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Local residents achieve academic honors at Simmons University

BOSTON – The following local residents have been named to the Dean’s List at Simmons University for the 2025 fall semester. Students must have a grade point average of 3.5 to be eligible for the Dean’s List. Hollis - Aliya Lewis Milford - Cailey Plainte and Lily Siegrist Nashua - ...

Local students achieve academic honors at St. Michael’s

COLCHESTER, Vt. - The following local students were named to the Dean’s List at St. Michael’s College for the 2025 fall semester. Students must have a grade point average of 3.5 to be eligible for the Dean’s List. Bedford - Finn Joyce Nashua - Theresa Carbonneau Milford - Paradise ...

Merrimack becomes ICE battleground for New England

MERRIMACK – The No ICE NH coalition, a grassroots alliance of more than 30 social justice organizations, will host a major protest, drawing attendees from across New England, on Feb. 21 from 12 - 2 p.m. at the Merrimack Town Hall, 8 Baboosic Lake Rd. This demonstration opposes the proposed ...

Ayotte accused of having prior knowledge of ICE facility

MERRIMACK - New Hampshire Democrats recently attacked Gov. Kelly Ayotte, saying that, for weeks, she knew about the proposal from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for an immigration detention facility at 50 Robert Milligan Pkwy. During the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on ...

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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. ...

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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, ...

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William (Bill) Thomas Mahar, Jr.

On Thursday, January 22, 2026, William (Bill) Thomas Mahar, Jr., 62, longtime resident of Milford, NH, and business owner of GTA Auto, succumbed to the cancer that had sidelined him for many months. Bill was born on July 31, 1963, in Rochester, NY and made home of many locations. Connecticut ...

Allen T. O’Neil

Allen T. O’Neil, 91, died on February 8, 2026 at home in Peterborough, NH surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 3, 1934 in Nashua, NH, the son of Thomas F. and Elizabeth C. (White) O’Neil. Allen graduated from Milford High School, Class of 1952. Following graduation, he worked ...

Alexandra ”Sasha” Suslova

Alexandra ”Sasha” Suslova (formerly Rolfhamre) died on February 3, 2026, at age 32 in Martinsville, VA. In 1998, when she was almost 5, she was adopted together with her sisters Kasey and Ilona, by Catherine Burke and Mikael Rolfhamre. After a long journey home, they joined their new ...

Bobbie R. Canada

Bobbie R. Canada, 92, longtime resident of Brookline, NH, moved to his heavenly home on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at the Community Hospice House, Merrimack, NH, after a period of declining health. He was born on November 5, 1933, in Saulsville, WV, a son of the late John and Idella ...