×

News | VIEW ALL

Inmate escapes from Calumet House

MANCHESTER – The state Department of Corrections has announced that Anfernee Jay King, 27, escaped from the Calumet House Transitional Housing Unit. King was last seen returning to Calumet House from work at approximately 8:11 p.m. on Nov. 5. Upon his arrival, an officer approached him ...

Good Samaritan shares story of stopping Sky Meadow shooting

NASHUA - A Good Samaritan, known only as Jeff, recently came forward as the man who stopped the shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club. “I haven’t even processed the entire thing,” he said during an interview with WHDH. Jeff, who was out to dinner with his family that night, could not ...

Thanks extended to supporters of recent Kitty Angels Fundraiser

AMHERST - Hugo Van Velzen, age 10, is a local animal lover who with parents David and Martine Van Velzen of Amherst turned out with hundreds more visitors during the weekend of Nov. 1-2 to support Treasures Antiques, Collectables and More's 35th Holiday Open House and Kitty Angels Fundraiser ...

Messina and The Road Runners to perform in Nashua on Nov. 23

NASHUA - Jim Messina, a 64-year veteran of the music business, will be on stage with his band, The Road Runners, at the Performing Arts Center on Nov. 23. Born in 1947, Messina formed his first band, The Boutonnieres, during the summer of 1962 when he was just 13. The group eventually morphed ...

Sports | VIEW ALL

Saber girls end drought vs. Cardinals

AMHERST – McKinley Curro-Sbordone knows the Souhegan High School girls lacrosse team has a roster full of good, young talent. Getting the Sabers to believe that themselves has taken a little longer than their coach might have expected. With just a little more than a week left in the ...

Former Telegraph sports editor to be back for book signing

NASHUA – Did you know that Stan Musial has 356 lifetime at bats vs. Warren Spahn? Or that Whitey Ford had 73 lifetime starts against the Chicago White Sox, but just 42 against the archrival Red Sox. “Never knew that,” said John Nogowski, former Telegraph Sports Editor for a seven year ...

South, BG nines win; HB volleyball suffers first loss

Nashua South baseball is making a late push to try to make the Division I tourney, while Bishop Guertin is pushing to move up in the standings. Meanwhile, in boys volleyball’s big battle of unbeatens, it wasn’t good news locally. Here’s your Wednesday Walkthrough: BASEBALL NASHUA ...

Souhegan milestones achieved

AMHERST – It was a special day last Wednesday at Souhegan High School for girls lacrosse in general. Two milestones were achieved in the Sabers’ dominant 15-5 win over Nashua South. Souhegan’s Emma Kennedy got her 100thcareer goal while South’s Ella Benzekri achieved goal No. ...

Opinion | VIEW ALL

Executive Council should reaffirm Commissioner Taylor Caswell

New Hampshire consistently ranks among the top states for business success—and for attracting new ones. Many of those businesses credit our state’s small, responsive, and business-friendly government. Add in our low unemployment rate and high quality of life rankings, and it’s clear: New ...

Mental health awareness is critical this month and every month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in New Hampshire, when community mental health advocates and providers work to increase knowledge and understanding about mental illness and stigma, on both the state and local levels. For the NH Community Behavioral Health Association (CBHA) and our ten ...

Policymakers have a unique and important opportunity

There’s an irony at the heart of the housing policy debate underway at the State House this session. Opponents of the many common sense, pro-housing bills being considered by the legislature frequently invoke the idea of “local control,” recycling familiar claims that any state-level ...

Using your voice to make a difference

Like many individuals and organizations, United Way of Greater Nashua often weighs in on legislative issues at the federal, state, and local levels. A beautiful aspect of our system of government is that it affords all of us many opportunities to give input on various legislative priorities, ...

Obituaries | VIEW ALL

Rocco V. Civiello

Rocco V. Civiello, 84, a resident of Amherst, NH, passed away on November 4, 2025, at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH, after a period of declining health. He was born on September 15, 1941, in Cambridge, MA, a son of the late Joseph and Mary Rose (Gatto) Civiello. Rocco was raised and ...

Pauline C. Calderara

Pauline C. Calderara passed away peacefully on October 24, 2025. She was born in Milford, MA on February 9, 1925. She was the fifth of eight children born to Joseph Givani and Lena (Barberi) Givani. Pauline married her husband Joseph A. Calderara from Milford, NH in 1946, after being ...

Retired Lt. Col. Thomas J. Hunsader

Retired Lt. Col. Thomas J. Hunsader, a decorated U.S. Air Force veteran, Vietnam War pilot, and proud Wisconsin farm boy, passed away at his home in Amherst, NH, on October 13, 2025, at the age of 85, following a period of declining health. He was born on March 5, 1940, in Kewaunee, WS, a son ...

Kenneth Bridgewater

Kenneth Bridgewater passed away peacefully with family at his side 30th September 2025 in Merrimack NH at the Community Hospice House. Ken was a lover of life, a steadfast husband of 58 years to June Bridgewater, and a devoted and supportive father to Colin, Stephen, and Katherine. His ...