New Hampshire News

Share + Nov 10, 2009 12:51 pm US/Eastern NORMA LOVE, Associated Press Writer A bill to legalize assisted suicide in New Hampshire lost key backing Tuesday from a legislative committee when both supporters and opponents joined forces to reject it.

In May, Maine's legislature and governor made marriage equality the law of the state.

Judd Gregg. Lamontagne plans to make his candidacy official Monday with filings to the Federal Election Commission.

Is there a worst time of year to visit New Hampshire? March, with the snow already melting into mud and cold drizzle.

An Exeter girl is collecting $35,000 from McDonald's restaurant after suffering second-degree burns after hot tea spilled in her lap.

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State Republicans in favor of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage hope the repeal of Maine's same-sex marriage law will bolster their efforts to get the issue before New Hampshire voters.

A small hilltop plateau, upslope from town moderator Steve LaFrance's house in Stratford Bog, has been cleared and a gravel driveway and an electric power pole put in by Mike Beattie of Lancaster.

The following areNew Hampshire cities holding mayoral races in 2009 and the candidates running for the position.

Bernerd Harding, a World War II pilot from New Hampshire who went on a quest this fall to find his buried pilot's wings in Germany 65 years after his B-24 airplane was shot down, has died at age 90.

Is the newspaper industry experiencing the beginning of the end? That will be the question posed to a panel of New Hampshire editors and publishers at a Nov.

Firefighters from at least six New Hampshire communities are fighting a fire at the Merrimack Station power plant in the town of Bow.

A New York meat company has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef because of links to a death and illnesses in New Hampshire, in addition to illnesses from E. coli bacteria in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts.

The largest river restoration of its kind in New Hampshire is just being completed, with 2,900 feet of the Pemigewasset River restored to its original course and banks restored to their previous condition.

More great, fall things to do in New Hampshire Looking for something to do this autumn in NH? Check out www.nh.com/fall for a list of corn mazes, apple orchards, fall festivals and events and haunted attractions.

Drive 100 miles northwest of Lebanon to the other side of Lake Champlain, and you arrive in New York's 23rd congressional district, where next week's special election parallels contests taking place in New Hampshire.

Cheese Purveyors New Hampshire has many quality dairies statewide, including Full Moon Farm in Rochester, Boggy Meadow Farm in Walpole, Agape Homestead Farm in Center Ossipee, The Sandwich Creamery in North Sandwich, Heart Song Farm in Gilmanton Iron Works, Robie Farm in Piermont and Via Lactea Farm in Brookfield.

New Hampshire fell two votes short yesterday of becoming the 14th state to legalize marijuana use by severely ill people after the state Senate failed to override Governor John Lynch's veto.

WHETHER IT'S SWINE FLU , a mosquito-borne virus, recalls of tainted food, or any number of public health threats, news outlets turn to the doctor with the Colombian accent to explain the risk, or lack thereof.

Sarah Banville and Erin Fagan of Atkinson; Melissa Bogacki and Kathryn McGowan of Chester; Kimberly Cote of Danville; Ian Berry, Shannon Deppe, Danielle Jacques, Emily Marvell, Erin Murphy and Marie Valvis of Derry; Nicole Blackwell and Briana Parisi of Hampstead; Megan Call, Anthony DeCarolis, Shaun DeVoss, Stephanie Goduti, Emily Myers and Moira ...