Trendier fare takes bite out of casual dining
Casual dining is in the throes of a midlife crisis. A quarter-century ago, consumers feasted on fried appetizers, unlimited breadsticks and big desserts at Applebee’s, Olive Garden and Chili’s. Today,...
View ArticleMilford’s Stimson joins college coaching ranks
Jamee Stimson wasn’t looking for a college coaching position, but one came looking for her. The former Milford High School and Fordham University standout was content to coach volleyball at the high...
View ArticleNH man arraigned in ex-wife’s death
SEABROOK – A New Hampshire man who told reporters he had nothing to do with his ex-wife’s death and invited police to search his home was held without bail Wednesday, accused of slashing her throat and...
View ArticleNashua Board of Public Works will again weigh in on 2 p.m. meeting time Thursday
NASHUA – Perhaps Thursday will be the last time the Board of Public Works meets starting at 2 in the afternoon. Perhaps it won’t be. The board is scheduled to take up concerns raised by local officials...
View ArticleNashua airport makes pitch to keep control tower open, stressing safety,...
NASHUA – Federal, state and local officials are petitioning the Obama administration to not shut down the control tower at the Nashua Airport, citing the volume of flights at the small airfield as well...
View ArticleTryout information for Nashua North, Nashua South
Tryouts for spring teams set for Nashua North and Nashua South Nashua South Track and field – March 18 (first practice) 2:30-5 p.m. (medium gym) – Please wear appropriate gear Baseball – March 18-22...
View ArticleGregg appointed to medical center trustees board
LEBANON (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, of New Hampshire, and a Google executive who got his start in Vermont are among the newest appointees to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Board of Trustees. Gregg, a...
View ArticleHollis OKs new $9.27m operating budget
HOLLIS – The town will go forward under a new, $9.27 million operating budget this year after voters, at the end of fairly lengthy discussion, agreed to scrap an amendment calling for a $164,000...
View ArticleBG has found a leader in Toscano
p>If you follow sports and you knew the name of Bishop Guertin's Steven Toscano before this winter, if was probably because of his exploits on the football field. A life-long soccer player from...
View ArticleSilver Knights putting Scalabrine to work
The Nashua Silver Knights, two-time Futures Collegiate Baseball League Champions, have made their latest, and certainly tallest, hire for the 2013 season in announcing they will be putting NBA Champion...
View ArticleNashua police dip in ice cold Winnipesaukee, raise $4k for Special Olympics NH
NASHUA – The Nashua Police Department jumped in on the annual Special Olympics New Hampshire Winni Dip for their fifth year in a row on March 10. Law Enforcement teams from around the state plunge into...
View ArticleSouth Nashua ‘Citizens’ Forum’ planned at New Searles Elementary School...
NASHUA – South Nashuans will have a chance to get questions answered and complaints aired at Ward 9 Alderman Dan Moriarty’s second “Nashua Citizens’ Forum” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Moriarty also will host...
View Article‘Big Day of Serving’ will spruce up Nashua Tree Streets May 4
NASHUA – The next Big Day of Serving is less than three months away. On May 4, from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. the faith-based organization that is part of Group Mission Trips, a nonprofit organization hosting...
View ArticleCity did not violate agreement over district representation on Pennichuck...
NASHUA – Staff from the Public Utilities Commission said the city did not violate a settlement agreement by failing to fill a seat on Pennichuck Corp.’s Board of Directors meant to represent other...
View ArticleNH legislators debate increase on gasoline tax
CONCORD – The legislative campaign for a gasoline tax increase turned into a mini-auction with the bidding going down Thursday. State Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, defended his 15-cent increase to the...
View ArticleMeasure to close one Merrimack toll passes House
CONCORD – Commuters in Merrimack are halfway to one of three exit ramp tolls in town on the F.E. Everett Turnpike being taken down. But that was the easy half. The Senate passed the measure closing the...
View ArticleMerrimack man arrested on firearms possession charge
MERRIMACK – A local man was charged on Thursday with obstructing government operations after police say he failed to comply with a court order that he relinquish his firearms. Scott Tierney, 33, of 86...
View ArticleBrookline voters force decrease in operating budget
BROOKLINE – Voters approved all 13 articles to come before their annual Town Meeting on Wednesday night in just under three hours, though attendance was low with approximately 80 attendees. The...
View ArticleJudge refuses to reduce bail for Merrimack man who is convicted sex offender...
MERRIMACK – Agreeing Keith Burns poses “a serious risk to children in the community,” a district court judge Thursday morning declined to reduce his bail. Burns, 40, of 11 Camp Sargent Road, is accused...
View ArticleMerrimack moves 5 of 6 union contracts to ballot at Deliberative Session
MERRIMACK – Five of the town’s six union contracts were sent to the April Town Meeting ballot following Merrimack’s Deliberative Session Wednesday night. Police dispatchers and office staff, the...
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