DURHAM — An unfavorable first-round matchup. A potentially hostile crowd. A chorus of national disrespect.

EXETER — The Rinks at Exeter were filled with children — and parents who felt like kids again — on Sunday, as the Bruins Alumni team came in to face...

DURHAM — For the larger high schools in the state, one of the best things about deciding boys basketball championships at the University of New Hampshire is the size of...

KITTERY, Maine — Police Lt. Russell French is going home.

PORTSMOUTH — Police were still looking Sunday night for a 47-year-old city man wanted in connection with an alleged theft of $40,000 at a Sagamore Road business earlier in the...

PORTSMOUTH — A 28-year-old Maine man is due today in Portsmouth District Court to face a charge alleging he attempted to sell two reportedly stolen Rolex watches to a city...

PORTSMOUTH — Thwarted in its attempt last year to add more money to the school budget, WAVE has been resurrected to try to maintain the 2.8 percent increase requested by...

Tuesday in Portsmouth: School Board retreat, 5:45 p.m., High School; Board of Adjustment, 7 p.m., Eileen Dondero Foley Council Chambers, City Hall; Citizens Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., Planning Conference Room,...

PORTSMOUTH — The Little Harbour School cafeteria and gym will be transformed into a quaint Italian bistro Thursday, featuring a silent auction hall lined with more than 200 eclectic and...

WASHINGTON — Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down...

PORTSMOUTH — The spirit of Doris "Granny D" Haddock's efforts to level the playing field for those seeking elected office was the backbone of a Sunday forum on campaign finance...

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — It was an evening of celebration and gratitude Saturday night, as Fire Chief George Gorman was named 2009 Firefighter of the Year for Public Service by...

PORTSMOUTH — Following weeks of hearing from school and pool advocates, the City Council will take a painful dose of reality before it gets firmly entrenched in budget discussions.

PORTSMOUTH — Bethel Assembly of God is changing its name to one that its members say better represents what makes up the community church of the 21st century.

ELIOT, Maine — Representatives from Beagles of New England States (B.O.N.E.S.) will be available to discuss beagle rescue and adoption, and answer questions about the breed, from 10 a.m. to...

KITTERY — Every day, inventors pump out new gadgets and toys for the public to use. In the past 10 years, we've all seen significant changes in technology and the...

WELLS, Maine — Lorraine Tuttle and her husband, David, have been farmers their entire working lives and have been successful at it. Now in their late middle age, the Berwick...

PORTSMOUTH — When Lindsey Carmichael's 8-year-old son was an infant and toddler, he had asthma so debilitating that he pretty much lived with an inhaler. What, she wondered, was making...

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LOS ANGELES — Viacom and Google, raising a slow-brewing corporate drama to the boiling point, swapped blistering accusations of piracy and clandestine actions as part of a high-stakes legal war...