Somersworth News

The hospital and mental health agency that hostage-taker Leeland Eisenberg said failed to treat him before he took over a presidential campaign office with a fake bomb have denied any wrongdoing in recently filed court papers.

A city man was arrested on drug and weapons charges after police found him in possession of marijuana, an unloaded shotgun, and brass knuckles during a routine traffic stop.

Enraged after fighting with her boyfriend 15 years ago in Gonic, Joveta Wyman deliberately plowed the truck she was driving into a stranger on a bicycle, killing the mother of three.

Mike Leighton says his "whole world came crashing down" when his wife, Ann, was critically injured in a Feb.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Thirteen-year-old Kimberly Perreault, of Somersworth, suffers from the rare genetic disorder Joubert Syndrome, rendering her unable to speak and walk unassisted.

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Recent rainy weather has fueled the growth of a bacteria that researchers suspect could cause "Lou Gehrig's Disease," and has required the state to post more warnings on the state's lakes and ponds this year.

An architectural firm with local experience has been selected ahead of schedule to design the city's new elementary school.

There is much concern and sympathy for an elderly Somersworth woman who overpaid thousands of dollars for a hearing aid she purchased with a credit card, but officials are not sure if the problem is widespread.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 SOMERSWORTH Tri-City Christian Academy Kindergarten students recently enjoyed their graduation ceremony at the West High Street campus auditorium.

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.

School is almost out and the first day of summer is only days away. Now is the chance to read what you would like and spend a hot, summer day enjoying your favorite author.

Sunday, May 10 1:37 a.m. Theodore M. Sorrentino, 23, of 34 Brann Road, Wash., was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Courtesy photo A Somersworth police officer told KnuckleHedz bar co-owner John DesMarais on Tuesday to remove patrons from the outside patio because he has not secured proper permits.

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The Tri-City economy has taken another hard punch. A Somersworth manufacturer is closing its doors and 91 jobs will be lost.

The city's recreation director position would be eliminated, a foreign language would not be taught at the middle school, class sizes would increase - and the property tax rate would rise at least 94 cents - if the City Council approves the proposed fiscal 2010 city and school budgets without any changes.

Has the economy forced you to cancel that overseas trip? You can still go around the world by driving around the corner on Saturday, June 20.

Bail was reduced this week for the woman charged with scalding her 4-month-old cousin on the condition she surrender any child care certificates to the county attorney's office.

The risk of developing Lou Gehrig's Disease is 25 times higher than the norm for people who live around Mascoma Lake, according to researchers studying the possibility of a link between lake bacteria and neurological illness.