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…
Patti Killwey starts her workday at BAE Systems’ Nashua plant at 8 a.m. On Tuesday, punching the clock on time wasn’t an easy feat, considering the six hours she had spent late Monday at Fenway Park, watching the longest postseason…
Nashua High School South and two Nashua area social service organizations are among 55 organizations and educational institutions statewide that will share $2.9 million in grants from the Endowment for Health. The endowment, a Concord-based health foundation charged with improving…
The state Board of Education approved appeals from five local schools, removing them from a statewide list of schools labeled as “in need of improvement.” The board agreed Wednesday to eliminate the designation for Elm Street, Fairgrounds and Pennichuck middle…
Patti Killwey starts her workday at BAE Systems’ Nashua plant at 8 a.m. On Tuesday, punching the clock on time wasn’t an easy feat, considering the six hours she had spent late Monday at Fenway Park, watching the longest postseason…
HOLLIS - High school senior Jess d’Arbonne said it made sense for her to pose with her arms cradling her guitar for her final yearbook photo. D’Arbonne, who turns 18 on Saturday, is the lead singer of the Cindy Loo…
NASHUA - Mario Pena first went to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua at age 13 to play sports with other kids. By the time he was 18, the center had turned his life around. Pena, the child…
HUDSON - The Lions Club is holding a craft fair at the Lions Hall on Saturday. The fair will be open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and the concessions will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The fair will feature crafters from…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Central School Space Options Committee will hold a public forum on Friday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m., at the school. The committee will present several options for dealing with the lack of space at the Central School.…
Nashua High School South is offering a workshop for seniors and parents titled “Life After High School,” today from 6:15-9 p.m. The program will start in the school’s auditorium with a brief overview of guidance services available to students. A…
NASHUA - A week ago, Miguel Lopez found the perfect child-care facility for his stepgrandson, 2-year-old Jose Barrios Jr. The center charged only $20 a week and employed a teacher who could communicate with Jose in Spanish. Next week, he’s…
CONCORD - A Kenyan immigrant is asking a judge to reverse her conviction for visa fraud, saying federal prosecutors withheld key evidence and pressured witnesses to testify falsely. Wanjiku Thiongo already has served nearly two years of a 46-month federal…
MILFORD - Several years after planning began, the 150-year-old Milford United Methodist Church has received town permission to build a new church on North River Road, even as it talks with a buyer for its historic property just north of…
NASHUA - Milford school officials have agreed to make a copy of a videotape showing a scuffle between a student and an aide at the Sage School last summer, court records show. A student and his mother claim that the…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Gov. Craig Benson has proposed reducing the state’s nursing home population by 30 percent in the next five years for a savings of $337 million that would go toward developing adult day-care centers and hospices. The…
NASHUA - The Rotary Club of Nashua West is expanding its speakers forum to give both candidates for the Senate District 12 seat the opportunity to meet with and field questions from club members. Democrat David Gottesman, a Nashua attorney,…
MILFORD - Sheryl Ann Gardner was “totally in love with the Lord,” her daughter remembers. On Sunday afternoon Gardner, a mother of three, was killed in a car accident on Route 101 in Amherst. She was 47 years old. “She…
WILTON - It took a long time and a lot of hard work on the part of a lot of people, but on Sunday, about three dozen friends of Four Corners Farm gathered by the new hay barn to celebrate…
Merrimack - The tax rate is just a bit lower than what the town had estimated. The state Department of Revenue Administration has set the town’s 2004 property tax rate at $22.36 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. That’s an increase…
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 chapter of…
NASHUA - Two roommates went their separate ways, and three other families went to local motels after a fire broke out in a downtown apartment building Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt in the fire at 9 Patten Court, and…
HUDSON - In response to rampant littering and vandalism, the town has closed the skateboard park for the season several weeks early. Such vandalism is becoming more common in area skate parks, prompting communities to consider ways to stop it.…
NASHUA - When Lynn Laughton started walking to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer five years ago, she had no idea she would some day be walking as a breast cancer survivor herself. “(The walk) took on a…
A new report says an influx of new Granite Staters is coming primarily from neighboring Massachusetts, and most of them are younger, part of Gen Z, the cohort of people born roughly between 1997 and 2012. But another report says the newbies, like already established residents here, face affordability challenges when it comes to housing and child care.
UNH marketing program helps small businesses and students work together
The United Way of Greater Nashua aims to raise $175,000 this year through its biggest annual fundraiser June 22-23 at Brady Sullivan Plaza.
The recently formed New Hampshire Forum has been whittling down — from 18 to four to one or two — important issues that will be addressed in the 2027 session of the state Legislature.
$1 million-plus sales are becoming more regular, according to New Hampshire Association of Realtors data
Analogic Corp. relocated from Peabody, Mass., to Salem, NH, in January. The privately held company designs and manufactures advanced imaging, detection and power technology for aviation security, health care and industrial markets. Its airport baggage screening systems are deployed in more than 26 countries.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
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Upcoming legislation may provide (somewhat) smoother permitting process for developers
