A candlelight walk will be held tonight in Claremont at 7 p.m. in memory of Arthur Desilets. Starting at the Laconia Savings Bank on Sullivan Street, people will walk through downtown Claremont with candles in honor of Desilets, who died Saturday. More...

CONCORD — A website that serves as a matchmaker between self-insured businesses and health care providers expects to post its first 30 requests from employers next week. More...

CLAREMONT — In April, the Drug Enforcement Agency will partner with a number of Sullivan County law enforcement agencies to collect unwanted and out-dated prescription medications. More...

NEW YORK — Faltering Internet icon AOL was able to squeeze out more than $1 billion from Microsoft for a trove of some 800 patents in an auction, the latest sign of just how valuable such portfolios can be for the world’s biggest technolo More...

WASHINGTON — Americans took out more loans to buy cars and attend school in February but used their credit cards less frequently for the second straight month. More...

Dan Mitchell has borrowed $3 million in the last year and a half to buy real estate and equipment to expand his brewery, Ithaca Beer Co. It wasn’t easy. Mitchell went to at least four banks in his city of Ithaca, N.Y., looking for a loan. More...

POULTNEY, Vt. — Dozens of striking teachers and the administrators for five Rutland County schools agreed yesterday to resume negotiations to end the four-day-old strike, which has closed schools and kept students at home. More...

Randolph woman sentenced to 1 year BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Randolph woman has been sentenced to a year in prison for embezzling more than $167,000 from the town of Bethel, Vt., where she worked as a cashier for a solid waste facility. More...

CONCORD — Attorney General Michael Delaney wants a House committee to back away from questioning New Hampshire workers in charge of investigating abuse and neglect allegations involving children. More...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 19 years, but I cannot stay faithful to my wife. I’ve had a few affairs, visit “massage parlors” on a regular basis and feel my wife deserves better. I want to walk away from our marriage. More...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I am a 43-year-old woman whose hair has gone quite gray in the past year. I’ve had a fairly stressful year, and since the change in my hair felt quite sudden, I’m wondering if stress could have caused it. More...

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