As part of its no-bid contract with the state, a large private firm has proposed that New Hampshire ask for a special waiver enabling it to slash spending through a “dramatic” restructuring of its Medicaid program. But at deadline the…
WILTON Old cellar holes will be the topic of discussion at the regular meeting of the Historical Society on Thursday, June 17, 7 p.m., at the Wilton Public-Gregg Free Library. Various longtime residents have been asked to describe the cellar…
PELHAM Firefighters contained an early-morning blaze Tuesday in a local thermal management design company. Firefighters rushed to 33 Bridge St. around 6:50 a.m., where they saw smoke bellowing from Wakefield Engineering’s rooftop. The blaze started in the company’s duct system…
MERRIMACK - The Rotary Club of Merrimack will launch a car raffle this weekend to benefit local charities and community service projects. The car will be on display and raffle tickets will be sold at this weekend’s Rock ’N Ribfest…
MANCHESTER - Most federal agencies will be closed Friday to honor the memory of President Reagan, who died Saturday. But the government is making an exception: Veterans Administration outpatient clinics will be open to accommodate veterans requiring health care. The…
This letter is addressed to Brookline residents. The Conflict of Interest Committee is interested in your input regarding the conflict of interest initiative. We are reviewing information from a number of sources and want to be certain to include the…
MONT VERNON - The Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing tonight on allocating $40,000 toward the purchase of property known as the Archibald Land. The hearing is a formality required by state law, as the $320,000 purchase has already…
NASHUA - A delivery truck with a faulty fuel pump stunk up Route 111 from the F.E. Everett Turnpike well into Hollis Tuesday morning. Hollis firefighters found the truck, from CED Consolidated Electrical Distributors of Manchester, pulled over on Clinton…
A meeting focused on turning downtown streets into livable, walkable communities will take place Thursday night. Part of the evening will be spent identifying walking and bike routes that people use to reach neighborhood destinations. Residents will also talk about…
Two juveniles were charged early Saturday morning with burglary, after Hudson police Officer William Emmons interrupted a burglary in progress at C.W. Fuels at 2 Tracy Lane, according to police. Police said Emmons was setting up surveillance at the business…
WASHINGTON - One of the two local spellers competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee has advanced to the final day of the event. Elicia Chamberlin of Wilton correctly spelled “rabulistic” and “reggae” in the third and fourth rounds of…
HUDSON SJ Family Medical Center will host an open house from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 12. The event includes free blood sugar screenings, kids’ photo identification and fingerprinting, and a teddy-bear clinic. Entertainment will be provided by Cheerio the Clown.…
Barnes & Noble will host a book fair Thursday from 5-9 p.m. to benefit the PLUS Co. The PLUS Co. will receive a percentage of all sales accompanied by a PLUS coupon. Coupons will be available at Barnes & Noble…
Hoops for Recovery, an annual 3-on-3, double-elimination basketball tournament for groups of four and ages 12 and older, will be played Saturday at Daniel Webster College. Tournament proceeds will benefit Keystone Hall’s 28-bed facility, which offers recovery programs in residential…
The city’s Division of Public Health and Community Services is sponsoring a lead-safe renovation awareness breakfast Thursday morning. The breakfast will be held at Alpine Grove in Hollis from 7-8:30 a.m. It is aimed at those who would be working…
MERRIMACK - A 16-year-old driver parked his car on Church Street on Sunday night, but left the transmission in neutral and the parking brake off - setting off a chain of events that ended when the car smacked into a…
NASHUA - There’s only one event that lets you stroll down Main Street on a warm spring evening while sampling food from 23 downtown restaurants and bakeries. The Great American Downtown organization is sponsoring that event - the 10th annual…
HOLLIS - It was a day of celebration, remembrance and somber reflection as residents watched the town’s Memorial Day parade, which ended in a ceremony on the grounds of Monument Square. Town officials in classic cars, Girl Scout and Boy…
WINDHAM - In case a Pelham-Windham high school never happens, the town’s School District is creating several committees to ponder a one-town facility, school officials say. The district is looking to create facilities, athletics, communications and steering committees in the…
HUDSON - A girl who was hurt at her St. Francis Drive home Sunday evening was flown to Children’s Hospital in Boston by a medical helicopter that drew dozens of spectators when it landed in a field behind Nottingham West…
WILTON - The dedication of a memorial for Joan Andersen will be held at the Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 13. Representatives of the GFWC-Wilton/Lyndeborough Women’s Club, the Friends of the Library and the…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Quick action by police and the Lafayette Artillery Company saved the day, and the 1844 brass cannon. After the usual Memorial Day ceremonies on the common, Artillery members have traditionally fired their cannon several times. The cannon was…
MILFORD - The Keyes Art Show and Blooming Sidewalks Celebration will be held on the Community House Lawn downtown from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The weekend event will showcase original works of art, on display and for sale,…
MASON - Mason MOMS, in conjunction with the Town Recreation Committee, will present a family concert featuring Amy Conley from noon-1 p.m. Monday, June 21, at Town Hall. All proceeds will benefit the Town Playground Fund. Conley is known throughout…
Sahiti Surapaneni will readily admit she can’t spell “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Elicia Chamberlin jokes that when her classmates put her on the spot, she flubs the easiest of words. But these 13-year-olds have shown no strain under the unsympathetic spotlight of competition.…
Kids dream of throwing a Super Bowl-winning pass and making presidential decisions in the White House - pressure situations for many adults but not for youths with big imaginations. Conversely, many adults aspire - but often fail - to nail…
A U.S. Army captain and former Hollis resident died Saturday in an explosion in Afghanistan. Daniel W. Eggers, 28, of Cape Coral, Fla., and member of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C., was one…
NASHUA - Omer Cote walked dutifully down Amherst Street toward City Hall, his arms by his side, as people standing on the sidewalks applauded and cheered. The cheers were nice, Cote said. It shows him how many appreciate old veterans…
WASHINGTON - History could never fully instruct me about the greater good of World War II. Even with a personal tie - an uncle killed in the Battle of the Bulge - I could never wholly grasp how collective sacrifice…
WILTON - Memorial Day has become just “another long weekend,” and the original meaning is being lost, according to Marine Corps Reserve Lt. Col. John Yurcak. Yurcak, who was the guest speaker at a Florence Rideout Elementary School program on…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Old country cemeteries are quiet, peaceful spots, places for reverie and remembrance. The slate headstones from the 1770s can still be read, since slate resists the weather and the lichens much better than the fancier granite and marble.…
WASHINGTON - Admiration for the Greatest Generation ran about 140,000 times deep Saturday with the dedication of the National World War II Memorial. Amidst pageantry and fervent declarations of patriotism, people of all ages jammed the many open corridors of…
WASHINGTON - Of the more than 140,000 people estimated to have attended the World War II Memorial dedication Saturday, only 110 required medical attention with 30 of them going to hospitals. Most of those treated went to nine medical tents…
He had read all about the controversy over the National World War II Memorial, following the proposal’s arduous route from the drawing board to the middle of the Mall. But as A.A. Lanciotti prepared to attend the dedication ceremony, he…
In response to the Rob Marino letter of May 5. Heterosexual and same-sex relationships are not equal because the latter cannot procreate. This physical fact mandates inferiority no matter how hyperbolic the rhetoric gets about equal rights. Same-sex relationships cannot…
CONCORD - Sharon Adrien has had diabetes for 26 years, but until recently, she never wore a medical ID bracelet. When Adrien began using an insulin pump four years ago to regulate her insulin throughout the day, she knew she…
Here is a roundup of Memorial Day observances and events planned around Greater Nashua, in alphabetical order by town: Brookline The town ceremony will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Town Hall. Greenville Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday…
When most people order fish, they do so by the pound at their local fish counter. But if you’re a New Hampshire Fish and Game warden and you think your pond is running a little low on trout, you can…
Looking at the New Hampshire Marine Memorial at Hampton Beach, one thing always bothered veteran Alan Morgan. The name of a boyhood friend, Milton Tufts, was nowhere to be found. Tufts worked on Morgan’s father’s farm in Hudson when he…
The grand dame that gave Library Hill its name needs some help. A recent facility master plan of the Hunt Building by the firm HDB/Cram and Ferguson of Boston, a successor to Hunt architect Ralph Adams Cram, points out the…
NASHUA - The goal of remaking the Nashua River into a showpiece and continuing the revival of Railroad Square hit a roadblock last week when aldermen objected to one of the key features of the plan. The decision raises questions…
The memorial was authorized by Congress in 1993. Construction began in September 2001 after several years of fund raising and public hearings. 1993 May 25: President Clinton authorizes the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II Memorial…
MERRIMACK - Public relations and communication were among the themes selectman discussed Thursday night while brainstorming their goals for the upcoming year. Board members will further discuss and prioritize plans for the future at the board’s meeting June 10. One…
WILTON - A middle-school girl who smelled smoke before heading off to school alerted the other two families in her building Thursday morning, saving them from what could have been a dangerous fire. “If she didn’t get the people out…
HUDSON - The Fire Department’s obsolete protective clothing will have a second life at smaller departments across the country. The department recently inventoried its protective clothing and found several items that the department no longer uses, including 11 pairs of…
NASHUA - Fire officials were forced to evacuate a local apartment building Thursday when a resident accidentally rolled his car from a nearby parking lot into the side of the structure, sending a television in an adjacent apartment flying off…
PELHAM - A four-alarm fire caused thousands of dollars in damage to an electronics manufacturing company Friday night. The fire at QAC Incorporated at 60 Pulpit Rock Road was initially reported at about 7 p.m., when an off-duty employee discovered…
NASHUA - New concern about the buildup of toxins in adult, hatchery-raised salmon has led the state to recommend that adult fishermen limit their consumption of brood stock released from the federal hatchery in Nashua, and that people under 15…
PELHAM K&B Development and American Excavating Corp. face up to $137,500 in fines for violations of the Clean Water Act at the Collins Way construction site in town, the Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement. The EPA said the…
MONT VERNON - Former Village School Principal Bob St. Cyr wants to set the record straight. He has no issues with Superintendent of Schools Michael Ananis, despite public comments his father, Al St. Cyr, made in anger outside a School…
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.
When New Hampshire called for more housing, the Lakes Region answered, and development in several central cities and towns took off fast. Then, the gas ran out.
Loss of manufacturing jobs contributed to our housing crisis
As we begin 2026, we face another set of choices about how to forge a future that enables us to navigate the continuing instability and volatility in our civic and economic lives.
On the morning of Jan. 3, American air forces executed an extraordinary raid in Caracas, Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in their fortified home, brought them out of the country and ultimately to New York to face charges of drug trafficking.
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A senior housing complex in Keene that was millions in debt has sold, and the new owner says there will be no impact on residents.
