Milton News

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.

A two-alarm fire quickly gutted the inside of a one-story home at 18 Orange St. on Monday afternoon, displacing a family of four.

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

A fireworks display will take place at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, July 3 at the bay. BRENTWOOD - Due to the loss of parking the fireworks scheduled for July 4 at the Rockingham County Nursing Home have been postponed until Friday July 17 with a rain date of Saturday, July 18.

Come to the New Hampshire Farm Museum in Milton and reconnect with the past! Tour the historic Jones farmhouse and learn about three centuries of rural life in New Hampshire.

Fireworks retailers in the Lakes and Seacoast regions are reporting solid sales for this year's Fourth of July weekend.

Saturday, June 27, 2009 ROCHESTER - The arch marks the spot at Factory Court, the new outdoor gathering place that creators say is a step in the right direction toward changing the image of the downtown.

The Milton Community Church Missions Group will be putting on a $1 a bag sale from 1-3 pm on Wednesday, July 1. Items for sale will include good clothes and shoes.

A Strafford County grand jury has indicted three people who allegedly conspired to rob the Rite Aid on Milton Road in Rochester in February.

Send your community yard and plant sale listings to communityweekly fosters.com FARMINGTON - On Saturday, June 20, starting at 9: a.m., the First Congregational Church, Maine and Pleasant streets, will be holding its Annual Church Fair.

4:39 a.m. - The rear window of an SUV blows out in mysterious circumstances near Exit 15 of the turnpike.

Valedictorian Megan McIntire is hoping for failure. It isn't because she is mean spirited, or because she doesn't want to see her class succeed.

A Milton man whose toddler witnessed a Strafford County Jail inmate masturbating in a window across the road from Cocheco Valley Humane Society has taken his complaint to the county.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 John Huff/Staff photographer Lenny Belanger holds his 21 2 year-old daughter, Rhianna, and their new kitten, Mick, at their Milton home.

Hundreds of area residents toured the downtown Saturday to see 11 sculpted shoes, each part of a summer public art exposition.

Send your community yard and plant sale listings to communityweekly fosters.com ROCHESTER - St.

A woman escaped serious injury after a deer struck the windshield of her H2 Hummer along Route 16 Tuesday afternoon.

Police arrested a Rochester man and are questioning two other people after someone stole a 4-foot snake from a Pineland Park home last week.

Authorities in New Hampshire and Maine were advising residents to keep their vehicles locked, even in driveways, after a car was stolen and several burglaries and thefts were reported early Friday morning.

On a recent evening, Art Esprit, at a reception for artists and poets who are part of its community arts exhibit and walking tour, "Shoes of Rochester," named the kickoff date as Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Shoes of Rochester" is a celebration of Rochester, its rich mill history, and its talented arts community.