Greenland News

The N.H. Department of Transportation will close Route 33 in Greenland for six hours beginning at 10 tonight so Pan Am Railroad can work on the crossing near the new mall required as part of the widening of the road.

Randall Cushing, husband of Ann Marie Cushing of 17 Cortland Drive, Greenland, died Monday, July 6, 2009, at the Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover, following a long illness.

Rep. Pamela Tucker of Greenland has discovered the physics of speed in the legislative universe in Concord has little connection to that in the corporate world.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The July 4 holiday may mean some changes to regular activities and schedules such as banking, trash collection and mail delivery.

New Hampshire is receiving a half million dollars in federal stimulus money to remove a dam and open the Winnicut River in Greenland to migratory fish.

For the 18th year in a row, the skies over Greenland will be buzzing with excitement and wonder as the Yankee Ultralight Flyers host their annual Fly-in event July 10-12 at Sanderson's Field.

Join the fun and test your own musical knowledge at Sounds of the Seacoast women's a cappella chorus' annual show, "Name That Tune!" Tickets are $15 for general seating and $12 for seniors and children 12 and under.

Eileen Spellacy Rowan, 87, died Friday, June 19, 2009. She was a registered nurse and a 1944 graduate of Hartford Hospital School of Nursing, Hartford, Conn.

Attorneys for Greenland School District filed a motion Thursday seeking to have a lawsuit filed earlier this year by former Superintendent Ronald Brawner dismissed.

A Newmarket man has filed a complaint against the Portsmouth District Court alleging its payment policy unfairly penalizes people who can't afford to pay fines the day they are imposed.

A 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student was charged with a felony yesterday in connection with a wild, 100-mph chase from Seabrook to Stratham that ended with his fleeing into woods in Lee on Sunday and being discovered, hungry and healthy, on Tuesday.

A 19-year-old Massachusetts man, missing since he crashed his vehicle on Route 125 early Sunday morning, was found Tuesday morning and in handcuffs by Tuesday afternoon.

Robert Baker posted on his Facebook page that he was "going out with a bang" before stealing three handguns and threatening that "if cops come I will start shooting," according to police, reports the Portsmouth Herald .

A fast-moving fire that destroyed an office building located adjacent to a 223 Portsmouth Ave.

An apparent drive-by shooting early this morning sent bullets through the side of a Central Road home and into the walls of a bedroom where the homeowners were sleeping, according to police.

Thomas and Allison Brackett own a cluster of summer cottages at the end of Brackett's Point Road and over the years have turned a number of these small units into year-round homes.

A Greenland man with a history of mental illness threatened to "start shooting" if police were sent to look for him after he stole three guns from his stepfather and left a suicide note on Monday, authorities said.

Police on Monday arrested a local man they say stole three firearms from his parents' house and then threatened to harm himself through "suicide by cop." Chief Michael Maloney said that around 1:48 p.m. Monday afternoon police received a report of a residential burglary in which three firearms were stolen.

June 12, 13: Sin Nombre 7:30 p.m., subtitled. June 14, 15, 16: Tulpan 7:30 p.m., subtitled.

Former Democratic state Rep. Mike Marsh of Greenland said the gambling measure passed by the Senate has provoked a lot of anger among his former colleagues in the House.