Manchester News

The name Anderson Valley may be a little less familiar to you, but it is a full-fledged American Viticultural Area, a coastal region some 80 miles north of San Francisco on that state's Western slope down to the ocean.

WITH A LAST MINUTE accusation of attempted sexual assault made by a woman he may or may not have known in high school, the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has blown up into the most important MeToo story of the year.

The allegations leveled at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by clinical psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford are serious. Serious people should take them seriously.

To the Editor: This year, a group of demonstrators will again be right outside of the Deerfield Fair on Saturday, Sept. 29 starting at noon to expose cruel pig scrambles. Why fairs insist on dragging on a tradition of cruelty to baby animals in 2018 is perplexing.

THERE ARE A FEW things I'm sure of in the latest, and worst, chapter in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga.

To the Editor: I'm so glad Molly Kelly crushed Steve Marchand. Marchand is one of the worst candidates I've ever seen.

To the Editor: As a former U.S. Navy enlisted man and naval officer who served on 13 ships, including destroyers, radar pickets, aircraft carriers, and auxiliary ships, I am concerned with the lack of readiness of the fleet.

To the Editor: This year, a group of demonstrators will again be right outside of the Deerfield Fair on Saturday, Sept. 29 starting at noon to expose cruel pig scrambles. Why fairs insist on dragging on a tradition of cruelty to baby animals in 2018 is perplexing.

A WHOLE STRING of perfect summery September days and we sit outdoors eating our broiled fish and cucumber salad and the last of the sweet corn crop while looking at news of people stranded in flooded towns in North Carolina, unable to evacuate because they are caring for an elderly bedridden relative.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that public defenders have to follow the same rules for collecting payment from poor people as prosecutors do when they want to collect fines levied by a judge.

State health officials have increased the number of confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease to 18, following an outbreak in Hampton this summer which left one person dead and 16 hospitalized.

A car struck a male pedestrian who was walking along the side of High Range Road just south of Shasta Drive, according to Battalion Chief Fred Heinrich of the Londonderry Fire Department.

The dozens of Labrador retrievers taken from a Marlborough man charged with animal cruelty earlier this summer have cost the Monadnock Humane Society at least 50,000 so far, and that figure could double before the case ends in court, said Kathy Collingsworth, the executive director for the Monadnock Humane Society.

History came alive for visitors to the Laconia Airport as the Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour displayed some of the most iconic aircraft of World War II.

Leaders of South and North Korea plan to announce steps aimed at rekindling stalled nuclear talks and deepening bilateral ties after they meet for a second day of summit talks on Wednesday in the North's capital Pyongyang.

The University of New Hampshire men's hockey team opens the season under first-year head coach Mike Souza in a little more than three weeks and Patrick Grasso can't wait.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States is considering a request from Poland for a permanent U.S. military presence in the fellow NATO country, acknowledging that he shares Poland's concerns about possible Russian aggression.

Russian officials Tuesday blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian military aircraft near Syria's Mediterranean coast that killed 15 people, even though the plane was shot down by Syrian air defenses.

A lawsuit brought by the state against pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma has received the green light to head to trial after a Merrimack County judge denied a request to dismiss the case.

Officials say no one was injured but a pet cat was killed and a home seriously damaged in a fire Tuesday afternoon on Pine Hill Road in Wolfeboro.