BY RYAN O’CONNORDivision III football has a different look in 2008. While perennial beast Souhegan of Amherst remains the favorite, and always-solid Milford and Portsmouth are still around as well, Plymouth, winner of seven of the last 10 D-III titles, moves down a division. “From year to year, the teams change so much it’s ...

Signs that summer is fading fast are all around us.  Here is a photo montage from Allenstown/Pembroke Old Home Days from this past weekend.  Gotta love that small hometown character.  All photos are courtesy of Ashley Desrochers. 

BY JENN McDOWELLAn Epsom man is facing charges after police found over $100,000 worth of stolen dirt bikes, snowmobiles, tractors, and an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on his property. Jerry Dupont, 42, of 32 Range Road in Epsom, was arrested at his home on Tuesday, Aug. 12, after Pembroke and Epsom police executed a search warrant resulting from a ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERPembroke selectmen want downtown spruced up, but are not convinced residents will want to pick up the $1.3 million cost at Town Meeting next spring. The specific project in question is the reconstruction of Broadway Street. Initial engineering plans advise drainage work, paving and sidewalk improvements. The board has already ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR They saved their best for last. After several successful years at the junior level, Ken Mckiernan and the Granite State Falcons decided they were ready for a greater challenge. The team moved up to the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), and after taking some lumps early, garnered ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Garde Burgess had an early idea how Concord Post 21’s American Legion baseball season was going to play out. During one of the team’s first practices, he pulled his nine pitchers aside and asked each one how many high school innings they’d pitched. Aside from ace Mitch Philibert, the answer was ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Last year, Auburn’s Joey Dudek rode his arm and leg to Gillette Stadium – and very nearly the Super Bowl. Dudek, who won the 10- and 11-year-old division of the local Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick competition last August, also triumphed at the sectional competition in Bristol, R.I., and then the regional ...

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS Although Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has not been detected in samples taken from around New England this year, officials urge that care be taken to avoid contracting this viral disease, considered to be one of the most deadly mosquito-borne diseases in the United States, according to the U.S. ...

BY JENN McDOWELL As warm summer weather entices people to spend more time outside, state health officials are warning residents to be more aware of the big dangers that lie in wait in the tiniest of organisms. Jason Stull, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ public health veterinarian, said that right now ...

BY JENN McDOWELLPembroke Town Administrator Geoff Ruggles is leaving his post for a different municipal job in Gilford. The town is currently taking applications for the soon-to-be-empty position. Ruggles, who lives in Gilford, said he took the finance director job in Gilford to be closer to home and family, adding the pay is about the same as ...