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Q: My late father left me his secretary desk. It was originally purchased during the early 1940s and was crafted by the People's Furniture Company of Manchester, N.H. I recently read a collectible column that states "a secretary bookcase made in the 1940s is now worth $15,000 to $20,000." Can this be right and will this value hold up during our ...

Despite the relentless rain and the sagging economy, local fireworks stores are sizzling as folks from near and far stock up on their favorite items at three locations in Londonderry.

A little here and a little there. Instead of imposing an income tax, or legalizing slot machines, that's how the state Legislature decided to address a $650 million deficit in the state's two-year budget.

A contrite drug dealer, who was the victim of a road rage incident, was sentenced to one and a half to three years in state prison yesterday, thanks to a plea deal with prosecutors.

A Millville Road woman who worked at the Whitin Middle School was killed, and her husband seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in New Hampshire earlier this week.

Boy Scouts that work hard together often fly like eagles. Four members of Derry Boy Scout Troop 402 earned the highest award a Scout can achieve - the Eagle - during the last eight months and celebrated their accomplishments together.

Twelve young women compete Friday night for the title of Miss Greater Derry. The contestants will share more than $19,000 in scholarships and prize money in this, the 23rd annual competition, set to begin at 7 p.m. at the Adams Memorial Opera House in downtown Derry.

The Derry History Museum in Derry, New Hampshire is a historical museum that celebrates the bicentennial of America.

Sean Corriveau of Derry, former manager and president of Elite Fitness Inc., has pled guilty to the felony charge of using a credit card without authorization to charge $14,000 worth of carpeting to outfit a health club at 142 Lowell Road, Nottingham Plaza, Hudson.

A local woman and her passenger escaped their burning car yesterday after it was struck head-on by a dump truck, police said.

Our summer safety checklist includes many things: Wear your seatbelt. Use a bike helmet.

You may be aware that the antique shop near Pinkerton Academy was once called the Association Hall.

A proposed law would make it tougher for vendors of counterfeit goods and more attractive for local police departments to go after them.

The school year is almost over , graduations are in full swing and families are deciding what to do with the summer ahead.

Gov. John Lynch is expected to sign legislation establishing a Death Penalty Task Force Study Commission to review New Hampshire's capital punishment laws.

Some local religious leaders had strong reactions to the signing of the group of three same-sex marriage bills last week in Concord by Gov.

Saturday's search by federal agents of the Grandview Flea Market and resulting seizure of more than 13,000 knock-off designer bags was a raid two years in the making.

Jun. 9--DERRY -- Bill Dooley has been out of the Navy for more than 60 years, but it wasn't until yesterday that he received his medals for his service in World War II.

The Hyla Brook Reading Series presents its first event at the Robert Frost Farm with a reading by New Hampshire Poet Laureate Walter Butts on Thursday, June 18, 2009, 6:30-8:30pm. The Reading Series launched in March 2009 was held at the Coffee Factory until the Frost Farm, 122 Rockingham Rd , opened for the season.

The absence of real leadership in the last four years has put us seriously off course.