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My friend's bracelet has her name, her dogs' names, phone numbers of two people to contact in case of emergency, and the line Please care for my dogs.

It's the kind of place where you'll likely run into friends and neighbors with insight to share on everything from the weather to what's on the Town Meeting docket.

U.S. retail sales rose by less than forecast in August following an upwardly revised July gain as purchases of automobiles and clothing fell, suggesting households took a breather from spending.The value of overall sales climbed 0.1 percent from the prior month after a 0.7 percent increase in July, Commerce Department figures showed...

Kensington's town employees were expected to be paid on time Friday after a judge took the unusual step of appointing two new selectmen following this week's resignations of the entire select board.

Accused killer Paul Dimick was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed a man a week ago at a Manchester trap house ' slang for an apartment frequented by drug users, according to a friend who showed on his behalf for a court arraignment.

Fire departments from across southern New Hampshire sent crews over the border to Massachusetts Thursday after dozens of fires and gas explosions were reported in Lawrence, North Andover and Andover.

A new report from Trulia says households headed by seniors are delaying downsizing.

The Manchester Rotary Club's 2018 'Cruising Downtown' annual classic car show raised 55,000 to support youth activities in Greater Manchester.

A Belknap County jury has convicted an Alton man of reckless conduct for blowing fentanyl into the air and exposing a nearby police officer to the potential risk of serious injury.

An octogenarian former New England mob boss was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday as the grown children of a nightclub owner he was convicted of murdering in 1993 accused him of devastating their lives and being 'pure evil.'

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday turned back an aggressive challenge from actress and activist Cynthia Nixon in the race for the Democratic nomination for November's general election.

President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed Puerto Rico's official death toll of 3,000 from hurricanes last year and accused Democrats of inflating the figure reached in an independent academic study.

The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday set a vote for next week on President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court pick while a Democratic senator sent unspecified new information about nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI.

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is close to reaching a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller but an agreement has not been concluded, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Officials from Portsmouth Regional Hospital hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a new freestanding emergency room they are building in Dover on Thursday afternoon.

The University of New Hampshire held its first CEO Forum of the academic year Thursday morning and Trevor Hughes was the keynote speaker.

The Rochester Grange is holding a food and goods drive for the Homeless Center for Strafford County.

DOVER - Dover officials have accepted a grant from Stonyfield in Londonderry to help them move toward organic land management practices on all public land.

A homeless man pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaking into a Littleton church and eating a piece of cake in the kitchen before causing nearly 7,000 in damage to the church.

A 21-year-old Plymouth man will serve 12 months in the Grafton County House of Corrections for striking an Ashland police officer with his car last summer and leading him on a drunken pursuit that ended with a head-on crash with a pickup truck.