HOLLIS - While people are out tackling holiday wish lists for their loved ones, the Board of Selectmen is trying to trim back its wish list for next year’s budget. After a 2½-hour presentation to the Budget Committee Tuesday night,…
HUDSON - The former Nadeau Farm could become the site of single-family homes and housing for elderly. The Planning Board reviewed conceptual plans Wednesday for the former dairy farm, which was sold more than a year ago. The property was…
CONCORD - A Merrimack woman’s lawsuit against Walt Disney World should be tried in Florida, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled. Megan Slattery filed suit against the company this summer on behalf of her late husband, Sean Slattery, who…
MILFORD - If you like to jump your opponent and get kinged, or roll doubles to complete a backgammon, or think Miss Scarlet did it with the lead pipe in the conservatory, then Milford has something for you. It’s Family…
LYNDEBOROUGH - The Central School is out of space, essentially because the building doesn’t meet current state standards for classroom size - two of them date to 1949 - and services have expanded over the years. Those services include a…
NASHUA - Snow may have stopped bells from ringing last Saturday, but it hasn’t stopped some firefighters in their mission to raise money for local needy families. Nashua Fire Rescue personnel will be giving their all this weekend to get…
NASHUA - The different perspectives between the city’s overwhelming numbers of customers connected to the Pennichuck water system and the surrounding towns’ control of the water supply played out clearly Wednesday. City residents told the Regional Water District Charter Committee…
Homeless families should have more places to sleep soon, thanks to ongoing efforts of a local group that has been working several years on the issue. The Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network now has the minimum eight congregations it needs…
Call it “The Nightmare Before the Christmas Home Tour,” a horror that would do even film director Tim Burton’s fiendish mind proud. On Monday night, a fully decorated 12-foot tree toppled in Linda Moore’s living room. The tree was to…
HOLLIS - The raw data from a survey to generate solutions to the Hollis/Brookline Middle School space crunch - commissioned with taxpayer money - won’t be available until after the final analysis is presented. With the exception of Betty Hall,…
AMHERST - The only thing missing from a public hearing on a proposed $1.4 million budget for fiscal 2005 for School Administrative Unit 39 was the public. A couple of residents were in the audience, but the multipurpose room at…
MERRIMACK - Thomas Monahan owns 170 acres near Exit 10 of the F.E. Everett Turnpike. The land is zoned for industrial use, but he wants to build a mall or some sort ofretail complex. Some residents of the nearby Spruce…
CONCORD - Gov. Craig Benson announced plans Tuesday for the state government to purchase cheaper-priced drugs from Canada and allow any adult to use a state Web site to buy their own prescriptions. “Pharmaceutical companies should charge one price for…
NASHUA - Nashua High School junior Dylan Luers wanted to know what Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich thinks of the American criminal justice system. Then he asked the four-term U.S. congressman about his daily diet. Kucinich gladly answered both questions,…
NASHUA - Educating students in Nashua during the next school year could cost taxpayers nearly $10 million or more than it did this year. Next year’s school budget will have to cover the opening of two high schools for the…
HUDSON - Acting Fire Chief Shawn Murray is now heading up the department permanently. Murray, who was assistant chief, was appointed by the Board of Selectmen in a nonpublic meeting last Wednesday. His appointment is now in effect, selectmen said…
NASHUA - A subcommittee of the school board made no decision regarding the high school boundaries in the Sunset Heights neighborhood on Tuesday night. The matter will be on the agenda of the next Board of Education meeting on Monday,…
Nashua ZBA unanimously rejects proposal for 14 Broad St., raises concerns about property’s use. NASHUA - Saying it would impair the integrity of the surrounding neighborhood, the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 Tuesday night to deny a request for…
The residents of Hooker, Okla., have one message for all you wiseguys out there who would never be able to resist cracking a joke about their town’s bawdy name: Bring it on. Hooker is, after all, the town whose official…
Arlene Magoon brags that she knows a good idea when she hears one. As a former volunteer coordinator and now operations director for the Greater Nashua and Souhegan Valley chapter of the American Red Cross, Magoon has helped put many…
HOLLIS - Approximately 360 veterans might get a bigger property tax break if voters approve an article at next year’s Town Meeting. After some debate, the Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to present voters with a warrant article that…
AMHERST - The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to support a warrant article intended to simultaneously preserve open space in town while providing more land for active recreation. The article, drafted by the Amherst Conservation Commission, would ask voters…
CONCORD - A Manchester physician has agreed to pay $285,000 in civil damages and penalties to settle allegations that he violated federal laws and regulations by filing false claims to Medicare for patient services in the late 1990s while practicing…
MERRIMACK - Eight of 51 septic systems at the Camp Sargent Road Cooperative Park have failed in the last six months, creating a health and safety problem for the manufactured housing park deemed one of the few sites for affordable…
MILFORD - As expected, a planning committee has recommended that Milford tear down the Garden Street School and build a new police station there - and as expected, the main concerns appear to be the cost and the loss of…
Three empty mill buildings sit in downtown Claremont like historical memorials to manufacturing eras long past, with links of community identity and economic vitality stretching back to the 1830s. Forget Lawrence and Lowell, says Mark Aldrich, Claremont’s economic development director…
A disability kept Nashua resident Diana Stern from participating, but she was still a big part of the action at the crowded Roby Park sledding hill Sunday afternoon.Bundled up with her back to the furious north wind, Stern sat contently…
AMHERST - The town’s Public Works director thinks he can fix the traffic problem near the high school for about $178,000 less than previously anticipated - a 42 percent discount. The proposed solution - widening a portion of Boston Post…
MILFORD - There are lots of odd perks to being a town recreation director, but this winter Kevin Tyska may encounter a new one: pushing a hand-held Zamboni. “Since I can’t skate, it might be interesting,” he joked. Tyska’s frozen…
NASHUA - Keeping its eye on the public’s pristine sanctuary, a newly formed Land Conservation Committee is getting to work. The committee’s immediate task is developing a stewardship plan for the Northwest Conservation Land, the city’s only designated conservation land.…
BROOKLINE - The 20th annual Tree Lighting Ceremony scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today will be cancelled if more than a foot of snow has accumulated, organizer Michelle Hakala said. If the show, not the snow, goes on, the Church of…
WILTON - It could have been the stormy weather forecast for Saturday. It might have just been a good idea whose time had come. Whatever the reason on Friday evening, an offer from the Sacred Heart Church Fair Committee for…
MERRIMACK - For the second year, the Planning Board will hear a request for a zone change that would clear the way for “a regional mall” to be constructed off Exit 10 of the F.E. Everett Turnpike. Developer Thomas Monahan…
People can do a lot of things on the Internet these days, but not quite everything - which partly explains why libraries haven’t given up one of their cherished traditions, the used-book sale. “People like to come in and touch…
Strong winds canceled the fireworks that had been planned to kick off the Holiday Stroll, but a pyrotechnics show still will go on before year’s end. Weather permitting, of course. Discussions are under way to tie the show in with…
The Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony originally scheduled for 10 a.m. today has been canceled. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 483 decided, because of snow forecasts, to cancel the ceremony for the military personnel who died at Pearl Harbor on…
MERRIMACK - Selectmen have worked to hold the line on spending in next year’s budget, first asking department heads to trim their requests by 5 percent and then pruning an additional $1.4 million. Still, something kept nagging Dick Hinch, the…
BROOKLINE - If US Cellular had its way, all town residents would abandon their “landlines,” and switch strictly to cellular service. This is one goal of many in the company’s proposal for a new 180-foot tall cell tower on Ball…
NASHUA - Mayor Bernie Streeter spent nearly $17.64 for every vote he earned on Election Day. Streeter won a second four-year term in last month’s election, beating Alderman-at-Large Steve Bolton and write-in candidate Don Davidson. The final campaign finance reports…
NASHUA - Will anyone be there to answer the phone in the economic development office? With City Hall reopening its search for a director, the assistant economic development director, Alan Manoian, said he will leave his position Dec. 17. Manoian…
NASHUA - Claire Thomas, receptionist at the Health Stop clinic, is happy to talk about how many people are suddenly looking for flu shots - if only they would stop calling long enough to give her a chance. “We’ve had,…
Blizzard-like conditions are expected in the region’s first major winter storm of the season. Meteorologists predicted heavy snowfall, strong winds and a resulting low visibility during the weekend-long storm, which began making its way into the region late Friday night.…
The following are school lunch menus for the week of Dec. 8. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MONDAY: Papa Gino’s pizza, green beans, fruit salad or fruit juice. TUESDAY: Chicken drummies with seasoned pasta, garden salad, juicy peaches or fruit juice. WEDNESDAY: Cheeseburger…
NASHUA - When Chris Stewart is old enough to go to high school, he wants to go to Nashua High School South. The Sunset Heights sixth-grader wore his purple Nashua football jacket to a public hearing Thursday night where the…
“I’m really excited because folks who own horses in the area will know how much they spend, and now others will see how big (the industry) is and how much it does contribute,” said Nancy Robbins, owner of The Horse…
AMHERST - Police are investigating the origin of a prank 911 call, which caused the evacuation of a major retail and grocery store early Thursday night. Several hundred customers were forced out of the Wal-Mart Supercenter at 85 Route 101A…
WILTON - The teachers at the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle/High School still do not have a contract. After about two hours of discussion on Wednesday, voters rejected the plan, 104-60. Voters also rejected a proposed one-year contract last spring. Although many…
HUDSON - Citizens Bank on Lowell Road will have a new look in the near future. The Planning Board on Wednesday approved several changes to the building, including adding a Brooks Pharmacy. Although another business is going in at 71…
CONCORD - Gov. Craig Benson will get a proposed 10-year highway plan that’s $500 million out of balance. The Executive Council and Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray approved a $2 billion wish list Wednesday when the best estimates are that only…
NASHUA - The pink, purple and yellow surveys flashed before the eyes of Lisa Gingras’ advanced placement statistics class. Nashua High School senior John Collins tallied the results of nearly 140 surveys during the first-period class Wednesday. “It’s monotonous,” he…
Another piece of Chinese owned property in Nashua has come to the public’s attention — the former Daniel Webster College property, encompassing some 52 acres. Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess encouraged the Board of Aldermen on Sept. 9 to pass a resolution giving him the authority to seek state and/or federal funds to purchase the property, currently owned by Xinhua Education Consulting Services Corp.
James “Jim” Loomis, co-founder of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies, passed away on Sept. 6 in his hometown of Dover after a period of declining health. He was 75. After its creation in 1989 with business partner Daniel McGurl, Bottomline became a worldwide leader in automated business payments and cash management.
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