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A potent storm system was forecast to deepen throughout Friday as it moved from the Gulf of Mexico across the Florida Peninsula and began its trek up the East Coast.The storm was expected to drop heavy rain along the Gulf Coast at the start of the day, but by noon Eastern time, it would begin to track northeastward, heading for the Carolinas.

Newly released documents from the Diocese of Bridgeport show that a Connecticut priest accused of molesting children took some of his alleged victims to a vacation home in Washington, N.H., during the 1970s.

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Katherine Plourde of Hollis and Michael Plourde of Crofton, Md., along with John and Vanessa Moran of Searsport, announce the engagement of their children, Megan M. Plourde and Andy Moran.

Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire A beautiful weekend was the setting for exciting bike racing at the Porky Gulch Classic, hosted by Great Glen Trails.

New Hampshire, pay attention. How your representatives vote could change our state forever.

You will probably never need to know about the Olson database, also known as the Zoneinfo or tz database.

As a growing number of manufacturers compete to meet consumer demand for thick, tangy Greek-style yogurt, it's not only the yogurt that's getting strained.

Gov. John Lynch is one of several governors raising concerns about the health care reform proposals being debated in Congress.

When rescuers reached 17-year-old Scott Mason, who had been lost on New Hampshire's Mount Washington for three days, the teen and his family were greatly relieved.

College-bound students in Oregon's high school class of '09 are, on average, less prepared for college than the graduates before them in both math and writing, according to their scores on the SAT.

Gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine will be in Newnan Wednesday hosting a town hall meeting to discuss replacing income taxes with sales taxes.

I'm sitting in a pub, the very same one I've frequented over my 2 1/2 decades of skiing the mountains of the Mount Washington Valley area.

Relax for the Afternoon on Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire A relaxing hour-and-a-half tour of Lake Sunapee is accompanied by the ship captain's narrative about the geologic history of the clear glacial lake, with some cultural history thrown in.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. - Nin, a black and white cat who patrolled the Northeast's highest peak as the Mount Washington Observatory's mascot for a dozen years and was the subject of a children's book, has died.

A Massachusetts teenager who spent three nights alone on Mount Washington in April after he sprained an ankle and veered off marked trails has been fined more than $25,000 for the cost of his rescue.

Share + Jul 13, 2009 10:28 am US/Eastern WOLFEBORO, N.H. 1 of 6 Enjoy a free concert dockside at Cate Park in downtown Wolfeboro.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. Officials in the U.S. confirm that the remains of a man found on a mountain in New Hampshire last week are that of a missing man from Napanee, Ont.

A body has been found on Mount Washington. A Hikers found it off of the Lion's Head trail Monday afternoon, about three-quarters of a mile from the top of the mountain.

Jun 24, 2009 9:16 am US/Eastern MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. The sister of a hiker missing for two weeks on Mount Washington is asking other hikers to keep an eye out for any sign of him.