603-432-3211
Manchester News
UnionLeader.com delivers the lastest news, sports and opinion in New Hampshire.
Updated: 6 years 8 weeks ago
A call to vote
To the Editor: Silence is not always golden. As an immigrant from Germany, I have been exposed to European history since my early childhood.
Categories: Manchester News
Claremont woman dumps boyfriend's car in Conn. River, goes on shopping spree with his credit cards, say police
Woman wanted for sinking boyfriend's car into river and using his credit cards for shopping spree.
Categories: Manchester News
Texan who published 3-D guns plans jailed on sex assault charge
A Texas man running a 3-D printed guns company was booked into a Houston jail on a charge of sexual assault on Sunday after Taiwanese officials sent him back to the United States, where he is accused of having sex with an underage girl.
Categories: Manchester News
Kyle Busch advances in NASCAR Playoffs
On a night of important milestones, in a car hastily repaired after a brush with the wall during qualifying, Kyle Busch held off Kevin Harvick to win Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway to advance to the second round of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Categories: Manchester News
Lions top struggling Patriots for Patricia's first win
Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes while leading a ball-control attack, and the Detroit Lions handed former New England defensive coordinator Matt Patricia his first head coaching victory by defeating the visiting Patriots 26-10 on Sunday.
Categories: Manchester News
Serious injuries in separate off-road vehicle crashes Sunday
Conservation officers say two people suffered serious injuries in accidents involving an all-terrain vehicle and trail bike in Gorham and Berlin on Sunday.
Categories: Manchester News
Lawsuit alleges store discriminated against job applicant because she has autism
A federal lawsuit filed in Concord claims a woman was denied a sales job at a Party City location in Nashua, after a store manager realized she has autism.
Categories: Manchester News
Debt keeps many students at work instead of in a classroom
Haunted by costly degrees and insurmountable student debt, American college students now spend more time working paid jobs than in lectures, the library or studying at home.
Categories: Manchester News
White House, Kavanaugh deny magazine's account of sexual misconduct by a second accuser
White House, Kavanaugh deny magazine's account of sexual misconduct by a second accuser
Categories: Manchester News
Another View -- Tony LaCasse: We're trying to learn from whales washing up on NH beaches
MOVING A DEAD whale is an unusual challenge. After last week's news coverage about the minke whale in Rye, the New England Aquarium, one of the oldest marine animal rescue organizations in the world, wanted to add some additional perspective.
Categories: Manchester News
N.H. internet business faces uncertainty and possible closure if sales tax protections aren't passed
A small business that uses software to broker rare coin and stamp sales on eBay is worried the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair may put him out of business if Congress doesn't pass a fix.
Categories: Manchester News
Natural gas disaster
To the Editor: The natural gas disaster that struck Massachusetts was a mere 30 miles south of Liberty Utilities' proposed Granite Bridge Pipeline. Nearly simultaneously, dozens of homes exploded with 60 to 90 fires erupting in the communities of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. More than 8,000 people were evacuated from their homes.
Categories: Manchester News
NH Business Newsmakers: Bank of NH promotes Zafirson
Bank of New Hampshire promoted William 'Bill' Zafirson to executive vice president-chief retail lending officer.
Categories: Manchester News
Two by two, with the snakes included too
MEREDITH mdash Noahrsquos Ark toys have a long tradition in American culture and were among the most popular childrenrsquos playthings of the 19th century in Europe and the U.S. Nearly every Victorian family of means had one and generations of children were endeared by the story of a man, a boat and...
Categories: Manchester News
Shaheen's Kavanaugh excuses
To the Editor: I received the excuse from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen explaining why she is voting against Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. It demonstrates an inability to think for herself.
Categories: Manchester News
Jack Falvey's Investor Education Briefs: Automating a mess makes a bigger mess
Be careful what you wish for. Our age of technology is a blessing, but it comes complete with its own set of speed bumps in the electronic super highway.
Categories: Manchester News
NH Senior Notes: OLLI to present its 'Fall into the City' annual celebration
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College will host its 'Fall into the City ' The Annual Celebration of OLLI' from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Falls Event Center, 21 Front St.
Categories: Manchester News
Roger Brown's State of Sports: Road race honors memory of Luke Capistran
WE LEAD OFF this week's column with an important reminder that the Hillside Middle School Builders Club is sponsoring the Luke Capistran 5K on Saturday 10 a.m. at Manchester's Derryfield Park.
Categories: Manchester News
For digital nomads, work is where the laptop is
Gwendolyn DaSilva rises at 5 a.m. to teach English to Chinese children from a small office just off her kitchen in Colombia. Through an online teaching portal, she gives one-hour private lessons for about four hours to children ages 5 to 12, and then she walks to a coffee shop to spend most of the day blogging about Medellin and travel.
Categories: Manchester News
Know the Law: Applying for a STEM extension
Question: I have a student visa and I am working in Optional Practical Training OPT after receiving my master's degree. I would like to apply for a STEM extension, but my master's degree is not a STEM degree. I think my bachelor's degree in economics is a STEM degree, but my undergraduate school is saying that that my degree's Classification of...
Categories: Manchester News