North Hampton News Archives

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.

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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.

Share + Oct 15, 2009 6:16 pm US/Eastern HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. Some New Hampshire state workers receiving layoff notices as part of the governor's budget mandate might have been targeted for their union activity, a union spokesman said Thursday.

Police on Monday apprehended a shoplifting suspect after he allegedly fled on foot to a nearby resident's home on Woodcock Lane.

More than 800 walkers turned out for the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire's 23rd Annual Walk by the Sea Against Brain Injury event at Hampton Beach State Park Sunday morning.

The following in no way suggests any criticism for any Hampton police officers or supervisors involved in a recent high-speed chase up Route 1. Rather, it questions the department's policies for such pursuits on busy roads.

Exeter, NH - The Phillips Exeter Academy Chapter of the Cum Laude Society has recently elected 16 seniors as early members of the academic honor society.

Firefighters from Hampton, North Hampton and Hampton Falls will gather in the rear parking lot of the Hampton uptown fire station on Sunday, Oct.

An old adage that is very popular here in New Hampshire is: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Its corollary - If it is broken, it should be fixed - is important, too.

A North Hampton man charged with trying to steal $35 worth of groceries from a local supermarket Monday was found by police while he hid in the garage of a woman who alerted authorities.

A North Hampton, N.H., man was among four people who attempted to steal the chili pepper logo from the Chili's restaurant in early September.

Judge David Suntag handed down sentences as well as a bit of advice to four people who appeared in court Tuesday to plead guilty to charges in connection with the theft of a metal chili pepper from the top of a Chili's restaurant in Bennington.

Residents in Hooksett were recently outraged that a convicted sex offender was living in their midst and they were never notified.