Boscawen News

The following events and observances are scheduled for Memorial Day weekend through May 30.

Gov. Maggie Hassan has ordered flags in the state be lowered to half-staff on Monday and Thursday in observance of Memorial Day.

Retired Marine Al Fisher of Littleton bears the Stars and Stripes Sunday during the Memorial Day observance at the Kinsman Cemetery in Easton.

Here is our list of Memorial Day observances and parades across the state of New Hampshire for 2013.

Winni Derby "Victor Apparent" Dakota Wright, at right, stands with Winni Derby chair Diane LaBrie at the derby's award ceremony Sunday.

Thomas Roy/Union Leader A proposal for the state to adopt the "Honor and Remember" flag, commemorating service members who died for their country, is dividing veterans advocates who are usually staunch allies.

Raymond Auprey relaxes with his grandson Cole, 5, after working in his garden in Penacook on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

Located in red colonial off I-93 exit 17 in Boscawen, near the State Veteran's cemetery and County Nursing Home, Marshall's Florist offers custom designed fresh, dried, and silk arrangements for special events/weddings, holidays, and gift giving.

Judy Beane of Manchester, and the late Frank Beane III and Jane Beane of Boscawen, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Beane Ouellette, to Robert Downes Jr., son of Robert Downes Sr.

The police said a hair straightener, clothes and makeup were stolen from Walmart.

A 19-year-old Boscawen man was indicted this month by a Merrimack County grand jury on charges of sexually assaulting a girl over a period of several months.