Claremont News

An inmate who escaped from the Sullivan County jail could be in Connecticut. Robert Hale, 45, of Claremont, N.H., broke out of prison early Thursday morning.

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The search is on for an inmate who escaped from a New Hampshire prison. Robert Hale III, a pre-trial inmate at the Sullivan County Department of Corrections, escaped from custody today between 1:45 a.m. and 2:40 a.m. Hale was an inmate at the jail since March 22 and was being held on $50,000 cash bail out of Sullivan Superior Court pending a trial ...

The Eagle Times in Claremont, N.H., reopened under new ownership last month after declaring bankruptcy in July.

Three years and two trials later, the race car driver who slammed his car into another car at Claremont's Twin State Speedway in 2006 is still awaiting sentencing.

New Hampshire faces a severe budget problem. And yet Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council thought it fitting for the state to guarantee a line of credit to two private businesses.

In a controversial move that has been met with opposition from politicians and community members, the state of New Hampshire has granted the Eagle Times newspaper of Claremont, N.H., a loan guarantee to help keep the publication in production.

New Hampshire's decision to guarantee a line of credit to a struggling newspaper in the state is raising questions about independent coverage, but it probably won't be the last such effort.

NEW YORK The owner of the Eagle Times in Claremont, N.H., is getting a state-government backed loan.

The state of New Hampshire is guaranteeing part of a loan to the new owner of the Claremont Eagle Times newspaper.

EnviroVantage of Epping was a big winner in the recent Associated Builders and Contractors 2009 Excellence in Construction Awards Ceremony at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord.

A third pharmacy will be opening soon in Newport. Fred A. Zullo, a Newport native and current resident of Claremont, hopes to have Z Pharmacy ready to serve customers by Jan.

In Claremont, N.H., voters decided to stay with the incumbent. Mayor Deborah Cutts was re-elected with 55% of the vote.

How do you get a big, red dog named Clifford, rescued from a shelter in Florida, to a loving family in New Hampshire without the family having to travel hundreds of miles? One way is to enlist the aid of the nonprofit organization Pilots N Paws.

Even as news reports forecast the collapse of print journalism in the U.S., a late-night visit to the offices of the Valley News offers a glimpse into a distinctly lively newsroom - writers frantically type amidst a flurry of papers as the 11 p.m. deadline looms near, and three stories of monstrously large machinery gear up to begin the nighttime ...

When the board of directors of the Economic Corporation of Newport decided it was time to get out of the machine tool field, it didn't have to go very far to find a willing partner.

The number of lead inspections done by the state could be cut in half, after two of four state inspectors were laid off from the state's childhood lead poisoning prevention program.

A top state health official says cuts to the lead poison prevention program could roll back recent reforms meant to give investigators an edge in detecting hazards, particularly in Rochester, Laconia and Franklin and five other communities deemed high-risk areas.

Dr. Karol LaCroix, president of Granite State College, has announced plans to retire at the end of the academic year in June 2010.

In the doom-and-gloom days of print journalism, six newspapers covering a city of fewer than 15,000 people might seem excessive.