Southbound commuters should find the drive to work a little less hectic this morning, with seven miles of an extra lane to work with. A stretch of the new third lane on southbound Route 3 from the New Hampshire line…
MERRIMACK - We don’t care after all, selectmen decided Thursday. The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 to terminate a contract with WeCare LLC, a New York company hired last year to haul trash from the town’s solid waste transfer station…
NASHUA - Chuck Hemeon is used to hectic situations like the one he encountered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Thursday afternoon. “It’s always chaos,” he said. “We try to organize it.” The situation he helped organize involved about 28…
NASHUA - Surfing the Internet can be dangerous. You have to be careful about where you go, what you do, and whom you do it with, or else you never know what you’ll catch. Anyone who ventures online without a…
Your home page has changed. Spyware often resets your home page without asking your permission. You see hot links within documents, leading you to advertisements. You get numerous “pop-up” ads, especially pornographic ads. Your computer runs slower than it did.…
MANCHESTER- The New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights is presenting a one-day conference, “New Hampshire Welcoming Diversity and Its Benefits,” on Wednesday at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. The Commission has put together a program featuring experts in…
PEPPERELL, Mass. - The Nissitissit River Land Trust annual fall hike will be held on Saturday, October 16. The hike is being co-sponsored with the Nashoba Conservation Trust and the plan is to hike the length of the Jeff Smith…
NASHUA-The Nashua Pastoral Care Center, 7 Concord St., is looking for penny picker volunteers for several dates: Saturday, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 31, Nov. 7 and Nov. 14, from noon-3 p.m.…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Police Department is badly in need of more space, but the Fire Department has found it can make do for another five years with a little adjusting. That’s what Police Chief Jim Basinas and Fire Chief Rick…
MERRIMACK - Diane Wilusz will come home Oct. 19, if only for an afternoon. Wilusz was left a paraplegic after a Sept. 4 motorcycle accident near her family’s campground in Campton. Since Sept. 17, she has been at the HealthSouth…
NASHUA - Games won’t come cheaply for out-of-towners wanting to play in city parks if Ward 4 Alderman Marc Plamondon has his way. The alderman wants to charge users of the city’s athletic fields or other park facilities $500 a…
NASHUA - A $211,000 study that has just started will help the Nashua Airport Authority determine exactly what type of improvements are needed at Boire Field to bring the local airport into compliance with federal safety standards, consultants and officials…
What a difference a day makes. On Monday, Lucy Saia, director of home care for Home Health and Hospice Care, didn’t give a second thought to flu vaccine. But on Tuesday, an announcement from the federal government about a national…
Voters of all persuasions who are looking to get informed about the upcoming elections will have their pick of events in Hollis and Brookline during the coming weeks. Townspeople will have a chance to pose questions to local candidates, and…
NASHUA- The BAE Systems Explorer Post 200 will hold an open house for students between the ages of 14 and 20 to learn about careers in technical fields such as engineering and computer repair. The open house will be Tuesday…
BROOKLINE - The Brookline and Hollis Parent Council will host Professor Elaine Holden, AOGPE in a series of presentations on reading. Dr. Holden teaches in the graduate education program at Rivier College and is a nationally recognized expert on reading.…
NASHUA- Area Agency of Greater Nashua is holding a voter information night, as well as a voter registration night, on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at 144 Canal St. Town clerks from Nashua, Hudson and Merrimack will be on…
LITCHFIELD - Mud wasp nests were determined to be the source of a fire that destroyed a heating unit at a local school late Wednesday afternoon. Fire crews responded to St. Francis of Assisi School and Church at 9 St.…
NASHUA- Children’s author Graeme Base will visit Barnes & Noble tonight at 7 p.m. for a reading and signing of his latest book, “Jungle Drums.” Base gained international recognition for his picture book “Animalia,” in which each page showed a…
NASHUA - In the food pantry world, September sits on a cusp between have and have-not months. It’s a tenuous place for providers and equally worrisome for those in need. And it’s where Lucille L’Heureux, social worker at the Salvation…
NASHUA - Mixing humor, personal anecdotes and policy analysis, former Vice President Al Gore energized local Democrats on Tuesday to get out the vote. “The hard truth is our country is in trouble,” said Gore, who called himself a “recovering…
NASHUA - A victim of its own success, the Nashua Airport Authority is looking at plans that will cost nearly $10 million to bring the local airport into compliance with federal safety standards. Royce Rankin, the airport manager, said the…
NASHUA - A new name, a few more signs, food and beverages and an access ramp were among the most-suggested changes for the Exit 6 welcome center. A study committee, formed by the Legislature to examine the center, met Tuesday…
WILTON- The Second Congregational Church will host a turkey dinner on board the Wilton Scenic Railroad on Sunday, Oct. 17, at 4:30 p.m. The dinner will include all the fixings, including mashed potatoes, squash, stuffing, cranberry sauce, homemade rolls, and…
NASHUA - About two years ago, after Pat Marquette discovered that her teenage son had a drug problem, she felt both guilty and alone. It didn’t help, said the Brookline mother of three, when friends stopped calling or pretended her…
AMHERST - Candidates or their representatives from the level of president down to state representative will be on stage Wednesday night at Souhegan High School for one of the region’s largest candidate forums. “What’s amazing is that this is all…
HUDSON - If he were alive to see Central Fire Station dedicated in his memory, Lenny Smith may have deferred the honor to others. He may have noted there were other volunteer firefighters and other people who helped build the…
NASHUA - It’s a girl for New Hampshire’s top law enforcement official. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte and husband Joseph Daley welcomed their first child - Katherine Grace Daley - in Nashua on Saturday morning. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 6…
MANCHESTER -- A 30-year-old woman and her two children were murdered Monday at a relative's home, Assistant Attorney General Karen Huntress said Tuesday. The woman and her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son were found Monday at 61 Johnson St., Huntress…
PELHAM - A local man remained in critical condition after crashing his pickup into a tree Sunday night. Charles Jerrett, 49, of Pelham was listed in critical condition Monday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, where he was flown after…
MOUNT WASHINGTON (AP) - The Mount Washington Observatory has started broadcasting a live weather show to its museum in North Conway. The show, called “Live From the Rockpile,” is broadcast twice daily for 20 minutes to The Mount Washington Center…
Sixteen families helped by Harbor Homes got a reprieve when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development agreed to recalculate a housing grant. The Nashua nonprofit organization learned a five-year housing grant was being reduced by 19 percent, putting…
Wendy Walter sold her wedding ring to start her pottery business. L.P. Runyon found there was nothing that fulfilled him as much as creating his furniture. Jane Ehrlich, a graphic artist, tired of searching for her luggage at the airport,…
If all business is about relationships, no Seacoast event better reflects that reality better than “Bridging the Seacoast,” this year’s edition of the annual Seacoast Chambers Business Expo. The event - now in its 16th year - is presented by…
While the consensus at last month’s New Hampshire Manufacturing Summit was that the future looks relatively bright for Granite State manufacturers, there also is general agreement that there are some substantial hurdles that need to be cleared. The summit --…
Funding for tourism promotion has been approved by the Executive Council despite concerns by some councilors the money is too heavily concentrated in the lakes and mountain regions. Commissioner of Resources and Economic Development Sean O’Kane said the next round…
Pan Am will keep flying, despite published reports it’s planning to close its doors. The Associated Press reported on Sept. 17 that Pan Am, the only air carrier operating out of Pease International Tradeport, had told U.S. District Court Magistrate…
In redefining New Hampshire’s small-group health-care market from one to 100 lives down to one to 50 lives and by introducing medical underwriting, New Hampshire has not only shot itself in the foot, but is now reloading. We have violated…
In any election year, state revenues are among the hot topics being discussed. This year is no different. With our lingering debate over how to fund public education at the state level and a heightened sensitivity due to a $300…
Mercury has been in the news the past couple of months. Papers have run articles about the dangerous mercury levels in America's fish, and the Associated Press had stories in August about anglers pushing for stricter mercury controls and about…
Year after year, just as kids are either heading back to college or going for the first time, we can all count on seeing some of the same news items. In addition to back-to-school sales, separation anxiety for parents of…
You can spend an evening with the American Lung Association of New Hampshire, sample fine wines from around the world and help the organization’s health programs all at the same time. The ALANH’s second annual Wine & Cheese Extravaganza will…
Sure, you could take a cruise next year for spring break, but why not really get away? Far away. To a place like Ghana. Heart of New Hampshire Tours, a Granite State-based tour operator, is offering four adventure tours a…
Quotes “We took an oath when we became police officers to impartially enforce the state’s laws and treat people fairly, with respect and dignity. Governor Benson took a similar oath when he took office. Maybe it’s time that he receive…
Concerns over “performance issues,” has led the Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce to fire Executive Director Gail Coryell. “The board of directors had to make a very difficult business decision,” said Brian McGuigan, an investment representative with Edward Jones Investments,…
“People said Manchester was boring,” recalls Kate Benway, director of marketing and communications for Intown Manchester. Benway, 25, ought to know. She used to say that herself in her not-so-distant high school days. “When I went off to college, I…
Fall produces a conditioned response in most “car people.” The air gets crisp; the leaves begin to turn, and we start salivating in anticipation of the new cars automakers are about to plate up. For the most part, fall still…
Nashua-based PowerOasis Inc. and PowerOasis Networks LLC are suing a Texas company for patent infringement. The privately held firms have filed a joint lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts accusing Wayport Inc. of Austin, Texas, of infringing on two…
A growing trend in disreputable insurance companies taking advantage of small-business owners desperate for affordable health care has the New Hampshire Insurance Department urging businesses to be cautious when buying plans for their employees. The federal Government Accountability Office reported…
Students of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire are teaming up with City Year NH to help develop the nonprofit organization’s strategic plan. City Year NH recruits 17-to-24-year-olds to work with schools in…
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New Hampshire has joined 22 other states in signing onto a lawsuit against Uber, arguing the rideshare company was “deceptive” in selling and billing for its subscription service, Uber One, according to a press release from Attorney General John Formella’s office.
