New Hampshire News

Tanya Saturday, March 6, 2010 WHO: Merrimack native Kristen Caisse, Mrs. New Hampshire America 2009.

The city of Concord and two other plaintiffs yesterday filed a lawsuit with 294 backers claiming the state violated the state Constitution by increasing what municipalities and school districts must pay into the pension system for police officers, firefighters and teachers.

You may have heard about or lived through WindStorm 2010 .A TheA Storm came in late on Thursday, February 25 th and many people in New Hampshire lost power, which meant that they had no heat or running water.A We were lucky to only have been without for three days but some people we know are still out today a full six days after the storm hit.

New Hampshire's North Country can be beautiful in the spring. Temperatures rise into the fifties and even sixties, trees take on that glow of red just before leafing out and travelers get to see more of the snow capped mountains because the leaves are not out yet to block the view.

Most of the 360,000 customers who lost power last week now have lights and heat, but there's still no relief for a few thousand residents living where the storm buzz-sawed trees and utility poles the worst.

The Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library asks everyone in New Hampshire to come together in March and read Harper Lee's classic To Kill a Mockingbird .

Sponsors of a bill to legalize video slot machines in New Hampshire want to use the first $50 million it raises to restore cuts to social service programs.

New Hampshire authorities say water samples taken from the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant show no detectable levels of tritium, the radioactive isotope leaking from Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

In his 2008 state-of-the-state speech, Gov. John Lynch called on lawmakers to enact a new tax credit to encourage businesses to create jobs in New Hampshire's northernmost and poorest county.

Tackling current and future economic challenges faced by the state and myths about New Hampshire, a public policy expert gave town residents a look at a rough short-term budgetary future.

A Salem woman was presumed drowned after a canoeing accident on the Exeter River.

A man accused of a carjacking in Bellows Falls as well as armed robberies in Brattleboro and North Walpole, N.H., was arrested Friday and appeared in court in New Hampshire, Monday.

It's not madness; it's marvelous! With more than three feet of new snow in the last 5 days, March is going to be marvelous at Great Glen Trails.

Monday, March 1, 2010 The sap is flowing, the evaporators are fired up and steam billows from the sugar house roofs as maple producers begin their annual ritual in southern New Hampshire.

BACKGROUND: The House of Representatives rejected two bids last week to repeal or invalidate the state's same-sex marriage law.

Governor John Lynch has declared a state of emergency in the aftermath of high winds and heavy rain that knocked out power to more than 300,000 homes across the state.

Stephen, a Manchester Republican, said Friday he will begin raising money next week.

New Hampshire firefighters say a blaze that started in an oceanfront hotel has spread to nearby buildings.

Courtesy photo by Peter Powell The Nashua Symphony Orchestra plays. Courtesy photo by Peter Powell Jonathan McPhee, conductor of the Nashua Symphony Orchetra.

Concord - The New Hampshire Democratic Party launched a new webpage, 'Road to Recovery,' dedicated to highlighting numerous benefits of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.