Enfield News

Recent rainy weather has fueled the growth of a bacteria that researchers suspect could cause "Lou Gehrig's Disease," and has required the state to post more warnings on the state's lakes and ponds this year.

Authorities arrested two minimum-security inmates who corrections authorities said Sunday tried to escape from the Transitional Work Center in Concord.

New Hampshire officials have revoked a water-quality warning at Mascoma Lake in Enfield after samples showed the concentration of cyanobacteria in the water dropped between 70 and 80 percent since they first posted the caution late last week.

A dangerous bacteria described by a city official as the type that is "strong enough to kill a dog in minutes" has found its way back into Willand Pond.

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New research might help doctors figure out what triggered a surge of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in the Upper Valley in the last decade.

Enfield officials told residents Tuesday that Mascoma Lake is safe despite a study that possibly linked bacteria in the lake to a serious neurological disease.

The risk of developing Lou Gehrig's Disease is 25 times higher than the norm for people who live around Mascoma Lake, according to researchers studying the possibility of a link between lake bacteria and neurological illness.

Ryan Jacob Oickle, 4, of Winter Street, died Saturday, May 30, 2009, at home, following a long battle with cancer.

Following a lengthy investigation, police said they arrested four people for allegedly dealing marijuana.

A man was taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center yesterday afternoon after an incident in which shots were fired.

Check it out! Enfield Shaker Musem April vacation programs When: Monday, April 20 through Friday, April 24 Where: Enfield Shaker Museum, 447 NH Route 4A, Enfield Cost: The admission is $5/adult and child, $3 for additional child 6-12. Museum members receive a discounted admission.

Police Chief Richard Crate of Enfield, N.H., shows what two ounces of marijuana looks like.

George Nakashima designed his Conoid Bench with Back ca. 1961. This example, of American black walnut, hickory and East Indian rosewood, is from 1974.

Check it out! Sugaring Off Dinner When: Saturday, March 14, 6:30pm Where: Enfield Shaker Museum 447 NH Route 4A Enfield, NH More information: If interested, contact the Museum's Event Coordinator at 632-4346 or ...

A suspicious fire this morning destroyed a building that once housed the Lebanon chapter of the Civil Air Patrol, according to a fire investigator.

After nearly three weeks without major snowfall, a storm has hit New Hampshire, causing a number of accidents and closing down part of Interstate 89.

The Children's Museum of New Hampshire was bursting with excitement over the 2009 Family Mardi Gras Celebration Sunday afternoon.

Richard Crate, the police chief from Enfield who's seen the blood and smelled the death, rolled his eyes.

If Alexander Conca had a carbon monoxide detector in his Mason Drive home, he wouldn't have died when his furnace malfunctioned after last month's ice storm, according to one Salem official.