Manchester News

Parents of students attending Webster Elementary School went before members of the Board of School Committee Monday night expressing support for principal Sarah Lynch, who hasn't been seen at the school since late last month.

School board members voted Monday night to approve the curriculum for a new partnership between the school district and Velcro Companies, which could result in paid internships and possible jobs for Manchester students.

THE DRAMA began minutes after an emotional loss in the Super Bowl. It officially ended Sunday at Gillette Stadium.

The Pinkerton Academy of Derry volleyball team continued its undefeated start to the season with a three-set win over Winnacunnet of Hampton at Hackler Gymnasium on Monday. The Astros 4-0 cruised in all three games for the sweep, winning 25-14, 25-12 and 25-19.

A loss stings, but a double-overtime loss after dominating your opponent everywhere but the scoreboard is dizzying. The Bulldogs didn't change their tune following their loss at Hanover on Friday and staying the course translated into a 3-0 victory over Pinkerton Monday. Austin Edwards was the catalyst for the Bulldogs with his hat trick while the...

More than one-third of U.S. Army soldiers who attempt suicide don't have a history of mental health problems, a recent study suggests.

After a week with a dry cough, 16-year-old Ian McCracken started experiencing middle-of-the-night coughing fits so severe, he couldn't talk. He returned home from his first trip to the urgent care clinic in mid-July with an inhaler and a five-day course of steroids.

An increasing proportion of U.S. women are experiencing serious and potentially life-threatening complications while giving birth, government researchers report.

Earwax, of all things, poses unrecognized risk in long-term care

Police say a Barrington woman was killed Monday after crashing her car on Route 125 near Abenaki Trail.

Florence, the most powerful storm to menace the U.S. mainland this year, intensified into a Category 4 hurricane as it howled closer to the Carolinas on Monday, prompting evacuations of more than 1 million people to higher ground.

The fate of the building that once housed the Nashua Program at Brentwood is still up in the air as school officials must decide what to do with the newly acquired property.

South Florida's ethnic diversity will play a key role in an ambitious, five-year medical research effort aimed at making treatments and drugs more effective by tailoring them to the lifestyles, genetics and environment of individual patients.

To the Editor: With Labor Day in our rearview, it's on to the 2018 primary for state and federal offices. I, for one, am doing my own personal vetting of the candidates. One thing I do know is who I will not be voting for.

TAXES ARE A DIRTY word that neither political party wants to be accused of supporting. To avoid being labeled tax and spenders, politicians have been very creative in finding ways to provide tax benefits to politically-favored industries without directly raising taxes. They often do it by increasing your electricity rates.

It was 17 years ago today that four hijacked airliners crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, into the Pentagon, and into a Pennsylvania field. We said we would never forget.

To the Editor: The notion of keeping 'in production' local generation capacity is not without merit however the biomass legislation vetoed by Gov. Chris Sununu includes an overlooked 'Christmas Tree' provision adding a privately-owned waste incinerator in Penacook.

Comcast has connected residential customers to service in Rochester, creating the first competitive cable market in New Hampshire.

Nicotine and other chemicals exhaled by e-cigarette smokers can move through air vents, leaving residue on surfaces in other locations, a new study found.