WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced a $356,046 Low or No Emission Grant from the U.S. Department of ...
Youth sports programs will be allowed to resume in Rhode Island starting Monday, though there won’t be any league play, tournaments or other organized competitions for now, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Thursday. The Democrat said the focus is on resuming practices and scrimmages under new ...
NASHUA – A Friday afternoon police pursuit believed to have begun in Amherst came to an end without any apparent injuries in the parking lot of Hayward's Ice Cream, where more than a dozen people standing in line for a hot-weather treat suddenly saw a parade of police cruisers fill the lot ...
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man set off a homemade bomb that damaged a house in what may have been part of an ongoing dispute with another party, police said Thursday. Anthony Rubino, 35, of Smithfield, was charged Wednesday with placing explosive devices, fourth-degree arson and ...
CLARKSBURG, Mass. (AP) — A proposal to merge an elementary school in Massachusetts with a school in a neighboring Vermont community has been postponed indefinitely over concerns about the Massachusetts building’s condition. After examining a consultant’s report, officials in Stamford, ...
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — A former high school student in Rhode Island has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a school resource officer of forcing him to the ground and injuring him in 2018. Former Narragansett High School student Michael Blanchette said Narragansett Patrolman Kyle Rooney ...
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A 29-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of another woman and the non-fatal stabbing of a man in Worcester earlier this week, police said. Naomi Lawrence was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with ...
BOSTON (AP) — The case against a Rhode Island man accused of kidnapping and killing a Boston woman has been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to his defense. Louis Coleman’s public defenders requested for the case to return in 45 days during a teleconference with a federal ...
A 53-year-old tortoise left homeless when its owner died of COVID-19 has been adopted by a loving new family. The tortoise, known as Ms. Jennifer, was put up for adoption last week by MSPCA-Angell, a Boston animal welfare organization. After widespread media coverage of her plight, the ...
HOLLIS – A local woman sustained injuries that police said aren't considered life-threatening when she was struck by a vehicle while walking along Depot Road Wednesday. Police said Madison Kuchta, 20, of Hollis, was walking north on Depot Road when she "suddenly veered into the path of the ...
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced nine new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday bringing the total to 223. They are four women and three men from Hillsborough County, all over the age of 60, and two men from Rockingham County, one younger than 60. The state also ...
NASHUA – Arraignment and a bail hearing were pending Wednesday for 22-year-old Nashua resident Yusuf Bin Abdul-Majid, who is charged with a felony offense for allegedly exposing himself to a teenage girl over the weekend. Abdul-Majid, of 48 Central St., is charged with one count of indecent ...
CONCORD – The state Department of Corrections reports that a male resident who was transferred from an out-of-state correctional facility to serve time owed in New Hampshire has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first positive test for a resident in the state Department of ...
NASHUA - Bishop Guertin High School will celebrate its graduating seniors this year by lighting up the sky after members of the Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance this week changing the way the city deals with fireworks. "They're going to set up a drive through type setting in their field ...
NASHUA - As Nashua tries to maintain a balance between safety and reopening the economy, city leaders emphasize the importance of wearing face masks. During Wednesday's city press conference, Mayor Jim Donchess said he knows people across the city are suffering as a result of the economic ...
NASHUA – The Nashua Public Library is getting ready to offer residents a way to check out materials after closing down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The library's book drops are open and curbside pickup will begin June 1 with staff delivering materials to the parking lot. The ...
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced four new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday bringing the total to 214. They included three women and one man from Hillsborough County, all over age 60. The state also announced 34 new positive test results for COVID-19. There ...
NASHUA – As Nashua tries to maintain a balance between safety and reopening the economy, city leaders are emphasizing the importance of wearing face masks. During Wednesday's city press conference, Mayor Jim Donchess said he knows people across the city are suffering as a result of the ...
WILLINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A college student police say is an armed fugitive after killing two people was looking for a young woman he knew when he began his rampage, the wife of his first victim said Tuesday. University of Connecticut senior Peter Manfredonia, 23, is a fugitive in the ...
NASHUA – Firefighters using hydraulic rescue tools conducted a roughly 20-minute extrication process Tuesday morning to free an elderly woman from the wreckage of her car, which had collided with a tractor-trailer unit in the northwest part of town. The identity of the woman, who is 92, and ...
