Manchester News

Serena, Kerber set to clash in Wimbledon final

Whlle just about everything is going right for the Red Sox these days, they opened their four-game pre-All-Star series with the Blue Jays Thursday night with a problem. The infield.

The Hooksett Garden Club's next meeting on Wednesday, July 25, will feature a program on container gardening by the club's president, Ron Trexler. The program is free and open to the public.

Crescencio Tellez can't wait to show off some of his new dishes at Dover Dines Restaurant Week.

Losing a major NASCAR race in September at the Loudon speedway doesn't automatically make its July race a sellout.

A man who attempted to gouge out a Lebanon police officer's eye while resisting arrest pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of simple assault, enhanced penalty, and was sentenced to between 2 12 to 5 years in New Hampshire State Prison.

Seven fast food chains have agreed to drop 'no-poaching' clauses that bar employees from switching between company franchises, agreeing to end a practice critics say drags down wages for millions of workers amid scrutiny from state authorities and federal lawmakerse.

As if it's not bad enough that the Massachusetts Constitution still includes amendments rooted in the anti-Catholic bigotry of the 19th century, we now learn that the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education DESE is using the amendments to deny hundreds of millions of federal dollars' worth of special education services to students...

To the Editor: The town of Wentworth recently installed the elaborate iron railings that graced the former steel truss bridge that once stood in the town as safety railings.

To the Editor: George Washington was a remarkably talented and courteous man. He was a commanding leader, and to him character and civility mattered.

As American civil discourse devolves into mob rule, the received wisdom is that Democrats and Republicans are equally to blame for verbally abusive political rhetoric, in-your-face tactics, and genuine violence. 'Both sides do it,' the argument goes. Rubbish.

Twelve boys and their adult coach trapped in a dank, oxygen-deprived cave in Thailand riveted the world's attention for two weeks. Why, people ask at times like this, are we so focused on these individuals when half a million Rohingya refugee children are in danger of starving on the Bangladesh border, or when 400,000 Yemeni children are severely...

We have often praised New Hampshire's political class for uniting across party lines to fight attempts by other states to force Granite State retailers to collect their taxes for them. Not so fast.

State police have released the identity of a man they say drowned in the Contoocook River in Penacook earlier this month.

Northern Pass officials plan to file an appeal with the state Supreme Court by an Aug. 13 deadline in an effort to jump-start a hydroelectric transmission project that a state committee denied.

New Police Chief Carlo Capano announced Thursday his pick for the No. 2 slot in the police department ' Ryan Grant, a police captain with more than 20 years of experience in the Manchester Police Department.

Lifeguards at Hampton Beach were keeping a close eye on people who turned out to play in the large waves Thursday.

A state police helicopter seen hovering over an area near the McDonald's on Portsmouth Avenue Wednesday was part of the investigation into the alleged murder of a woman found dead after a mobile home fire last month.

Some of the nation's most elite warriors will showcase their unique skills and readiness on Saturday during the annual Swim with a Mission open-water swim festival founded to both honor and support veterans.

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court put a huge crack in the Blaine Amendment. It is time to shatter it completely.