12/31/04 - EPPING - Associates at the Wal-Mart Super Center in Epping had a special guest at their morning meeting Wednesday - Capt. Lance Rosa-Miranda of the U.S. Air Force’s 4th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron.

12/31/04 - PLAISTOW - It will likely be another year before discussion regarding a school resource officer (SRO) at Timberlane Regional Middle School comes up again, despite a recent incident at the high school where a student brought a loaded handgun to school.

12/31/04 - The following is a seasonal tale of woe, laughter and giving as the staff at Rockingham News shares a personal holiday memory that stands out above the rest.

12/31/04 - RAYMOND - Selectman Jonathan Wood is concerned that seasonal trailers kept at the Pine Acres Campground are not being taxed by the town.

12/31/04 - PLAISTOW - The town Highway Department will send warning letters to owners of properties that were identified in the recent snowstorm to be in violation of a town ordinance prohibiting moving snow to properties that the person does not own.

12/31/04 - KINGSTON - When he was young, Road Agent Rich St. Hilaire loved building snow forts on the edge of the road with the other kids in the neighborhood.

12/31/04 - PLAISTOW - A decision on whether the town takes over the lease on the Vic Geary Center may not come for another month as the Board of Selectmen consider the town’s options for helping improve the senior center.

12/31/04 - RAYMOND - Positions on municipal boards will be up for re-election in March, including the Planning Board for the first time.

12/31/04 - FREMONT - After trying to sell his soul on eBay and going for seven days around Christmas without heat, Brad Shattuck and his family are finally feeling warm again.

12/31/04 - KINGSTON - Residents will have an opportunity to voice their opinions about adding 10 parcels at the intersection of New Boston Road and Route 125 to the town’s proposed commercial zone next week.

12/31/04 - KINGSTON - Police Sgt. Joel Johnson experienced deja vu on Christmas Day when he jumped into Country Pond to save his brother’s dog, a Saint Bernard named Toby, that had fallen through the ice.

12/31/04 - FREMONT - The Fremont Budget Committee plans to present residents with the proposed budget and warrant articles at a public hearing on Feb. 1.

12/31/04 - KINGSTON - The Budget Committee is working to finalize an operating budget proposal to bring to residents at a public hearing Sunday, Jan. 9.

12/31/04 - It goes without saying that their son’s heroin overdose was one of the most difficult trials Ric and Carol Waleryzak would ever face.

12/31/04 - NEWTON - Sunday night’s snowstorm left 8 inches of snow on the ground and several vehicles stranded as six accidents occurred in Newton in a matter of four hours.

12/31/04 - Maggie Wood Hassan apologized for greeting a visitor to her Exeter law office in jeans. "I had two sick kids this morning and the furnace isn’t working," she said.

12/31/04 - DANVILLE - Teachers and staff at Danville Elementary School will have warm and toasty fingers as they brave the cold weather doing bus duty this year, thanks to a gift from kind and generous person.

12/31/04 - It was the best of crimes, it was the worst of crimes. For the Epping-Exeter area, it was both, as 2004 saw a string of robberies at banks and barbershops, fitness centers and fish shops.

12/31/04 - EXETER - A state Professional Conduct Committee this week recommended that the Supreme Court disbar Hampton attorney Arthur Randlett for misusing more than $188,000 of client funds over a seven-year period.

12/31/04 - HAMPSTEAD - The town will hold its deliberative session Friday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Hampstead Middle School. Town elections will be held Tuesday, March 8, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the middle school.

12/31/04 - ATKINSON - The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to encumber $3,200 to get out of the current telephone contract and transfer services to a new company that will provide a substantial upgrade in the town’s communication capabilities.

12/31/04 - RAYMOND - Unlike the water, the future is cloudy for many Pennichuck Water Works customers.

12/31/04 - CONCORD — Adults adopted as children can find out the names of their biological parents beginning Jan. 1.

12/31/04 - HAMPSTEAD - DHT Sports Management, a subdivision of the New Hampshire Phantoms ownership, announced the acquisition of All-Around Sports in Hampstead.

12/31/04 - PLAISTOW - Not all heroic acts involve saving a baby from a burning building or capturing a criminal.

12/31/04 - RAYMOND - A few days before Christmas Day, it looked as if one local family would not even have enough for a decent meal, never mind gifts. But some quick action by a nonprofit group and donations from the community gave the family a Christmas to remember.

12/31/04 - RAYMOND - It’s about 12:30 p.m. Dec. 23, and customers at the Raymond Rite Aid are perusing discounted wrapping paper, searching for stocking stuffers, and reproducing photos for framing.

12/31/04 - As a community, we want our children to be safe while they attend class at the local public school. Rules are set by the district and New Hampshire has implemented the Safe Schools Act to insure that any threatening incident that occurs is reported to authorities and proper disciplinary action is taken.

12/31/04 - The following people passed away recently. . .

12/31/04 - Area police made the following arrests and conducted the following business recently...

12/31/04 - A number of area teams had themselves outstanding seasons during the 2004 calendar year, which saw some programs reach championship glory, while others were one step away.

12/31/04 - The region lost two of its sports figures with the deaths of longtime sports official Dick Lapierre and former Timberlane Regional High School wrestler Dimmy Gavriel, who was killed while serving as a marine in Iraq.

12/31/04 - EAST KINGSTON - A pilot flying over East Kingston isn’t familiar with the town of less than 2,000 residents. He searches furtively for an identifying sign. Suddenly, a bright red square building with yellow trim, reminiscent of old train station colors, greets his eyes.

12/31/04 - HAMPSTEAD - After more than 20 years, Auto Visions is changing its name to Visions Window Tinting to "reflect" that the company offers professional tinting of all kinds of windows, not just automobiles.

12/31/04 - BOSTON - Those wrongfully convicted of a crime in Massachusetts can now sue the state for up to $500,000 under one of 19 bills signed into law Thursday by Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey.

12/31/04 - BOSTON - Louise Outing's luck ran out Thursday when a judge denied the 94-year-old woman's request to force the state Lottery Commission to pay her entire $5.6 million winnings up front.

12/31/04 - BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Pilots dropped food to Indonesian villagers stranded among bloating corpses Thursday, while police in a devastated provincial capital stripped looters of their clothing and forced them to sit on the street as a warning to others. The death toll topped 117,000, and officials warned that 5 million people lack clean water, shelter, food, sanitation and medicine.

12/31/04 - BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three militant groups warned Iraqis against voting in Jan. 30 elections, saying Thursday that people participating in the "dirty farce" risked attack. All 700 employees of the electoral commission in Mosul reportedly resigned after being threatened.

12/29/04 - KENMORE, Ohio -- A northeast Ohio family hoping to see choirs perform holiday music on Christmas morning instead saw adult programming on the local public access television station.

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