Ward 3, Ward 6 Nashua neighborhood crime watch meetings slated for April
NASHUA – The Nashua Police Department has posted several neighborhood crime watch meetings for the month of April: April 2, 7 p.m. – French Hill Watch at Dental Connection April 3, 1 p.m. – Railroad...
View ArticleUnited Way offers spring volunteering opportunites in Greater Nashua
NASHUA – Forget spring cleaning. United Way of Greater Nashua has plenty of ideas for spring volunteering. The area nonprofit volunteer organization needs virtual “ambassadors” to help with its social...
View ArticleLozeau says casinos the wrong fit for Greater Nashua, NH
NASHUA – Mayor Donnalee Lozeau doesn’t want a casino anywhere near Nashua – let alone in the Granite State. “I’m opposed to gambling in the state of New Hampshire,” she said during Tuesday’s Board of...
View ArticleUNH knows Denver has mile-high talent
DURHAM – The University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team knows it will have its hands full when it squares off against the University of Denver in the NCAA national championship regional playoffs...
View ArticleHollis’ Lorin Field thriving at Plymouth State
The honors just keep rolling in for Plymouth State University junior lacrosse goalie Lorin Field of Hollis. On Monday she was named Little East Conference Goalie of the Week. On Tuesday she was named...
View ArticleMerrimack Police Department steps up enforcement efforts for Friday’s...
MERRIMACK – The Merrimack Police Department will be participating in the statewide Operation Safe Commute Day initiative Friday. The department’s patrol division will be out during the morning and...
View ArticleAlleged Nashua dollar-store thief faces felony charge
A local man with two theft convictions already under his belt was arrested Wednesday in connection with the theft of clothing from a local dollar store, police said. William Prescott, 42, of no fixed...
View ArticleAllegedly upgraded script lands Nashua man in custody
A Nashua man who allegedly tried to fill a prescription after increasing the quantity 10-fold was arrested Wednesday morning, police said. John Joyce, 60, of 19 Meadow Lane, was charged with acts...
View ArticleNH Senate rejects energy project moratorium
CONCORD, N.H. – Lori Lerner and her husband purchased a second home on Newfound Lake more than a decade ago and loved the area so much that they moved in for good. Now, she worries the construction of...
View ArticleHormel turns to social media to reach out to fans
After 75 years, Spam is going social. Big time. Hormel’s popular canned meat product is attempting to boost both brand loyalty and sales by marketing in social media with real-time messages through its...
View ArticleCypriots anxious as banks reopen
NICOSIA, Cyprus – Anxious Cypriots patiently waited in long lines to get at their accounts on Thursday after banks opened for the first time in nearly two weeks, following an international bailout to...
View ArticleS&P 500 closes at record high
NEW YORK – For the second time in less than a month, the stock market marched past another milepost on its long, turbulent journey back from the Great Recession, toppling another record left over from...
View ArticleMayor of Boston won’t seek re-election
BOSTON – An at times emotional Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told well-wishers gathered at the city’s historic Faneuil Hall on Thursday that he won’t seek re-election to an unprecedented sixth term after...
View ArticleConsumer group slams fast food kids meals
KFC’s new Li’l Bucket Kids Meals are launching at the chicken chain nationwide on the same day that consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest said nearly all kids meals “flunk...
View ArticleMass. rapist caught in Maine after 35 years
GORHAM, Maine – A Massachusetts man who disappeared while awaiting sentencing for three rapes 35 years ago has been arrested in Maine, where he’d married and started a family while living under an...
View ArticleAid eyed for Ponzi victims
CONCORD – Victims of the Financial Resources Mortgage scandal could qualify for state payments under legislation that cleared the State Senate Thursday. Senate President Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, said...
View ArticleNSKS on its way to Quincy Street
NASHUA – Longtime auto dealer Dan Enxing remembers the day some years ago when a buyer traded in an old Dodge car that was in such unusually good condition he felt it would be a shame to send it to...
View ArticleCanobie Lake Park to hire hundreds of people at annual job fair, March 30
SALEM – Canobie Lake Park will be holding its annual spring job fair Saturday, with hundreds of positions available inside the park’s walls. Opening day for the amusement park will be April 27. Chris...
View ArticleNashua Airport Authority exploring all options to keep traffic control tower...
NASHUA – Nashua Airport Authority officials say they are exploring all options to keep the Nashua Municipal Airport control tower in operation, including joining a class action lawsuit against the...
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