NASHUA - Not much has happened since the aldermen's budget review committee voted to recommend the firefighters contract. What has happened is that the stock market fell 1,000 points, Congress approved a $700 billion bailout and many financial pundits began…
LYNDEBOROUGH - Come March, voters here will finally have to make a decision on kindergarten - a decision they've failed to make for the last few years. By state law, the school district has to provide kindergarten by September 2009.…
MILFORD - Keith Cote was all smiles as he danced to the music of a three-piece band on the Oval on Saturday morning, his tiny 7-week-old son in his arms. His wife, Wendy, and their 2-year-old son, Caleb, sat on…
Saturday, Oct. 25, marks the 18th annual Make a Difference Day, a national event sponsored by USA Weekend magazine. Millions of Americans are expected to take part by volunteering for a host of activities to enrich their neighborhoods and communities.…
NASHUA - A Mount Pleasant Elementary School student has been suspended for 10 days after it was discovered that he brought a pocketknife to school. Principal Mary-Frances Tintle said that Wednesday it was learned a student had a pocketknife in…
WALTHAM, Mass. - Peter Marchese, a 40-year-old Nashua resident, was killed Friday in a construction accident in Massachusetts. Waltham, Mass., police responded to Gatehouse Drive in Waltham when a hydraulic lift fell over, sending two men plunging to the ground,…
Having once been a student at Pennichuck Middle School, Nathan Moreau used to walk across the footbridge over the Henri Burque Highway so he could get home. "Same bridge, same school," said Moreau, now 27. Now it's Moreau's job to…
BEDFORD - The roles were reversed Friday in the tight 1st Congressional District race as Democratic congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter became the defensive incumbent scolding challenger Jeb Bradley for spreading falsehoods about her record. In 2006, Shea-Porter, of Rochester, was the…
MONT VERNON - A Massachusetts couple was injured in a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon after colliding with an SUV at the intersection of Route 13 and Purgatory Road. Tracy and Lisa Talbert, of Fitchburg, Mass., were traveling south on Route…
There she is . . . Miss Monadnock? Well, she isn't here yet, but the first-ever Miss Monadnock Region Scholarship Pageant will be held at the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. The pageant is a preliminary to…
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
