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The Concord police arrested a Pembroke man yesterday they say had sex with a 15-year-old girl in a parking area off Broken Bridge Road after she was escorted there by another man.

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Concord, NH Company C will make a donation of more than $35,000 to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure .

Legislators and other officials from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have scheduled a meeting with FairPoint Communications' representatives to discuss the company's bankruptcy proceedings.

Despite repeated public health communications urging pregnant women to seek the H1N1 flu vaccine, a small but significant number of pregnant patients are declining to get the new flu shot, local obstetricians say.

Legislators and other officials from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have scheduled a meeting with FairPoint Communications' representatives to discuss the company's bankruptcy proceedings.

The commander of a 3,000-strong infantry brigade headed to Afghanistan says the unit is well prepared for the mission, but he acknowledges his troops could face hazardous duty.

The man dying from lung cancer nearly 40 years ago meant a lot to Bob Johnson. The man was too weak to sip from a cup of water, too sick to even lean forward.

Tracy Gnann calls it "one of the great mysteries of Concord" - the railroad tracks by the Monitor building on Sewalls Falls Road.

CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge says New England College in Henniker, N.H., may proceed with its lawsuit accusing a poet of stealing one of its master's programs and its faculty and recreating it at a rival school in New Jersey.

Cole Gardens on Loudon Road had several pieces of landscaping equipment stolen in early October, and the police are asking for the public's help solving the crime.

MAIN STREET will be closed to traffic tonight for the annual Halloween Howl while kids go door to door to collect goodies at local shops from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. But trick-or-treating won't be the only attraction; there are plenty of activities downtown for all ages including: Live music in Bicentennial Square from 5 to 8 p.m. Free crafting, led by ...

When Americans fill up their cars with gas, Mike Breen wants them to picture terrorists filling their guns with bullets paid for with their money.

A convicted sex offender whose February trial on a child rape charge was derailed by a juror's online snooping agreed to plead guilty yesterday to avoid a new trial.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 1:51 pm US/Central CONCORD, N.H. 1 of 1 William Rudd, a 64-year-old retiree from Salem, has collected more than 1,500 prizes including food, gift certificates and other goodies under New Hampshire's state lottery's "Replay" program.

A quick-moving fire destroyed a home at 12 Orion St. in Concord yesterday, where a couple raise and train Labrador dogs for hunting.

Hideaki Miyamura, a potter, glazer and N.H. Artist Fellow, is one of the presenters at the Arts in Education Partnership Conference.

The Concord Police Department is looking for witnesses to a crash Thursday on Clinton Street in which a Dunbarton woman was struck from behind by a car, suffering serious injuries.

Spelling Bees may conjure many memories, but none quite like the ones about to be made at the First Annual Community Spelling Bee presented by Main Street Concord, Inc.

Concord High School has begun rolling out a new grading system aimed at encouraging progress rather than marking achievement.

Organic farming represents a small but growing sector of the agricultural production in Oregon, increasing from just under $10 million in 2002 to $88 million in 2007, according to the latest U.S. Census of Agriculture.

The former Tobey School building won't reopen this winter as an emergency family shelter.

On the same day last week that pink slips were filtering out to 250 state workers, lawyers for the attorney general's office were in court trying to avoid another big strain on the state budget - the potential loss of $110 million that lawmakers need to balance the state's books.

New Hampshire State police are investigating a crash on Route 9 in Stoddard that left one person dead and one with minor injuries.

This drill won't have fire engines, police squads or bodies. instead, there will be medicine and medical supplies dispensed to half the state in a race against the clock.

Share + Oct 16, 2009 9:12 am US/Eastern CONCORD, N.H. The New Hampshire Department of Safety has ordered law enforcement agencies to stop running background checks before returning confiscated firearms to their owners, saying it's a misuse of the system.

Nearly two weeks after fire destroyed the Friendly's on Loudon Road, about a third of the workers have been given shifts at other company restaurants.

Concord, NH - The Concord Young Professionals Network , an initiative of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, has been getting young professionals from Concord and around the state out to network and community building for the last three years.

Don't panic if you see a pair of sleek military planes overheard tomorrow. Two F-15 fighter jets, which feature top speeds in excess of 1,500 mph, or more than twice the speed of sound, will conduct training exercises with the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol over the skies of Concord.

It wasn't just his arrest following a fight with his tenants' guests that landed Michael Guglielmo back in prison last month on a parole violation.

This year, city residents are reading not one but two books as part of the annual Concord Reads program: Pay it Forward and The Soloist.

Concord's art galleries are joining forces to offer an art tour that will venture to the fields and forests of New Hampshire, the busy streets of India, the strange world of the imagination and back again.

A district court judge has denied Concord landowner Kevin Guay's request to unseal search warrants that allowed state officials to dig on his property in March.

A state police investigator yesterday asked the state Department of Safety to revoke inspection privileges for VIP Auto in Concord and three of its former employees because, he said, the employees fudged the required emissions testing on 96 cars between October 2008 and March 2009.

Paul Hodes, D-N.H., left, and Plymouth University President Sara Jayne Steen in Concord , N.H., Friday, Oct.

A Saturday morning fire that destroyed the Friendly's Restaurant on Loudon Road brought back old memories for State Rep.

The New Hampshire Executive Council has approved four of Gov. John Lynch's nominations to be superior court judges.

The state attorney general's office expects to wrap up an environmental investigation of Concord landowner Kevin Guay within 30 days, though it is still unclear whether any charges will be brought against him.

More than 150 people came to the Courtyard by Marriott on Monday night to feast on locally grown and produced foods - a turnout that City Councilor Rob Werner said warrants making the local growers dinner an annual event.

In her heyday, Marion Stiles danced on top of the world. The daughter of two cultured, world-traveling parents, Stiles - a New York City native who later transplanted to Concord - was destined to go places.

"Do you know the number of times Riverbend kept me from jumping off the bridge?" read Kendra Marshall's handwritten sign, which she held in front of the State House last week.

Fire claimed Friendly's Restaurant on Loudon Road early yesterday morning, leaving 65 people out of work and destroying a 41-year-old favorite eatery.

In this Sept. 16, 2009 file photo, retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter works with his group to promote civics education in New Hampshire schools during a meeting in Concord, N.H. Justice David Souter never danced the salsa in public.

An early-morning fire destroyed the Friendly's Restaurant on Loudon Road. No one was hurt but the damage may exceed $300,000 and Concord firefighters say it took every one of their on-duty trucks to get the blaze under control.

Tami Lovering, 46, of Terrie Drive, Pembroke, was arrested Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated.

A New Hampshire woman sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday for plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at her fortress-like home said she will continue to fight government corruption from behind bars.

Individuals, families, groups, organizations and businesses are invited to visit downtown Concord on Saturday, October 17th, to take part in "Something to Crow About!". This community scarecrow building activity is presented in partnership by Main Street Concord, Inc.

Plans to create a high-speed rail corridor from Nashua to Concord were derailed Wednesday after state Department of Transportation officials said they would not apply for $300 million in federal economic stimulus funds.

Stanley Ash aged fast. His mother died giving birth to the youngest of her 12 children.