Manchester News

The New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether a law that allows for apportionment of fault in civil lawsuits applies in contract claims. The question arose in a product liability suit filed by a Laconia man who was blinded in one eye as a result of a fireworks accident.

SANDOWN ' A 32-year-old Sandown woman suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries after her All-Terrain Vehicle rolled on top of her Wednesday afternoon, according to Fish and Game officials.

Officials with the state's Department of Transportation have a message for drivers in New Hampshire after an historic covered bridge was hit by a truck for the second time this month. Pay attention.

A heavy equipment mechanic working for California fire authorities and assigned to the Carr wildfire was killed on Thursday as a result of traffic accident, officials said, bringing the death toll from that blaze to eight.

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are near an incentive-laden adjustment to his 2018 contract that lifts the five-time Super Bowl champion's compensation toward current market value at the quarterback position.

CHICAGO - The U.S. economy is performing 'very well' with continued growth clearing the way for one or two more interest rate hikes in 2018, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Thursday in an interview in which he dismissed earlier worries about weak inflation.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw its bid to become a nationwide powerhouse collapse after its would-be partner, Tribune Media Co., withdrew from a planned 3.9 billion merger that drew the ire of regulators.Tribune blamed Sinclair and filed a 1 billion lawsuit that claimed the broadcaster x201cengaged in belligerent and...

Staff reportGILSUM - Family-owned W.S. Badger Co., which makes body-care products, is promoting the next generation of leaders, naming two daughters of founder and CEO Bill Whyte as co-CEOs.Emily Schwerin-Whyte and Rebecca Hamilton are the daughters of Whyte...

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire has reached a compromise with the town of Salem over a lawsuit seeking information related to ongoing criminal cases. The ACLU filed its response Wednesday, agreeing to drop its Right-to-Know lawsuit and 'resolve the permissibility' of a court-ordered gag order, including the question...

Recently updated plans took a single structure that would have housed a cinema and bowling alley and split it into two buildings. The gap between them will be a courtyard used for outdoor shows such as music concerts, festivals and other forms of family-friendly entertainment. It can also be used as a skating rink with a Christmas tree in the...

A rodent found sliding through a hole in a ceiling tile and then dangling by its hind legs outside the payroll office at the 130-year-old Newton Town Hall caused quite a stir this week as employees scrambled to catch the critter in between screams and laughter.

Budweiser Brewery Experience, 221 Daniel Webster Highway, will host a backyard celebration of The King of Beers ' and the community in which it's brewed ' on Saturday.

Christopher Collins, a Republican U.S. congressman from New York who was one of President Donald Trump's earliest supporters, was criminally charged on Wednesday with taking part in an insider trading scheme involving an Australian biotechnology company on whose board he served.

Data and analytics company Dun Bradstreet Corp said on Wednesday it would be acquired by a group of investors led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, for 5.38 billion in cash.

Drug store chain Rite Aid Corp and U.S. grocer Albertsons Companies Inc agreed to terminate their merger agreement, the companies said on Wednesday, a little over 10 days after a shareholder advisory firm opposed the deal.

To the Editor: We applaud the workforce diversity efforts initiated by the business community, including Eversource, and Will Arvelo, New Hampshire's director of economic development.

Phil Smalley woke up last Friday in a panic. By the end of the day, he was all smiles.