An operator sustained minor injuries when a remote-controlled hot air balloon caught fire during the Suncook Valley Rotary Club's annual rally in Pittsfield on Saturday morning.

Concord boys basketball defeated ConVal 46-23 in the Dave Bonner Memorial Summer League playoffs to reach the semifinals.

Detective Steven Carter explains why tap-to-pay is safer and how to spot fraudulent activity to prevent rising local financial losses.

Erin Keville has spent every summer since she was 14 working behind the line of the Dipsy Doodle Dairy Bar. “I wanted to work in the kitchen, so I just started,” she said. Six years later, she is the ...

Nonprofit CourtBloom provides free tennis lessons and snacks to kids in Franklin, aiming to address food insecurity.

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Despite heavy regional rains, the Pittsfield Hot Air Balloon Rally is scheduled for a sunny Saturday and a dry Sunday.

A burgeoning wildflower meadow runs along a corner of South Street, dotting the landscape beside Michael Smith’s prominent, pale yellow home with black-eyed susans and milkweed. Smith saves the seeds ...

Peter "Scoop" LeahyNorthampton, MA - Peter J. Leahy, known to all as Scoop, died July 26, 2026 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA, of end stage complications from Parkinson's Disease; both ...

Renowned fiddler and dance caller Dudley Laufman has died at 95. Explore the life and legacy of the contra dancing revivalist.

Frank Fucci pulled the dark wooden bench up to his kitchen table, flipped open a battered manila folder and thumbed through the papers. The assessment letter from the city showing his new home value, ...

Gilbert "Gil" Wattis RichardsonBenton, NH - Gilbert "Gil" Wattis Richardson, 65, passed away on July 24, 2026, from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).Born in Conco ...