NASHUA - Police have identified the school volunteer hit by a car outside Bicentennial Elementary School on Thursday night as Heather Minch, of 8 Shakespeare Road. Minch and her family were attending an after-school literacy event at the school, and…
NASHUA - April Guilmet was sitting at home one day about a month ago when her father called to suggest she look at the newspaper. Inside the pages, Guilmet found a public auction notice for the Nashua apartment building where…
Milford High School was well represented at the second annual New Hampshire Science Olympiad at Hollis/Brookline High School on Saturday, wearing bright green shirts with “Team Spartacus” on the back. “We did not vote on that,” senior Dan Sinkiewicz said…
Here are the public meetings scheduled for the coming week: MONDAY School Strategic Planning Steering Committee (regular Board of Education immediately follows), Nashua High School North boardroom, 5 p.m. Human Affairs Committee - public hearing: amended R-09-158, authorizing the mayor…
Starting Wednesday, all of the Nashua Transit System fixed-route buses will carry new bicycle racks. The racks were purchased using Federal Transit Administration-Job Access Commute grant funds late last fall. The Sportworks bike rack will allow three bicycles to be…
NASHUA - Elementary school to high school, teachers and administrators alike are calling on the Board of Education to do something to address the attendance problems in the city.The board's policy committee has been hearing testimony from teachers and administrators…
Nashua kept its dropout rate below the state average last year, according to data released this week, while Hudson and Litchfield saw their rates come in higher than average. On Wednesday, the state Department of Education released dropout statistics for…
NASHUA - A woman attending an after-school literacy night at Bicentennial Elementary School on Thursday night was seriously injured after being struck by an automobile. The woman was hit around 7:30 p.m. at the road's crossing with Bicentennial Drive, fire…
MERRIMACK - Patti Laliberte considers herself lucky. In 2007, the Merrimack resident was diagnosed with colon cancer after a routine colono-scopy screening. She had surgery and underwent chemo-therapy for eight months. Now that the 54-year-old nurse has a clean bill…
HOLLIS - The zoning board on Thursday night denied an application for a variance that would have allowed the owner of a gravel pit to continue importing and selling landscaping materials, activities he has conducted on the site for years…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
