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Jul. 1, 2009, 8:11 p.m. 2 comments Two $1M winners rush to get prizes before taxes skyrocket Will higher taxes have the wrong effect - and reduce revenue to the state? The day before a massive 10 percent state tax on lottery prizes went into effect in the Granite State, two winners claimed separate $1 million jackpots - something never before ...

New Hampshire soldiers are among the 3,000 troops who will head to Afghanistan next year in what will be the Vermont National Guard's largest deployment since World War II.

A Milford man accused of assaulting another person after a road-rage incident was taken into custody on a warrant Monday night, police said.

The Boy Scouts of America is the largest youth organization in the United States, with more than five million members in its age-related divisions.

Who knows how many of those dog-and-pony-show, grand-opening ribbon cuttings I've been sent to over my eons in this, the local community newspaper business.

The state's two-year budget became a reality this afternoon with narrow votes of approval in both branches of the New Hampshire Legislature.

The July 1 deadline for a two-year state budget is looming, and some lawmakers continue to play politics with the state's fiscal crisis rather than propose meaningful solutions.

Over the winter, people in the Milford area kept seeing a stray German shepherd that had been roaming through various neighborhoods and woods.

A stray dog in Milford that avoided capture for months was finally lured in by rescuers with bait that was tough to resist -- a McDonald's cheeseburger.

Town kindergarten students will attend Early Learning Center of Milford this fall as a stopgap measure while the school board seeks a permanent answer for how Lyndeborough will meet state requirements to provide public kindergarten.

Two months ago, when a convicted sex offender who the state unsuccessfully tried to keep behind bars moved to Mont Vernon, a wave of fear and worry rolled in with him.

On Tuesday, the Mont Vernon PTA will host a public forum, "Sexual Predators: What Every Parent Should Know," at 7 p.m., at Mont Vernon Village School.

Federal prosecutors filed a bank fraud charge Tuesday against a Milford accountant accused of embezzling from two local companies, using some of the money she took from one to pay back the other, court records show.

When the Albert Theatre was built in 1907 -- and rebuilt following a fire in 1910 -- it was for years the entertainment center in the downtown, where residents went to see vaudeville shows and movies.

A Lyndeborough man, a Hudson teen and a local teen face charges stemming from a home invasion Sunday evening, police reported this morning.

NAME: Martha Deborah Hall. HOMETOWN OR LOCAL CONNECTION: Amherst. TITLE OF BOOK: "Two Grains in Time." SYNOPSIS: Journey from innocence through loss toward wisdom.

Paul St. Louis says he's just a businessperson trying to do a good deed. The state attorney general's office says St.

Two more area communities have public school students with H1N1, meaning six pupils have been diagnosed this week with swine flu.

Milford, NH a 'Earthworksa TM DP25/C and DP30/C tom and snare microphones are now shipping to retail outlets and sound contractors on a worldwide basis.

Milford, NH - What would Dads really like to do this Father's Day? The answer is a winning combination of sports, hot dogs and antiques! New Hampshire Antique Co-op proudly presents its popular 5th Annual Father's Day Fest on Sunday, June 21, featuring a Roadshow-style antiques appraisal session, an outdoor hot dog barbeque, and an antique sporting ...