12/26/04 -
HAMPTON - Frank Donovan always knew he wanted to get involved building homes for Habitat for Humanity. He just thought he’d have to wait until he retired.
12/26/04 -
HAMPTON - Large customers of Unitil Energy Systems Inc. can expect a 25 to 30 percent increase in their electric bill this spring.
We’ve ‘no place to go’
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - On Christmas Eve, Suzanne Riccioli and her 6-year-old son, Billy, are hoping for a miracle.
They are being forced out of their apartment at 95 Drakeside Road and they have no place to go.
Electric rates soar for WHS
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - Rising rates to large customers of Unitil Energy Systems Inc. is reflected in a $49,000 increase in Winnacunnet High School’s electricity budget .
Merry (careful what you say)
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - Welcome to the politically correct world where Christmas trees are now called community trees and the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is sung "we wish you a swinging holiday."
N-plant shows off ‘Defense in Depth’
12/24/04 -
SEABROOK - Seabrook Station unveiled $14 million in security upgrades on Wednesday, in the first media tour of the nuclear power plant since the week after the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Party proves Fortunate’
12/24/04 -
It was anything but miserable at the Fortunate Events party held Wednesday afternoon at the Hampton Falls Free Library.
Masonic Lodge meets
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - Saint James Lodge F. & A. M. held its annual meeting Thursday, Dec. 16.The meeting consisted of a Lodge of Sorrows for 2004 to remember those members who died during the year; the presentation of year-end reports from the secretary, Brother Andrew Hirst, and the treasurer, Brother Richard Chevalier; and the election of officers for 2005.
Barrington to get raise, but no bonus next year
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - Coming off a default budget year, selectmen decided it wouldn’t be fiscally prudent to give Town Manager James Barrington a bonus this year.
Department gets $250,00 in grants
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - The Hampton Fire Department is heading into the 21st century after being rewarded two Homeland Security grants totaling $250,000.
Town gets better bond rating than expected
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - The taxpayers in town will be paying a less in interest than officials originally anticipated on a 20-year bond for the sewer upgrade infrastructure project at Hampton Beach.
SAU 21 withdrawal panel to reconvene in January
12/24/04 -
HAMPTON - The School Administrative Unit 21 Withdrawal Study Committee will begin looking at the costs involved in dissolving the school system in January.
Santa makes early stop
12/24/04 -
SEABROOK - Christmas came early at the Seabrook fire station on Wednesday, as Santa handed out gifts to local children.
An estimated 157 Seabrook children received from two to four gifts, plus hats and mittens, from the Seacoast Area Firefighters Toy Bank.
Police dispatcher joins SERT
12/24/04 -
SEABROOK - Seabrook police dispatcher Michael Francis is the regional emergency response team’s new on-call tactical dispatcher.
Weare co-signs motorcycle noise bill
12/24/04 -
SEABROOK - Seabrook state representative E. Albert Weare, R-Seabrook, is the co-signer of a bill aimed at curbing motorcycle noise.
Neighbors hit Highway Department location
12/24/04 -
NORTH HAMPTON - Residents of Cedar Road will not take the building of a new Highway Department garage there lying down.
Most town budgets up near 3 percent
12/24/04 -
NORTH HAMPTON – The budgeting process continues its glacial pace.
Tuesday night, the Budget Committee reviewed revised budgets from several town departments and a list of warrant articles recommended by the selectmen.
Boy, burned in stove mishap, saved by the snow
12/24/04 -
BRENTWOOD - Thirteen-year-old Justin Parker went out in the snow on Tuesday, but not to play. Instead, his tumble in the white stuff helped to save his life.
Fishing boat rescue attempt highlights stretched Coast Guard
12/24/04 -
BOSTON - "It's an emergency! You need a chopper! You need a chopper out!"
With those urgent words, fishing boat captain Tony Alvernaz set off a futile Coast Guard search for five New Bedford scallopers, lost in the rolling seas off Nantucket.
Investigators wrapping up first phase of Big Dig wall inspections
12/24/04 -
BOSTON - Investigators reviewing the construction of wall panels in the Big Dig's Interstate 93 tunnel planned to wrap up the first phase of their inspections early Friday morning by looking at two panels along one section of the tunnel.
Three Marines killed in Fallujah
12/24/04 -
FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. Marine infantrymen fought with insurgents in Fallujah on Thursday as warplanes and tanks bombarded guerrilla positions in the heaviest fighting here in weeks. The clashes raged as nearly 1,000 residents returned to the devastated city for the first time since U.S. troops drove out most of the militants last month.
Maine medic’s plan helped keep order after deadly blast
12/24/04 -
PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine Army National Guard medic’s "mass casualty plan" is credited with saving lives following an explosion in a mess tent in Iraq that killed 22 people including two soldiers from the 133rd Engineer Battalion.
