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A rodent found sliding through a hole in a ceiling tile and then dangling by its hind legs outside the payroll office at the 130-year-old Newton Town Hall caused quite a stir this week as employees scrambled to catch the critter in between screams and laughter.

Star government witness Rick Gates ended three days of testimony on Wednesday after admitting he lied, stole money and cheated on his wife, as lawyers for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort attacked his character.

MANCHESTER - Fifty gallons of pesticide spilled this morning when a True Green van carrying lawn chemicals rolled onto its side on Sheffield Road, Manchester fire officials said.No one was hurt in the accident, but initial reports had the pesticide - Bifenthrin - at a high enough...

A Newfound Regional High School guidance counselor has resigned after she and other educators came under fire for expressing support for a former counselor who sexually assaulted a student.

Summer's second heat wave ended Wednesday when temperatures failed to reach 90 for a fourth straight day, but high humidity triggered a strong round of storms at nightfall.

Beginning this fall, on-campus students at Southern New Hampshire University will be able to try out for a position on the school's new competitive eSports varsity program, the first program of its kind in the state.

SANDOWN ' A 32-year-old Sandown woman suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries after her All-Terrain Vehicle rolled on top of her Wednesday afternoon, according to Fish and Game officials.

Two Manchester police officers shot by a man with a history of mental illness have filed a lawsuit alleging that the New Hampshire Department of Safety and a Derry gun shop failed to do the proper background check to stop him from buying the gun used in the 2016 shooting.

The Bacon Brothers, featuring Kevin and Michael Bacon, are out promoting their seventh album, which came out this past June.

Budweiser Brewery Experience, 221 Daniel Webster Highway, will host a backyard celebration of The King of Beers ' and the community in which it's brewed ' on Saturday.

Dial into the New Hampshire Telephone Museum NHTM from 11:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday for its third annual Brews for Bell fundraiser.

A life-size bronze statue of cartoon character Archie Andrews, seated on a park bench, will be unveiled and dedicated to Meredith artist and resident Bob Montana at noon Thursday in Community Park on Main Street.

U2 tribute band Joshua Tree will play the Atlantic Grill Music by the Sea concert series on the lawn at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Seacoast Science Center, 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye.

A fan of musical comedy ' known only as 'Man in Chair' ' puts on his favorite record, the original cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical called 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' and in an instant the record comes magically to life.

Enlist friends, family and co-workers in a brain-power Game Show Nite from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at SEE Science Center, 200 Bedford St., Manchester.

The Barnstormers Theatre opens its production of Agatha Christie's thriller 'And Then There Were None' Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Opera North's production of 'Tales of Hoffman' is in its final performances.

A free Family Fun Day at the Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the meadow by Shannon Pond.

Before heading off to Neverland with 'Peter Pan' at the Palace Theatre later this month, bring the family on a trip to Oz.

Scott Weintraub still remembers it as an inspiring time ' a burgeoning period for Portsmouth's performing arts scene.