Manchester News

New Hampshire's two Democratic senators made it official on Monday: They plan to vote against the confirmation of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court.

To the Editor: During my childhood, I spent many enjoyable family vacations visiting New Hampshire camping at White Lake State Park in Tamworth. I enjoyed New Hampshire so much that I attended Colby Sawyer College in New London and moved from Massachusetts to teach in Nashua and eventually became a principal at a small, rural elementary school in...

State officials last week outlined four proposals to maintain pedestrian and bicycle access over Little Bay that currently uses the rusting hulk of the General Sullivan Bridge.

WHEN I RAN for governor I made a promise to stand up and fight against New Hampshire's high electricity costs. I believe that the future of the New Hampshire Advantage depends on a low-cost energy system that is sustainable and provides reliability.

To the Editor: I hope to see more of Bernie Sanders expounding his socialist principles throughout the country on behalf of the Democratic Party. I would recommend that Bernie invite a contingent of Venezuelan legislators to the United States to share their stories of how that country has benefited from socialism.

THE ONLY THING more abundant on the sides of New Hampshire roads than dead squirrels are political signs.

WHEN CAMERAS at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing caught sight of a woman named Zina Bash, a Republican lawyer, with her arm resting in a position that allowed her index finger and thumb to almost touch ' a purportedly racist gesture ' a conspiracy theory broke out on social media, accusing Bash of signaling her support of white...

Commemorations and ceremonies to remember those who died in the 9-11 attacks in 2001 are scheduled throughout the state today.

A Sandown man was arrested for indecent exposure after he allegedly exposed himself while driving down a busy street on UNH's campus.

A former Exeter lawyer pleaded guilty Monday to charges he financially exploited an elderly woman.

Federal individual income tax cuts approved in December on a temporary basis would become permanent under a package of bills unveiled on Monday by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, although the outlook for passage was uncertain.

The White House said Monday that talks are underway with North Korea over setting up a second summit meeting between President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong Un, as the two sides seek to put stalled nuclear negotiations back on track.

An Exeter man pleaded guilty Friday to charges he was speeding and driving drunk when he crashed into a tree and killed his front seat passenger just hours after they attended a party to celebrate the life of another friend who had died from an overdose.

Manchester's police chief and superintendent of schools issued a joint letter Monday defending their decision to place Manchester High School Central into lockdown last Friday ' keeping students, teachers and other staff at the school until 7:45 p.m. ' after a man was shot and killed nearby on Hanover Street.

The Trump administration on Monday threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and said the PLO's office in Washington would be closed for seeking to punish Israel through the court.

Voting hours are from 6 a.m to 7 p.m.

The Mack Plaque matchup, albeit two weeks away, got a bit juicier in this week's New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll.

An estimated 180,000 New Hampshire voters will head to the polls Tuesday in primary elections to choose Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates for governor, Congress and state legislature. The winners will be on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 6.

Manchester police scurried from location to location on Monday, hoping to find Paul Dimick, who authorities say gunned down a man Friday and then apparently escaped a police perimeter set up for him in a center city neighborhood.

Merrimack Fire Rescue is mourning the loss of one of its most dedicated on-call volunteers, Paul Mondoux, 63, who was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday.