Henniker News

Hopkinton Independent School remains open today after parents met last night and agreed to pool money to pay back wages of teachers, according to a parent.

Fire officials hope a town warrant article to move money from an existing account to pay for two full-time emergency medical technicians won't meet with rejection like similar proposals in recent years.

Of the 336 emergency service calls placed to the Weare Fire Department between January and November last year, nearly a quarter were fielded by mutual aid from surrounding towns.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 State can't change the pattern every time there is an accident The only change Farmington residents are soon likely to see along Route 11 are more accidents - not really a change at all.

A dispute over Class VI roads in Henniker has prompted one selectman to resign his post as chairman and has officials wondering what kind of authority they have over such roads in the town.

Police Chief Scott Roberge believes dedicated left-turn lanes on Route 11 will help save lives, but the state feels the measure is unnecessary and isn't considering the option.

Katharine Swett, 21, of Westbrook, Neb., was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with control of premises and general noise restriction.

Timothy Buxton, 37, of 131 Old West Hopkinton Road was arrested Oct. 23 and charged with violation of probation or parole.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the immature bird that was shot in late October was released Tuesday near a hydroelectric facility along the Androscoggin River in the North Country town of Dummer.

Maybe spending the golden years away from civilization isn't a good idea after all.

Thousands of acres of land in the Ossipee Mountains is once again open to the public.

Police are searching for a Claremont man who has been missing for six days. Tyke Ellis, 32, of 85-1 Pearl St., was last seen at mid-day on Dec.

Staff photo by COREY PERRINE Staff Sgt. Luis Gonzalez, of Manchester, salutes Gen.

Ketchup is excellent for cleaning brass, especially tarnished and corroded brass.

More than 1,000 friends, families and those there simply to show support wished a safe return to the 140 Guardsmen of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, who are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan.

Gary McGrath took over the Henniker Book Farm in 2005 from Walter Robinson, who opened the store in 1964.

The status quo has allowed insurance companies to ride high on the backs of hard-working, middle-class Americans who are trying to make ends meet.

Thirty-seven-year-old Sean Matheson of Henniker was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries on Thursday night.

Brie DeLisi is working to raise awareness about the clothing apparel industry one piece of clothing at a time.

State Senate minority leader Peter Bragdon is looking nearly a year ahead. The Milford Republican lays out an optimistic 2010 outlook to move the Senate from its current 14-10 Democratic majority to a GOP majority in a memorandum sent this week to the other nine members of his caucus and the finance committee of the Senate Republican Majority ...