Charlestown News

A New Hampshire businessman was killed in a glider crash in Washington State. Tim Donovan, 52, crashed his glider on Monday near Soap Lake.

Perfection, in some cases down to a 50-millionth of an inch, is the constant goal of the machinists and engineers at Charlestown-based Optimum Manufacturing Corp.

Tim Donovan, the president and founder of Optimum Manufacturing, a Charlestown precision machining company, died in a glider crash in Washington late Monday afternoon, according to published reports.

Sometimes when I'm asked where I live, I say heaven. Not to worry, I'm not getting my religion on in this space, nor am I having an out-of-body experience or planning to cash in my life-chips early.

Courtesy Photo Victor Tirrito, owner of Fior D'Italia Pasta and Cheese from Manchester Center, VT, cooks up a pasta dish at Tastes of New England's Public Market in Portsmouth on June 6, while Deanna Weaver of The Sweet Specialist in Biddeford, ME looks on.

The family andf friends of the late Douglas S. Bashaw of Charlestown, NH will host a scholarship fund benefit at the Brattleboro Moose Lodge on Saturday, June 6 from 4 p.m. to midnight.

Police in Charlestown said a freight train crashed into an unoccupied car stranded on railroad tracks.

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most revered presidents in U.S. history, will return to the Garrison City nearly 150 years after he visited Dover the first time in 1860.

Jesse Jarvis, who was arrested just before his father was fatally shot by police in Charlestown last summer, is returning to New Hampshire State Prison for at least four more years.

Michael F. Saccardo, 50, of North Hampton, formerly of Charlestown, Mass., died Saturday, May 9, 2009, after battling cancer.

Luthier Antonio Stradivari, is arguably the worlds' most famous violin maker; however Charlestown, NH has their own Gerry Dashner.

Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor is exhibiting artworks by Kay Young of Charlestown, New Hampshire.

Led by strong performances by Fall Mountain, Newport and Sunapee, the 2009 Adequate Yearly Progress Reports for Sullivan County schools inched up slightly over 2008.

THE MONITOR is celebrating its 200th birthday this year and exploring all facets of life in 1809.

In a battle against smoking, when Claremont came to fight, the gloves came off. When the last bell rang, the arm of the smoke-free city was raised in the center of the ring.

Alongside the Connecticut River and adjacent to a lush field, sits the SCA's brand-new, red-green contribution.

4-H'ers from around the county came to Claremont Middle School on Saturday to demonstrate the skills they've learned over the last year at the Sullivan County 4-H Activities Day.

River Theater will hold open auditions for an outdoor Shakespeare production of the comedy "Twelfth Night" on Monday, March 23, and Tuesday, March 25, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at the Old Town Hall in Charlestown, ...

The economic crisis is to blame for the temporary closure of a Charlestown, N.H., historic site.

The economy has helped temporarily defeat a New Hampshire historic site that commemorates a fort that survived assaults during the French and Indian Wars.