NASHUA The two flu-shot clinics scheduled for this month at the Kmart pharmacy in Nashua have been canceled because of shortage of the vaccine. The clinics had been scheduled for Friday from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and Oct. 26 from 3:30-7…
WHAT: Golf tournament to benefit the Jonathan P. Gove Memorial Scholarship WHEN: Oct. 22, registration deadline is Oct. 15. Tee time is 9 a.m. WHERE: Green Meadow Golf Club, Hudson ON THE NET: Tournament applications are at Jonathangove.org
HUDSON - Jonathan Gove’s family hopes to raise money for a scholarship in his name, playing on the greens where he spent so much time. Gove’s family and friends have organized two golf tournaments - one in Hudson and one…
HUDSON - If milfoil were a dinosaur instead of a water-borne weed, it might be a velociraptor. Ken Warren, a water pollution biologist with the state Department of Environmental Resources, tells of a small lake in the town of Brookfield…
STATE OFFICES: Open. MUNICIPAL OFFICES: Nashua City Hall closed, some town offices open. FEDERAL OFFICES: Closed. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Most closed, Mascenic Regional open. POST OFFICES: Closed; Express Mail delivery accepted. BANKS: Many closed, although some may be open. STOCK MARKET:…
MERRIMACK - It’s not so much all-terrain vehicles or motorbikes that have bedeviled playing fields in town, said the head of the organization that runs youth sports. It’s the “regular” four-wheel-drive pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles that have torn…
NASHUA - The Nashua Center for the Multiply Handicapped Inc. is holding its third annual “Taste of the Towns” silent auction and wine tasting fund-raiser Nov. 5, from 6-11 p.m. at the Nashua Marriott. The event will feature many area…
MILFORD - Thousands of people converged on the Oval for the 15th annual Great Pumpkin Festival on Saturday afternoon. Side streets were turned into sidewalk fairs with tables full of homemade candles, pillows, sweaters and jewelry for sale. Massive pumpkins…
NASHUA - Author and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel will be the keynote speaker for the New Hampshire Humanities Council’s annual dinner Monday. His speech, titled “On Humanizing History,” will begin at 8 p.m. at the Sheraton Nashua Hotel. The…
AMHERST - Less than two miles away from the Great Pumpkin Festival in Milford, the sweet smell of hay filled the air as people jubilantly celebrated another autumn fruit. At the town’s first Cider Festival, hundreds of folks milled about…
NASHUA- The Adult Learning Center announces sponsorship of the Special Milk Program. Milk will be made available to participating children in the Adventure Club. Milk will be provided regardless of race, color, nationality, sex, age or disability. Adventure Club provides…
MERRIMACK - Thanks to Anheuser-Busch, the town can undertake $5.2 million in improvement projects related to wastewater treatment without borrowing money or raising taxes. The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved changes to the wastewater capital improvement program, which includes…
Columbus Day is observed Monday. State offices: Open. Municipal offices: Nashua City Hall closed, some town offices open. Federal offices: Closed. Public schools: Most closed, Mascenic Regional open. Post offices: Closed; Express Mail delivery accepted. Banks: Many closed, although some…
NASHUA - Six members and one good friend of Pilgrim Congregational Church gathered in the church parking lot Friday morning to watch a 100-ton crane lift a solid steel bell into the air and hang it from a heavy beam…
NASHUA - The state Medicaid director says a month-old policy requiring Medicaid clients to use prescription drugs from a list of lower-cost brands could save the state between $6 million and $10 million a year - without interfering in the…
NASHUA - The Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee will hold its last trail day of the season Saturday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The group will meet at the Mill Pond entrance to the park, in the parking lot…
MANCHESTER - The Hillsborough County Republican Committee is hosting an Oktoberfest starting at noon at the Manchester County Club on October 16. Keith Herman, aide to Gov. Benson, will be the master of ceremonies for a second time. There will…
AMHERST - The Amherst Ski and Skate Swap will be held Friday, Oct. 22, from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon at Wilkins Elementary School. Equipment drop-off times are 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22,…
An enrichment and extended day program will be offered at the Amherst Middle School beginning Tuesday. The program is designed for students interested in learning something new, hanging out with friends, and participating in various enrichment activities. The program will…
CONCORD - A former nightclub owner who gained notoriety as “spam king” in the 1990s has been using “spyware” to hijack computers running Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser, the Federal Trade Commission charges. The FTC filed a complaint Wednesday in…
NASHUA - Ward 8 Alderman David MacLaughlin on Thursday night reassured about 150 residents from throughout the city that a conceptual proposal to build a $100 million horse-racing track and entertainment venue in south Nashua will never get out of…
NASHUA-Nestled in the shadow of Mt. Monadnock in the scenic town of Peterborough, Peterboro Basket Co. has become the most successful basket company in the world and the oldest continuously operating basket company in the country. And at Peterboro Basket…
WILTON - Among the goals the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Board has set this year are to research all secondary school courses to see if they meet student needs and to add more advanced placement courses. The new courses would include…
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…
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