South’s Choate hits hard – and he’s hard to hit
NASHUA – Steven Choate says he loves to hit. He makes some of his best hits from his outside linebacker position on the Nashua South football team. Choate loved to hit so much he went out for lacrosse...
View ArticleWinnacunnet 2012 model gains plenty of strength
A year ago this time, when the Winnacunnet High School football team was last heard from, it was a unit that “coulda, shoulda, woulda.” They could’ve made the Division II playoffs and probably should...
View ArticleAl says the temperature could hit 60 on Sunday
New Hampshire's favorite meteorologist Al Kaprielian says the sun will come out and the temperatures will rise this weekend.
View ArticleNashua Technology Park, to be rebranded “Gateway Hills,” making progress in...
NASHUA – Like the city, Nashua Technology Park is rebranding. On Monday, the John J. Flatley Co. informed aldermen that the future site for upscale apartments, manufacturing, retail, medical and...
View ArticleConnecting business, education is key to New Hampshire’s future, panelists say
MANCHESTER – Merrimack High School Principal Ken Johnson and technology department head Thomas Putney know the impact that collaborating with local businesses can have on student achievement. The two...
View Article‘Fugitive of the Week’ nabbed in Derry
Federal and state police arrested a man who was the state’s “Fugitive of the Week.” The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Reinaldo Ruiz Jr. in Derry on Friday on a warrant issued by Rockingham...
View ArticleNH bans gooseberry, currant plants because they carry pine tree disease
Varieties of gooseberry and currant plants that are supposed to be resistant to a disease that affects white pine trees have been banned by the state because they aren’t actually resistant. The New...
View ArticleLyndeborough man killed when granite falls on him while working on house
A 19-year-old man was killed when a large piece of granite fell on him while he was helping friends and relatives work on a home at 91 Baldwin Hill Road in Lyndeborough. The Wilton-Lyndeborough...
View ArticleNashua insurance agency sold, moving to Manchester
An independent insurance agency that has operated in Nashua since 1924 has been bought by a Manchester firm and is moving to that city. Sadler Insurance Agency, which sells insurance and financial...
View ArticleLayoffs at firm tied to Mass. pharmacy in outbreak
BOSTON – A Massachusetts company with the same founders as a pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak said Thursday it is laying off nearly all its employees amid a prolonged closure for...
View ArticleSouhegan, Milford hosting Division III football semifinals
The Division III high school football playoffs are set to begin Saturday, and everything is back to normal in the Souhegan Valley. Both Milford and Souhegan are back in the postseason after both teams...
View ArticleTurner, Holiday lead 76ers over Celtics, 106-100
BOSTON – Evan Turner scored 25 points, Jrue Holiday added 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers held off several fourth-quarter rallies to beat the Boston Celtics 106-100 on Friday night. The Celtics cut the...
View Article‘Superstorm’ accurate name for Sandy, the second major October weather event...
For the second October in a row, southern New Hampshire had to deal with a major storm and its associated mayhem. The historic snowstorm of 2011 made a bull’s-eye hit on us, but this year’s wind maker...
View ArticleVeterans Day Events
HOLLIS Veterans Day Events Nov. 10: Members of the Hollis VFW will be at the Hollis Transfer Station from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. to hand out poppies. Nov.
View ArticleRomeo Couture: Navy veteran and true musician’s musician
He’s the last man standing of an impressive lot of local U.S. military veterans and accomplished musicians such as Bob Plamondon, Irving Pelletier, Al Beals, Al Tamulonis, Vic Poulin and Charlie...
View ArticleNH doctors have new tool to fight prescription drug abuse
CONCORD – Experts in medicine and opiate addiction will gather next week to talk about progress being made to address prescription drug abuse and to unveil a new tool for New Hampshire doctors who...
View ArticleStudents at Birch Hill Elementary in Nashua pay homage to veterans
NASHUA – A line of about 20 veterans made their way down the hallway of Birch Hill Elementary School on Friday morning as dozens of students showed their thanks to the former servicemen and women in a...
View ArticleNashua charter school accidentally releases grades of sixth-graders to all...
NASHUA – The Academy for Science and Design charter school likely will find a new company to manage student data after a computer glitch sent report cards of the school’s 96 sixth-grade students to...
View ArticleNashua alderman proposing policy to no longer charge for president, candidate...
NASHUA – A city alderman is hoping to end the arguments over whether presidents and presidential candidates should be charged after visiting Nashua by establishing firm rules that taxpayers will always...
View ArticleFishbones General Store in Mont Vernon closing its doors
MONT VERNON – The town’s only store will close Wednesday . Fishbones General Store owner Kristin O’Brien, who said she has been struggling to make the store a success since its opening in January, said...
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