After 400 years of occupation and oppression by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire, Greece waged a war of independence on March 25, 1821. The fight lasted eight years until the acceptance of the Treaty of Adrianople, which included Greek…
NASHUA - Forty years ago, Evangelos Valeras boarded an ocean liner at Port Perea, near Athens, Greece, and waved a handkerchief to loved ones below. The 22-year-old, who had spent most of his life in a small village bordering Albania,…
Food pantries are seeing an increased demand for their services as more workers are laid off and families struggle to pay bills. About five years ago, the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter was averaging about 800 different families a year.…
BROOKLINE - The 42-member Brookline Teachers Association will forgo negotiated raises to save two teachers' jobs and two programs slated for the chopping block. In a signed letter to the school board, the teachers agreed to skip their step increases…
NASHUA - The city zoning board has unanimously denied a request to reconsider its decision to deny developer John Picard six permits he needed to build a so-called work-force housing complex at 502 W. Hollis St., the former home of…
NASHUA - The city will begin special curbside collections of soft yard wastes, metal and bulky items Monday, April 20. The weekly pickup of soft yard wastes - leaves, grass clippings and pine needles - will take place on the…
MILFORD - About 100 FairPoint customers went without DSL Internet service Wednesday. Company officials said a bad circuit at a Manchester facility caused the outage. The outages were limited to southern New Hampshire, according to company spokesperson Jill Wurm, and…
