UNH law school dean Megan Carpenter to step down at end of December

'Caught in the wave': New Hampshire makes dramatic swing towards Dems

Republicans in the Granite State were expected to give up some ground in the midterm elections. They hadn’t expected to give up their slate of seats in Bedford, a GOP stronghold. Or the Senate seat in the heart of the Lakes Region. Or to be blown out of the Executive Council. The current House Speaker, […]

Sixteen Merrimack County school districts adopt school tax caps so far

Voters in Merrimack Valley, Hillsboro-Deering and Pembroke are among the sixteen school districts — and counting — in the county where voters adopted a school district tax cap. In a midterm election that dealt heavy blows to the Republican Party, a statewide school tax cap ballot question seems to be a small win for the […]

N.H. father guilty of sexually abusing son over 10 years

After a four-day jury trial, Douglas Frechette was found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing his son over a period of 10 years. Frechette was convicted on 19 charges: 18 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of incest. The abuse came to light in 2025, when Joseph Frechette, who also goes by […]

Local stars earn top honors on all-state field hockey lists

Local athletes dominated the New Hampshire field hockey awards, with Hopkinton and Kearsarge sweeping major categories across Division III.

Pembroke falls to No. 1 Hollis-Brookline in D-II girls soccer semifinals

Despite a resilient performance from senior striker Ava Alberico and a defense that kept the score close for much of the match, the fourth-seeded Pembroke Spartans fell to top-seeded Hollis-Brookline in the soccer semifinals.