MILFORD - Ten years ago, Milford United Methodist Church moved into a beautiful new building on a spacious lot on North River Road. The congregation is going to celebrate that anniversary with a Christian music festival on Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 27-28. Church members recently talked with ...
WILTON - A Temple town official is recovering from serious injuries after a motorcycle crash on Route 101 on Monday, Aug. 8. Wilton police say witnesses reported the 1994 Honda motorcycle driven by David Martz, 66, of Temple, collided with a red sedan and that the sedan's driver left ...
WILTON - Since 2004, the Temple-Wilton Community Farm has held a 99-year lease on Four Corners Farm on Abbott Hill Road. It had been using the 68-acre property since about 1997, but the community farm really wanted to own it. Now it does, thanks to the efforts of a great many people. ...
Firefighters hampered by papers which filled building MILFORD - The 19th-century house on Elm Street that was destroyed by fire last week offered firefighters unusual challenges. It was packed with items, including newspapers that filled the attic from floor to ceiling, and 40 years' worth ...
>Results show texting and driving has increased MILFORD - Texting while driving seems to have replaced drinking and driving as the risky behavior of choice among high school students. Despite statistics that show distracted driving has become a major safety problem, nearly half the ...
>Butcher is first in role, begins in September WILTON - Scott Butcher will start his new job as Wilton's first town administrator during the first week in September. Butcher, of Pepperell, Mass., has had a career in management in private industry and has been involved in ...
MILFORD - The five birds in the Town Hall banquet room last week were treated like celebrities. Cameras flashed and people oohed and aahed as Jim Parks removed each one from its carrier and carried it around the room. Parks is a licensed raptor rehabilitator, and each bird of prey had ...
> AMHERST - On Monday night, Town Administrator Jim O'Mara told selectmen and Merrimack Road resident Kevin Dadoly that he and Department of Public Works Director Bruce Berry have come up with another plan to fix the road's sight lines. Dadoly and his neighbors went to the ...
AMHERST - Last winter, Craig Fraley met Shaun Hickman on the chairlift at the Crotched Mountain ski area. "He said that we really need a pump track in Amherst," said Fraley, who happens to be the town's recreation director. As it turned out, the Amherst school district ...
>Complex planned for lot across from Pine Valley Mill MILFORD - The Planning Board last week approved a large self-storage complex across from the Pine Valley Mill apartments, despite pleas from an abutter that the plan would "bring ugliness to the back side of ...
>Amherst tries out summer teen program AMHERST - Day camp can be fun for children, but teens and pre-teens need more from a camp experience, and the Amherst Recreation Department has found that something more. This summer, for the first time, the town is offering what it calls ...
>Renovations scheduled before end of the year MILFORD - Milford's Federal Hill fire tower is expected to receive significant renovations before the end of the year. Thomas Mansfield, an architect for the New Hampshire Department of Economic Resources and Development, said the ...
>Mont Vernon man was injured in Taiwan MONT VERNON - A little more than a year ago, Alex Haas was fighting for his life after a fun evening at a Taiwan water park ended in an horrific fire. Haas suffered burns on 90 percent of his body and for awhile his survival was in doubt. Now, ...
Milford police joined thousands of other North American police departments on Aug. 2 when they held a National Night Out. Milford's event, in Emerson Park, was relaxed as police cooked barbecue, demonstrated their vehicles, pitched softballs to children and chatted with parents and ...
Fire ripped through a home at 83 Elm St. in Milford on Wednesday, bringing firefighters and equipment from six towns to work on a challenging and stubborn blaze. No one was injured in the fire that brought out scores of spectators on a rainy morning at the corner of Elm and West ...
75 years ago, 1941 Two Milford men were among nine from the area accepted for selective service. They were Raymond G. Ciardelli and Willis Stickney. New Hampshire's next draft call was to be in September when the state was to be asked to provide 135 men. Milford's quota would be eight. Four ...
WILTON - Because of deteriorating conditions, the Board of Selectmen decided Monday, July 25, to install "Danger - Keep Off" signs along the dam at the Old Reservoir. The area is public property and open to walkers along the brook. "It's a long drop if someone ...
LYNDEBOROUGH - The 10th annual Community Day in Lyndeborough Center on Saturday, Aug. 13, is set to kick off with a hike up Rose Mountain and end with a steak dinner under the tent. In between are a Civil War encampment, a silent auction, fun, games, food and a magic show. The schedule ...
>Wilton Town Hall to receive upgrades for ADA compliance WILTON - The entry to the town offices could be made ADA compliant next year. The access from Main Street isn't level and doesn't meet the standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act, and are a problem for people in ...
MILFORD - Each of the more than 6,000 bicyclists who will ride in the Pan-Mass challenge this weekend have their own reasons, and Jenn Dupuis has two: Her grandmother and grandfather both died from cancer - her grandfather from pancreatic cancer at the age of 51 - so she knows the toll the ...