New Durham News

A two-alarm fire quickly gutted the inside of a one-story home at 18 Orange St. on Monday afternoon, displacing a family of four.

Five people, including a child who may have sustained head injuries, went to the hospital as a result of an accident in the heart of town Monday morning.

Mike Leighton says his "whole world came crashing down" when his wife, Ann, was critically injured in a Feb.

Police are searching for a N.H. man they believe stabbed a teen during an argument earlier this month on King's Highway.

Mike Leighton says his "whole world came crashing down" when his wife, Ann, was critically injured in a Feb.

A 22-year-old man drove about 35 miles intending to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, according to a prepared statement released by Portsmouth's police chief.

The New Durham terminal cancer patient accused of arson and stabbing a police officer with scissors had his court date continued until July.

The state of New Hampshire isn't bound by its own statute of limitations for legal actions, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, citing the common law doctrine, 'Time does not run against the king.' The ruling came in a dispute over whether the state Department of Environmental Services could seek to fine the developers of a golf course in New ...

A Wolfeboro teen, beaten in a fight in New Durham Friday night, persuaded his friends to attack and stab the man who bested him, police say.

A local police officer found himself a target of violence last week after responding to a domestic disturbance call on Shore Drive.

The birth of Brady Glidden early Friday morning was perfectly normal, besides the fact that his mother gave birth to him in a car along Route 11 in the pouring rain.

Cresta/Democrat photo New Durham Police Chief Shawn Bernier escorts a man in handcuffs from a residence at 8 Shore Drive Wednesday afternoon.

Valedictorian Caitlin Christo on Sunday challenged fellow St. Thomas Aquinas graduates to follow the advice given by her grandfather: "just shoot." Christo said she didn't understand the significance of the statement when she first heard it over a piece of cake at age 9, but the advice to be confident has come to drive her in all aspects of her ...

While Durham County schools brace for deep cuts that could impact the classroom, a local church plans a new state-of-the-art facility for some of the Triangle's most disadvantaged youth.

After a local man accidentally was poisoned by carbon monoxide gas earlier last month, emergency personnel from around the area have taken steps to protect themselves against the colorless and odorless killer.

From developing a new employee evaluation policy to reviewing energy usage in town buildings, New Durham's Board of Selectmen set a wide array of goals for the next year during a work session on May 27.

Amber McKenzie Handy died Friday, May 29, 2009, at her home in New Durham. Amber was born March 24, 2009, to Aaron and Amy Handy of New Durham.

During the citizen's forum of the Monday, May 18 New Durham Board of Selectmen's meeting, town resident William Chase stood up and said if Peter Rhoades, a non-member of the board, can attend a non-public session of the board, he wants to be present as well.

Police arrested a Lion's Camp Pride Way woman Sunday on multiple charges alleging she was negligent in caring for five horses.

A New Durham horse owner was charged with 10 counts of cruelty to animals over the weekend.