Nashua trash pickup will be altered by holidays
The city has issued trash and recycling information for holiday partiers, including its regulations and accommodations for “extra holiday trash” such as Christmas trees. During the weeks of Christmas...
View ArticleTelegraph Girls Volleyball All Stars: Merrimack’s Latham leads the way
Girls Volleyball Player of the Year: Allison Latham, sr., Merrimack A leader on and off the court, Merrimack High School’s Allison Latham put up big numbers as a senior, finishing with 308 kills, 270...
View ArticleNashua... From the inside: Fancy Friday has ‘apocalypse’ fun
It’s (possibly) the end of the world as we know it. On Friday – Dec. 21 – downtown Nashua’s charitable formal social team, Fancy Friday, will host a tongue-and-cheek apocalyptic event called “The Last...
View ArticleSanta Fund money takes a journey to become toys, food for needy in Nashua area
Did you ever wonder what happens when you so generously donate cash to the Santa Fund? Here’s the journey of a $250 donation. Like all of the money donated, 100 percent goes directly to the purchase of...
View ArticleLynch values ‘results, not style’
Gov. John Lynch loves to have metrics, measurements and plenty of data to pore over before making big decisions. That’s how he would like the residents of New Hampshire to judge him after eight long,...
View ArticleAppealing personality made Lynch popular as governor
Barely nine months into his first term as New Hampshire’s 80th governor, Democrat John Lynch learned just how Mother Nature would cement his legacy. The governor and first lady Susan Lynch had just...
View ArticleGatsas snub leaves questions about bids for higher office
Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas has some political spadework to do if he’s serious about running for higher office one day. A small episode at the Manchester Republican City Committee on Wednesday night...
View ArticleHudson’s C&M Machine Products expanding
HUDSON – There’s a slight smell of cooking oil at C&M Machine Products, but it’s not from food. The smell comes from the canola-based cooling liquid used in the many machines that churn out...
View ArticleNashua Housing Authority commissioner may continue – as she has since 1978
NASHUA – Selma Pastor, 89, has served on the Nashua Housing Authority’s board of commissioners for decades, and she isn’t ready to stop now. Nor is Mayor Donnalee Lozeau ready to replace her. “I didn’t...
View ArticleAyotte off on support for president’s budget proposal
President Barack Obama’s initial deficit reduction proposal presented last month sounded familiar to U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte. Targeting the same tax increases without any significant entitlement...
View ArticleShow me the money
I want to know where I can sign up for a share of all the fresh money that the Federal Reserve will be indefinitely printing. I wonder if Amazon sells a do-it-yourself bank charter kit because I’d love...
View ArticleHamilton, Angels finalize $125M, 5-year contract
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Feeling “a little upset” that Texas didn’t move quickly enough to re-sign him, free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton donned a Los Angeles Angels jersey on Saturday after finalizing a...
View ArticleWinter cabin adventures offer plenty of possibilities
The question came in addressed to the editors of EasternSlopes.com from Fran, who reads this column in the Berkshire Eagle newspaper, of Pittsfield, Mass., each week: “My three buddies and I – all...
View ArticleStrong turnout at Elm St.
The Elm Street Middle School gym was packed last Saturday, as a large number of area youths competed in the 41st annual Greater Nashua Elks Hoop Shoot free throw contest. Six Nashua youths won their...
View ArticleFlash, Striders strong at cross country nationals
Last Saturday, 38 Granite State Flash and 37 Nashua PAL Striders youth runners competed in USA Track and Field’s 2012 Junior Olympics Cross Country National Championships at Balloon Fiesta Park in...
View ArticleKidSports Highlights, Dec. 12, 2012: Hockey, basketball, gymnastics
HOCKEY Valley Hockey League MITE: Cavaliers 11, Agawam (Mass.) 8 Karenna Beckstein and Michael Spinazzola’s push in the neutral zones started the offensive drive. Beckstein maneuvered around Agawam’s...
View ArticleDon’t let snow stop you from exercising
If the local weather people are to be believed, it looks like we’re finally going to get the snow that’s alluded the region for a large part of the last year. Personally, I have a hard time believing...
View ArticleLet children lead conversation about Connecticut school shooting, Nashua...
NASHUA – Every detail of Friday’s unfathomable school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is staggering. For Bailey Carroll, 8, of Nashua, who attends third grade more than 150...
View ArticleDalaker’s goal lifts BG past North
TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. – If Saturday’s 4-3 dramatic Bishop Guertin High School win over Nashua North at Skate 3 Arena proved anything, this is going to be a very competitive Division I hockey season. “I...
View ArticleLocals succeeding in the long run
It may start with a flier at the local elementary school, asking those who are interested in a running program to meet at a certain place and a certain time. It can end, at least for the season, with a...
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