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PORTSMOUTH - Catch glimpses of long-dead sea captains, 17th-century shopkeepers and wayward pirates as they haunt the streets of Portsmouth's oldest neighborhood during the annual Ghosts on the Banke event at Strawbery Banke Museum.Tickets to the family-friendly Halloween celebration from 5:30...

Eduardo Nunez slammed a three-run pinch hit homer and Andrew Benintendi collected four hits to power the Boston Red Sox to a 8-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game One of the World Series on Tuesday.

David Pastrnak scored two goals and had two assists, and Patrice Bergeron added a goal and two assists to help the visiting Boston Bruins defeat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 Tuesday night.

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to put together a few recipes suitable for a frightful feast.

From carnivals to fairs, the candy-covered apple is one of those quintessential festival treats and, along with candy corn, a Halloween staple. Take a crisp apple and swirl it with a coating of rich caramel, or dip it in a pot of molten sugar as shiny and red as a new sports car.

We were smitten with the Saddle Up Saloon as soon as we walked in the door.

Two teams from the Portsmouth Police Department took on city councilors and a group from Calypso Communications during a tricycle race Tuesday afternoon.

Selling the lifestyle offered by the City on the Lakes is among the keys to attracting a skilled workforce, the state's commissioner of business and economic affairs told community leaders Tuesday.

Lengthened by a weather delay that lasted more than 150 minutes, the first Division III field hockey semifinal between Hopkinton and Gilford took many twists and turns.

This year's population appears to be at its highest since turkey restoration began in the 1960s ' due in part to a good hatching season in the spring, according to Ted Walski, turkey project biologist for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

Trinity is on to the Division III quarterfinals following Tuesday's 5-1 win over Hillsboro-Deering at Derryfield Park.

GOV. CHRIS SUNUNU'S campaign slogan ' 'New Hampshire is back' ' is nonsensical. It is based on a falsehood that New Hampshire was ailing when he became governor, and that he has cured us.

LAST WEDNESDAY I was walking briskly toward Penn Station in New York and I tripped and took a nosedive, made a three-point landing, rolled onto my side, and within three seconds, three passersby stopped and asked, 'Are you okay?'

To the Editor: Outside groups, along with an unelected 'regional' commission that you never knew existed are exerting an inordinate influence on our Master Plan update process. These are mostly private entities and hence, unaccountable.

WAS THE ASSASSINATION of JFK by Lee Harvey Oswald still getting as much media coverage three weeks after his death as it did that first week after Nov. 22, 1963? Not as I recall.

Protecting the integrity of New Hampshire's elections ought to be every citizen's business.

To the editor: The residents of Bedford should re-elect Bart Fromuth to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

People with gender issues clearly have a lot to deal with and we wish them all the best in so doing. But when activists attempt to push a transgender and overtly sexual agenda onto the public through our children, it is time to call them to account.

NEWINGTON - Work being done to help animals and birds living at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge was highlighted by officials Monday morning.

A medical malpractice trial against Southern New Hampshire Health came to a halt on Monday after both sides reached an undisclosed settlement.