The following local students have been awarded National Merit Scholarships valued between $500 and $2,000 per annum. Theodore Bond of Bedford, a graduate of Bishop Guertin High School, will be attending the University of Alabama to study biochemistry. Matthias Olsen of Hollis, a graduate of ...

AMHERST - C1M Photography has officially changed its name to C1M Academy. The change reflects the company's evolution from a photography-focused business into a school, licensed by the state Department of Education, offering certification programs and an expanding curriculum. C1M Academy ...

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed nine people with Cyclosporiasis who consumed lettuce served at the Cheshire Medical Center cafeteria in Keene. The DHHS continues to investigate reports of additional cases potentially linked to this cluster. The ...

AMHERST - A surprise was in store on July 17 for a breakfast crowd who surely suspended in mid-sip their cups of hot coffee or bites of bacon at MaryAnn's Diner on Craftsman Lane in Amherst. The head-turner was launched by the lunchtime visit of a team of eight professional wrestlers, men and ...

HANOVER — Sarah Frye went out in style. The former Nashua High School North standout, playing her final game with her sister Allie as a teammate, scored both goals to win the Most Valuable Player in New Hampshire’s 2-1 win over Vermont in the annual Twin State Lions Cup Soccer Game. For ...

NASHUA – Think it’s easy to put on a Futures Collegiate League All-Star Game? Guess again. The Nashua Silver Knights will be hosting their third FCBL All-Star Game next Tuesday, July 21, with a Home Run Derby starting around 4:30 p.m. and the game to follow. “It’s a showcase event ...

NASHUA – There will be a live pro wrestling show “The Gate City Brawl” held at Brian S. McCarthy Middle School on Saturday, August 8. The event’s proceeds will benefit the Nashua Cougars Youth Football and Cheer. The event is put on by New World Wrestling-Extreme. Former Nashua High ...

NASHUA – The Stars are coming out today/tonight at Historic Holman Stadium, and one All-Star will likely shine the most. While the players go in and out of the lineup of the Futures Collegiate League All-Star game, typical in such an affair, there will be one constant: the stadium ...

The reviews of “Toy Story 5” have settled into a comfortable consensus: it’s a movie about children and digital screens, and about the parents who worry over them. Director and co-writer Andrew Stanton has said as much, describing the film’s central crisis as the fact that “nobody’s ...

With the celebrations over, a hard question remains: What does history ask of us when we must act before we know how events will turn out? In Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, he first wrote “our fellow subjects.” While the ink was wet, he erased ...

When it comes to bioweapons, we’ve moved beyond anthrax in the mail. No one wants to think about an AI bioweapon or any other type of biothreat. These threats are a real risk that we must confront now before Americans suffer. We have powerful tools available to protect us, but Washington must ...

Women nationwide are thriving in ways previous generations could only imagine, but in one area, progress has stalled: maternal health. The United States now lags behind its peer nations, and the federal government’s launch of moms.govreflects a growing recognition that American women need ...

Known as the matriarch of her family, Margaret Gleneck was a woman of remarkable strength whose love, warmth, and presence left a profound and lasting impact on the lives of so many. Margaret passed away on July 18, 2026, at Ledgewood Bay in Milford. Beautiful inside and out, she brought joy, ...

Sharon Lou (Smith) Smetana, 83, of Brookline, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 13, 2026 at Bedford Hills Center. Born on May 19, 1943, in Victor, New York, Sharon spent most of her life in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where she and her husband, Gary, raised their family. To ...

Bernard "Bernie" Raymond Grimard, 74, of Lyndeborough, NH, died Saturday, June 13, 2026 at St Joseph Hospital in Nashua surrounded by family. He was born January 4, 1952 in Whitefield NH, the son of the late Raymond Bernard Grimard and Barbara June Grimard. He was the husband of Susan Mae ...

Elizabeth Forward, surrounded by loved ones at home in Wilton, NH, peacefully passed June 30, 2026. Born June 18, 1937, Nashua, NH, to Lilla Mae (Moulton) Murphy and August Albert Murphy, of Nashua, NH. She was predeceased by her parents, three sisters, Elaine Lyons, Dorothy Merrill, Kitty ...