All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 4 2017 // A judge has ruled that a Portsmouth, N.H., auto dealership incurred damages caused by a city sewer line running through the property.The Portsmouth Herald reports Rockingham County Judge William Delker says Toyota dealer...
Dec 27 2016 // Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater...
Dec 21 2016 // Officials and residents in the New Hampshire town of Greenland are urging Portsmouth’s City Council to support running municipal water to homeowners whose wells are vulnerable to contamination from a Superfund...
Dec 16 2016 // A former gunpowder plant owner imprisoned over a deadly 2010 explosion in New Hampshire has agreed to surrender some money to the federal government in a separate wire fraud case in Maine.Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone,...
Dec 13 2016 // Two women are suing a groom and the event company that ran his wedding reception after they allege he flew a drone that hit them in the head at the New Hampshire event.Kneena Ellis, of Seabrook, and Kelly Eaton of Peabody,...
Dec 9 2016 // Auto-Owners Insurance, a Lansing, Michigan, based insurance provider, has announced its proposed affiliation with the Concord, N.H., based Concord General Mutual Insurance group of companies.The transaction has been...
Dec 2 2016 // Though the worst impacts of rising seas in New Hampshire are decades away, a state commission is warning that coastal communities must act now to ensure vulnerable buildings are protected and roads, bridges and other...
Dec 2 2016 // A Florida-based circus operator has agreed to pay $24,000 in fines issued by federal safety officials for a tent collapse that killed two people and injured dozens in New Hampshire last year.Robert Young, 41, and his...
Dec 1 2016 // A federal judge has temporarily reinstated a teenager at an elite New Hampshire prep school after his mother said he was wrongfully expelled after having sex with another student.The Portsmouth Herald reports Judge Joseph...
Nov 16 2016 // A New Hampshire prep school criticized for how it’s handled sexual assault cases faces trial on a lawsuit brought by a former student’s mother who alleges the school wrongfully withdrew her 15-year-old son...
Oct 26 2016 // Drought conditions are making it harder to fight wildfires and New Hampshire residents should be vigilant about the increased threat, state forestry and fire officials say.Conditions range from abnormally dry to extreme...
Oct 25 2016 // The Windham Group has launched Logical IME, an independent medical examination company that serves workers’ compensation payers.Based in Manchester, N.H., Logical IME provides independent medical exams (IMEs) as well...
Sep 13 2016 // A New Hampshire prep school criticized for how it has handled sexual misconduct and assault cases is facing a federal lawsuit from the parents of a 15-year-old boy, saying it was wrong to withdraw their son after he had...
Aug 31 2016 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department is advocating that families sending students to college get the right insurance coverage for their children.“We recommend that when college students and their families prepare...
Aug 3 2016 // A nonprofit health insurer with 25,000 customers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire has filed a federal lawsuit claiming it is being illegally punished for offering lower-cost products.Under the Affordable Care Act’s...
Aug 2 2016 // The growing concern around the country about “peeping drones” may have come to a town in New Hampshire. Police in Hollis say they’ve received more than 20 complaints about a drone flying outside...
Jul 27 2016 // At Lavoie’s Farm in New Hampshire, beans and corn haven’t broken through the ground yet and fields of strawberries are stunted.The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast is especially felt at John...
Jul 26 2016 // Joseph Lachance has joined the sales team at Aspen Insurance Agency in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he will focus on personal lines and mid-size commercial lines business. Lachance is a licensed insurance producer with...
Jul 13 2016 // A staffing agency that placed a medical technician at Exeter Hospital who infected patients with hepatitis C in 2012 says it shouldn’t have to compensate the hospital for payouts made to patients who tested negative...
Jul 11 2016 // A state law requiring criminal background checks on drivers of ride-hailing companies took effect last month in New Hampshire with Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan’s signature.The law also requires ridesharing companies...