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By RAY DUCKLER

Maybe Lisa Wheeler’s three kids were right after all.Maybe their home in Pembroke, site of a mass murder more than 100 years ago that, somehow, slipped through the town’s historical cracks, is, indeed, haunted. Maybe the murderer, Charles Ayer,...

By RAY DUCKLER

The Bradford Village Inn, a 120-year-old former bed-and-breakfast, will not return to past glory anytime soon after a judge ruled against its new owner, who claimed in a lawsuit that the former owner and the current fire chief were dating and...

Multiple people are facing felony drug possession charges after Concord police executed search warrants at 5 and 6 Rollins Streets early Friday morning.The arrests were part of a “lengthy” drug investigation, according to Concord police, who said they...

By RAY DUCKLER

Col. Kevin Jordan of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department couldn’t help himself.He had to start his eulogy for Scott LaCrosse with a joke. The one about modesty.At the church in Loudon, Jordan did his best impression of his former colleague,...

By RAY DUCKLER

For the second time in recent weeks, a select board member in Barnstead has resigned, and, yet again, those in attendance at the meeting grew angry, saying their voices were ignored while town officials handpicked a successor.The shocking exit by Sean...

By NICK STOICO

Bohanan Farm in Contoocook has long been one of the region’s most cherished agricultural sites, and soon the nation will have the chance to see the century-old dairy farm and meet the family that runs it.The American Farm, a new docu-series premiering...

By NICK STOICO

Police in Bow arrested a man and a woman early Friday morning and said they seized several guns, a knife, and possibly drugs after searching their home.Bow police say they executed a search warrant at 3 Branch Londonderry Turnpike West after arresting...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

Hot topic: Article 4 would discontinue the practice of the town clerk being paid via stipend from fees generation by the office, such as registering a car or license plate. Instead, the Webster town clerk would be paid $35,000 a year with the...

By RAY DUCKLER

When it comes to homelessness, the city of Franklin is experiencing growing pains similar to what Concord once felt.And, more than anyone else, Desiree McLaughlin is absorbing the blows and shouting from the city’s rooftops, trying to draw attention...

By NICK STOICO

Tamika Crawford was on her way to becoming a registered nurse. She was taking classes at NHTI while working to provide for her two children.But her life, and the lives of her children and other family and friends, changed forever on Dec. 15, 2016, the...

By NICK STOICO

Five people were arrested on drug charges in Pembroke, including one alleged dealer, after police seized heroin and other illegal drugs from a Buck Street home on Tuesday.Roland Thibeault, 23, of Pembroke faces five counts of sale of a controlled drug...

By RAY DUCKLER

For years, filmmaker Kristen Vermilyea was sexually objectified because of her appearance, long before the Me Too Movement nudged the issue to the forefront of society.On Monday, the Bishop Brady High School graduate, now 49, will share her thoughts...

By DAVID BROOKS

Right now the roads are icy and soon the dirt roads will be muddy – it’s that time of year. The question is whether they should also be a bit more rocky.“Sand was the standard for years and years. When I was a kid, we used to shovel it out of the back...

By RAY DUCKLER

A murder 52 years ago in Andover that turned cold only months after it had been committed has been solved, the Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday.Investigators in the state’s Cold Case Unit, who reopened the case in 2013, determined that...

By NICK STOICO

One of Hopkinton’s oldest stores is generating a fresh buzz around town.The Cracker Barrel, a general store built in 1790 on Main Street near town hall, was recently purchased by new owners and will get a significant makeover in the coming weeks, as...

I lease a plug-in electric car, so I was concerned about the proposal to tax me to offset my reduction in gas tax payments into the highway fund. I’ve been feeling smug about generating the electricity that powers my commute and only using gas when I...

By RAY DUCKLER

The videos on mom’s laptop are a good way to introduce her two daughters.In one, the sisters are in black cowboy hats and boots, two-stepping to a country tune at the Capitol Center for the Arts. The other shows them dancing in Portsmouth wearing...

By CAITLIN ANDREWS

An independent film that explores the night before the Challenger space shuttle explosion was released last week, three days before the 33rd anniversary of the tragedy.The Challenger Disaster, produced by Vertical Entertainment, follows the efforts of...

By TIM O’SULLIVAN

In some ways, Skylar Hattendorf wrestling for Bow High is perfectly normal. She has been wrestling against boys for years, so being on a male-dominated team like the one at Bow is nothing new for Hattendorf, a freshman. It’s also nothing new at Bow,...

By CAITLIN ANDREWS

A former student of the University of New Hampshire’s law school is suing the institution for more than $5 million, arguing that school officials denied him due process and prevented him from attending other schools.Joel Mateo of Boston, Mass., was a...