Londonderry News

A little here and a little there. Instead of imposing an income tax, or legalizing slot machines, that's how the state Legislature decided to address a $650 million deficit in the state's two-year budget.

Gov. John Lynch added his signature to an $11.5 billion budget Tuesday that could result in up to 950 New Hampshire workers being laid off, if it isn't replaced with a furlough plan costing workers more than a month's pay over the two-year budget.

A registered sex offender from Londonderry was caught breaking into a house and tried to hide from police after he was spotted, police said.

Give the Gift of Life this summer and enjoy life's sweet rewards courtesy of Friendly's Ice Cream.

On a recent Sunday, the Rev. John Mokkosian welcomed 19 new members to the Londonderry Presbyterian Church.

I truly love writing about entertainment - all forms of fun, like music, dancing, theatre, poetry, and just events in this area that make people happy, in addition to all the talented people who perform in these venues in whatever form they love the most.

Snow days are fun - except when they delay the start of summer vacation. This week, area students are finally turning in their books and storing their backpacks as they welcome the last day of school.

When the alarm sounded on a hot and dry weekday afternoon in April, fire crews from Londonderry, N.H., rushed in tanker trucks and pickups not to a burning house but to a fire at the Musquash Conservation Area.

Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp - dairy cows' contribution to global warming.

With speculation mounting that Woodmont Orchards may soon be developed, councilors have approved the purchase of a conservation easement on 24 acres of Mack's Apples orchard land.

Two supposedly suspicious packages were found during a drill yesterday in an industrial building near Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

A Manchester man is facing charges of reckless conduct, resisting arrest and conspiracy to sell controlled drugs after leading state and local police on a multi-town manhunt, police said.

A Carroll County grand jury has charged a Jackson man with voting for President twice in November's general election, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.

Some local religious leaders had strong reactions to the signing of the group of three same-sex marriage bills last week in Concord by Gov.

One thing I love about summer is the wonderful opportunity to take in the sights and sounds of area artisans and musicians as they take to area stages to perform and offer their talents.

School Superintendent Nathan Greenberg is tops. He will officially be named the state's Superintendent of the Year on Saturday.

While this may seem heretical in early June, there are some inherent truths to teenage life in the United States, and one of them is that summer rather quickly turns into a bore.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 7--At least two local fire departments are hoping federal stimulus dollars will give them the stations voters have denied.

The Massachusetts Division of Banks issued cease and desist orders to 87 mortgage companies, forcing them to stop doing business in Massachusetts for failing to comply with new rules governing how they operate.

There is a confirmed case of a fifth-grader at Matthew Thornton Elementary School with H1N1 flu.