Hillsboro News

Main president of United States byname Young Hickory born November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, U.S. died October 8, 1869, Concord, New Hampshire 14th president of the United States .

The family of a Hopkinton police officer who died last year after being struck by a drunken driver will receive more than $1 million as part of a pre-lawsuit settlement, with $800,000 coming from Chen Yang Li, the restaurant that served alcohol to the driver on the night Sean Powers was killed.

Today is Monday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2009. There are 38 days left in the year.

Who is the man behind the name of New Tampa's main street, Bruce B. Downs? And why does Hillsborough County share its name with places as far away as New Hampshire? We have the answers.

On an October day, when the colors were still spectacular, I drove four miles out of Hillsboro and then up a dirt road, past a pond contained by a beaver dam built of twigs and mud, past a smaller pond, to the house at the end of the road, where Beatrice Trum Hunter lives.

Last month, 13 Hillsboro teenagers met in a park to take over-the-counter and prescription drugs, in some cases along with alcohol.

Last weekend I made it to St. Joseph's Church in Albany for Flux, a three-day art event that transformed the spectacular but somewhat decrepit church into a gallery filled with sculpture, paintings, prints and gnomes.

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Automotive lighting maker Osram Sylvania of Hillsboro, N.H., and the College for Creative Studies in Detroit officially launched the first annual Osram Automotive Lighting Design Challenge today.

Sylvania EcoBright headlight bulbs are up to 25% brighter than standard, yet consume less energy, reducing fuel costs and emissions.

One person was killed and two more seriously injured as the result of a motor vehicle accident on Routes 202 and 9 on Thursday afternoon.

Three local libraries are about to receive nearly $400,000 in combined donations from a Henniker woman who died last year.

Rebecca Rule E-mail Web site RSS Feed Rebecca Rule, author of "Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller's Guide to New Hampshire," spends a lot of time on the road, traveling to her wicked funny performances throughout the Granite State.

Deborah Jean Howard, 42, died Friday, July 24, 2009, unexpectedly. She was born in Concord, the daughter of Marjorie N. Howard and the late Roy J. Howard.

Deborah Jean Howard, 42, died Friday, July 24, 2009, unexpectedly. She was born in Concord, the daughter of Marjorie N. Howard and the late Roy J. Howard.

A Weare teenager was killed yesterday afternoon after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck.

The antique trucks that line River Road in Hillsboro haven't been touched in years.

Gloria "Bebe" M. Colby, 84, of Concord died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.

A Hooksett man is being held on $25,000 cash bail for allegedly driving while intoxicated with two children in the vehicle and attempting to flee from the police on foot.