CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s Episcopal bishop and other church leaders will be making it easier for Christians to observe Ash Wednesday by providing “Ashes to Go” in several locations. The Rev. Robert Hirschfeld will be administering ashes in Eagle Square in Concord from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, along with the rectors of […]

BOSTON (AP) — A Connecticut man has been convicted of traveling to Massachusetts with the intention of having sex with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl, but was actually a federal agent. Paul Hinkel, of Chester, Connecticut, was convicted Tuesday in federal court in Boston of using the Internet to lure a minor to […]

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A jury in the trial of a former western Massachusetts middle school teacher charged with child rape has started deliberations. The Hampshire Superior Court jury weighing the case against James Parks is expected to resume deliberations Wednesday after beginning on Tuesday. The 56-year-old Parks, of Southampton, was charged with assaulting and […]

SANFORD — There’s been so much snow – 97.7 inches as of Tuesday ”“ that Sanford is running out of places to store it. Crews have been working long hours trying to clear streets and sidewalks and then remove the snow, and the Public Works Department has had to contract out some snow removal, the […]