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By JIM KENYON

Delay, delay, delay. The time-tested legal strategy is a sneaky way to keep the public from gaining access to police information that under New Hampshire law should be easily available to anyone who asks for it.Hanover officials and their attorney...

Roy Knights stacks firewood at his home in Lyme on Friday. A bead of sweat formed on Knights’ brow as he hauled loads of wood in 80 degree heat. “You know the old saying about wood,” he said, “it heats you twice.”

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire is known for many firsts: the first to declare independence from England and its first-in-the-nation primary.New Hampshire is also the first state where residents of a manufactured housing community purchased their park, forming a...

Cliff Cantlin, left, who retired from the Lebanon Fire Department in 2007, talks to Inspector Charlie Barker, who stated working in the department a few months later, as they watch the demolition of the Central Fire Station in Lebanon on Sept. 5.A new...

By ALEX CERVANTES

HANOVER — A cacophony of noise descended upon Hanover High’s turf field in the waning minutes of regulation Friday night.Dozens of stomping feet rattled the bleachers. Parents’ voices clamored from the sidelines. The Hanover student section, glued to...

ALEX CERVANTES

The Hanover and Lebanon boys soccer teams didn’t need any reminders of their opponents on Tuesday.Lining up opposite the maroon-clad Upper Valley squads were the two teams that had defeated them in last season’s D-I and D-II state title games, Bedford...

By ALEX CERVANTES

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford High football is getting back to its roots this season.“We’re one of the few teams that still believe in running the ball,” coach Matt Trombly said. “Everybody wants to spread it and throw it around. We still believe in...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Cassandra Sanchez’s visit to a Tennessee facility last year raised an alarm for the New Hampshire child advocate.One of the children held at the facility told her he had one goal: to do “whatever it takes” to return to the Granite State.A new law,...

John Garoutte, of Charlestown, works on a mural titled “Patchwork” in the Lebanon Pedestrian Tunnel, which ferries cyclists and pedestrians on the Mascoma River Greenway under the downtown Lebanon Mall. Garoutte designed the mural to look like a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Based on their income levels, registered nurses can afford a two-bedroom apartment at $1,833 a month in the state’s rental market. Public school teachers and electricians make enough for a typical one-bedroom at $1,430.Since rental costs are on the...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WEST LEBANON — In the race to represent New Hampshire’s second district in Washington, 13 Republican candidates filed for the chance to flip Democrat Annie Kuster’s congressional seat.The three GOP front-runners, Bill Hamlen, Vikram Mansharamani, and...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At the end of the month, Edmund McGahey plans to load up his U-Haul with the American flag neatly rolled behind his front door, take his wind chimes down from his front porch, pack his eight potted Christmas cacti, and leave for Texas.With an...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Words like institutional and hardened type of secure construction raise alarm bells for Cassandra Sanchez.When the Office of the Child Advocate supported legislation to build a new youth detention facility, a requirement was that the center take on a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

With the Hunger Free New Hampshire Act, Becky Whitley wanted a buffet of solutions to eliminate food insecurity. In the end, Gov. Chris Sununu signed a small portion of her original bill into law. Students who are eligible for free and reduced lunch...

GRAFTON — Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in Grafton on Monday evening, according to a news release from New Hampshire State Police.The man is believed to have been shot in Danbury, N.H., before traveling to Grafton, police...

Volunteer Isabel Bober, right, cheers for rider Jacky Dick, of Andover, Mass., as she nears the finish line for the Prouty Ultimate in Hanover on Friday. Dick has been participating in the Prouty, a fundraiser for the Dartmouth Cancer Center, for 10...

Jameson Lahaye, 13, of Lebanon, fishes in the Mascoma River near Baker’s Crossing Conservation Area in Lebanon on Tuesday. Jameson’s brother taught him how to fish, and they often visit other local fishing spots. “He fishes a lot more than me,”...

By JIM KENYON

In March, Ashley Denofrio agreed to become the court-appointed legal guardian for her two nieces in hopes of bringing much-needed stability to their lives.As Denofrio has learned, however, the state of New Hampshire isn’t big on providing the...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

As has been the case in recent election cycles, Republican state House candidates will be few and far between on ballots in November in the core of the Upper Valley on the New Hampshire side.In Grafton 12, representing Hanover and Lyme, four...