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A 911 hangup call late Monday sent police to a home where they arrested a local man after he allegedly assaulted an officer and kicked out the window of a cruiser, according to court documents.

A normally busy stretch of road that brings travelers to and from northern parts of New Hampshire was closed for more than a day because heavy rains that could not be absorbed in already saturated ground ...

Torrential rain pounded Grafton County on Saturday night and Sunday, causing power outages and some damage to roads.

Few things stir the heart like the sound of a loon calling in the night. It is one of the experiences people come to New Hampshire to have.

A government report says the estimated cost of the federal prison, which started at $155 million in 2004, has risen to nearly $260 million, in part because of skyrocketing steel and oil prices.

Jacob Phillips, 9, lands in the water as his sister, Helena, 7, waits her turn Updated, 4:38 p.m. Forecasters are warning strong thunderstorms in much of the state this afternoon and evening.

Two behemoths are sumo wrestling this week over the next steps lawmakers should take to make one of the most poorly-funded of all state retirement systems whole.

S Sometimes it's hard to know just where to begin after being handed a ringside seat to the inner bowels of our state government.

The event, honoring downtown revitalization efforts was attended by more than 200 community leaders from across the state.

“They'd just throw a sucker in”

OKAY, so most people who plant gardens know about the suckers and the hills of corn. via UnionLeader

“We're committed to working in partnership with individuals, churches, businesses, schools and other organizations to provide simple, decent and affordable housing in our area”

Habitat for Humanity, International, a global non-profit Christian housing ministry, has approved the formation of a new local affiliate. via New Hampshire Magazine

“The water has gone down significantly”

"No one is cut off and no one is stranded or isolated," said Linda Lauer, who is getting ready to become the town's emergency management director. via UnionLeader.com

Supporters of a new adequate education formula have some fancy footwork to do in the coming days. via Nashua Telegraph

The school funding plan unveiled last week by Durham Sen. Iris Estabrook is the latest in a long list of attempts to meet the constitutional requirement that the state pay for an adequate education for every ... via Concord Monitor

Grants went to the Connecticut River Joint Commissions to restore a water fan at the Mohawk River mouth and stabilize the riverbank near Colebrook; the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to ... via The Citizen

This 1925-era post and beam with its distinctive slab siding resembling an Alaskan house, is really something rare and private. via UnionLeader.com

BATH-On Dec. 10, the Bath Fire Department took delivery of a 1979 Ford F700 pumper fire truck, rounding off their assemblage of one engine and two tankers. They paid just $2,500 for the vehicle which has a mere 5,000 miles on it.

It all began when friends Dennis MacKay, Bath's Fire Chief, and Peter Gemelli, retired Fire Chief from Wayland, MA, who was visiting at the time, were chatting and Mackay said he was looking for a pumper. MacKay said Gemelli told him that he would see what he could do and it wasn't much later that MacKay's friend called to see if Bath could afford $2,500.   Read more

“People who didn't need assistance before need it now”

WOODSVILLE-Winter is an expensive time of year and not just because of holiday shopping frenzies. Unaffordable fuel and electric bills have residents keeping their thermostats low because heating bills are high.  

"Things are getting harder," said Tri-County Community Action Program (Tri-County CAP) manager Dan McGregor in an interview from Woodsville. "Your income may change or stay the same but the cost of everything else like rent and cost of living go up."  

The Woodsville branch of Tri-County CAP provides fuel assistance and access to a food pantry for residents in the towns of Bath, Haverhill, Orford, Warren, Benton, Wentworth, Monroe, Lisbon, Landaff and North Woodstock.       Read more