Charlestown News Archives

The former general manager of Eagle Publications said Thursday that there was a possibility the Eagle-Times of Claremont, N.H., might reopen under new ownership.

Before the presses stopped rolling Thursday night, the Eagle Times daily newspaper was the voice of the Claremont community.

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.