Barnstead News

Traffic accidents around New Hampshire have claimed four lives since Friday, even before yesterday's snowfall caused dozens of cars to slide off roadways.

A pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle on Route 9 and killed Friday night was a longtime town employee, police confirmed in a statement Saturday.

In a feature story this week about the refurbished bell tower at the historic meetinghouse in Newbury, Selectman Gary Budd said the restoration project - and the meetinghouse itself - had helped build community in his small town.

The Baysider's Facebook page is experiencing some problems, as we are currently unable to upload status updates.

The University of New Hampshire ROTC is preparing for its biggest training of the semester, and for this class's final, the last thing one would want to forget is to prepare.

The Baysider's Facebook page is experiencing some problems, as we are currently unable to upload status updates.

The Baysider's Facebook page was experiencing some problems Friday, as we were currently unable to upload status updates.

A state expert on milfoil control this week fielded questions about the safety and effectiveness of a widely used herbicide that targets this aggressive weed.

A man described as mentally ill and accused of lying to the police in an emergency call this summer, which sent a bomb squad to the McDonald's on Loudon Road, was arraigned on felony-level charges yesterday.

What had originally been planned as a discussion of local infrastructure issues quickly turned into a referendum on healthcare reform, as Alton residents took U.S. Rep.

A 39-year-old woman visiting a miniature horse farm in Barnstead was killed this week after being struck by her own SUV.

Police in Barnstead, N.H., say a woman run over by her own sport utility vehicle has died.

Concerns about winning voter support for a big-ticket Warrant article in the midst of the recession led the school board's Buildings and Grounds Committee to recommend during its Nov.

After reviewing Prospect Mountain High School's proposed operating budget for the 2011 fiscal year, the JMA board voted during its Nov.

The recent setting of Alton, Barnstead, and New Durham's respective tax rates has brought a mixture of good and bad news to local property owners.

A thick envelope sat on my desk Tuesday evening when I arrived at work. The paste-on return address told me it had been sent by Kim Richter of Heath, color photo of a cougar on the left.

Officials from Barnstead, Belmont and Gilmanton, as well as a representative from the Belknap County Commissioner's office, gathered at the Gilmanton Academy Building on the evening of Sept.

Two years ago, an experienced hunter found what he believed to be mountain lion tracks in Boscawen.

Heidi Murphy, 47, of Center Barnstead, has been indicted on eight counts of theft for allegedly stealing property tax payments.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says one of its staff members saw what is believed to be a mountain lion in a rural area of Barnstead.