Coos County News

Berlin has to determine its own niche in a rebranded Coos County. That's according to Roger Brooks, the consultant working on the "Grand Hotels, Grand Adventures" branding initiative for the region.

A Vermont woman is facing negligent homicide charges stemming from a collision last summer on U.S. Route 2 in Randolph that killed her mother and daughter and a Maine woman.

Even in good economic times, there are challenges in northern New Hampshire, but as the national recession continues, a panel of North Country leaders and business owners say they hope they can hang on until the economy improves.

Weeks on list: 1 * In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover.

One person suffered minor burns and two others were taken to the hospital after a fire in Coos County in New Hampshire.

State and federal game officials are investigating the shooting last month of a bald eagle and are seeking information from anyone who may know something about it.

Two years ago, Paul Grenier decided to take a rest from local politics and did not seek a fifth term on the city council.

Corey Mason was acquitted by a jury on Oct. 28, on the charge of second- degree assault, but was found guilty of criminal liability for the conduct of another.

LIKE MOST of John Irving's novels, Last Night At Twisted River has a vast number of characters, settings and pages.

It's not difficult to make the case that John Irving is the greatest American novelist of his generation.

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson is published by Quercus, priced A 18.99 The final part of an unlikely trilogy of best-selling Scandinavian crime novels finds the hero, computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, in hospital recovering from the violent events of the second novel.

The company that wants to burn the Bethlehem landfill's methane to generate electricity alleges that the landfill's owner has reneged on a deal to give it control of the gas by refusing to allow construction of the plant, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Concord.

Plow trucks and sanders were called out this morning in the northern reaches of New Hampshire, where residents awoke to the first snow of the season.

We trust that the Coos County Commissioners will be properly skeptical of an application before them this week seeking $3.5 million in federal "stimulus" funds for tourism signs and 30 kiosks.

We trust that the Coos County Commissioners will be properly skeptical of an application before them this week seeking $3.5 million in federal "stimulus" funds for tourism signs and 30 kiosks.

Ryan Mackey wasted no time bagging his first deer. The 21-year-old took a doe on the first day of bow season, Sept.

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Dr. Andrew Pomerantz knows of veterans in New Hampshire who will drive three or four hours on a winter's day to get to the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., the closest one to them.

The Coos County Nursing Home in Berlin earned a Five-Star Quality Raging for the second year in a row.

Concord-based Clean Power Development said Monday it has obtained an air permit to operate a planned biomass plant in Berlin.