night to lead the Merrimack High School boys basketball team to a 63-54 comeback road win over Bishop Guertin....
View ArticleFlacco surely walking the walk
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this season Joe Flacco caused a bit of a stir, which is news in itself, when he declared himself an “elite quarterback.” What was he supposed to say, “I think I’m average”? The...
View ArticleReady to rumble: Super Bowl fans get in the game
NEW YORK – You don’t have to be a football player to be a part of the action on Super Bowl Sunday. Coca-Cola is asking people to vote for an online match between three groups competing in a desert for...
View ArticleVaritek not joining Farrell’s coaching staff
The Red Sox need to find a replacement for bullpen coach and catching instructor Gary Tuck. It won’t be Jason Varitek. The former captain and catcher is content with his current post as a special...
View ArticleSullinger says back injury, not All-Star snub is biggest concern
On the day Jared Sullinger received what his teammates considered a snub, when the Celtics rookie was left off the roster for the Rising Stars Challenge for top rookies and second-year players, on...
View ArticleNew tax credit already under fire at Statehouse
CONCORD – Barely a month old, a tax credit for business owners to support private and religious school scholarships is under attack at the Statehouse. Public school officials and their political allies...
View Article$37K donation marks end of Friends of Nashua High Athletics
NASHUA – The Friends of Nashua High Athletics have given much to the school system over the years. They helped fund a weight room at Nashua Senior High School in the 1990s. The Stellos Stadium press...
View ArticleSupreme court rules against former Tamposi heir cut out of late developer’s...
CONCORD – A lower court judge was right to cut one of millionaire developer Samuel Tamposi, Sr.’s daughter out of the family fortune, the state Supreme Court ruled this week. The Court upheld the...
View ArticleScores lower at poorer schools
NASHUA – Although citywide scores stayed mostly flat, results of statewide testing show the city’s poorest schools continue to perform at lower levels than others in the city. Bicentiennial Elementary...
View ArticleLegislators weigh ‘menu’ of options to fund search and rescue missions
CONCORD – A bipartisan group of lawmakers offered a “Chinese menu” of options to try and erase an annual, six-figure deficit in the state fund that pays for search and rescue operations. While all of...
View ArticleGas prices rise by 13 cents
NEW YORK – Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher. The average U.S. retail price rose 13 cents over the past two weeks to $3.42 per gallon, and within a few days...
View ArticleCongress OK’s raising debt ceiling
WASHINGTON – Congress passed must-do legislation Thursday to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, averting a first-ever government default that...
View ArticleHundreds turn out at Statehouse to rally for gun rights
CONCORD – Surrounded Thursday by a sea of banners and signs, Caleab Spencer used a different tool to get his message out. Rather than raising a flag, like many others who gathered in front of the...
View ArticleHigh winds depart, leaving downed wires, smashed house and cars behind
Regional power outages caused by Thursday’s high winds continued to decline into Thursday evening, as hours of work by utility crews deployed early in the morning began paying dividends. As of 7 p.m.,...
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