Manchester News

A local artist and state representative was almost the victim of an elaborate art scheme, but his wife, the bookkeeper, was able to foil the scammer.

Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire were ranked first, second and third, respectively, as the best states in the nation for quality health care and access to it, according to a WalletHub analysis of 50 states and the District of Columbia. The study analyzes 40 measures of cost, accessibility and outcomes.

The New Hampshire High Tech Council is looking for people to compete in its annual TechOut event with a 300,000 investment pool to be given out to startup winners.

THE PROPOSED construction of 165 apartment units in southeastern Manchester off Lucas Road raises an issue that Manchester and other communities in New Hampshire are grappling with: How does a community best balance competing interests in making decisions regarding growth and development?

AL NETTEL was the first real news reporter to speak to me in the Union Leader newsroom. That was well more than 50 years ago.

FOR THREE YEARS, I wrote a column for the Concord Monitor, which usually ran on Sundays.

A juror who helped convict Richard Moore in the 2016 murder of a Danville woman got a startling surprise in the mail: a letter from the killer asking why the jury found him guilty and offering evidence he claims proves his innocence.

As investigators try to piece together the life of the man accused of murdering Carol Felides in June and setting her mobile home on fire, the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit has now hung posters around town seeking more information about Webber's whereabouts.

Fire personnel rescued two teenage boys who fell into the water off the Wiswall Falls Mill Site on the Lamprey River Monday afternoon.

A retired Epping fire chief sprang into action Sunday to save a boy clinging to a tree after he was nearly swept away in the swollen Lamprey River.

MANCHESTER - Police called to an Agnes Street apartment Friday that should have been vacant address Friday found three people inside, as well as drugs and a loaded gun, police said.After being called to 235 Agnes St. by the landlord, police opened the door at about 8:20 a.m. and found William Fitzpatrick, 35, no fixed address,...

North Country state Sen. Jeff Woodburn is resigning his position as leader of the Democratic minority in the state Senate in the wake of his arrest last week on domestic violence charges.

A 21-year veteran of the city police department is under investigation by local and federal authorities for unspecified wrongdoing, police officials announced Monday afternoon, the third officer in seven months to face a criminal probe.

MERRIMACK - A local man was held on 50,000 cash bail after being arrested on domestic violence assault and other charges Sunday evening.Eric Dearborn, 28, is accused of putting his hands around his victim's neck, grabbing her hair and wrists and sitting on her to prevent her from leaving her...

A Manchester High School Central counselor whose job involved using healthy lifestyles to discourage drug use died Sunday night from injuries she received while bicycling two weeks ago in Bedford, according to friends and co-workers.

The Raymond Education Association is continuing its fight to keep a kindergarten teacher who was let go at the same time she was recognized for her dedication to teaching.

Manchester Police responded to the area of Spruce Street and Maple Street just before 11 p.m. Sunday night to investigate a report of shots fired.

With a portfolio of national brands, Tracy Tilson has come back home to New Hampshire ' seasonally ' and later this month she will open a satellite office of her Boca Raton, Fla.-based public relations company in a 130-year old one room schoolhouse.

Union Leader StaffFRANCONIA - A Connecticut woman who became ill while hiking Franconia Ridge had to shelter overnight before a rescue team could reach her and carry her back to the trailhead, state Fish and Game officials said Monday.Sarah Yankee, 39, of East Haddam, Conn., called for...

Bridges already have been updated to accommodate four lanes, but about 15 miles of the highway on each side will be built with three lanes and shoulders. Another roughly 8 feet of pavement will need to be added later to fit a fourth lane. Fourth-lane construction could start next year and be completed by the September 2020 timetable.