University of New Hampshire News

House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt resigned Sunday for the second time in three days, this time apologizing for misrepresenting his work.

A stranger convinced him to expose himself on a webcam and then blackmailed him to do "something bigger" by threatening to post the video on the Internet, court records show.

Courtesy of NASA This graphic shows where on Earth the Venus Transit will be visible.

In a May 11, 2012, opinion piece in the Seacoast Media Group newspapers, Maggie Hassan has completely distorted the facts about progress that has been made by the N.H. House and Senate to restore fiscal sanity since her years as Senate Majority Leader.

This is Alyssa Griggs' 2nd year with Rockport Dance Conservatory.A In the fall she will be attending University of New Hampshire and hopes to be an athletic training major! Good luck this afternoon Alyssa at your last performance with RDC! We love you!

Rachel L. Solomon of Lexington received a Master of Arts in Teaching from Quinnipiac University during a commencement ceremony held May 13 at the TD Bank Sports Center.

Rep. John Lewis will receive the last of five prestigious honorary degrees Sunday, this one coming from Brown University.

These students are likely just a handful of the many accomplished scholars from Braintree in high school or college.

Joe Peterson of Burlington is one of 10 University of New Hampshire students among nearly 570 students that sailed this spring with Semester at Sea, the U.S. shipboard program for study abroad.

Portsmouth-based software company QA Cafe will celebrate 10 years in business next month.

He says if the House majority leader fails to do so by noon on Sunday, he'll go public with documents he says show Bettencourt lied to officials at the University of New Hampshire law school.

Garrett Hendren, Mesilla Valley Christian boys basketball standout student athlete, has committed to play his collegiate basketball at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass.

Bettencourt was the youngest House Majority Leader in New Hampshire history when he was elected to the position before the 2011-2012 session at the age of 26.

Thumbs up to Portsmouth author and African American historian Valerie Cunningham for getting the statewide attention for her work that she so richly deserves.

Basking Ridge residents awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees from Quinnipiac University The following area residents graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Ct.

For High School seniors graduation is a big step towards adulthood; by the time those same kids graduate college they're ready to enter the "real world". We often get emails from colleges listing the recent grads from Hopkinton, but we're sure we're missing some.A Add a comment with the recent grads that you have that we didn't put in the list and ... (more)

Erica Siver , of Somers, graduated from the University of New Hampshire during the Commencement Ceremony held Saturday, May 19, on the Durham, NH campus.

Village Green Preschool, in Sterling, awarded its eighth annual scholarship to Connor Casey.

Robert and Carolyn Hackwell, of Hopkinton, supported Jon Huntsman in the New Hampshire primary.

In Leicester, up a rutted driveway off Route 7, Kevin New cobbled together a sugarhouse out of an old goat barn and plywood.