Pittsfield News

Anti-abortion advocates nearly hijacked legislation requiring infant screenings for congenital heart defects before the Republican-controlled House reconsidered its action yesterday and passed the bill without changes.

Karla Pauta, above, and Amanda Ok were honored at the State House on Thursday for their student leadership and academic success.

A 2006 amendment to the Constitution requires that any town with a population of more than 3,000 has its own resident member of the New Hampshire House.

Arleigh Greene , Seabrook Truck Center, Seabrook, N.H., and Larry Kelley, Kendall Construction, Groveland, Mass., explained that they "took some time away from our busy schedule of work and Weight Watcher meetings" to attend the Alex Lyon & Son auction over the weekend.

A Pittsfield sex offender recently arrested on new charges of raping a teenage girl was freed from jail yesterday after posting $50,000 bail.