Bennington News

Antrim: Child's art on NHPTB card The art of Antrim's 9-year-old Marion Anne Noble will adorn holiday greeting cards and televisions across the state this holiday season, provided the televisions are tuned to PBS.

Police arrested a Bennington man on a burglary charge, accusing him of threatening a woman with a knife in a home invasion last month on Hunt Road.

Betty Coffin Brooks hasn't missed a Monadnock Chorus concert since she joined the group 10 years ago, and she doesn't intend to miss one now.

An environmental hearing is scheduled this week for a new car dealership on North Bennington Road.

The state's Legislative Ethics Committee has voted to launch a preliminary investigation into a railroad owner's complaints against Rep.

On Saturday, the Fire Department unveiled a state-of-the-art rescue truck dedicated to former volunteer and selectman Bruce Edes.

State representative Peter Leishman was injured on Thursday when one of his trains collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 101 in Milford.

Six local teens hope to inspire volunteerism and a positive perception of people with disabilities with a documentary film they made this summer.

The dream of high-speed rail in the Merrimack Valley was jolted Wednesday when the Department of Transportation announced it would not seek federal stimulus money for the $300 million project.

Judge David Suntag handed down sentences as well as a bit of advice to four people who appeared in court Tuesday to plead guilty to charges in connection with the theft of a metal chili pepper from the top of a Chili's restaurant in Bennington.

With the fall flu season around the corner, town and hospital officials are taking steps to combat a potential H1N1 pandemic in the region.

The Queen City brings back its crowning cultural jewel Saturday, Aug. 29, with People Fest 2009.

More than 5 inches of rain fell on some towns in the area, creating washouts, flash floods, flooded basements and closing roads.

WHEN HE WAS elderly and suffering from arthritis, General John Stark would sit in his house near the Amoskeag Falls and watch travelers go by.

CONCORD Governor John Lynch is quickly losing control of state governmentas charges of unethical tactics in contract negotiations, allegations of potential misconduct in the awarding of a no-bid railroad contract, and the filing of major lawsuits have rocked his Administration and threaten to unravel his disastrous budget.

In nine days, New Hampshire's state motto will turn 200 years old. It was July 31, 1809, when Gen.

Outraged at what he calls an inside deal involving state officials that shut out his company from competitive bidding on operation of a freight rail line, the head of a regional railroad network is retaliating by pulling out of negotiations with the state on proposed passenger rail service for New Hampshire.

Richard G. Verney, chairman and chief executive of Monadnock Paper Mills Inc., Bennington, was awarded an honorary doctor of human letters degree at the recent University of New Hampshire commencement.

Twenty students in Alvirne High School's building-trades class completed a yearlong home-building project recently they'll never forget.