A frustrated Mayor Joyce Craig said homeless encampments on the lawn of the Hillsborough County courthouse likely will remain, after state officials told her they do not plan to force anyone off the property.

Nashua officials have approved another $8 million for a downtown performing arts center, almost a third of which will be used to build a parking garage, bringing the project’s tab to $25 million.

MANCHESTER — Former police Chief Carlo Capano has taken a job with the company that sold the city the body cameras uniformed police officers now used on a daily basis.

After cancer treatment kept Marlborough’s Earl Nelson off the ballot this summer, he has stepped forward as a write-in candidate for Cheshire County sheriff against Aria DiMezzo, a transgender, satanic anarchist who won the Republican primary unopposed.

The Berlin City Council has decided not to acquire the former New Hampshire National Guard armory building on Route 16 as a new home for the police station.

Despite about $12 million in relief from the CARES Act, officials at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua say they have lost about $16.4 million this year.

MANCHESTER — Mayor Joyce Craig said Monday she will bring her nominee for the job of police chief to aldermen next week, filling the slot that will open when Chief Carlo Capano retires Wednesday.

Nashua’s Board of Aldermen voted this week to hire a full-time coordinator to help address a heavy volume of Right-to-Know requests, which city officials say has reached the point where some city employees are spending half their working hours producing thousands of documents.

STODDARD — The town is suing a property owner over a dilapidated motor home, weed-covered SUV, oil drums, tires, old fencing and numerous car batteries covering an Old Antrim Road property.

The new owners of the former Ioka theater in Exeter have won their appeal in the fight to keep the iconic marquee off the front of the building as they move ahead with plans to redevelop the property.

The police certification of fired Manchester police officer Aaron Brown, who has been described by a city lawyer as a “proven racist,” will be heard next month by the state board that issues and revokes the essential document.

For many local election officials who faced piles of absentee ballots, Tuesday’s state primary was considered the dress rehearsal for November.

Manchester’s police chief has asked the state Police Standards and Training Council to decide whether “a proven racist” should maintain his police officer certification after an arbitrator ruled he be allowed to return to duty.

Manchester Police Chief Carlo Capano said Friday he was “saddened and sickened” by a ruling that calls for former Manchester police Officer Aaron Brown, described as a “proven racist,” to keep his job.

Before Bedford adopts its newly proposed master plan aimed at guiding development throughout the next decade, a final round of community input is being sought.

MEREDITH — Nearly 18-months after voters doubled a $25,000 request for a new skateboard park, contractors delivered the first 15 yards of materials to Prescott Park earlier this month.

Two high-level employees at the Rockingham County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation.

A corrections officer with 27 years of experience has been named the new superintendent of the Valley Street jail, the state’s largest county jail, Hillsborough County commissioners announced.