The following local students were recently nominated by Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) for acceptance into the U.S. Service Academies.
Naval Academy
Jacob Daley of Nashua, Eamon Griffin of Amherst, Colin Magnuszewski of Brookline and Cameron Vaillancourt of Hudson.
Merchant Marine ...
CONCORD - David Herlicka, 51, of Amherst, was sentenced on Dec. 10 to five to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme to embezzle nearly $1 million to fund his business, White Birch Brewing, LLC.
He was also sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years for ...
MILFORD - Author Nathan Guardian of Milford will be releasing his latest novel, “The Sinners of Salem,” on Feb. 25, 2026.
The book is the culmination of a three-part series following the life of Mary, who has been gifted with special abilities that she must learn to harness.
“It’s a ...
NASHUA - The Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley marked a major milestone on Nov. 22 as more than 200 supporters filled a banquet room at the Nashua Country Club to share in the organization's 25th Annual Gala & Auction, a Silver Jubilee celebration drawing patrons mostly garbed in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Eugene C. Curtis, 79, longtime resident of Amherst, NH, died on November 27, 2025, in the Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH, after a period of declining health.
He was born on December 11, 1945, in Cambridge, MA, a son of the late Albert H. Curtis II and Anne (Simpson) Curtis.
Eugene was raised ...
Bernardine M. “Bunny” Mercier, 68, resident of Amherst, NH, formerly of Milford, NH, died on December 2, 2025 at her home.
She was born on August 15, 1957 in Merrimack, NH, the daughter of Raymond Guay and Beatrice (Bennett) Guay.
Lovingly known as Ms. Bunny, she welcomed children into ...
Our beloved mother Lucy Niles Silva passed peacefully on November 24, 2025 at the age of 90.
A long-time resident of New Castle NH, Lucy retired to Northwood NH in 2000. She is predeceased by her husband of 64 years, J. Donald Silva.
Lucy was born on June 30, 1935 in Nashua NH. She graduated ...
Milford, NH
Mary Ann (Kimball) MacKay, 84, resident of Milford, NH, died November 27, 2025 after a nearly 10-year battle with Cholangiocarcinoma. She was born October 18, 1941 in Farmington, NH, to Lawrence H. and Lillian B. (Elliot) Kimball. At the young age of 4, she moved to the family farm ...