CLAREMONT — If the city does not remove a nativity scene and menorah it displays each year at Broad Street Park, an athiest is threatening to erect an anti-Christian display of his own.
BRISTOL — A default judgment has been entered against the town of Bristol for failing to file a timely response to a wage claim lawsuit filed by one of its former police officers.
DERRY — The first public meeting gathering input for the town’s master plan came up with a number of ideas, but officials lament poor turnout.
NASHUA — Several months after approving a $15.5 million bond to construct a downtown performing arts center, aldermen this week amended the bond resolution to allow funding from a mandated endowment fund to be used for the design phase of the project.
MANCHESTER — Embattled Manchester school board member David Scannell said Tuesday he is convinced he did the right thing in leaking a letter from a lawyer critical of fellow board member Richard Girard.
GOFFSTOWN — In a move that surprised even the elected officials in the room, the Goffstown Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on Monday to change their name to the Select Board in 2019.
GILMANTON — Police Chief Matt Currier and the town’s selectmen agreed Tuesday to a 60-day cooling off period in an attempt to resolve a dispute over the degree to which selectmen can tell Currier how to run his department.
DERRY — The town of Derry has an opportunity to use 10 acres of an old landfill site to build a 1 megawatt solar farm that would supply 40 percent of the town’s overall usage and about 80 percent to 90 percent of the department of public works’ needs, according to Derry Net Zero Task Force C…
SALEM — The town of Salem is taking legal action to force a property owner to clean up what officials say are piles of junk that have become a public nuisance and are creating a fire hazard.
MANCHESTER — School board members voted Monday to direct administrators to continue working with the city’s Office of Youth Services to provide an alternative education program at Manchester High School West.
MANCHESTER — Following a vote Monday by school board members to ask the Hillsborough County Attorney’s office or Manchester police to investigate who leaked to members of the media a confidential letter from an attorney to At Large board member Rich Girard, Ward 2 board member David Scannell…
NASHUA — Local school secretaries are set to receive a pay hike of more than 8 percent throughout the next four years under a newly proposed bargaining agreement.
DURHAM — The Town Council is planning to hold a special meeting tonight relating to controversy surrounding a holiday tree in Memorial Park.
Former Andover, Mass., Police Chief Brian Pattullo just spent his first week sitting in the office of Salem Police Chief Paul Donovan as the department’s civilian administrator.
SALEM — Police Chief Paul Donovan tendered his resignation on Thursday after an independent audit found a myriad of problems with staff culture, his department’s handling of internal affairs investigations and how it addressed complaints from the public.
LONDONDERRY -- Town Manager Kevin Smith said the tax increment financing (TIF) district for the area that includes the new F.W. Webb and EFI buildings has been closed out because the town made its last payment reimbursing for infrastructure projects in July and finished collecting taxes to pay for it this month.
DURHAM — The rabbi at UNH & Seacoast Chabad Jewish Center says he will continue to fight for the right to have a menorah displayed at a public park in the town of Durham.
MILFORD — Milford’s Town Administrator Mark Bender said this week other towns that are part of the 911 dispatching agreement with Milford should not worry that the town will not renew its contract with its neighboring communities.
MANCHESTER — Aldermen unanimously approved a request Tuesday from officials in the city’s economic development office to amend the RSA 79-E tax credit program to include structures in the downtown Redevelopment District.
MANCHESTER — City aldermen voted Tuesday to send a rezoning request to allow for townhouses on four lots along Old Wellington Road to the Aldermanic Committee on Bills on Second Reading for review.
With changes being considered to the Milford 911 dispatch center that serves Wilton, Wilton town officials want to make sure the relationship continues.
BEDFORD — A five-story, extended stay hotel is being eyed for the former Magdalen College property along South River Road.
NASHUA — Construction of a new boat ramp facility at Greeley Park, designed to provide better access to the Merrimack River, could begin in a few months.
LITCHFIELD — As the school district prepares its upcoming budget, officials are being warned about a decrease in revenue.
DERRY — Town Council Chairman Jim Morgan announced during a council meeting Tuesday night that he is calling for a summit with Sen. Maggie Hassan and newly elected 1st District Congressman Chris Pappas to discuss the issue of special education funding.
MILFORD — Voters will decide in March whether to lease about 120 acres of town land for the construction of a large solar farm.
NASHUA — A school official says he was forced to file a Right-to-Know request with the district and, as a result, may now have to pay more than $50 in exchange for the documents.
Durham’s Human Rights Commission has recommended ceasing the longtime tradition, with members saying it is associated with the Christian faith and Christmas celebrations, which may be exclusionary to some people who follow different faiths or are atheist.
A Manchester developer said he’s giving up on the land off Hackett Hill Road that was once touted as a prime setting for a high-end corporate park, after he and city officials disagreed over the future of the property.
RAYMOND — Taxpayers are taking a hit after receiving their property tax bills and finding a 9 percent jump in the tax rate.
An attorney representing the student has sent a letter to at-large school board member Rich Girard.
MANCHESTER — After a lengthy debate Monday night, school board members voted to table discussion on a motion to rescind a vote cast back in August cutting ties with Helping Our Pupils Excel (HOPE NH), to allow school officials more time to speak with potential vendors to operate a similar program.
LAWRENCE, Mass. — U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, questioned executives from Columbia Gas and its parents company, NiSource, along with federal regulators, about the natural gas pipeline explosions and fires that occurred in September in Lawrence, Mass., during a U.S. Senate hearing held Mond…
CONCORD — A “missing” box of ballots added to the intrigue but the narrow upset win for Brentwood Democrat Jon Morgan for a State Senate seat in Rockingham County held up to a recount test Tuesday.
The longest serving state elections head in the country faces a desperate fight for survival after a Democratic rival crushed him in a party caucus last week.
CONCORD -- The third, long-shot candidate for NH secretary of state abruptly dropped out Friday, blasting Democratic Party leaders for having what he called a "warped obsession with absolute partisan fealty."
New Hampshire House Republicans won back a seat they thought they had lost on Election Day following a recount of citywide ballots in Laconia.
The organizer of the Concord Christmas parade said he’s not a racist, and it bothers him that Mayor Jim Bouley and other city politicians are citing his past remarks to decide to not march in the parade.
While it’s been in the background for more than a year, the race to replace New Hampshire’s longest-serving election official in the country faces a major test of wills today.
MANCHESTER — School board members heard an update on how a federal grant providing $10.5 million over the next seven years will help low-income students in Manchester middle schools.
