Fire units gain expertise with practice burns
NASHUA – If you drive by the Four Hills Landfill this week and spot smoke and flames pouring out of a red ranch, don’t be alarmed. Teams from Nashua Fire Rescue and Dunstable, Mass. Fire Department are...
View ArticleNashua’s Pheasant Lane mall to open several new businesses this spring
NASHUA – Several new businesses are opening up at Pheasant Lane Mall this spring, a testament to the shifting economy as well as a recent renovation at the facility, says Jenna Coccimiglio, director of...
View ArticleUK legal firm has novel way to meet clients
My office is at ground level on Main Street in Nashua. When I look out my window, I see all the usual sights: traffic, pedestrians and pigeons on the roof of the Main Street Methodist church. I also...
View ArticleNashua school board settles on $97.3m budget; heads to mayor for approval
NASHUA – The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved a $97.3 million school operating budget for fiscal 2014, ending weeks of review and debate that board member Sandra Ziehm called “the most...
View ArticleOpen Amherst Selectman Seat Amherst selectmen have begun accepting...
AMHERST – At least one of the candidates who ran unsuccessfully for selectman March 12 is seeking the seat again, this time as an appointee to fill the vacancy created by board Chairman Bruce Bowler’s...
View ArticleN.H. couples, activists keep eye on Supreme Court marriage debate
Twelve months after the New Hampshire Legislature secured the state’s gay marriage law, supporters and opponents alike are looking to the U.S. Supreme Court this week to address the matter on the...
View ArticleDazzling Dog boutique set to open in downtown Nashua March 30
NASHUA – Tracy Bennett is passionate about her pets, so much so that she found a niche market in the retail world for shoppers just like her – those who love to play dress up. Her ideal customer for...
View ArticleFired Brookline sergeant’s lawsuit to proceed in Hillsborough County Superior...
BROOKLINE – A federal court has sent a fired Brookline police sergeant’s lawsuit against the town back to superior court, where attorneys will meet with a judge next month to set a trial date. The...
View ArticleLackey pitches to minor leaguers
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – Boston Red Sox right-hander John Lackey passed another test Tuesday in his comeback from elbow surgery, pitching into the sixth inning against Tampa Bay minor leaguers. Lackey,...
View ArticleKnicks top Celtics, 100-85
BOSTON – J.R. Smith scored 32 points, Carmelo Anthony added 29 and the New York Knicks extended their winning streak to five games with a 100-85 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night. The...
View ArticleRed Sox have plan to lure back fans
BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Red Sox are hoping to lure fans back to Fenway Park after a subpar year by offering them free food and cut-price beer for the first month of the season. Kids under 14 will get...
View ArticleUNH ready to begin NCAA run in regionals
DURHAM – It’s been a tale of two seasons for the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team. After sprinting out of the gate winning 12 of their first 17 games, the Wildcats faltered in 2013,...
View ArticleHollis Chocolate Barn opens this month, with gourmet treats and local,...
With chocolate turtles cooling in the backroom of her 1820 apple orchard farmhouse property on Silver Lake Road, Debi DePaulis worked calmly as she filled plastic molds with rich, melted dark...
View ArticleOfficer arrested in Bedford hit-and-run crash
BEDFORD – A New Hampshire detective who was fired after his unmarked police vehicle was involved in a Bedford hit-and-run accident has been arrested. Stephen Coco, a detective sergeant who was working...
View ArticleMassachusetts medical board raises concerns about overuse of robotic surgery
A Massachusetts medical board has issued a cautionary note on the increasingly popular use of robot-assisted surgery in that state, raising concerns that some surgeons may be using the devices with...
View ArticleIMSYS
Type of business: Security solutions provider. Main location: 48 Bridge St., Suite 3B, Nashua. Company website address: www.imsyscorp.com. Date began business in southern New Hampshire: Dec. 5, 2005....
View ArticleWoman who faced multiple sex assault charges sentenced on single count of...
NASHUA – A Merrimack woman will serve 12 months in prison for physically and emotionally abusing a child in her care. Melinda Corson, also known as Melinda Powers, was sentenced on a charge of...
View ArticleMcCarver decides to hang up the microphone in 2014
NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball analyst Tim McCarver says he will step down from his position at Fox after this season. McCarver said on a conference call Wednesday he had told the network he will not try to...
View Article7,300 would get $9.50 refunds to settle alternative-electricity provider snafu
CONCORD – Roughly 7,300 electricity customers in New Hampshire who were bounced around during this winter’s confusion involving alternative power supplier PNE will each get $9.50 refunds under a...
View ArticleMilford’s Lambert conquering downhill battles
For Ben Lambert, it was love at first snow. The Milford High School senior was on skis not long after he learned how to walk, and by the time he was in middle school, coaches were using him as an...
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