Nashua man charged with using credit card stolen from Hudson victim, police say
NASHUA – A city man has been charged with using a stolen credit card, police said. Donald Johnson, 28, of 32 Haines St., was arrested Sunday on a warrant charging him with fraudulent use of a credit...
View ArticleAfter school program brings STEM learning to city students
NASHUA – Nayellie Ortiz’s world is pink with yellow polka dots and blue zigzagged on the other side. Apples are painted orange to look like pumpkins, and she always wins. “It took me a couple weeks,”...
View ArticlePolice, family, search for missing Nashua man
NASHUA – Amid mounting concerns over his well-being, the family of a 43-year-old Nashua man who hasn’t been seen since he set out to walk his sister’s dog the morning of Feb. 13 is asking residents in...
View ArticleRail, road, other projects in city talk
NASHUA – From plans to bring rail to Nashua and ongoing work with the Broad Street Parkway, Mayor Donnalee Lozeau will have plenty to talk about in the annual State of the City Address on Tuesday...
View ArticleNashua superintendent’s budget proposal adds summer school
NASHUA – In the years since the district’s summer school program for middle schoolers was eliminated due to budget cuts, Elm Street Middle School principal Colette Valade has noticed a marked change in...
View ArticleShaheen, Ayotte, Kuster visiting Nashua on Tuesday to honor local students
NASHUA – Members of the state’s all-female congressional delegation are due to be in the city Tuesday to recognize another group of women, graduates of BAE Systems’ Women in Technology program. Sens....
View ArticleFamily remembers Shelly McGrade as lover of shopping, chocolate and making...
LOWELL, Mass. – Shelly McGrade once wrote her dad that she wanted a husband just like him. In that letter, she said she wanted “a family man who always brought his paycheck home,” took the family on...
View ArticleNashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter goes before Planning Board on Thursday with...
NASHUA – Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter officials hope the second time will be the charm. This Thursday, the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter will appeal to the city Planning Board about a move and...
View ArticlePedro Martinez back with Red Sox in new role
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Pedro Martinez might have been the most popular person in a Red Sox uniform during the team’s morning workout Monday. The former ace has rejoined the organization that was the...
View ArticleLakers owner Jerry Buss dies at 80
LOS ANGELES – When Jerry Buss bought the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979, he wanted to build a championship team. But that wasn’t all. The new owner gave courtside seats to movie stars. He hired pretty...
View ArticleAt Beam, researchers search for the next hot flavor in alcohol
Maria Yost is making margaritas. If everything works out, ladies could be sipping them at book club get-togethers 18 months from now. Surrounded by test tubes and liquor bottles at Beam Inc.’s...
View ArticleVermont mulls move to international maple syrup grading
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Would fancy grade maple syrup by any other name taste as sweet? Vermont lawmakers are pondering that question as they consider whether to drop the state’s traditional maple labeling...
View ArticlePatriots face tough choice on franchise tag
Franchise tag time has officially arrived for NFL teams. Around here, there’s always a little drama and suspense. Will the Patriots actually use it, and designate someone during the two-week window...
View ArticleNashua to host seventh annual Liberty forum
NASHUA – Nashua will once again become the center of the libertarian world this weekend when the city hosts the annual New Hampshire Liberty Forum. The four-day event, to run Thursday through Sunday at...
View ArticleBidding under way for Schilling’s bloody sock
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Bidding is under way for the bloody sock worn by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in the 2004 World Series, which he put up for sale after the high-profile collapse of his video...
View ArticleNew Souhegan football coach is a familiar face
Mike Lochman was just out of college when he landed a football coaching job at Milford High School 15 years ago. When the season ended, he got a call from his old Merrimack High School coach, Joe...
View ArticleCoupons’ role shifts as market, buyers evolve
In the heart of the recession, the United States became a coupon-crazy country, clipping, printing and downloading billions of coupons a year. That’s still true, but the coupon industry is rapidly...
View ArticleMaker’s Mark to restore alcohol content of whiskey
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker’s Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut the amount of alcohol in bottles of its famous whiskey. Rob Samuels, Maker’s Mark’s...
View ArticleNashua man arrested for disorderly conduct damages sprinkler in his jail...
NASHUA – A man charged with raising a ruckus at Canterbury Apartments early Saturday morning continued his misbehavior inside a city jail cell, police said. Just before 3 a.m. Saturday, patrol officers...
View ArticleMerrimack man faces felony theft charge after stealing, then pawning items,...
MERRIMACK – A local man faces a felony theft charge after stealing and then pawning items from a residence where he had lived for a short time, police said. A resident discovered items missing from a...
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