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An engineer hired by the city to review the Environmental Protection Agency's projected costs to clean up the former Mohawk Tannery site says many of the estimated price tags are significantly low.

The James W. Foley Freedom Run is taking place Saturday morning in Rochester, and the slain journalist's mother says a free press is key to having an informed citizenry here and in other countries.

A local judge has vacated a preventative detention order so that a city man can receive therapy and medication following an assault on his girlfriend and a Nashua police officer earlier this month.

Town Council Chairman John Farrell plans to hold an educational session before its Nov. 3 budget meeting to discuss how the new rules are likely to affect the municipal budgeting process.

The Executive Council has put the brakes on a contract that would enable Vail Resorts to take over operations of the state-owned Mount Sunapee ski area, citing last-minute amendments to the lease that need closer scrutiny.

A Dover man accused of dousing a woman in WD-40 and threatening to set her on fire is on trial at Strafford County Superior Court this week.

Some members of the town's budget committee are opposing a proposal that would eliminate the panel whose job is to provide another set of eyes on local spending.

In addition to ongoing traffic snarls from Goffstown's ongoing Village rebuild projects, residents can expect detours and additional delays over the next two weeks as the town begins maintenance work to repair what officials refer to as 'significant deterioration' on the Tirrell Hill Road bridge and the East Dunbarton Road bridge.

State police say slippery road conditions caused a four-car crash that sent five people to a local hospital and closed a portion of Interstate 93 northbound in Franconia Wednesday afternoon.

A familiar problem plagued the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team in its two losses at Colgate last weekend.