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Bonds, Clemens rejected; no one elected to baseball Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) - Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in...
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In a twist, 2 DWI suspects find police
A pair of allegedly drunk drivers, one from Nashua and the other from Massachusetts, made the jobs of police officers in two towns a whole lot easier than usual over the past few days. In separate, but...
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Panthers fall to Exeter
Exeter 6, Nashua South 1, records: NS 0-7. E 2-4 SCoRING: Dan LeBlanc scored South’s only goal, assisted by Jacob Boisvert. SAVES: South’s A.J. Bender made 35 saves.
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FairPoint expands broadband to eastern Merrimack neighborhood
MERRIMACK – FairPoint Communications is continuing to roll out its broadband service, DSL, to streets in Merrimack that weren’t upgraded previously. The company said Wednesday that higher speeds are...
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Granite Inn in Nashua becomes Fireside Inn
NASHUA – Granite Inn, a hotel that houses a 99 Restaurant just west of Exit 7E of the Everett Turnpike, has become the seventh Fireside Inn. Lafayette Hotels of Bangor, Maine, announced recently that...
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Nashua school board budget panel weighs issue of class sizes
NASHUA – If the district wants to see all elementary school classes have 20 or fewer students, it would need to come up with more than $1.4 million. That money would fund hiring 31.5 new teachers to...
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Annual wild turkey survey time brings flocks to mind
Turkeys stop traffic as they cross Route 13 in Mont Vernon on Monday. The annual New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s annual wild turkey survey began Jan. 1 and runs until March 31. You can report...
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Merrimack’s first school budget hearing focuses on high school roof
MERRIMACK – How, or if, to replace the Merrimack High School’s roof dominated an otherwise quiet hearing on the Merrimack School District’s proposed 2013-14 budget Wednesday night. The School Board...
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Hudson residents will be able to give their input on proposed 2013-14 budgets...
HUDSON – Town residents will be able to weigh in on proposed budgets presented by the town and School District at the annual budget hearing slated for Thursday night. The town’s operating budget for...
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Facing backlash, AIG won’t join lawsuit against US
NEW YORK – Afraid of looking like a world-class ingrate, AIG on Wednesday decided against suing the federal government over the $182 billion bailout that saved the giant insurance company from...
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Nashua man arrested as marshal’s office ‘fugitive of the week’
A former Nashua man was arrested in Barrington after being featured as “Fugitive of the Week” by the U.S. Marshals office. Carl Carlson, 36, whose last known address was in Nashua, was wanted on two...
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Local leaders tout panel’s support for rail study, Nashua park-and-ride land...
NASHUA – Local leaders didn’t hide their elation for a pair of Wednesday votes that breathe new life into efforts to bring commuter rail from Boston to Nashua. The Legislature’s Capital Budget Overview...
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Study gives NH top marks in preventing childhood tooth decay
New Hampshire and Maine are tops in the nation for policies that prevent tooth decay in children, according to a national study by an independent group. The Pew Center on the States released a report...
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Amherst residents upset with lack of information on town administrator’s...
AMHERST – Town budget season, as town officials everywhere can attest, is invariably the most hectic, challenging time of year. But take away a key component – the town administrator, for instance –...
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Nashua South math class ‘flips’ thanks to grant
For students in Kellie Gabriel’s Advanced Placement calculus class at Nashua High School South, homework has taken on a different form. Most days, they don’t head home to practice solving dozens of...
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Time off has Wojtas’ game on mark again
You never know how much you’ll miss something until it’s taken away, and in the case of basketball for Amherst’s Christian Wojtas last winter, it was taken away voluntarily. After years of playing...
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C’s torch Suns 87-79
BOSTON – Jeff Green scored 14 points, rookie Jared Sullinger added 12 points and a career-best 16 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics recovered from a dreadful third quarter with a big rally to start the...
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He’ll not join this Moral Majority
Longtime friends would not be surprised to learn that no one who was checked off on my Baseball Hall of Fame ballot won induction this year. Born and still a liberal New Hampshire Democrat, I am used...
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Steroids test: No Hall of Fame for Bonds, Clemens yet
NEW YORK – No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else. For only the second time in...
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Authorities hope to release more information in Bedford incident by week’s end
BEDFORD – As speculation continues to swirl around Monday’s latest incident involving a prominent anesthesiologist and the death of his wife, a top law enforcement official said Wednesday that...
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