Londonderry News

A Bayberry Lane man was arrested on indecent exposure and lewdness charges for touching himself as he watched neighborhood children, police said.

Convicted murderer Michael Benton recounted today how he was drawn into the murder-for-hire scheme to kill Jack Reid at the behest of millionaire businessman John "Jay" Brooks and eventually his son.

The Fire Department continues to investigate the cause of a two-alarm fire that damaged a newly constructed house near Nashua Road and Brookview Drive late Monday night.

Christopher Zaino missed trick-or-treating in his Londonderry neighborhood last weekend.

Some New Hampshire schools are facing high absence rate as the flu spreads. One of the worst was the Londonderry School District, with about 20 percent of its student body out sick on Tuesday.

A tractor trailer unit has rolled over just after 11:30 this morning on the Route 102 bridge over route 93. This is a Continental 18 wheeler, it is leaking liquid asphalt at a rate of 1 gallon per minute according to Londonderry Fire on to the roadway. State Police, Londonderry Police and Londonderry Fire are on the scene at this time. Estimated by Londonderry Fire are that 8000 gallons are in the tank...

Read the full story in the Londonderry Hometown Online News for film from the scene!

Nearly one in five students enrolled in the Londonderry School District was listed as out sick yesterday, Superintendent Nathan Greenberg said, with many of the parents reporting their children are home with flu-like symptoms.

Window and door manufacturer Harvey Building Products has announced plans to close its Springfield facility and move about 100 jobs to other locations in New England.

Schools remain open, families and district deal with 16.1% absentee rate and climbing. North School tops the list at 30%. Just since last Wednesday the number has jumped from 329 to 931!

We asked Superintendent Nate Greenberg how many were out and some details on past years...

Details at Londonderry Hometown Online News.

A Massachusetts man is accused of stealing $15,000 in coins and jewelry from a Londonderry home while the family was overseas on vacation earlier this year.

The Local Government Center is already in the hot seat with the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire for not disclosing financial information the organization believes is public under the state's Right to Know Law.

Three people were rushed to area hospitals Wednesday afternoon after a three-car crash at the intersection of Route 102 and High Range Road.

A private meeting held last night for parents to discuss last week's murder-suicide of a local couple drew about 10 people looking for answers on how to discuss the tragedy with their children.

Hours before Binh Vernet killed his wife at their Fiddler's Ridge home Wednesday night, he stopped at his mother's house in Woburn to eat lunch.

Suzanne Vernet of Londonderry, New Hampshire, died Thursday October 22, 2009 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was the loving mother of four young children...

First thing this morning the telecommunications provider for Londonderry and the region filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

In 2008 the company bought Verizon’s land lines and Internet service for $2.3 billion in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. They also have operations in 15 other states with 1.65 million lines in operation today.

“The day-to-day operations of our business will not be impacted by today’s actions,” said David Hauser...

From Londonderry Hometown Online News

A spike of recent high-profile violent crime has put the spotlight on neighboring New Hampshire.

One of the two co-conspirators of a Massachusetts man arrested yesterday on terrorism charges had traveled to New Hampshire to try to obtain guns for attacks on shopping malls, federal authorities said.

One young mother was trying to escape from her home and husband. Another woman was beaten to death at the hands of her husband as two of her children watched, with one of them calling 911.

A strained marriage may have been a factor in an apparent murder-suicide that left families throughout the community stunned and asking what went wrong in a home that appeared from the outside to be stable and happy.