MILFORD – It’s safe to say that most everybody involved with New Hampshire high school Division II softball had their eyes on the big contest played in Milford’s Keyes Park on Monday. The host Milford Spartans and visiting Souhegan Sabers stepped into their showdown holding the top two ...

Tracey Leigh was born into this world May 11, 1982 and took the next 37 years by storm. She was a fiercely loyal little sister to her brother Joshua and a true “mama bear” overprotective sister to her little sister Allison. She gave her parents, Joan and Brian, a run for their money with ...

NASHUA – Raymond T. Hudon, 88, of Nashua, passed peacefully away Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Community Hospice House, Merrimack. Raymond was born in Nashua on August 16, 1930, son of the late Theodore E. and Eva (St. Onge) Hudon. Raymond’s wife Jeannette (Ouellette) Hudon, preceded him ...

MILFORD – Police and five drug-sniffing dogs went through Milford High School Monday morning. It was apparently the first such search in the school’s history. Students and staff were evacuated from the building around 9:30 a.m., waited in the football field, and returned about 40 minutes ...

MILFORD – Doug Sutherland, who is black and lives in Hancock, was visiting Maine one day and getting coffee at his favorite cafe when “an older white gentleman” started talking to him about his “black experience” with a boss who long ago encouraged him, and now he is rich. “I had ...

WILTON – The Select Board used a “fifth Monday,” April 29, for a work session to try to close some issues. Under their new meeting schedule, the board meets on the first and third Mondays of the month. Board members signed a boundary line agreement with Adam and Melinda Royds, which has ...

Baseball Souhegan 5, Milford 3 The Sabers (4-5) grabbed a win after an early lead against the Spartans (2-7). Aidan Casey brought in two runs with a double in the first. Jake Grasset got the win striking out seven, allowing three hits and one run in six innings. Souhegan racked up nine hits ...

BOSTON (AP) – Giannis Antetokounmpo had 39 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Bucks to a 113-101 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series on Monday night and move Milwaukee within one win from its first trip to the Eastern Conference finals since ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Pope Francis urged Bulgarians on Sunday to open their hearts and homes to migrants, arguing that a country like Bulgaria, which is losing so much of its population to emigration, should well understand the forces that drive people to seek better lives elsewhere. As he ...

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) – A federal judge who worked until his recent death at age 96 left a historic trail of groundbreaking legal opinions. But one case outlived Damon Keith: the longest-running housing discrimination lawsuit in the United States. Keith declared in 1971 that Hamtramck, a ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Maine’s seaweed business has grown like a weed in recent years, with proponents touting it as both a “superfood” and an economic generator for the rural state – but the industry is now facing sticky new restrictions. Maine has a long tradition of seaweed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A stretch of road in Los Angeles has been renamed after former President Barack Obama. A concert and ceremony Saturday unveiled Obama Boulevard. The street replaced Rodeo Road, a 3 ½-mile street that runs across the city’s historic black neighborhood. It also ...

DEAR ABBY: I am going through a nasty divorce. My sons, ages 4, 11 and 12, live with my husband, 1,000 miles away. They will be with me for summer vacation. This will be the longest stay they will have with me, and I’m not going to lie -- I am excited and nervous at the same time. My ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: While chasing my cat, I dove to the ground and both my knees took a beating. They were bruised but felt fine. A few days after this, my left knee started to bother me. I put on a brace to see if that would help (as it usually does), but it didn’t. I went to my chiropractor a ...

Mercury Gets Hungry “Never say never” is a saying that speaks to the fickleness of human nature. We often find that the influence of time and environment is stronger than our resolve. Mercury moves into Taurus, the sign of appetite, today, greasing slippery slopes. “Never again” ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Trump’s comments, delivered on Twitter, came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) – An explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone factory claimed a second victim Saturday when an employee taken to a hospital after the blast died, a local coroner confirmed, and the official death toll is expected to rise to four as authorities suspended the search for ...

NASHUA – The Nashua Silver Knights have had a habit of rescuing Cam Cook. Scooped up from a tough situation playing in a summer collegiate league in New York, he returned that favor a couple of years ago by becoming the Futures College League record holder for hits in a single season in 2017 ...

NASHUA – Community members, parents and student artists gathered to celebrate the theme, “Together We Rise,” as a new art exhibit by children enrolled in the Nashua School District, as well as students of the Adult Learning Center, was unveiled at the Gallery At the Wall reception ...

A Kentucky Derby party at Labelle Winery on Saturday, sponsored by the Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce, drew attendees donning their very best derby apparel. The event’s proceeds benefit the non-profit Touchstone Farm, located in Temple.