Reader Barbara Hunting was driving with her husband on Route 11 between Andover and Wilmot just before 6 p.m. Saturday when they looked up and saw a "very vibrant and large green meteor-like event" rapidly descending at a 45 degree angle in the western sky. Full Story »
IF YOU LIKE MEETINGS, the next week is all elementary school consolidation all the time. Here are upcoming dates in the Concord School District's plan to start construction at three of its schools: Full Story »
A QUOTATION in a Sunday Monitor story about fertility specialist Dr. Robert Sasso was misattributed. It was patient Kelli Clark who said "I left the office in tears" when she learned that Sasso was leaving Concord Hospital. Full Story »
A new library would cost the city several hundred thousand dollars a year more to operate, and initial fundraising projections were far too optimistic, according to a committee's report. Full Story »
A judge ruled yesterday that an office manager for two Lakes Region firms forced into bankruptcy could access her own money. Full Story »
Officials at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway want the state to widen Route 106. But state officials decided against including the Concord to Loudon road on their 10-year list of priorities last week because they say the track brought the idea forward at the last minute. Full Story »
Inside the Allenstown Elementary School gym last night, the name of the game was frustration. Full Story »
Fire officials in New Hampshire say a Lempster woman who tried to extinguish a fire in her home and then rescue pets has died of injuries suffered in the fire. Full Story »
A high number of freed New Hampshire inmates are returning to prison, many for technical infractions, according to an interim report by a national group that is to deliver its findings to legislators today. Full Story »
A bond issue that required a special town meeting in Pittsfield passed with ease yesterday, clearing the way as the town hurries to accept federal money and avoid leaving local taxpayers to foot the bill in bringing its wastewater treatment plant up to code. Full Story »
Penny Pitou, the first American skier to win an Olympic downhill medal, said yesterday that she's humbled and honored to have a new beginners chairlift named after her at the Gilford ski area where she grew up learning the sport. Full Story »
One of the two men charged with robbing the Apothecary Express pharmacy on Loudon Road in January was sentenced yesterday to just over four years in federal prison yesterday. Full Story »
There are plenty of opportunities to get into the Christmas spirit today. Many communities and organizations are hosting holiday fairs: Full Story »
Ming Ming is a very outgoing, family-oriented adult guinea pig who needs a new home. Ming Ming and other animals available for adoption can be seen at the SPCA on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call 753-6751. Full Story »
Put away those cell phones. Beginning Jan. 1, texting while driving is against the law in New Hampshire. Full Story »
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover is using a grant to provide free visits to families with autistic children when the museum is closed to the public. Full Story »
The police have charged eight people, including seven from Pelham, with the illegal sale and possession of OxyContin and other drugs. Full Story »
According to the police, a woman who had picked up her two children from a Manchester day-care center was found drunk, passed out in a snowbank near the center while her children were in the car with the door open. Full Story »
The state is helping the poor in Concord who need rides to state offices for services. Full Story »
Friends and family of long-distance gift-givers might be in for a long wait. According to the U.S Census Bureau, the postal service will deliver 16.6 billion letters and packages this month. The busiest mailing day is typically Dec. 14 - which is tomorrow. Full Story »
Looking for a winter-themed gift for an art-lover on your Christmas list? How about a vintage 1930s print of a young tyke enjoying a toboggan run in Lancaster? Full Story »
Red River Theatres will be overrun with Rolling Stones fans Wednesday. If you're one of them, you may want to join lifelong Stones fan Bill German, who will be discussing his book Under Their Thumb. In addition, the theater will screen the classic Stones documentary Gimme Shelter. Full Story »
More than two years after severe flooding last rocked Allenstown's riverfront community, the town is looking to purchase a final round of flood-damaged homes that qualified for a federal buyout. Full Story »
Steve Frink puts 6,000 miles a year on his bike, but he says he isn't hardcore. "There are people who bike in the winter. I think they're nuts, too," he said. "I'm not one of those." Full Story »
In the northern city of Berlin, it's not uncommon to hear a screaming fire whistle rip through the tranquil mountain air. Nearly 40 suspicious fires have plagued the city in less than three years, and residents last week said they're feeling a bit burned out. Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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