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IT IS A PRUDENTIAL axiom: If it isn't broken, don't fix it. This reflects the awareness that things can always be made worse, and the law of unintended consequences, which is that they often are larger than and contrary to intended ones. As baseball reaches the all-star break amid lamentations about several semi-broken aspects of it, it is time to...

OF PRESIDENT Donald Trump's explosion at Angela Merkel's Germany during the NATO summit, it needs to be said: It is long past time we raised our voices.

Police are asking for help in locating Skyler Heselton, 16.

After receiving an advisory opinion from the New Hampshire Supreme Court finding the bill to be constitutional, I signed HB 1264 into law this past Friday. New Hampshire will now align with virtually every other state in requiring residency in order to vote.

A state police helicopter seen hovering over an area near the McDonald's on Portsmouth Avenue Wednesday was part of the investigation into the alleged murder of a woman found dead after a mobile home fire last month.

A civil warrant for the arrest of New Hampshire mortgage broker Michael Gill has expired.

The search for a 32-year-old female kayaker whom authorities said fell into the Piscataquog River and didn't resurface will resume this morning, but authorities are terming it a recovery effort after rescuers failed to find her Thursday night.

Matt Paradis, of Concord Country Club, will face Carter Country Club of Lebanon's Pat Pelletier in the 36-hole championship match of the 115th edition of the State Am today at 8 a.m. at Hanover Country Club.

The 37th New Hampshire Open starts today at the Waterville Valley Tennis Center with a field that includes the defending champion, a former winner and some Granite State talent.

Serena, Kerber set to clash in Wimbledon final

Whlle just about everything is going right for the Red Sox these days, they opened their four-game pre-All-Star series with the Blue Jays Thursday night with a problem. The infield.

The Hooksett Garden Club's next meeting on Wednesday, July 25, will feature a program on container gardening by the club's president, Ron Trexler. The program is free and open to the public.

Crescencio Tellez can't wait to show off some of his new dishes at Dover Dines Restaurant Week.

Losing a major NASCAR race in September at the Loudon speedway doesn't automatically make its July race a sellout.

A man who attempted to gouge out a Lebanon police officer's eye while resisting arrest pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of simple assault, enhanced penalty, and was sentenced to between 2 12 to 5 years in New Hampshire State Prison.

Seven fast food chains have agreed to drop 'no-poaching' clauses that bar employees from switching between company franchises, agreeing to end a practice critics say drags down wages for millions of workers amid scrutiny from state authorities and federal lawmakerse.

As if it's not bad enough that the Massachusetts Constitution still includes amendments rooted in the anti-Catholic bigotry of the 19th century, we now learn that the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education DESE is using the amendments to deny hundreds of millions of federal dollars' worth of special education services to students...

To the Editor: The town of Wentworth recently installed the elaborate iron railings that graced the former steel truss bridge that once stood in the town as safety railings.

To the Editor: George Washington was a remarkably talented and courteous man. He was a commanding leader, and to him character and civility mattered.

As American civil discourse devolves into mob rule, the received wisdom is that Democrats and Republicans are equally to blame for verbally abusive political rhetoric, in-your-face tactics, and genuine violence. 'Both sides do it,' the argument goes. Rubbish.