NASHUA – Usually, libraries are a place for silent reading and research, but the Nashua Public Library was anything but quiet Saturday as 15 bands and solo artists competed in the Merrimack Valley Battle of the Bands. This inaugural event drew hundreds to the library’s lawn throughout ...
CONCORD – States or other taxing entities trying to collect sales taxes for internet purchases through New Hampshire will have a tough time, pending adoption of the proposed law up for consideration at Wednesday’s special legislative session. “We’re going to make it as difficult as ...
In retrospect, I must say being invited to sit on the Holman Stadium 80th Birthday committee way back when snow still covered the grand old ballpark turned out to be a fun, and sometimes learning, experience, complete with the obligatory occasional raised voice and eye-roll that means everyone ...
CONCORD – A former Nashua resident pled guilty in federal court to a fentanyl trafficking charge after a search yielded about 76 grams of fentanyl. On Friday, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Arthur Voutselas, 27, previously of Nashua, pled guilty to possession of fentanyl with ...
MILFORD – Selectmen seem no closer to making a decision on what to do with the industrial complex at 127 Elm St. than they were last summer when the Keyes Memorial Park Expansion Committee urged them to demolish it and build a recreation-senior citizen building. At its July 9 meeting the ...
MILFORD – Land near the Souhegan River and behind Brookstone Manor on Elm Street is being eyed for a dog park. Members of the Milford Dog Park Association meet with town staff recently to talk about location options, which have been narrowed down to three, including undeveloped land ...
WILTON – The small bridge on Stagecoach Road has been red-listed by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation for several years. It has a weight limit three tons and the town’s emergency vehicles will not cross it. However, it could be another five or six years before the state will ...
MILFORD – The school board last week upheld a decision of former superintendent of schools Robert Marquis to not allow gay pride flags to fly on the school district’s flagpoles. George Hoyt, who organized the town’s first gay pride rally on the Milford Oval last month, had appealed ...
Noella (Jean) Ouellette, seated, who will be 100 in December and lives at Fairview Nursing Home in Hudson, is surrounded by four generations of her family, including Lou Ouellette, 75, of Madawaska, Maine; Lise (Ouellette) Howson of Lancaster; Lauren (Howson) DePetris of Pepperell, ...
BROOKLINE – Sitting in a Spanish vineyard in the sun sipping wine, members of the Waite family looked around at the rows of grapes awaiting harvest and thought, “you know, we could do this.” So they did. By July 2017, the Averill House Vineyard in Brookline was open, having grown from ...
On Sunday, July 8, 33 youth and nine adult volunteers of the Congregational Church of Hollis left for a week-long mission trip to Wallingford, Conn., to repair homes of low-income, disabled and elderly residents of the community. The 42 volunteers included residents from Hollis, Brookline, ...
NASHUA — Officers with the Nashua Police Department may soon have the ability to purge their own personnel files, even if there is incriminating material in those files, thanks to a new contract. This pending change in the police contract alarms officials with the American Civil Liberties ...
NASHUA – Many an American is grateful to the nation’s military veterans for their sacrifices, sometimes, unfortunately, to the point they fall victim to “bad actors” who seek only to enrich themselves through their fake charities. This week, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon ...
AMHERST— Mark Robinson is in the business of happiness, giving old, aging and disabled pets a new “leash” on life. His company, Walkin’ Pets, based in Amherst, created the Walkin’ Wheels adjustable dog wheelchair and other products, which he estimates have saved between 250,000 and ...
NASHUA — Extensive investigations into the distribution of illegal drugs in the city culminated with the arrest of six individuals earlier this week. On Wednesday and Thursday, Nashua police targeted drug-related activity, reeling in Jonathan Griffin, 35, of Nashua charging him with two ...
BEDFORD (AP) – Police in New Hampshire say a motorcyclist struck a guardrail on a road and died of his injuries. Police in Bedford say the 23-year-old man crashed late Thursday near the intersection of Route 114. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. His name hasn’t been released. ...
ERROL (AP) – New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department say authorities and volunteers teamed up to help three paddlers who became stranded on the banks of the Androscoggin River in Errol. They came to the aid of 46-year-old Lenie Fraiman, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, and her 12-year-old ...
ALBQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Ted Williams is the last major league baseball player to hit over .400. The Boston Red Sox slugger captivated millions with his dazzling swing and towering homers throughout the 1940s and 1950s in competition with New York Yankees hero Joe DiMaggio. But beneath the ...
NASHUA – The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps kicks off their annual cross-country tour today, participating in their first performance in Glens Falls, New York. The Spartans are a Nashua-based drum and bugle corps. Members have brought home many national awards during its 60-plus years of ...
AMHERST – It is only half the size of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., but the replica known as The Moving Wall stirred emotions in a very full way for those in Amherst on Thursday. “That could have been me over there. It’s very touching,” Vietnam veteran Steven ...