News

Safe Stations seen as model way to help win opioid fight

Manchester News - Fri, 10/26/2018 - 01:32
With other states watching to see how New Hampshire combats the opioid crisis using the Safe Stations approach, organizers of the program say there is still a lot to be done to make it more successful here at home.
Categories: Manchester News

NH Club News: Plymouth Rotary Club's penny sale next week

Manchester News - Fri, 10/26/2018 - 01:32
The Plymouth Rotary Club is gearing up for its 68th annual penny sale at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Plymouth Regional High School, 86 Old Ward Bridge Road.
Categories: Manchester News

College Football: 'Cats 'playing for each other' now

Manchester News - Fri, 10/26/2018 - 01:32
For the first time in 15 seasons, the University of New Hampshire football team can not use the pursuit of a playoff berth as motivation at this point in the year.
Categories: Manchester News

Bay State credit union looks for growth across NH border

Manchester News - Fri, 10/26/2018 - 01:32
Merrimack Valley Credit Union is growing, and officials hope to expand further into New Hampshire during the next few years.
Categories: Manchester News

Trump says he's taking 'revolutionary' action to lower drug prices

Manchester News - Fri, 10/26/2018 - 01:32
President Donald Trump took his boldest action yet to lower drug prices, saying his administration is moving to stop 'global freeloading' by foreign nations when it comes to the price that Americans pay for prescription drugs. The announcement is a sign that the President and his aides are seeking to shift the focus to health care two...
Categories: Manchester News

Water sources at city schools mistakenly turned on before lead remediation completed

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 19:14
School officials notified parents this week that drinking fountains and sinks at nine city schools ' shut off two years ago after water testing showed lead levels higher than acceptable limits ' were mistakenly turned back on before remediation efforts and additional testing was completed.
Categories: Manchester News

Manchester cruiser crashed another officer injured during foot pursuit

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 19:02
The series of incidents began about 4:45 p.m. in the area of Flaherty Lane and Schuyler Street. Police say a city man, Leonardo Rosario, 43, drove away in a gold Honda during a motor vehicle stop. Officer Lisa Callahan pursued the vehicle.
Categories: Manchester News

Some Danville selectmen deny that proposal to get rid of budget committee is a 'power grab'

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 14:16
The chairman of the Danville Board of Selectmen insists that the board's proposed warrant article asking voters to eliminate the Budget Committee is not a 'power grab' as one budget committee member has alleged.
Categories: Manchester News

Epping man charged with DWI after dump truck flips at Stratham traffic circle

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 13:15
A dump truck driver was charged with drunk driving Thursday morning after his rig plowed through a guardrail and signs, flipped onto its side and spilled a load of sand at the Stratham Traffic Circle.
Categories: Manchester News

State Sen. Woodburn's accuser says she was forced to resign her post

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 12:45
The woman who claimed state Sen. Jeff Woodburn repeatedly assaulted her has stepped down as chairman of the Coos County Democratic Committee after her lawyer maintained she was given the choice of backing Woodburn's election or resigning her post.
Categories: Manchester News

Jaffrey man convicted in 2011 of sexual assault of young relative wins new trial

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 12:25
CONCORD - A Jaffrey man convicted in 2011 of repeatedly raping a young relative will receive a new trial after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that his attorney did not provide a competent defense.It was the second time the state's highest court heard an appeal from Jason Wilbur regarding his case. In 2012, the Supreme...
Categories: Manchester News

NH Business Newsreel: Sen. Hassan to host entrepreneurship forum

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 12:05
U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan will host an Innovate NH Entrepreneurship Forum on Nov. 13 at Manchester Community College. Workshops topics include learning to fund an idea seeking out resources creating a business plan rural entrepreneurship managing social media and women business ownership.
Categories: Manchester News

Man shot dead in Wolfeboro was under house arrest

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 10:27
The man who was shot to death and woman who was critically wounded at a 10 Lakeview Drive home on Sunday both were known to police.
Categories: Manchester News

Another wave of suspicious packages target Democrats, Trump critics

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 10:20
Authorities discovered another wave of suspicious packages on Thursday targeting high-profile Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump as a manhunt intensified for a serial bomber less than two weeks ahead of elections.
Categories: Manchester News

Red Sox edge Dodgers, 4-2, to take control of World Series

Manchester News - Thu, 10/25/2018 - 00:52
The Boston Red Sox used the highest-scoring offense in Major League Baseball and stellar pitching to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 and seize command of the World Series on Wednesday.
Categories: Manchester News

Firefighters' union chief call Baines' statements 'inaccurate'

Manchester News - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 23:41
Manchester firefighters are firing back after remarks by several aldermen last week critical of actions by their union, calling the statements 'inaccurate.'
Categories: Manchester News

Fire departments train for trench rescues as construction projects ramp up

Manchester News - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 23:21
With major construction projects like Woodmont Commons and Tuscan Village underway, fire departments are taking steps to prepare for trench and building collapse rescue operations.
Categories: Manchester News

Preservationists designate Manchester VA residence as 1 of 7 properties to protect

Manchester News - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 23:20
The architecturally unique manager's residence at the Manchester VA Medical Center ' which appears destined for a date with a bulldozer ' was included in the Seven to Save list by a state organization of historic preservationists last week.
Categories: Manchester News

NH has second-lowest youth obesity rate

Manchester News - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 23:20
New Hampshire had the second lowest youth obesity rates in the country, with roughly one out of 10 Granite State kids overweight, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported.
Categories: Manchester News

SB3 ruling confuses election officials just before midterms

Manchester News - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 23:20
A decision by Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brown to block the state from implementing its new election law has created confusion among election officials, according to the Attorney General, who filed motions at both the Superior Court and state Supreme Court seeking clarification of the ruling or a stay of the court's order.
Categories: Manchester News
 
Admin Login