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A convicted sex offender from Massachusetts has been indicted for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl while she was alone in a toy aisle at Walmart in Plaistow, according to prosecutors.

Pinkerton Academy science teacher Brewster Bartlett shows one of the memorial crosses from his family property in honor of the veterans of the 10th Mountain Division.adam swift - For longtime Pinkerton Academy science teacher Brewster Bartlett, being named the 2013 high school teacher of the year by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1617 is about more ... (more)

Health and Human Services officials urged the committee to expand the program, which would add about 58,000 people to the rolls of the state-federal health insurance program.

Avid cyclist Paul Dadak has taken many long training and recreational bike rides in his life, but none have borne more personal meaning for him than the annual 100-kilometer, or 62-mile, "Tour de Cure: North Shore," which starts and finishes Sunday morning at the Topsfield Fairgrounds.

The daughter of the Salem man who lost nearly all of his belongings when his house caught fire Tuesday afternoon is reaching out to the online community for assistance.

A team of six Sunapee Central Elementary third and fifth graders competed in April at the Destination Imagination State Competition in Salem, N.H., and won the Spirit of Discovery and Imagination award for Sportsmanship, Spirit and Volunteerism.

Pinkerton Academy science teacher Brewster Bartlett shows one of the memorial crosses from his family property in honor of the veterans of the 10th Mountain Division.adam swift - For longtime Pinkerton Academy science teacher Brewster Bartlett, being named the 2013 high school teacher of the year by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1617 is about more ... (more)

BRENTWOOD The parents of a Salem student seriously injured in 2010 after she fell 15 feet through an opening in bleachers at Salem High School are suing the school district and the town.

Hooper is being honored for his dedication to programs that provide essential business skills to younger workers in the state's construction trade, as well as for his extensive community contributions, according to the magazine.

Two Massachusetts brothers are hoping sales of their lemony libations will benefit those who fought for liberty.

The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted 3-2 to send the bill to interim study, which would put off a vote on the bill until next session.

The Salem Fire Department received a call from a neighbor at 2:38 on Tuesday, reporting heavy smoke coming from a one-story home at 20 Atkinson Road, assistant fire chief Paul Parisi said.

Salem, N.H.: Jordan Caruso, Joshua Goulet, Daniel Laverty, Britni Rooney of Salem , Rebecca Ryan, Dawn Scanlon, Kristen Sullivan.. Wilmington: Julie Gorman, Eric Lunt, Erin McMahon, Ryan Parker, Kaila Whooley .

Police in Salem, N.H., say a 44-year-old woman has died after being struck by a pickup truck on Main Street.

The following is an excerpt from the Wilmington Police log from Monday, May 6, to Tuesday, May 7. Monday, May 6 2:47 a.m.: Officers checked on a male party on Glen Road.

While our current reader opinion poll at www.fosters.com is unscientific, it may provide insight into another reason the casino gambling bill before the House should fail.

A Springfield, Mass., man has been charged with extortion after a married man reported being blackmailed over a sexual encounter arranged through Craigslist.

Dressed in a reproduction Civil War uniform, Bill Bailey, 72, of Salem, gave a salute to his ancestors buried in Windham's Cemetery on the Hill.

In offering explanations for the low dropout rates at their high schools, education professionals in the communities covered by Neighborhood News point to a common denominator: alternative programs aimed at students struggling with the conventional paths toward high school graduation.

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