News

A Lisbon man pleaded guilty Thursday to his part in the theft of the town police chief's personal ATV and also entered into an agreement with the state that directs him and two other men to pay nearly 70,000 in restitution for damage caused in three camper break-ins.

City smokers under the age of 21 could soon be out of luck, or at least find themselves shopping out of town after a committee voted to push forward on a proposal to increase the minimum tobacco purchasing age from 18 to 21.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday accused Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk of fraud and sought to ban him as a director of a public company, saying he made a series of 'false and misleading' tweets about potentially taking the electric car company private.

To the Editor: Having retired from a 30-year career in public school teaching, I can't think for the life of me why anyone would want to destroy such a good thing.

For his top-10 finish in the Stroke Play and winning the Junior Championship, SamBarton was selected as the August Apple Therapy Ser ServicesBedford Ambulatory Surgical CenterExpress MED Athlete of the Month by the New Hampshire Union Leader Board of Judges.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned members of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that they must 'set the example' by enforcing sanctions on North Korea as China and Russia suggested the council consider easing the tough measures.

President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the probe into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, agreed to delay a planned meeting until next week so as not to interfere with a Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the White House said on Thursday.

Liberty Utilities announced Thursday it is proposing a new renewable natural gas production facility at a privately owned Bethlehem landfill that it says will lower gas bills for New Hampshire customers starting next summer.We intend for this project to be the first of many in New Hampshire, and Liberty Utilities...

Richard Brunt, 74, appeared in a Manchester courtroom Thursday, but not for the 1984 cold case killing he is suspected of.

It took a jury about 20 minutes to find a Rye man not guilty of reckless conduct in the shooting death of a dog that had attacked his dog in the Rye town forest last year.

Fighting to salvage his U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied on Thursday a university professor's accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago and complained about a political hit after she told a dramatic Senate hearing she was 100 percent certain he did it.8232

CONCORD ' Merrimack County prosecutors have decided not to pursue criminal charges against four men accused of causing a riot at a Concord wedding earlier this year.

Federal agents Thursday held another roadblock on Interstate 93 in Woodstock as 16 drug cases from a similar operation little more than a year ago were tossed.

MANCHESTER ' School officials remain silent on what led to Webster Elementary School Principal Sarah Lynch being placed on administrative leave just before the start of school this month, prompting pleas by staff that she be reinstated ' with one claiming Lynch suffered a 'neurological disorder' after an incident with a...

HANCOCK - A Jaffrey man was taken to a Massachusetts hospital in critical condition after being involved in a two-vehicle crash in a construction site on Route 202 Wednesday, police said.Dennis Campbell, 63, was headed south on Route 202 in the work zone near Forest Road about 1:55 p.m. when he encountered a marked flagger who was...

NASHUA ' Four city residents and another from Hudson have been arrested on drug-related charges as part of the Granite Shield operation, police have announced.

MANCHESTER - A city man faces criminal threatening and other charges after police said he threatened a pawn shop employee with a knife Wednesday, punched the employee and broke a window at the shop.Police were called to Manchester Pawn, 361 Elm St., about 10 a.m., where the 60-year-old victim told them that James Klimavich, 47,...

A city man faces charges after police said he bit off another man's finger during a fight inside an Elm Street bar Wednesday night.8232

NASHUA - A convicted sex offenders was arrested Wednesday evening on a charge of indecent exposure and lewdness after being picked up by Merrimack police on a warrant for the Class A felony charge, police said.Lawrence Larocque, 50, of Lawrence, Mass., is accused of exposing himself to a juvenile female he knew in the fall of...

Why did a Londonderry company decide to relocate to Andover, Mass.? According to Disco Hi-Tec America area manager Bill Gilmore, it was all about commuter rail.