Silver Knights, Rox weathering storm as Game 1 returns to Brockton
NASHUA – The rain this weekend certainly created havoc with the best laid plans of both the Nashua Silver Knights and Brockton Rox in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League semifinals. After two...
View ArticleNH Fire Marshal’s Office investigating Lyndeborough fire that caused $50,000...
LYNDEBOROUGH – The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a fire in a vacant home Saturday afternoon caused up to $50,000 in smoke and heat damage. Lyndeborough Fire Chief Rick McQuade said...
View ArticleNashua school board to implement new superintendent evaluation system
NASHUA – Superintendent Mark Conrad hasn’t had an official evaluation since coming on board three years ago, but he and the Board of Education are hoping to change that with the implementation of a new...
View ArticleDegrees of debt - High schools feel the effects of college costs
When Merrimack High School students participated in an annual oratory contest last spring, they chose a topic they were all interested in researching and discussing. Their choice: The rising costs of...
View ArticleEd’s Auto wins League title
Ed’s Auto beat Greeley Farms Landscaping 72-55 in the Milford Summer Basketball League championship game on Thursday. Clockwise from top: Ed’s Auto players celebrate their win; Jake LeVert, of Ed’s...
View ArticleAyotte supports Ryan as Romney's choice
CONCORD (AP) - New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte says Mitt Romney has made a "fantastic choice" in picking Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate. Ayotte's name was often in the mix as...
View ArticleFather, daughter rescued on NH mountain
MOULTONBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) - A father and daughter are safe after getting lost in heavy rain and fog on New Hampshire's Mount Shaw. Fifty-six-year-old Michael Arcidy of Bedford and his 23-year-old...
View ArticleMont Vernon Blessing of Animals postponed
MONT VERNON – Because of Sunday’s tropical rains, local pets will have to wait a couple of weeks to receive their blessings from the Congregational Church. Pastor Judie Bryan said the church’s Blessing...
View ArticleRox rally falls short in Silver Knights’ 11-9 Game 1 win
BROCKTON, Mass. – For the Nashua Silver Knights, the wait was worth it. But they could do without the tension, thank you. Courtesy of rain, it took 48 hours to play Game 1 of the Futures Collegiate...
View ArticleRed Sox bats rock Cleveland
CLEVELAND (AP) – Boston’s offense helped Jon Lester put a halt to his losing streak. Lester struck out 12 over six innings for his first win in six weeks and the Red Sox cranked out 16 hits in routing...
View ArticleThe Week in Preview: “I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the...
Monday Master of suspense As Alfred Hitchcock so aptly demonstrated, you don’t need chainsaw-wielding maniacs or buckets of blood to create a truly terrifying movie. Renowned for suspenseful...
View ArticleKatis, other city leaders, help to fund, organize Nashua Goes Back to School...
NASHUA – George Katis puts his money and support toward the Nashua Goes Back to School Event because, as he puts it, it’s an event that matters. “The economy has been struggling as everybody knows and...
View ArticlePsych: UNH grad working part-time in restaurant with $30K in debt, few job...
Steam billows in the small kitchen as Mike Fillipon removes the newest crop of fresh lobsters from a giant silver tank and plops them down on plates for hungry customers at Little Jack’s Seafood...
View ArticleYes, NH has lots of trees, even in cities; but we have lots of pavement, too
Does it seem as if there are a lot of trees hereabouts, not just along the bucolic roads of Hollis and Litchfield but even wandering around Nashua? You’re not mistaken. A federal researcher looked at...
View ArticleMaine dares to freeze tuition; NH, Vermont haven’t done so in decades
When the University of Maine System trustees met in January, they drew a line in the sand. For the first time in 25 years, they voted to freeze tuition at the state’s seven public universities – an...
View ArticleSchool officials working to comply with new law on dealing with concussions
School officials will spend the coming weeks making sure they are in compliance with a new state law that requires them to be more vigilant in protecting student athletes from concussions. The law,...
View ArticleGrad preparedness concern for education, business officials
Today’s graduates continue to leave college and struggle to find work. The business world, meanwhile, is worried it won’t find skilled workers to fill open positions as the state’s workforce ages. It’s...
View ArticleDOC inmate from Nashua found dead in cell
MANCHESTER – An autopsy is scheduled for Monday on the body of 43-year-old Nashua resident Mark John Amsden, an inmate at the N.H. Department of Corrections who died Sunday afternoon after being found...
View ArticleMilford police mum on untimely death, missing woman investigations
MILFORD – Police remained mum Sunday on their investigations into Friday’s untimely death and the disappearance of 51-year-old Lorinda White, who was last seen at her Milford residence on Aug. 5. A...
View ArticlePresident Obama to return to NH to campaign this weekend
With the fall election approaching, President Barack Obama is set to return to the Granite State this weekend. Obama’s re-election campaign has not yet released details of the president’s visit. But,...
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