North Hampton News

Representatives from the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce, local officials, shareholders, staff and management celebrated Optima Bank & Trust's newest branch location on Lafayette Road at a ribbon cutting on Nov.

Learn how you and your family can be prepared in advance of a crisis like the ice storm of December 2008, as well as become a Red Cross community partner in mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery by attending the Emergency Preparedness program that will take place Sunday, Nov.

The Stephen Ministry of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church celebrated its 20th Anniversary recently with a special Mass and reception that was attended by 38 ministers, past and present.

The Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce Holiday Auction will be held at the Galley Hatch Conference Center, located at 815 Lafayette Road in Hampton, on Thursday, Nov.

A buyer struck a tentative deal to purchase the popular Gateway Restaurant and intends to continue operating the property as a restaurant, according to a broker representing the Gateway's owners.

The result of a rate case based on a request to the state Public Utilities Commission by Aquarion Water Company for a 21 percent rate increase may have resulted in lowering that increase, but a provision in the settlement reached this past summer could result in additional rate increases before the next formal PUC rate case, company representatives ...

Lives were saved thanks to the efforts of two local people who helped remove a woman allegedly driving drunk from the road, North Hampton Police Lt.

The Heritage Commission has developed a timeline, listing interesting facts chronologically about North Hampton, alongside county, state, national and world events.

Prosecutors described the 2005 murder of Jack Reid as a "Brooks family affair" during opening arguments Wednesday in the murder trial of Jesse Brooks.

An Exeter man who already pleaded guilty to federal arson charges in Maine has agreed to plead guilty to a string of Seacoast burglaries.

The New Hampshire coast line is only 17+ miles long but it is ever so pretty, no matter what time of year you visit.

While waiting to be sentenced for stealing her nanny's identity to make fraudulent purchases, Ramie Marston used a city businessman's identity to charge $8,000 worth of goods, including tea products, a diamond ring, a puppy, groceries, hotel and restaurant services, furniture, music downloads and cash advances, according to her probation officer.

Send readings and signings to community@seacoastonline.com. 125 Water St., Exeter.

For leaving an angora rabbit in "squalid conditions, without any food" and with its leg fur matted to its body, Kristen Gilmore was sentenced Thursday with a fine, mandated restitution and court-imposed restrictions on future pet ownership.

The dentists at Hiltunen, Nash & Maguire, 2 Juniper Road, North Hampton, will buy back Halloween candy from area kids during its Treats for Troops effort.

Ralph Woekel, a corporal-ranked corrections officer at the Secure Psychiatric Unit in Concord, questioned Thursday how laying off or demoting 57 prison staff keeps Gov.

The state Board of Education gave the OK on Wednesday for Hampton to move forward with its plan to withdraw from School Administrative Unit 21.

Though it has already received applications from three residents, the North Hampton Select Board has opted to continue accepting applications for the Town Campus Study Committee from interested residents for the next two weeks.

The Select Board approved an ordinance during an Oct. 13 meeting that will prohibit through traffic on Glendale and Kimberly roads, Alden Avenue and Hampshire Drive.

Police said they have charged more than 20 teenagers, including one from Hampton and two from North Hampton, found at an underage drinking party last weekend.