Alton News

Friday, December 25, 2009 ALTON - Gladys Wentworth, 83, of Clark Road, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Dec.

With its members deadlocked on the question of whether or not to examine the possibility of a joint middle school, Prospect Mountain High School's JMA board opted last week to remove the proposal from its list of Warrant articles for 2010.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 FARMINGTON - Family and friends of the 37-year-old local woman who was seriously injured in an accident Friday describe her as a fighter and hope for a miracle.

A 37-year-old local woman remained in critical condition Saturday following a three-vehicle crash on Route 11 Friday morning.

Residents' frustration with what they saw as an attempt by the Alton School Board to stonewall their investigation into how teachers received more than $94,000 in overpaid longevity stipends between 2004 and 2007 flared into a heated confrontation Monday night.

Meredith Village Savings Bank's charitable fund that carries its name has awarded $48,610 in grants to 12 area nonprofits, in addition to the bank's regular contributions to the communities it serves and the extraordinary volunteer efforts of its employees.

E-mail supper listings to communityweekly @ fosters.com. DOVER - Come enjoy a great evening of New Orleans-style food and music Saturday, Dec.

More than 70,000 power outages have been reported throughout Northern New England as a result of a wind storm Saturday with gusts reaching over 45 mph.

The health care bill she voted for, H.R. 3962, is not health care reform; it is a health care catastrophe.

Courtesy photo Sisters and church members Mary Kohlhase Frarie, Barbara Kohlhase Stone and Libby Kohlhase Wilcox model hand-knit items on sale at the Greenland Church Christmas Fair set for Saturday, Dec.

What had originally been planned as a discussion of local infrastructure issues quickly turned into a referendum on healthcare reform, as Alton residents took U.S. Rep.

Up for adoption: a 5,000-ton boulder the size of a small house -- the largest known boulder of its type in New England -- listed as a National Natural Landmark and in one of New Hampshire's money-losing parks.

A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to create an adopt-a-park program to help the state's cash-strapped park system care for up to half of New Hampshire's 71 parks because the agency can't afford their upkeep.

Gov. John Lynch, Sen. Judd Gregg and Rep. Paul Hodes will appear today at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen in observance of Veterans Day.

After reviewing Prospect Mountain High School's proposed operating budget for the 2011 fiscal year, the JMA board voted during its Nov.

Maine police have issued the state's first Amber Alert for a missing 2-year-old girl who was taken by her father after he allegedly assaulted the girl's mother at her Sanford apartment.

Frisbie Memorial Hospital added a paramedic intercept truck to its fleet to help streamline the response to emergencies throughout the area.

Daryl Carlson/Citizen photo With his attorney Mark Sisti by his side, Ryan Sell, who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of Robert Richey last year in Alton, apologizes to Richey's relatives in Belknap County Superior Court during his sentencing Wednesday.

The recent setting of Alton, Barnstead, and New Durham's respective tax rates has brought a mixture of good and bad news to local property owners.

New Hampshire's unadjusted unemployment rate for September continued its upward creep to stand at 7.0 percent, compared to 6.9 percent in August and 3.9 percent in September 2008.