Somersworth News

The proposed city tax cap amendment will not be on the November ballot after a stalemate at City Hall ended at midnight and eliminated that possibility.

An alleged fugitive rapist wanted by Wakefield police was arrested yesterday on Davis Street by U.S. marshals.

A sexual assault suspect on the run since April has been arrested in Somersworth.

The body found in the Salmon Falls River Tuesday morning was identified yesterday as Somersworth resident Donald Meattey, who had been missing since August.

If Jason Brooks is to be indicted in the hit-and-run death of Berwick resident Deborah Archer, it could come this Friday when the York County grand jury completes its monthly session.

Wall Street's opinion on a spending cap is expected to be available today, one of the key pieces of information demanded Tuesday night by Democratic aldermen as they pushed to delay a referendum on the proposed ...

Leaving the City Council meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Karen Soule and Assistant Superintendent Diane Law said while they hadn't known how the council would vote on bonding $20 million for the ...

A decomposing body was found at 7 a.m. this morning along side the Salmon Falls River near the railroad trestle off Church Street.

When the spanking new Navy submarine New Hampshire is commissioned at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard this fall, it will have very special meaning for four members of her crew.

Going back more than two decades, I've written a lot about health-care reform. Despite a fair amount of knowledge about the amazing contradictions and complexities in the American health-care system, I can ...

Resident Todd Patten wants everyone to understand what they're voting on in September when they see a ballot item calling for formation of a charter commission.

SOMERSWORTH / ROLLINSFORD - Girl Scout Troop 20095 is hosting its first Chili Cook-Off to raise funds for a trip to Savannah, Ga., in April 2009.

A New Hampshire woman charged with breaking her 1-year-old son's legs has been indicted.

A New Hampshire woman accused of advertising prostitution services online has been arrested.

Police have recovered 197 solar light caps that were stolen over the past few months from front lawns and yards in Rollinsford, Dover and Somersworth.

EJ Hersom/Staff photographer Greg Guilmette, right, accepts the 2007 Dodge Service Manager of the Year Award from Cheryl Cotter, Chrysler northeast dealer operations manager, and Steve Plante, owner of Tri City ...

A local man faces a number of charges for allegedly selling drugs and carrying a firearm on Tuesday night.

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Changes to the City Charter now lie in the hands of residents voting in the September primaries and the November elections.

The group pushing for a municipal tax cap in Concord expects this morning to officially pass an important threshold needed to put the measure before voters in November.