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Judge sides with selectmen in firing of Alton police officer
A decision by selectmen to fire police Lt. Ed Correia in March 2007 has been upheld by Belknap County Superior Court Judge Larry Smukler, who ruled that the town had sufficient reason to fire Correia and did ...
Lynch wins third two-year term as governor
Moderate Democratic Gov. John Lynch won a third two-year term in a landslide Tuesday.
If Election Day were tomorrow, instead of today, I would have squeezed in a letter to the editor from Mary McNeil of Sutton urging you to vote for Merrimack County Register of Deeds Kathi Guay.
N.H. economy holds up in September
While the unemployment rate for the United States has been at 6 percent or higher for the past three months, the latest statistics from New Hampshire Employment Security show that this state's economy is ...
Alleged NH school vandals arrested
Two high school students are charged in Alton, N.H., with causing more than $5,000 damage to their school by activating the fire sprinkler system.
Rapist of 75-year-old finishes jail term
The man who raped a 75-year-old grandmother the night before Easter in 1991 has been released from prison and is living in Manchester, according to authorities.
Police: NH teens triggered sprinkler system at high school
Updated, 9:17 a.m. Two men were arrested this morning after a high speed chase through the city, starting downtown and ending in the North End, police said.
Maine sees big jump in absentee ballots
Daryl Carlson/Citizen photo Former Laconia Ward 5 Moderator Maurice Fecteau, right, has been visiting Lakes Region nursing homes to help seniors, including Abby Paget, pictured here, with absentee ballots.
Sprinkler system partially floods NH high school
A problem with the sprinkler system has sent students at the high school in Alton, N.H., home for the day.
5 questions for art educator of the year
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE Art Educators' Association recently named Chichester Central School instructor Irene Derosier the state's art educator of the year.
$3m in federal reimbursement allotted to N.H. for Patriot's Day storm damage
New Hampshire will receive $3.1 million from federal authorities to reimburse the state for damage done to roads in all counties, with the exception of Carroll, during the Patriot's Day storm in 2007.
Crash knocks out power to 10,000 customers: Closes portion of Route 11 for six hours
More than 10,000 residential customers and businesses lost power after a tractor-trailer truck struck a utility pole along Route 11 early Monday morning.
Blaze strikes mixed-use building in Alton
Firefighters from six area departments battled a two-alarm fire Monday afternoon that damaged a building at 370 Main St.
Raymond P. "Bub" Chapman, 60, of Pittsfield, died Oct. 12, 2008, at the Concord Regional Visiting Nurses Hospice House in Concord.
New Durham resident extinguishes stove fire
A grease fire caused a stir and a lot of smoke, but was quickly dealt with Wednesday evening.
Fired NH police officer gets another hearing
A police lieutenant who was fired last year in Alton, New Hampshire, will get a new public hearing following a state Supreme Court ruling.
Capital Punishment Has Changed Since State's Last Execution
Two men are facing the possibility of receiving the death penalty in New Hampshire, a state that hasn't put a prisoner to death in nearly 70 years.
NASCAR writer Monte Dutton explains how he writes songs, and why he...
How do you write a song? I can't really relate to how some of the guys in Nashville do it.
Guest Shot: Remembering two extraordinary men
As parishioners from all over New Hampshire gathered at St. Katharine Drexel in Alton recently to remember Founding Pastor Fr.
New Hampshire Identifies First Positive EEE Test
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services today announced the first positive test this year for eastern equine encephalitis .
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