Londonderry man charged with striking uncle with ax
LONDONDERRY (AP) - Police say a 33-year-old New Hampshire man is facing charges after allegedly attacking his uncle with an ax. Aaron McDermott, of Londonderry, is being held on $50,000 bail on charges...
View Article‘Croods’ opens with $44.7m
The caveman comedy “The Croods” left an indelible mark on the wall, opening at No. 1 with $44.7 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The 3-D adventure from DreamWorks Animation and 20th...
View ArticleSan Diego Charger Kendall Reyes is to be inducted in Boys & Girls Club of...
NASHUA – One day it could be the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but on Wednesday, it will be the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Hall of Fame for San Diego Charger Kendall Reyes. The 6-foot-4-inch,...
View ArticleWant to modify the weather? Go ahead, it’s legal for New Hampshire employees...
Today’s fun fact: Since 1985, it has been legal for state employees to modify the weather. Not that they have, mind you. I can’t find any evidence of state-funded weather modification since a 1964...
View ArticleNashua Police Department to add two dogs to its canine unit
NASHUA – A German shepherd and a Belgian Malinois will soon be the Nashua Police Department’s newest officers. On Wednesday , the Board of Aldermen’s Finance Committee unanimously approved the...
View ArticleSubstance abuse talk with regional poison call center sheds light on severe...
CONCORD – Drugs killed nearly twice as many New Hampshire residents as car crashes in 2011, according to the Northern New England Poison Center, whose representatives said there were 200 drug-related...
View ArticleEx-Goffstown coach takes over North
After 25 years as the head softball coach at Goffstown High School, Wake Stillman was ready for a new challenge. He’s accepted a big one as the new coach at Nashua North. Stillman is taking over a...
View ArticleDWC seeking new athletic director as Bosques gets Player of Year honor
It’s been a great winter, with an emotional ending to the season at the University of New Hampshire with the Division I boys basketball finals. That was a high profile day if you ever saw one. But...
View ArticleRed Sox get to Lee in 7-6 win
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Chase Utley and Ryan Howard hit back-to-back home runs for the second consecutive day, but rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. and the Boston Red Sox roughed up Cliff Lee in a 7-6 victory over...
View ArticleThe Week in Preview: Max Blanck was arrested in 1913 for locking the doors...
Monday An avoidable tragedy Sadly, it often takes a significant loss of human life to draw attention to a social problem. When 146 garment workers, most of them young immigrant women, perished in the...
View ArticleDavid Montoya has concrete way of creating look of stonework
Rusty Maugel is a fan of David Montoya’s stone work, even though the two men don’t know each other that well. Maugel connected with Montoya because the two men’s wives worked together. Montoya says...
View ArticleAldermen on Tuesday will be asked to approve funding design for new Nashua...
NASHUA – The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday is expected to vote on awarding the contract for the design of a new bridge over the Nashua River as part of the Broad Street Parkway project. A contract that...
View Article22-year-old woman dies after car pins her
MEREDITH (AP) – Police say a 22-year-old woman has died after getting pinned under her car when it rolled over in an early morning crash in central New Hampshire. WMTW-TV reports that the woman was...
View ArticleFriends and family gather to remember Hudson crash victim
Cars, music and anything to do with the great outdoors. That’s what Brandon Masterson’s family said he loved more than anything in the world, and that’s what they brought him Sunday morning to say...
View ArticleBridge project to resume in Bedford Monday
BEDFORD (AP) - The New Hampshire Department of Transportation says work is expected to resume Monday on the replacement of the U.S. Route 3 bridge over the Everett Turnpike in Bedford. Work to be...
View ArticleBrookline residents approve six articles in a speedy school district meeting
BROOKLINE – In less than two hours, with approximately 60 voters present, the Brookline warrant was decided with six articles passed and two defeated Wednesday night. Several voiced concern during a...
View ArticleCVS pharmacy on Main Street in Nashua robbed at gunpoint Monday morning
NASHUA – CVS pharmacy at 242 Main St. was robbed at gunpoint at 5:47 a.m. Monday. No one was injured, police said. A masked man entered, showed a firearm and demanded controlled drugs, police said.
View ArticleNashua police seek public’s help identifying vandals who damaged 86 gravestones
NASHUA – Police continue to investigate damage to roughly 86 gravestones at Woodlawn Cemetery, vandalism that will require an estimated $30,000 to repair. Police received a complaint on March 14 that...
View ArticleAl Kaprielian says big winter storm misses to the south, temperatures...
Al says because a massive Greenland high pressure system is pushing the jet stream southward, that big winter storm blasting the midwest will us. Look for temperatures to inch up as we move through the...
View ArticleNashua school board tables new Title I job description proposal
NASHUA – With the district’s Title I leaders both retiring at the end of this year, the school system is looking to make a change in how those services are managed, in hopes of boosting growth at the...
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