Fall at Lake Winnipesaukee in Manchester/Auburn, New Hampshire

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department divers today recovered the body of 52-year-old Kenneth Fudge, of Derry, N.H., who drowned after overturning his kayak in Lake Massabesic at about 5:00 p.m. yesterday (July 15, 2009).  Fudge's fiancé attempted save him, but he tragically slipped from her arms and sank after she could no longer ...

By MATT SCHOOLEYCity school officials are drafting a pay-to-participate policy that would include athletics, a policy that many say would have negative consequences at all three city high schools, but particularly bad at West High School. Facing a budget crisis that could lead to layoffs in the city, Manchester school officials discussed the ...

BY GRETYL MACALASTERManchester Water Works will continue paying the same tax rate this year after a case against the town of Auburn filed by the city department has been dismissed by a Superior Court judge. Last year, Manchester Water Works filed a petition in Rockingham County Superior Court seeking abatement and a refund of the 2007 payment ...

March is Red Cross month and we want people to eat out!   Yes, you read it right! People can help their local Red Cross by dining out at a participating Restaurants for Relief establishment. To commemorate March is Red Cross Month, restaurants throughout the state of New Hampshire will be signing up during the month of March to donate a ...

The Bedford Basketball League’s 16th annual Bedford Basketball Jamboree, which took place Nov. 15 to 23, featured 67 teams and more than 700 players from 21 towns. Age-based tournaments for third- to eighth-grade boys and girls included squads from Londonderry, Merrimack, Amherst, Pelham, Derry, New Boston, Auburn, Brookline, Jaffrey- ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORHis team’s 24-9 semifinal loss to Nashua South two weeks earlier was tough to swallow, but Ryan Ray and the Central Little Green had little trouble feasting on Memorial this Thanksgiving. CHS served up a 47-6 stuffing in the most recent edition of the Manchester Turkey Bowl on Thursday, Nov. 27. After the contest, Ray ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYManchester Memorial’s players erupted in a raucous celebration on the sidelines after erasing a 2-0 deficit late in the second half of its semifinal match against top-seeded Pinkerton Academy. Eighteen seconds later, the Crusaders had nothing left to be excited about. Pinkerton and Memorial combined to score six goals in ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORDavid Flurey doesn’t like admitting it, but in the back of his mind he had to set the bar a little lower. After all, his Sweeney Post 2 American Legion baseball team lost 10 players, including seven starters, after winning the state title in 2007 and earning a second trip to regionals in four years, its third in the ...

Early morning sunrise at Lake Massabesic.