New Hampshire News

As August rolls in, I think about the first friend I ever had, whose birthday is Aug.

Looking to travel to one of the best beaches to help beat the summer heat? Well, if water quality's key, Hampton Beach remains on top as it was listed for the third year in a row as one of the cleanest beaches in the United States.

Five years ago, the state of New Hampshire passed a helmet law. No, not that kind of a helmet law -- not a motorcycle helmet requirement.

" Sebbins Pond in Bedford is the latest body of water in New Hampshire to come down with warning-worthy cyanobacteria levels.

I understand theoretically the Monitor's First Amendment defense of the publication of unpopular, not to mention extreme, views on its opinion pages.

Peter Boie, the magician for non-believers, is coming to the Granite State. Boie has received plenty of honors for his magic, which he performs for a variety of audiences, including college campuses, libraries and corporate events.

In her op-ed column of July 25, Ms. Lisa Kaplan Howe states that the Democrats' so-called health care reform "provides a much brighter outlook for New Hampshire families." She is sadly mistaken, for Ms.

Police in a New Hampshire community have been unable to identify a man injured in a bicycle accident.

A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door.

Bow resident Gary Coorssen answered his phone last week to what he at first thought was a simple voter poll, but it only took a few minutes before "the tone of the polling changed." Coorssen said he was read negative statements about Senate hopeful Kelly Ayotte, and asked whether he would still vote for her if he knew those things.

Kelly Ayotte, the tough former prosecutor and wife of an Iraq war vet, seemed to be on a glide path to the Republican nomination in New Hampshire and perhaps the U.S. Senate.

If New Hampshire is in a race to improve its schools, it hasn't even cleared the starting blocks.

Disqus Town administrators command top salaries By Jillian Jorgensen jjorgensen@eagletribune.com As two local towns look to lure the most qualified candidates to fill their top administrative positions, salaries are expected to be competitive.

Kansas governments spent a larger percentage of their budgets on highways and higher education and less on parks than most states.

Washington residents paid $105.49 in state and local taxes for every $1,000 of personal income in 2008, according to a new state report.

District Governor Rick Manganello presented local Rotary member Jeffrey Ballentine with a prestigious Paul Harris Fellow award at last Thursday's Rotary Club meeting.

It is long overdue to begin the task of eliminating state committees, commissions, panels and programs that are redundant, obsolete and otherwise not needed any longer.

Share + Jul 27, 2010 12:13 am US/Eastern New Hampshire again ranks No. 1 nationally in an annual survey on children's well-being. But the numbers also indicate a growing problem in the state: poverty.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $571,638 to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to re-power approximately 17 commercial fishing vessels, research vessels and excursion vessels operating in Maine and New Hampshire waters.

A READER dropped me a note recently asking if New Hampshire is so "bereft of real news" that we must resort to reporting, ceaselessly, animal-oriented stories.