5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (781+ words) Books defined Michelle Williams Buckman’s childhood in Nashua. Her mother, Diane, was a reading specialist who retired from the Nashua School District with 40 years of experience in public education. She’d spent the first tender, formative years of her daughters’ lives…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (437+ words) There’s a three-way race in the Republican Party for sheriff in Merrimack County. Frank Cassidy is seeking a second chance to win the office, competing in the party primary with Jason Gerhard and Ben Weir. Pete Shephard, a former Boscawen…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (412+ words) I never expected to say this, but it is time for New Hampshire to do what Massachusetts just did with kratom. On Aug. 13, the Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner issued an emergency orderclassifying all components of kratom as Schedule I for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (123+ words) Some services of the Merrimack County government are still affected Monday, almost a week after a network security incident disrupted operations. Notably, the county Register of Deeds cannot accept electronic material but is requiring paper submissions in person or by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (407+ words) It’s been nearly four months since Jacqueline McCarey was last seen around Depot Street in Pittsfield. The 43-year-old woman was reported missing on Thursday, but no one has heard from her since May 11. Police Chief Joseph Collins said a family…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (709+ words) You’ve probably heard the line that forests are the lungs of the planet. The metaphor is sort of backwards, since lungs take in oxygen and release CO2 (with other things), while trees do it the other way around. But it’s a…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (173+ words) A Belmont man died Friday from injuries related to an unreported motorcycle crash in Salisbury. Early in the day, Charles McWilliams, 58, was involved in a motorcycle crash on Route 127 in Salisbury. McWilliams was then driven by a third party from…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (685+ words) Dolly Parton has been paraded through aisles of voters at Canterbury’s town meeting, hoisted like a saint in a processional. She has graced the town’s farmers markets, and for the last year and a half, she’s guarded the children’s room…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (500+ words) Ron Piroso stepped into the old church off Warner’s Main Street and was dazzled by what he saw: a bright foyer with warm light fixtures, a stainless steel kitchen and lush green landscaping. It wasn’t quite like that when he…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) Concord Monitor Concord police have identified two women who were found deceased in Concord a day apart earlier this month. Bridget Watson of Concord was the 51-year-old found deceased in her tent near the city’s transfer station off Old Turnpike…...