Claremont News

University of New Hampshire Professor Richard England has a theory for tax reform: tax the land more, and the buildings less.

A New Hampshire businessman was killed in a glider crash in Washington State. Tim Donovan, 52, crashed his glider on Monday near Soap Lake.

Perfection, in some cases down to a 50-millionth of an inch, is the constant goal of the machinists and engineers at Charlestown-based Optimum Manufacturing Corp.

I remember my first night in Claremont almost 30 years ago. After wrapping up a six-hour shift on the radio, I was looking for something to do.

A Connecticut man has been charged with forcibly raping and sodomizing a 14-year-old Claremont girl, according to indictments a Sullivan County grand jury handed up this month.

Sometimes when I'm asked where I live, I say heaven. Not to worry, I'm not getting my religion on in this space, nor am I having an out-of-body experience or planning to cash in my life-chips early.

There was a time when Sabbith Davis wasn't sure where or whom to turn to for advice on raising children.

Jeremy Bonin, AIA NCARB LEED AP of Bonin Architects & Associates, will be presenting three Free Seminars on Green Homebuilding at the Lakeside Living Expo, Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gilford, NH from July 17-19, 2009 CLAREMONT, NH, June 18, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The 2nd Annual Lakeside Living Expo will be held July 17 - 19, 2009 at the Gunstock ...

Casey Dunn doesn't miss the early mornings, the sore backs and the inconsistent wages of his old life.

According to the electronic sign sitting just off Route 4 on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River, construction on a temporary bridge will begin almost immediately.

The Springfield Community Players will open their season with the Mary Chase comedy "Harvey." The play tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his pal Harvey, a 6-foot-tall white rabbit.

Homeowners who refinance their mortgages would face new taxes under a plan being considered by New Hampshire Gov.

The True Value Modified Racing Series returns to action this Friday night June 5, when New England's premier modified touring division visits Twin State Speedway, Claremont, NH., for the running of the 'Granite State Harley- Davidson 100.' The feature race will be a 100 lap green flag shootout for the popular ground pounding modifieds.

A Claremont, N.H., man whose arrest last summer led to his father being shot to death by police has been sentenced to four years in prison.

The podium that Abraham Lincoln used when he delivered his 1860 speech in the Garrison City will be on display for visitors when they attend the Lincoln reenactment Saturday, May 30.

A couple in their 30s was arrested over the weekend for providing alcohol to more than a dozen teens, days after Milford Police Chief Fred Douglas announced the department was going to come down hard on adults who host parties where kids have access to booze.

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most revered presidents in U.S. history, will return to the Garrison City nearly 150 years after he visited Dover the first time in 1860.

A little bit of Lincoln: Foster family loans podium used by former president in 1860 to Woodman Institute exhibit By ROBERT M. COOK bcookfosters.com bcook@fosters.com Saturday, May 23, 2009 John Huff/Staff photographer Foster's Daily Democrat Publisher Robert Foster, Editor Therese Foster and Vice President of Administration Patrice Foster stand ...

When Natalie MacMaster walks on stage, anything can happen. As she and husband, Donnell Leahy, neared the end of their TED Conference segment a few years back, the chirpy host announced a delay.

By ANGEL ROY, Staff Writer Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:06 AM CLAREMONT - A juvenile runaway reported missing from her High Street home by her mother at 4 a.m., Wednesday, was found 12 hours later on Alden Road when a resident reported at 4:40 p.m. that the child had been located on their property.