Chester News

"Everything our parents said was good is bad -- sun, milk, red meat, college," Woody Allen's character in "Annie Hall" famously quipped.

Today we are in the midst of a national debate on health care. Time magazine last week had a fine article on the cost of health care in different hospitals.

Local thrift shops are cashing in on tough economic times. While shopping malls and high-end clothing stores are struggling to stay afloat, Goodwill thrift stores in New Hampshire reported a 17.3 percent increase in profits this year.

L. Mike Kappler RAYMOND-So, what is our water worth? New Hampshire's economic well-being, public health, and quality of life depends on the sustainable management of our state's water resources.

Students at Presentation of Mary Academy enrolled in honors French joined some 100,000 students across the country participating in Le Grand Concours, a national exam given by the American Association of Teachers of French.

Nobody would have loved the Mad Fisherman coming to town more than Timothy Roberts.

Registration is now underway for the annual Chester Recreation Summer Program. The six-week program is set to begin July 6 at Wason Pond recreational area and continue through to Aug.

Police charged 35 people in connection with two underage drinking parties held over the holiday weekend.

State adds, increases fees to use DCR sites BOSTON - The state Department of Conservation and Recreation is adding new fees to use its parks and facilities and increasing existing ones.

A mother and her baby were saved from their burning house in Chester, N.H., when two firefighters on their way to a brush fire noticed the flames.

Several smaller towns around Manchester have been targeted by burglars in recent months, and police are concerned it will only get worse.

Chester College of New England celebrated its 41st Commencement ceremony on Saturday in the Stockbridge Theatre on the campus of Pinkerton Academy in Derry.

The sky was gloomy, but Susie Castillo showed no hint of pessimism at yesterday's Northern Essex Community College graduation.

Cash talk continued last week as town council heard from residents offering insight on how to spend taxpayers' money.

A Derry teen was charged with first-degree assault today in connection with the April 27 baseball bat beating of a Chester teen at a town park.

Community Caregivers of Greater Derry is looking for volunteer drivers. The organization, which works with Hampstead, Derry, Londonderry, Windham, Sandown and Chester, helps housebound individuals get to medical appointments and pick up prescriptions.

The spring 2009 election season brings the next installment in a long line of battles for the top road job in town.

Celebrate the joys of writing at the annual Spring Writers Conference of the Seacoast Writers Association, Saturday, May 16, at Chester College of New England, Chester.

Nancy Ruth Cloutman, 74, formerly of Exeter, N.H., died unexpectedly Saturday, April 11, 2009, at her home in Lakeland.

David Archambault, a Newburyport elementary school principal, has been named to replace Doyon School Principal Ken Cooper, who is retiring.