SUV hit two people in Bedford, left without stopping, police say
BEDFORD – Bedford police are still investigating a hit and run involving two victims on Harrod Lane Friday night. The Bedford Police Department responded to a call about a motor vehicle crash involving...
View ArticleMLS: Revolution tie Sporting KC 0-0 in home opener at Gillette Stadium
FOXBOROROUGH, Mass. (AP) – The New England Revolution and Sporting KC played to a scoreless tie Saturday. It was the second straight shutout match for both clubs. New England (1-1-1) is scoreless...
View ArticleBayless’ 30 leads Grizzlies past Celtics, 110-106
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Jerryd Bayless scored a season-high 30 points and the Memphis Grizzlies weathered a fourth-quarter rally by Boston’s reserves to escape with a 110-106 victory over the Celtics on...
View ArticleSnow equals spring X-sta-C
My neighbor asked me why I was smiling and whistling as I shoveled out from this last snowstorm. Actually, I wasn’t as happy as I might have seemed. We only got a foot of snow and I would have been...
View ArticleSpahn, Sain autographed ball worth between $175-$250
Dear Babe: I have an autographed 1951 baseball from the Boston Braves. At one time (decades ago) all the signatures could be easily read; but not now. Most have faded away, but those of Warren Spahn...
View ArticleTwo Nashua high school seniors skating their way to Europe
Kate Bedinger was a 6-year-old watching figure skating during the 2002 Winter Olympics when she told her parents she wanted to try the sport. Rachel Weintraub started skating around the same time, when...
View ArticleNH’s Locke pitches Pirates past Red Sox
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – North Conway’s Jeff Locke, vying for a spot in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ rotation, went four innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits and a walk in the Pirates 5-3 win over...
View ArticleBottom of the pack: New Hampshire trailing all states in spending on tobacco...
Millions of dollars originally intended for smoking cessation programs in New England have been diverted to offset budget deficits, leaving some states struggling to fund quit-smoking hotlines,...
View ArticleIn NH, millions in tobacco money is spent on just about everything else...
Whether Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposed cigarette tax hike gets the support of state legislators won’t make a difference to the roughly 1,800 New Hampshire residents who die annually from tobacco...
View ArticleNew report highlights issues facing higher education funding in NH budget...
To revive lagging economies, many states have turned to their natural resources: Pumping oil, mining coal and supplying natural gas to other states. New Hampshire College and University Council...
View ArticleSNHU draws praise for offer to aid military students
MANCHESTER– Sgt. 1st Class Keith Johnson had been on a 13-year hiatus from college when he decided to attend Southern New Hampshire University in 2011. A longtime member of the Army, his return to...
View ArticleNashua officials, residents air concerns during Pennichuck’s first city-owned...
NASHUA – Karthi Mahendrakumar stuck out in a room scattered with city and Pennichuck Corp. officials at the Nashua Radisson Hotel on Saturday. With a notebook in hand, Mahendrakumar, a freshman at...
View ArticleCyprus only latest problem
Quick, Cyprus lies off the coast of what country? Before the – here we go again – news broke about Cyprus, I only had a faint recollection that the country existed. Now we come to find that the island...
View ArticleSt. Joseph Hospital prepares for three renovation projects at Nashua and...
NASHUA – St. Joseph Hospital staff members say it’s time to update some of their departments and have plans to launch three renovation projects in the city and in Milford. “We haven’t had an update to...
View ArticleContrasting data muddies N.H. home sales picture
The price of homes in New Hampshire won’t bottom out until 2014, lagging behind most of the rest of the country, according to projections by Zillow, a national real estate analysis firm. It’s a gloomy...
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THURSDAY NASHUA Speed Schmoozing hosted by Women Inspiring Women Recognizing that networking and relationship building are keys to business success, Women Inspiring Women will be holding a Speed...
View ArticleNashua aims for $2 million 21st Century grant for after-school programs
NASHUA – Kemijah Jones waited patiently for the cookie to be placed on her forehead, staring toward the ceiling while kneeling on the ground. Once it was there, she squinted her eyes in focus,...
View ArticleWilson Farm optimistic despite losing tractors, seed in 3-alarm blaze
LITCHFIELD – Wilson Farm hopes to open as planned on Mother’s Day weekend, despite a three-alarm fire that damaged a barn and ruined nearly $25,000 worth of seed on Friday, owner Jim Wilson said....
View ArticleDave’s Quality Dry Cleaning
Type of business: Dry cleaning and laundry. Main location: 84 Canal St., Nashua. Other locations (if any): Sky Meadow Plaza (new); Main Dunstable Road; Hollis, Merrimack. Company website address:...
View ArticleNH towns face tough choices over aging bridges
FRANCESTOWN (AP) - Traffic flows through Francestown on a narrow road with patches of cracked asphalt and a notorious blind left at one end, leaving Jim Howe and his wife, who live on the road, feeling...
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