HUDSON - Police were forced to shut down a portion of Robinson Road on Monday after a tree fell across the road. The “fairly healthy” 10-foot tree snapped at about four feet and fell from a nearby yard across the…
LITCHFIELD - As a police officer in Fort Pierce, Fla., Joseph O’Brion was used to working in a busy department that handled several murders every year. The crime that kept him busy at work also contributed to his decision to…
WINDHAM - The Windham Democratic Town Committee on Saturday sent off local Democratic National Convention delegates with a party packed with political stump speeches. More than 100 local, state and national Democrats gathered in the back yard of Marion and…
WINDHAM, N.H. - A Manchester man was struck and killed on Interstate 93 in Windham early Friday. State Police say Vincent Mattes, 21, was running across the highway when he was hit by a pickup just before 2 a.m. Mattes…
MERRIMACK A 24-year-old local man was injured Thursday after his motorcycle collided with a sports utility vehicle on Baboosic Lake Road. Joshua Wetherbee was listed in fair condition at 7:30 p.m. at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, where he was transported…
MONT VERNON - Howard Colter, the new superintendent of schools for School Administrative Unit 39, will nominate someone to become principal for the Village School at Thursday’s School Board meeting. “Hopefully, we’ll have someone by next week,” he said. The…
The Wilton Scenic Railroad will run a special Blues Train on Saturday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. Featured will be the Scissormen and Frank Morey of Boston. They will provide “juke joint thunder” as heard in the hills of Mississippi…
RYE The University of New Hampshire and Seacoast Science Center are planning a lecture series, “Understanding the Air We Breathe: The Science of Air Quality.” The series starts Tuesday and continues through July 20 with a bring-your-own-picnic on the center’s…
NASHUA Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has been granted a special exception by the Zoning Board of Adjustment to build a 75-space parking lot for hospital employees on two lots at 16 and 18 Prospect St. According to Gerald Prunier,…
WILTON This year’s theme of the summer reading program at the Wilton Public-Gregg Free Library is “Local Heroes.” More than 15 members of the community have agreed to take part. Now through Aug. 21, children from kindergarten through grade six…
NASHUA - Gov. Craig Benson led a GOP train of sorts through the downtown Thursday, greeting voters as part of his first re-election campaign. Benson toured the city with four state representatives - two of whom are facing off in…
MERRIMACK - In the utopian future, residents won’t need a canoe to get out of their driveways following a summer rainstorm. Human waste at the treatment plant will be so finely processed that the southern part of Daniel Webster Highway…
Wonderland was never more marvelous. Alice never had a more thrilling trip through the looking glass. The White Rabbit was fast. Alice didn’t catch her until the end when they performed together in a big hoop suspended over center ring.…
NASHUA - Robert Malik is not looking for any handouts. He is looking for a way to protect the health and well-being of his family. He is unemployed and a member of Nashua Job Seekers. All the job seekers are…
HOLLIS - The town has yet to decide about joining the newly formed Merrimack Valley Regional Water District, but the Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to work to protect the town’s legal and financial interests in its aquifer. The…
HUDSON - Plans to name the Central Fire Station after a local resident are moving forward with donations from residents. The Board of Selectmen approved naming the Central Station after resident Lenny Smith last April. Smith, who died almost two…
MILFORD - Better the devil you know than the one you don’t. In a nutshell, that was the conclusion of the majority of a group that looked at whether Milford should change its form of government. “It’s like the quote…
NASHUA - Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson praised Gov. Craig Benson on Monday for being one of the few chief executives nationally who is willing to change the bargain with the federal government and deliver services differently under…
WILTON - The problems encountered in the 2000 presidential election in Florida - all those hanging chads, voter list purges, malfunctioning voting machines and partial recounts - can’t happen in New Hampshire. There are laws against such things. “New Hampshire…
MERRIMACK - A supermarket employee was transported to a local hospital and a woman and baby escaped serious injury Monday when a Merrimack teen lost control of her car in a store parking lot. Shaw’s Supermarket employee Jen Gonzales, 33,…
LONDONDERRY - A tractor-trailer packed with 40,000 pounds of explosive blasting gel tipped over on Auburn Road shortly before 12:30 p.m. Monday. It wasn’t as dangerous as it sounds, police said. “It’s very safe to transport. It can only be…
NASHUA - At least 11 aldermen support the Nashua Riverfront Promenade, one more than needed for the project that supporters say would enliven the Railroad Square neighborhood, according to a poll of aldermen by The Telegraph. The project needs 10…
The Young Eagles, a national group with a local chapter, will give youngsters free 20-minute flights at free Aviation Safety Education Days at Daniel Webster College, off Pine Hill Road. Mike Mahoney, the local volunteer administrator for program, said seven…
A three-month, $1 million road-paving project is scheduled to begin Tuesday night on the F.E. Everett Turnpike in Nashua, according to state highway department officials. Highway department workers will begin paving the road in the northbound lanes between Exits 2…
The fireworks display at Holman Stadium in Nashua on Sunday night was the most exciting my family and I have ever seen, and we have seen plenty. The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps was fantastic. It was a gorgeous evening…
NASHUA -- Southbound traffic on the F.E. Everett Turnpike should prepare for a detour tonight: vehicles will be routed off at Exit 1 onto Spit Brook Road and Daniel Webster Highway and then through Tyngsborough, Mass., on Middlesex and Westford…
Baboosic Lake was closed to public swimming by the state Friday because of an outbreak of blue-green algae. The algae was spotted in the water earlier this week, and after tests the Department of Environmental Services announced the closing. Baboosic…
AMHERST Wal-Mart will be collecting customers’ used and new books, magazines, and VHS tapes and music/educational CD-ROMs throughout July as part of an upcoming benefit for the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. Donations from the community will be sold at an…
NASHUA Nashua Garden Club members and the public will join Mayor Bernie Streeter to rededicate the sensory garden at Greeley Park on July 23 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Carolyn Gaudette, former president of the club, will present the bronze relief plaque…
What we see and hear on TV daily - the horrors of the war, the abuse of prisoners, the merciless killing of hostages - is a testimony to what hatred and moral blindness can do to people. Unfortunately, the truth…
Many industries in New Hampshire are ”below the radar.” They’re businesses that for one reason or another are not very visible or are hard to reduce to mere statistics. One of them is the general aviation business. A general aviation…
The town of Derry has removed its new on-line motor vehicle registration program from its Web site in the wake of a warning issued by state officials. The program was shut down on June 28 after a representative from the…
If I was the conspiracy-minded sort, I’d swear that Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds sneak into their underground labs at night to whip up Web viruses. Those lords of the open-source software movement -- Stallman over the border in Cambridge,…
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire has announced that it’s going back to the drawing board to help build a tiered health-care product with some of the state’s largest purchasers of health insurance. “This cause is so worthy,…
Outsourcing is either the smartest business practice since the development of the assembly line, allowing companies to shave double-digit percentage points off their bottom lines, or the most repugnant, directly responsible for exporting good-paying U.S. jobs overseas. “Outsourcing is the…
We have been critical here before about the way the governor and Executive Council conduct their business -- or, rather, our business. It’s possible, we realize, that the councilors show more curiosity when discussing issues in private than they do…
Continuing ramifications of actions taken or not taken by state government highlighted the coming of July. On the school-funding front, actions taken by the Legislature in secretly negotiating and then passing a completely new school-funding plan resulted in a lawsuit…
Almost daily, the governor demonstrates his complete lack of understanding as to how the governmental process works. His naiveté has grown from “forgivable miscue” to “embarrassment.” The governor is exactly where he was two years ago - wandering aimlessly in…
In the fields of health and human services, there is no more critical workforce issue than the serious shortage of nurses, a shortage that will worsen as the baby boom generation ages and retires. In recent years, the University of…
If I was the conspiracy-minded sort, I’d swear that Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds sneak into their underground labs at night to whip up Web viruses. Those lords of the open-source software movement -- Stallman over the border in Cambridge,…
When you think of the White Mountains, chances are you see yourself schussing down a Double Black diamond run making tracks in the powder. But the area has just as much - maybe even more -- to offer by way…
Richard Brothers, a 45-year-old Campton resident who’s described as a “part-time health care adviser” to Governor Benson, has decided that he wants to give it another shot in trying to retire his fellow Republican, Sen. Carl Johnson of Meredith. Brothers,…
We now know the extent of U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg’s legendary sense of humor. He doesn’t like Jane Fonda jokes. During a visit to Dartmouth College, the senator was given of a computer science lab to see the latest developments…
At its much-publicized 2004 Liberty Dinner last month, the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance -- a group that describes itself as a “non-partisan coalition” that supports “increased individual in New Hampshire” - didn’t only hear from Governor Benson and Jason Sorens,…
Early summer is the time for Red Sox slumps, beach novels and political storytelling. Considering that F&J covers neither sports nor literary accomplishments, here are two of the summer’s best-selling New Hampshire political rumors so far. 1. After winning in…
Fending off any attempt to criticize Governor Benson for his relationship with the wannabe settlers of the Free State Project, the governor wanted to make it clear the other day that while he’s glad to help them build their bandwagon,…
• You’ve to have some sympathy for Kelly Ayotte. She quit her post as the governor’s legal counsel last year only a few of months after taking the job to become deputy attorney general. Now she’s back to working as…
Many industries in New Hampshire are ”below the radar.” They’re businesses that for one reason or another are not very visible or are hard to reduce to mere statistics. One of them is the general aviation business. A general aviation…
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire has announced that it’s going back to the drawing board to help build a tiered health-care product with some of the state’s largest purchasers of health insurance. “This cause is so worthy,…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Developing an inventory of the town’s historic and cultural sites will be the first project taken on by the newly formed Heritage Commission. At an organizational meeting Tuesday, Chase Roeper was named chairman. The commission will next meet…
Now that 2026 is underway, New Hampshire employers should turn their attention to the state’s new Parental Medical Leave law (PML). Effective January 1, 2026, most employers with 20 or more employees are required to provide unpaid leave to allow employees to attend childbirth-related medical appointments, postpartum care and pediatric visits during a child’s first year.
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Cyberattacks now threaten organizations of every size and industry. Preventive security measures remain the strongest defense, but even the most sophisticated safeguards cannot guarantee immunity. Our panelist looks at what your organization should do if it’s been the victim of a cybersecurity breach.
When it comes to building and preserving wealth, most investors understand the importance of asset allocation — determining the right mix of stocks, bonds and other investments based on their risk. But there’s another layer of strategy that often gets overlooked: asset location.
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The federal government will give with one hand and take with another when it comes to New Hampshire’s rural health care system in 2026.
As of April 2024, roughly 30% of New Hampshire workers were over 55, and more than 210,000 residents are expected to reach traditional retirement age in the coming decade.
