After sending a revolving loan request back for revision earlier this month, the Rockingham Selectboard approved the loan application yesterday that would open a traditional grocery store in Bellows Falls. More...
SUNAPEE — Sunapee Police are investigating a burglary at a Sioux Path home that occurred during the day Monday. Police Chief David Cahill said television sets, video games and laptop computers were stolen. More...
A pedestrian keeps under cover on a rainy day in Newport yesterday. More rain was expected to fall on the region today, but the forecast for the weekend calls for warm temperatures and sunny skies. More...
Networking event NEWPORT — “Coffee with Bacon,” a free business networking event, will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, at Bacon Graphics, 232 North Main St., in Newport. More...
Community luncheon PROCTORSVILLE — A Community Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 17, at the St. James Methodist Church on Main Street in Proctorsville. More...
Rummage, bake sale BROWNSVILLE — A Spring Rummage and Bake Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 18 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Brownsville Town Hall on Route 44 in Brownsville. More...
CONCORD — New Hampshire’s House once again has voted to require pregnant women to wait 24 hours for an abortion by adding the requirement yesterday to a Senate bill on a research-anddevelopment tax credit for business. More...
DEAR ABBY: Between juggling the joys and challenges of home life and staying productive at work, it’s easy for women to make quick decisions now that could affect their health later on, or to miss early signs of medical problems altogether. More...
DEAR DOCTOR K: I have diabetes. Lately I’ve had some new, unpleasant symptoms. My doctor says they’re due to diabetic neuropathy. What is this? And what can I do about it? More...
The Charlestown Planning Board last night unanimously approved a proposed 94,000 square foot expansion to the Whelen Engineering Company’s facility on CEDA Road — a building that is already more than 285,000 square feet. More...
The old Brampton Woolen Mill building, once a manufacturing fixture on Newport’s Main Street dating back to 1906, got a new lease on life last night. More...
WASHINGTON — Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes yesterday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike’s family for months. More...
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood slapped down Reuters for reporting a few weeks ago that he wants “a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country.” More...
BOSTON — Josh Beckett redeemed himself less than a week after being booed off the mound, striking out a season-high nine as the Boston Red Sox shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 yesterday and extended their winning streak to five. More...