Bristol News

By the calendar Halloween is more than three weeks away, but there are plenty of signs that people are already getting into the spirit - pardon the pun - of the occasion.

Former judge Patricia Coffey, who beat allegations of sleeping on the bench and then resigned for hiding her husband's assets from creditors, has been reprimanded again.

Cory Zarem, 31, is among the growing number of Floridians attempting to swap their homes, one of their largest assets, so they can move while the housing market is soft.

New Hampshire is involved in multiple efforts to evaluate the benefits of alternative sentencing programs for nonviolent offenders.

Nick Reynolds, a founding member of the Kingston Trio who jump-started the revival folk scene of the late 1950s and paved the way for artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, has died.

The former football star has been convicted on all counts in his robbery and kidnapping trial 13 years to the day after he was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.

A 90-year-old Akron, Ohio, woman who shot herself as sheriff's deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home became a symbol of the nation's home mortgage crisis Friday. Addie Polk is being treated at Akron General Medical Center after shooting herself at least twice in the upper body Wednesday afternoon, her city councilman said.

DARYL CARLSON/CITIZEN PHOTO Bristol Town Manager Paul Weston, right, thanks outgoing Fire Chief Norm Skantze for his years of sevice to the town during a luncheon in the chief's honor Friday.

Social service officials throughout New England say rising prices have led to a dramatic increase in the number of people requesting help to pay their heating bills this coming winter.

More than 100 people turned out for a hearing on a proposal to build 33 wind turbines on ridgelines in far northern New Hampshire.

Even if Congress passes the $700 bailout plan this week, 2009 will be a very difficult year for New Hampshire residents, two economic experts say.

A ferocious-looking denizen of the deep that can gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps needs protection, according to a petition filed with the federal government.

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services offered descriptions and a clarification of aspects of the revised Shoreland Protection Act were shared with local planners and residents Monday evening.

Meetings regarding the Strafford County Dispatch Capital Improvement Fund fall under RSA 91-A, the Right-To-Know law, and should be open to the public, according to County Attorney Tom Velardi.

John Huff/Staff photographer City Councilor David Scott gives his thoughts on the Dover Waterfront resolution during a City Council meeting Wednesday.

The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests.

In the South, motorists are dealing with short-term gas shortage. In Maine, consumers are dealing with a shortage of an altogether different type of fuel - wood pellets.

More than 9,000 pieces of mail - first class, magazines, priority parcels, etc. - were discovered in a storage unit in Livingston County, stashed there by a carrier who just couldn't keep up with her route, ...

Courtesy Photo Governor Lynch, Tilton Police Chief Robert Cormier, Cpl. Ashburn and his son Jason at an awards ceremony over the weekend.

BRISTOL ; -James P. Besemer, 64, of Daniels Rd. formerly of Methuen, Mass., died Saturday, Sept.