BY STEPHEN BEALEJust saying no is not enough. Tym Rourke, the executive director of the Makin’ It Happen Coalition in Manchester, says that parents, schools, and communities have to teach their children in high school and even middle school to do more than that. “Refusal skills are great,” Rourke said. “I want to see a day ...

BY MICHELLE KIM Five Goffstown businesses failed alcohol compliance checks by selling alcohol to underage buyers Thursday, Oct. 18. The New Hampshire Bureau of Liquor Enforcement and the Goffstown Police Department ran alcohol compliance checks at more than 20 Goffstown stores and establishments. Of those businesses, employees at the Cumberland ...

BY MICHELLE KIM When Chris and Pat Blanchette saw the black pickup truck gunning towards the side of their house, they couldn’t believe it. Just moments before, they had been quietly relaxing in the living room of that very house – a neat, modest place they had built eight years ago at 151 N. Mast St. as their retirement home. ...