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In response to an apparent rat infestation in and around the area of Laurier and Davignon streets, the Goffstown Building and Health Department is in the process of putting together an informational mailer for residents on how to avoid further attraction of the unwanted visitors.

Two new businesses are moving into the Apple Tree Mall, a shopping plaza that recently came under new ownership.

On Wednesday, members of the military, elected officials, and local citizens gathered to commemorate the ribbon cutting of the New Hampshire Army National Guard's newest Field Maintenance Shop FMS on Hooksett Road.

A local insurance executive and the Londonderry Police Department are teaming up with Prosciutto's Pizza to encourage kids to wear helmets when they ride bicycles.

At the beginning of the month, the town's Department of Public Works announced that the brush pile at the transfer station would close until further notice, but reopened it briefly on Aug. 16, 17 and 18 before closing it again.

I LAY ON A COUCH at a clinic last week, watching my echocardiogram on a screen, and made a firm resolution, the 10th or 12th in the past couple years, to buckle down and tend to business, fight off distraction and focus on the immediate task, walk briskly half an hour a day, eat green leafy vegetables, drink more liquids, and finish the projects...

To the Editor: When two or more people get together, be it on a bus ride, a social gathering, a playing field, or a work or family setting, there is always politics because there are various issues to be addressed. Each of us human beings are unique and with this diversity comes strength and various ways of approaching life.

In my backyard I've seen waddling woodchucks, a trio of foreboding fishers, a plump skunk in the mid-morning, Cooper's hawks, a colony of angry bumblebees, and an alleged rabid raccoon. Each time I shuddered with fear.

A BUSY WEEKEND lies ahead for short track fans with many special events and pivotal divisional championship action. Most tracks will race on their customary weekly night while Claremont and Thunder Road offer extra-distance touring events Sunday.

ARE THOSE WHO question the severity of global warming worse than Nazis? I wouldn't think so, but YouTube, owned by Google, seems to.

New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald has rejected requests by media and a civil liberties groups to disclose a statwide list of police officers with credibility issues.

There are more dead squirrels than usual along New Hampshire roads.

The 100 Nights of Remembrance season is drawing to a close, with the annual ending ceremony coming up at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m.

The developers for a proposed mixed-use project that could bring 120 apartments into town are defending their preliminary plans.

As the school district moves forward with a plan to resolve numerous deficiencies at three middle schools, a city-owned parcel is being eyed to potentially house a future school.

A lawyer for the Greater Derry Humane Society says an agreement has been reached with a woman whose dogs were seized by Derry police in 2015, but it appears the legal fight over ownership isn't over yet.

The toughest opponent for a college football team to prepare for? It's often the Week 1 opponent.

The Manchester VA invites community care providers to its Office of Community Care Provider Education and Claim Reimbursement Summit on Thursday, Sept. 6, to help streamline collaborative efforts.

THE MANCHESTER VA is experiencing unprecedented development and community collaboration making now a truly exciting time to join the team. The VA is building new services and with that comes a need for additional professionals.

The Wounded Warrior Project has been coming to North Beach in Hampton for years for an annual event that American Legion Post 35 has hosted, called Hit the Beach this year, Hit the Beach XI with Post 35 is taking place Friday, Aug. 31.