Farmington News

Police in Farmington, N.H., are putting extra officers on duty after a middle school student said he was approached by a stranger.

John F. Bolton, age 60, of Pleasant Street in Farmington, died peacefully at home, early Friday morning, May 17, 2013, after a period of failing health.

A fire Tuesday morning destroyed a mobile home on Cross Wind Lane. The homeowner, Helen Madden, described by neighbors as a kind woman in her mid to late seventies, was seen leaving her home around 10 a.m., just minutes shy of when the fire started.

A local teen was arrested on the charge of conduct after an accident in connection with Friday morning's hit and run at the intersection of Meetinghouse Hill Road and Route 11.

The woman accused of setting fire to her home in March remains free on bail, after waiving her arraignment scheduled for Monday in Rochester Circuit Court.

A local man is expected to be charged in a vehicular hit-and-run that occurred Friday morning just after 11 a.m. The driver of a silver Dodge pickup truck was traveling west on Route 11 when he attempted to turn left onto Meetinghouse Hill Road.

Though the time off was no doubt enjoyed during the winter months, the number of snow days for most local districts has pushed the end of the school year back by about an extra week.

The School Board named six members to the Joint Board for the East Rochester School project and approved Peter Weaver as the new principal of Spaulding High School.

The man accused of robbing Market Basket in East Rochester in February remains incarcerated on $5,000 cash bail after waiving his arraignment at Strafford County Superior Court last week.

Getting ready to celebrate Armed Forces Day, on May 18, in a major way at the Lilac Mall are, from left, Rochester Veterans' Council President Dennis Sellers, Al Benton of AMVET Post 1 and Lilac Mall Manager Ellen Paquette.

No charges will be filed related to a crash that sent one person to Frisbie Memorial Hospital over the weekend after his vehicle was struck by another and sent crashing into a Portland Avenue home.

A local man has been charged with setting a fire last week that heavily damaged a Winter Street apartment building and left at least one family displaced.

Two Saturdays ago, that being closest to the official Earth Day, heartening numbers of people turned out to clean up neighborhoods and byways in Rochester .

A Farmington woman was arrested for shoplifting recently at the Rochester Walmart.

From left, Farmington Police Lt. John Drury and Fire Chief Richard Fowler look over a two-story apartment building at 19 Winter St.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a first-alarm structure fire at 19 Winter St.

A city woman has been indicted on several charges of forgery and one charge of theft.

The Farmer's Kitchen has been serving hearty helpings of breakfast and lunch for the past two years.

Standing before Governor Maggie Hassan, members of the public, the State Committee on Aging, and EngAGING N.H., John Robicheau, Sr.

12:11 p.m. Responded to the Chase Home for a call about an "upset" minor on a roof.