News from The New Hampshire Union Leader

House proposes 3-year Medicaid expansion plan

Jun 18, 2013 8:48 pm

The N.H. House is proposing that the state expand Medicaid for the three years the federal government pays 100 percent.

Windham to reconsider dodgeball ban

Jun 18, 2013 8:32 pm

WINDHAM - Members of the Windham School Board will reconsider the district's dodgeball ban Tuesday night, after a two-month committee review.

Hooksett students taken to nearby school after gas leak

Jun 18, 2013 7:15 pm

HOOKSETT - Students at the town's Fred C. Underhill School were bused to another nearby school Tuesday morning as a precaution after a minor gas leak was discovered outside the building.

Londonderry students who haven't had whooping cough vaccine asked to stay home

Jun 18, 2013 7:06 pm

LONDONDERRY - Students who haven't been immunized against pertussis whooping cough are being asked to stay home after an outbreak of the communicable disease was confirmed at Londonderry Middle School...

Members only article test

Jun 18, 2013 6:47 pm

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Vet Home budget reworked after proposed cuts

Jun 18, 2013 4:51 pm

CONCORD x2013 House and Senate budget writers are doing an about-face on the state Veteransx2019 Home.

Driver rescued after Franklin crash, 50-foot plunge

Jun 18, 2013 4:52 am

Rescue crews used heavy equipment, including the Jaws of Life, to pull a badly injured driver from her car, which had left the road and gone 50 feet down an embankment early Monday night.

Storms knock out power to about 3,600 PSNH customers

Jun 18, 2013 4:18 am

An estimated 3,600 Public Service Company of New Hampshire customers in about 15 communities were without power late Monday night.

American Medical Response back in good graces of key Manchester officials

Jun 18, 2013 3:43 am

A key aldermanic committee has backed renewing the contract for American Medical Response, the emergency ambulance company that, until several months ago, was beset by complaints over large bills and ...

A growing community of gardeners along Nashua rail trail

Jun 18, 2013 2:42 am

Damian Buchanan, 9, was one of about two dozen volunteers who spent Saturday pounding nails and sawing wood to build a new community garden along the Nashua Heritage Rail Trail.

News from The Telegraph of Nashua

Nashua committee determined to find new skate park space, not seeing any potential spots yet

Jun 18, 2013 4:22 pm

NASHUA Skateboard and biking fans are looking for a new spot to replace the city skate park, which is being demolished to make way for a riverfront development project next fall. The David W. Deane S...

Rain, wind, hail pound NH, Maine seacoast

Jun 18, 2013 12:22 pm

PORTSMOUTH (AP) - Residents of New Hampshire's Seacoast region and southwestern Maine face some big cleanup as a result of a fast-moving storm that pummeled the region with rain, high winds and hail. ...

Judge rules portion of ed tax credit program unconstitutional

Jun 18, 2013 5:00 am

A New Hampshire judge ruled Monday that the states education tax credit program could not provide scholarships to students to attend religious schools, calling that portion of the program unconstituti...

Union-Leader to stop printing its own newspaper

Jun 18, 2013 4:04 am

MANCHESTER The consolidation of the newspaper industry in New Hampshire took its latest step Monday when the The New Hampshire Union-Leader shifted its printing from its own pressroom to a regional f...

Nashua Policy Committee to review school safety policies

Jun 18, 2013 4:02 am

NASHUA As the school district sets out to complete a security upgrade this summer at city schools, school board members will begin reviewing the procedures that guide how the security system is used....

Netflix to buy new content from DreamWorks

Jun 18, 2013 4:01 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) Netflix announced a deal on Monday to air television programming from Dreamworks Animation in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run conten...

Clarification sought for US stimulus plan

Jun 18, 2013 4:01 am

WASHINGTON Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end? When he takes questions this week after a Federal Reserve meeting, Chairman Ben Bernanke will confront investors fears that rates are...

Market Basket to close Saturday at Somerset Plaza; bigger Market Basket to open there Sunday

Jun 18, 2013 4:00 am

NASHUA The new Market Basket at Somerset Plaza will open at 7 a.m. this coming Sunday, June 23, barely 12 hours after the older Market Basket at the other end of the plaza closes its doors on Saturda...

Bank robber claimed he would detonate a homemade device

Jun 18, 2013 4:00 am

MERRIMACK Police still are searching for the man who robbed a Merrimack bank Friday morning, and released a few new details Monday. The suspect placed a homemade device and a note demanding money and...

Spurs Big Three has taken command of NBA Finals

Jun 18, 2013 3:49 am

SAN ANTONIO Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share. So maybe Ginobili...