REGION - Feel Safe Again, a Hudson-based organization that supports stalking victims, will hold a benefit dinner on Nov. 13 from 7-11 p.m. at the Silver Fox Restaurant in Everett, Mass. Thomas O’Reilly, a prosecutor for the Middlesex District Attorney’s…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Lafayette Artillery Co. will continue celebrating its 200th anniversary with a coffeehouse on Nov. 5 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Citizens’ Hall. The evening will include live music, beverages and dessert. Tickets are $5 in advance, or $7.50…
MANCHESTER - Police are still investigating a minor traffic mishap involving Nashua Mayor Bernie Streeter, spokesman Mark Fowke said. Streeter’s Crown Victoria, which is leased by the city, collided with a taxicab in a downtown intersection at 10:58 a.m. Saturday,…
The Boston Billiard Club fund-raiser planned for a local family who lost most of its belongings and two pets in a Mizoras Drive fire has been cancelled. Jennifer Butler, a bartender, said the Nov. 7 fund-raiser will not take place…
The Peace Corps will hold an informational meeting next month for people considering serving with the agency. A panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers will speak about their service. The meeting is scheduled for Nov. 9 from 6:30-8 p.m. in…
NASHUA - A divided Board of Aldermen could not agree Tuesday night on legislation that would change the city’s budget process. Aldermen instead postponed a decision on two proposals to change the city charter. Alderman-at-Large Paula Johnson said the delay…
NASHUA - If David Ortiz were running for office, New Hampshire would be more than a swing state. Tuesday’s election would be a home run. But, Ortiz isn’t running for office, he’s playing baseball - the reason Nov. 2 isn’t…
HUDSON - The Board of Selectmen took the first step Tuesday in looking at two busy intersections in town. The board agreed to have the Community Development Office seek proposals for a traffic study of the intersection of Central and…
MILFORD - One of the prettiest views in the region may get preserved as open land, but only if Milford voters decide to support the most expensive conservation push in town history. “It’s gorgeous there,” said Town Planner Bill Parker,…
NASHUA - A 10-month-old child was injured Tuesday after falling eight feet through a first-floor heating grate into the basement of his home. The child was transported by ambulance to the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center as a precautionary measure…
DOVER - Wendy Thomas of Merrimack says her 11-year-old son - one of six children - finds it hard to understand why the family has had to live paycheck to paycheck since her layoff in June. On Monday morning, Thomas…
HOLLIS - Brown pine needles and fallen leaves cover the trail, blanketing stones, roots and an array of bumps. The jagged piece of terrain was a gift, one that mountain bikers, hikers and equestrians can use. It’s part of a…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Central School needs more space to provide special services, parking for staff and visitors, and storage. The oldest section of the school, built in 1949, has inadequate ventilation and some air quality problems, and contains rooms that…
MERRIMACK - Showing they in fact could do it with the help of store clerks, customers aided in extinguishing a small fire at Home Depot on Monday afternoon. Customers and workers using portable fire extinguishers had the small blaze nearly…
NASHUA - This is the inventory at the Corpus Christi Food Pantry: eight cans of meat, a few cans of soup and vegetables, some jars of peanut butter and jelly, some boxes of pasta, and no rice. That’s not close…
NASHUA - When John Kelley’s youngest son, Donald, was in high school, he and his classmates had trouble getting their opinions into the ears of school officials. Seventeen years later, when Kelley became a Nashua Board of Education member, he…
NASHUA - A 12-year-old boy who got burned while playing with gasoline and matches Sunday evening was listed in good condition Monday at Shriners Hospital in Boston, a spokeswoman said. The boy, a student at Elm Street Middle School, was…
Nashua Mayor Bernie Streeter got into a minor traffic accident over the weekend in Manchester while driving the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria the city leased for his office. “It was just a minor fender-bender,” Streeter said Monday, and his account…
NASHUA - Imagine giving a party for about 1,000 guests and finding yourself facing a crowd of 6,000. That’s what happened last year when the Great American Downtown organization hosted the Great American Ghost Town, a Halloween trick-or-treat event on…
NASHUA - Co-workers of a Boston Billiard Club employee whose family lost nearly everything - including two pets - in a fire on Friday are hosting a fund-raiser for the family. “At Boston Billiard Club, we are all family,” said…
This is a list of trick-or-treat times on Sunday in area communities: Amherst: 6-8 p.m. Brookline: 6-8 p.m. Greenville: 6-8 p.m. Hollis: 6-8 p.m. Hudson: 6-8 p.m. Litchfield: 6-8 p.m. Londonderry: 6-8 p.m. Lyndeborough: 6-8 p.m. Mason: 6-8 p.m. Merrimack:…
Residents of Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, Pelham or Windham may discard household hazardous waste Nov. 6 at the Public Works Garage on Riverside Street in Nashua. The collection will run from 8 a.m.-noon. The…
REGION - Drivers on Route 3 in Massachusetts now have three lanes in both directions all the way from Route 128 (Interstate 95) to the New Hampshire border. The third lane opened Saturday on an eight-mile stretch on the southbound…
As Halloween approaches, the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Junior Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion are sponsoring their seventh annual Haunted House. There will be free face painting, brochures, puzzles and fun for the family. The Legion family will…
The Salvation Army is hosting a Family Fun Fest on Sunday from 3-4 p.m., including carnival games, candy, hot dogs and free drawings. The Halloween event is free and open to the public, and people may come in costume or…
BOSTON (AP) - Some say sports is a religion in New England. A trip to some churches Sunday morning would have confirmed that, as parishes around Red Sox Nation took a moment to meditate on the hometown team. At the…
MERRIMACK - Two Bedford residents were injured Friday night in two separate, but related crashes on the F.E. Everett Turnpike near Exit 10 in the northbound high-speed lane. Both injured residents were driving. One of the drivers was charged with…
NASHUA - A Nashua sixth-grader burned his leg while playing with gasoline and matches Sunday evening and was transported to a burn center, according to his older brother. Larry Nelson said the accident happened to his 12-year-old brother, David Ganley,…
NASHUA - A box trailer behind a vacant business at 9 Canal St. caught fire Saturday night, working its way into the empty building where it caused minor damage. City fire and police departments received the call at 8:28 p.m.…
Guitars and guns have high school administrators across Southern New Hampshire scratching their heads over what is appropriate for display in high school senior portraits. Ongoing questions about two area seniors posing with props in yearbook portraits have a few…
Hudson resident Janice Pack sat at her home computer Tuesday bundled up in a sweatshirt, long-sleeve top, pants and slippers. With her thermostat set at 60 degrees, her house was chilly. “I need to make this tank of oil last…
Dozens of people across Greater Nashua got into the giving groove Saturday for USA Weekend magazine’s 14th annual Make A Difference Day - an event known as the largest single-day national effort to help others. From basements to garages and…
That vacant parochial St. Patrick school on Spring Street can look pretty good from the crowded office that is the city’s Community Development Division. A recently released space study by the Administrative Services Division suggested the old school as an…
NASHUA - Phone lines were busy at day-care centers across the city last week. Suddenly, it seemed as if the whole city was looking for child care. Since Tuesday, when the Greater Nashua Child Care Center announced its Friday closing…
MANCHESTER - The state Department of Transportation has scheduled bridge repair work on the northbound Interstate 93 bridge over Route 101 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday. Two lanes of traffic will remain open during the work. In the event of…
John Kerry’s campaign hopes some of the Boston Red Sox come-from-behind magic will rub off on their candidate. Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner will be outside Holman Stadium at noon today to thank southern New Hampshire Red Sox fans for…
MERRIMACK - When it comes to sports innovations, girls here seem to be a couple of steps ahead of guys. The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved a donation of batting cages to Bise Field in Reeds Ferry for use…
NASHUA - Now that Nashua High School South seniors have returned to their newly renovated building, they’re eager to show it off. After three years of construction that sent South’s seniors to the north high school last year, the $70…
Red Sox fans have more Gordon Gekko in them than George Bailey. It’s probably hard to be that honest, but mark these words. Surely the movie “Wall Street” and Michael Douglas’ character hit home in an ugly-but-true way because it’s…
NASHUA - Fire officials say sparks from grinding equipment were the cause of a small fire at the Batesville Casket Co. Thursday afternoon. Employees evacuated the building at 57 Palm St. and called 911 at about 2:05 p.m., after noticing…
MERRIMACK - Three people were injured Friday night in a two-car collision on the F.E. Everett Turnpike. The crash happened about 10:15 p.m., just past the Exit 10 off-ramp on the northbound side of the highway. State police responded to…
NASHUA-A family is homeless after an oven fire activated a sprinkler system in their apartment Thursday night. Firefighters responded to the six-unit apartment building at 67 Palm St. at about 5:08 p.m. after a teen that was baby-sitting a sibling…
AGE: 45. ADDRESS: Milford. PARTY AFFILIATION: Republican. OCCUPATION: Maranatha Carpets, owner; Christmas tree farm, honey and egg sales. EDUCATION: Milford High School, 1977. POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Executive Council, District 5, 2001-present; District 11 state senator, 1993-98; House of Representatives, 1989-92. DEBORA…
MERRIMACK - John Donne never met David McCray. “No man is an island,” wrote Donne, a 17th-century English poet. Increasingly, McCray has become an island unto himself on the Board of Selectmen, voting in opposition to his colleagues on a…
We believe in the Sox - at least we do now. But what did fans put stock in as the local nine climbed out of a hole larger than the Bronx? Apparently some depended upon an otherworldly device that, despite…
NASHUA - The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua will host a community coffee Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon to inform voters how and where to register for the upcoming election. The nonpartisan event is sponsored by the Greater Nashua…
LYNDEBOROUGH - More than three years after it first came up amid fierce resistance, helping launch a statewide debate about control of off-road vehicles, the idea of a huge outdoor recreational facility has returned - but this time, without the…
MERRIMACK - Ken Johnson stood Thursday morning in what used to be his office at Merrimack High School. His college photos had been surreptitiously removed sometime earlier that morning, replaced by signs mocking the high school principal and avowed Yankees…
HOLLIS - The Hollis Fire Department invites the community to its open house at 10 Glenice Drive tonight between 6-8 p.m. All are welcome. Bring the kids, review your home escape plan and tour the Fire Safety House. There will…
Polls show the race between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry is neck and neck, and New Hampshire is a battleground state that may be key to deciding the election. And people all over Greater Nashua are beating a…
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