Souhegan continues emotional tourney run
The Souhegan High School boys basketball team has been on a roller coaster of emotions for more than week now. On Monday, it was time for the Sabers to be excited, as they prepared for Division II...
View ArticleBG’s Jim Migneault makes correct call benching C.J. Boykin for remainder of...
Jim Migneault wouldn’t have been the first high school coach to put winning first. The head coach of the Bishop Guertin High School boys basketball team might have let C.J. Boykin play in Tuesday’s...
View ArticleCandidate running in 2 races in Wilton loses both bids, newcomer elected to...
WILTON – Jim Tuttle went zero for two in his attempt to win a race in the town election. The longtime water commissioner lost his bid for re-election to that seat, but that wasn’t the worst news he got...
View ArticleLambert defeated for selectman post; budget voted down in Litchfield
LITCHFIELD – Rep. George Lambert was booted off the town Board of Selectmen, finishing third in a race for two seats in Tuesday’s election. Selectmen’s Chairman John Brunelle received the most votes...
View ArticleFlanagan ousted as selectman in Brookline after more than a decade
BROOKLINE – Incumbent Selectman Jack Flanagan was voted out Tuesday night after more than a decade on the board, with two newcomers beating him soundly for three-year terms on the board. Flanagan, a...
View ArticleIncumbents hold serve in Hollis elections
HOLLIS – Besides scattered voting booths at the start of the day, there were few surprises at the polls Tuesday. The two incumbent Selectmen Mark LeDoux and Peter Band easily won re-election to the...
View ArticleU.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack visiting NH on Wednesday
PEMBROKE, N.H. (AP) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is visiting New Hampshire on Wednesday. He’s touring Pleasant View Gardens in Pembroke. Pleasant View Gardens recently received a USDA grant...
View ArticleNH police charge ex-husband with murder
EPPING (AP) – New Hampshire police are charging the ex-husband of a woman whose body was found in a vacant concrete plant last week with murder. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Aaron Desjardins of Epping...
View ArticleUntimely death at NH police chief’s home
DANVILLE (AP) – New Hampshire state police are investigating an untimely death at the home of the police chief in the town of Danville. The Eagle-Tribune reports Chief Wade Parsons is listed as the...
View ArticleAceves exchanges WBC socks for Sox
FORT MYERS – If you’ve ever wondered: How many Canadians does it take to keep Alfredo Aceves from murdering their national baseball team? We now have our answer: seven. The Red Sox right-hander...
View ArticleNashua city clerk leads Sunshine Week open government session on public...
NASHUA – Forget wind, rain and snow. The next disaster to threaten Nashua residents, and the city’s public records, could come from below, City Clerk Paul Bergeron warned this week. “By the way, sewage...
View ArticleUnfilled Pennichuck director’s seat leads to finger-pointing
NASHUA – For more than a year, Pennichuck Corp.’s board of directors has been operating without a member who is supposed to represent water company ratepayers living outside Nashua. The missing...
View ArticleWith drones legislation on the House docket Wednesday, locals speak out on...
NASHUA – Rep. Neal Kurk says his bill to limit the use of drone aircraft all stemmed from a Christmas season trip to the local Marshalls department store. There Kurk, R-Weare, said he was stunned to...
View ArticleSouth’s Unified basketball team wins state championships
NASHUA– Mike McQuilkin has coached basketball for years, but until last weekend, he had never taken a team to a state championship game. But that’s not the only reason his team’s Saturday win was...
View ArticleStaff at Nashua hospitals go from shunning flu vaccine to adopting it
The staff at Nashua’s two hospitals have gone from being reluctant about flu vaccines to embracing them. St. Joseph Hospital was No. 2 among New Hampshire’s 26 acute-care hospital in terms of...
View ArticlePeddler’s Daughter fundraiser to benefit Nashua firefighters
NASHUA – St. Patrick’s Day may be fast approaching, but fire engine red is the color of the week at the Peddler’s Daughter. The Irish-themed restaurant and pub on Main Street is collecting money...
View ArticleNashua aldermen reject renaming director to Pennichuck board over lack of...
NASHUA – Aldermen cited the “pillaging” of the Pennichuck watershed and a lack of transparency around Pennichuck Corp.’s nomination process as it unanimously voted against reappointing a former company...
View ArticleContracts lose, but senior center wins – at last – in Hudson town voting
HUDSON – Voters on Tuesday shot down five proposed contracts, denied raises to the town clerk and non-union workers, defeated the proposed operating budget – but at long last, approved a senior...
View ArticleAmherst rejects town operating budget
AMHERST – Voters said no to the proposed town operating budget Tuesday, but recent controversy surrounding the Board of Selectmen didn’t seem to hurt incumbent Dwight Brew, who secured reelection over...
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