Brady says stakes high for Patriots this week
It’s championship week for the Patriots, who will claim the AFC East crown Sunday if they can beat the Dolphins in Miami. The Pats returned to work Monday, and Tom Brady and company are well aware of...
View ArticleAll but one family back in their homes following downtown Nashua apartment...
NASHUA – All but one family are back in their apartments after a Nov. 17 arson fire that heavily damaged a building at the intersection of Palm and Buck streets downtown. Twenty-four people were...
View ArticleAldermen again take up ‘Parcel F’ playing field, conservation land on Tuesday
NASHUA – Questions swirling around a city playing field and an educational piece of conservation land, on a north Nashua tract known as “Parcel F,” may soon be put to rest. On Tuesday, the Board of...
View ArticleBig Powerball jackpot leads to dreams of striking it rich
HUDSON – Like his father did in 1972, Hudson resident Gary Carney says he hopes he, too, can win the lottery. And if he’s lucky enough to cash in on a half-billion dollars, he said he plans to give...
View ArticleNashua named one of 61 finalists for federal Race to the Top grant
NASHUA – The School District has been named one of 61 finalists for a federal Race to the Top grant, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. The distinction places the district alongside...
View ArticleVarsity shot for young coach
LITCHFIELD – A little more than a year ago, Bobby Allan was a lot like many other recent college graduates in a tough economy. While searching for a job in his field he signed on with a local...
View ArticleN.H. to create first public boat ramp on Lake Winnipesaukee
CONCORD – The first public boat ramp with parking spaces on Lake Winnipesaukee will open soon, after the state Fish and Game Department’s announcement that it has purchased a private marina known as...
View ArticleAbout 1 percent of NH voters didn’t show ID on election day; letters to be...
About 1 percent of New Hampshire voters didn’t have, or wouldn’t show, a photo ID in the presidential election, a much smaller percentage than during the primary in September. As a result, the state...
View ArticleHassan budget view sobering
CONCORD – Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan issued an upbeat but sobering call for agency heads to lower their expectations as hearings on a new, two-year state budget commenced Monday. In their initial budget...
View ArticleRepublican House leader from Nashua calls for resignation of felon lawmaker
CONCORD – The top House Republican called upon a new Nashua Democratic legislator to resign immediately for failing to inform voters she was a convicted felon in Laconia. The Laconia Daily Sun and The...
View ArticleUSNH, community colleges focus on tech grads
MANCHESTER (AP) - Education officials working to turn out more high-tech graduates in New Hampshire are hosting a forum to explore how they can better engage business leaders. The University System of...
View ArticleAddison's lawyers challenges robbery conviction
CONCORD (AP) - The lawyers for a man convicted of shooting and killing a Manchester, N.H., police officer are challenging Michael Addison's armed robbery conviction. Addison was sentenced to death for...
View ArticleNH Homeland Security director to step down
CONCORD (AP) - New Hampshire's director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is stepping down. Gov. John Lynch announced Monday that Christopher Pope will leave his position in January. Pope,...
View ArticleNH police seek info after 2 hurt in Bedford home invasion
BEDFORD (AP) — New Hampshire police are continuing to seek information about a violent home invasion in Bedford that sent two people who lived in the home to the hospital, one of them with...
View ArticleHudson man faces felony charges related to theft from Nashua store where he...
NASHUA – Police arrested a Hudson man they say assisted in the theft of merchandise from a store where he worked. Richard Karanja, 19, of 8 Brightside Drive, is charged with criminal liability for the...
View ArticleLocal woman stole, used debit card from acquaintance, police say
NASHUA – A local woman has been charged with fraudulent use of a credit card, police said. Tanya Selden, 33, of 35 Bowers St., No. 1, is charged with theft by unauthorized taking, consolidation, a...
View ArticleFairPoint wins $16m contract to help expand ‘telemedicine’ throughout...
PORTLAND, Maine – FairPoint Communications has been awarded a four-year contract worth more than $16 million to provide broadband connections among more than 400 health care sites in New Hampshire,...
View ArticleLocal man injured in Merrimack crash
MERRIMACK – A local man was injured Monday night in a two-car crash on Turkey Hill Road. Garey Hensley, 45, was driving south on the road Monday about 8:25 p.m. when his 2011 Toyota Tacoma crossed the...
View ArticleState rep.-elect Laughton to resign post
CONCORD – N.H. Rep.-elect Stacie Laughton, a Nashua Democrat who did not disclose her criminal history while running for office this fall, plans to give up her seat in the state Legislature. “After a...
View ArticleMomnie takes over Nashua South hockey
NASHUA – Eric Momnie had his doubts about coming back as a varsity ice hockey assistant coach at Nashua High School South. Not that he didn’t enjoy his one year under then-head coach John Vlachos. But...
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