MANCHESTER - Jayson Galeano, a reported member of the Bloods street gang who relocated to Manchester to take advantage of the lucrative drug trade, has been sentenced to federal prison for 11 years, federal prosecutors said yesterday.

MANCHESTER - State officials went to federal court yesterday to force into bankruptcy two troubled Meredith financial firms, claiming that sole shareholders Scott Farah of Financial Resources and Donald Dodge of C L and M have abandoned their businesses.

►Troubled mortgage firm under water

MANCHESTER - A mother's letter to an alderman was catalyst for a new handicap-accessible play structure this summer at Stevens Park.

ALLENSTOWN - Authorities are hoping for new leads in their investigation of an Allenstown man's death, and his family is looking for some answers.

PORTSMOUTH - On her first day on the job, she is accused of abandoning the children, theft from the home and being involved in two auto accidents.

LACONIA - Federal and state investigators seek answers after Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. abruptly closed Nov. 9.

CONCORD - Pan Am Systems president contends Rep. Peter Leishman used his influence to extend Milford rail lease.

WASHINGTON - New Hampshire's senior senator says Congress can't be trusted to oversee fiscal policy.

The state could have kept an entire DWI offender program by cutting funding for nonessential services.