The Capitol building in Concord NH

The New Hampshire Avalanche Squirt ’98 AAA team rolled through the Metro Boston Hockey League regular season, posting 35 wins without a loss. The postseason was no different. The top-seeded Avs, coached by Mike Potvin; his assistant coaches, Joe Silva, Mark Leach and Gary Saklad; and goaltender coches Bill McWhinnie and Bryan Ash, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORAmong city schools competing at the Meet of Champions, it was Manchester Memorial finishing highest with 20 points to Central’s 13 and West’s 10. That’s due, in large part, to Jacob Gagnon’s second-place finish in the 215-pound weight class at the meet on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Londonderry High ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKIf the cliche, “Practice makes perfect,” retains even a bit of truth, foes of Concord High’s girls ice hockey beware. When CHS took the ice on Tuesday, Jan. 8, it marked the Crimson Tide’s first practice session in roughly one month, said coach Tom Ackerson, who acknowledged persistent snows and consistent ...

Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, said of his departure to fight in the Mexican War: “I will return with honor or not at all.” Now the only U.S. president to ever hail from New Hampshire is back as a limited edition bobblehead issued by the New Hampshire Historical Society on the 150th anniversary of ...

The New Hampshire Association of REALTORS recently published their September 2007 Market trends report. As usual Peter Francese does an awesome job interpreting the market. This report like many of his previous reports, talks about New Hampshire's graying workforce and the fact that we need to attract younger people...make it affordable to ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIFormer Allenstown Police Chief James J. McGonigle Jr. will likely spend nine months in jail after pleading guilty on Friday, March 30, in Merrimack County Superior Court to stealing money from the Allenstown Police Department, Allenstown Police Association and the New Hampshire Cadet Training Academy. McGonigle, 58, of Concord, ...