CONCORD, N.H. New Hampshire needs to tell its story better online and in person if it wants to attract workers, an economic development expert who’s been working with state officials said Thursday. Dariel Curren of Development Counsellors International was the keynote speaker at the Department of Resources and Economic Development’s annual meeting. She said there’s […]

CONCORD, N.H. The owners of a cog railway that climbs up New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast, want to build an upscale hotel a mile from the summit, in keeping with hotels that once graced the mountain in the 1800s, and to accommodate summer tourists. With the loss of the Old […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say a Rhode Island man who streamed himself on Facebook Live driving 114 mph before crashing into a garbage truck and a concrete barrier was driving with a suspended license. State police say 20-year-old Onasi Olio-Rojas, of Pawtucket, lost control Wednesday on U.S. Route 6 in Providence. The video posted […]

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts college that drew nationwide criticism when it stopped flying the U.S. flag on campus following the presidential election says Old Glory is back up. Hampshire College in Amherst returned the flag to full staff today. The flag was lowered to half-staff after the Nov. 8 election. The flag was […]

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — The fire department in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, says some families are “double-dipping” into a Santa Fund it runs, asking for toy donations more than once for the same child. As a result, the fire chief says they have to check their list twice. Fire Chief Troy Ruggles tells the Caledonian […]

TOPSHAM Lisbon Emergency and Topsham Police Department representatives joined Firehouse Subs personnel at the Topsham restaurant Thursday morning to accept gifts of life saving equipment worth more than $30,000. In 2005, Firehouse Subs Restaurant co-founders traveled to Pearlington, Mississippi and assisted with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The foundation was created because of that experience, according […]

PORTLAND The owner of a building in Maine where six people died in a fire following a Halloween party two years ago was sentenced Thursday to three months in jail for his misdemeanor conviction. Judge Thomas Warren also fined Gregory Nisbet $1,000. The sentence and fine come six weeks after the judge found Nisbet guilty […]

FALMOUTH (AP) — State traffic engineers are looking into an increase in crashes on Interstate 295 between Falmouth and Gardiner. The Portland Press Herald reports there were more than 350 crashes on that stretch of highway last year. That’s 32 percent higher than in 2013, and about 25 percent higher than the average number of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — An investigator with Maine’s government accountability office says it’s nearly impossible to measure how much of a problem elder financial abuse has become due to incomplete data. The Portland Press Herald reports members of the U.S. Senate Aging Committee received a new report from the Maine office about elder financial abuse. Kathryn […]