Lee Barker, 42, of 17 Birchdale Road, was arrested Feb. 1 for theft of services.

He didn't win an Academy Award, but Gabriel won't know the difference. The year-old bloodhound from Contoocook was named the winner this month in the Floppy Eared Dog contest, arranged by children's book author Kathy Brodsky of Manchester.

It looks like a campaign. It feels like a campaign. And though it isn't a campaign, it could become one.

A Contoocook man is under arrest, charged with selling Oxycontin in the city. Eric Griffin, 21, of 29 Salachar Road, was arrested after a lenghty investigation into illegal drug sales by the department's Drug Enforcement Unit.

Her bickering survivors couldn't agree on when, where and how, so a judge ordered her cremated remains divided in half.

Hopkinton and Webster residents will be asked to foot the bill for a $350,000 community well after arsenic, lead and other toxic compounds have poisoned the water supply near their shared transfer station.

A Contoocook man was arrested Friday on drug charges following a lengthy investigation by the Concord police into illegal drug sales.

A Contoocook man is being held on $20,000 cash bail accused of selling OxyContin four times to an undercover police officer.

After an enthusiastic e-mail Wednesday night informed parents of plans for a day-camp spinoff of Hopkinton Independent School, the whole operation has come to a screeching halt.

The perseverance of parents and faculty has breathed new life into the defunct Hopkinton Independent School.

The Oil Heat Council of New Hampshire has announced the election of a new slate of officers for 2010 at the Council's recent annual convention at the Mount Washington Resort.

A fund has been set up to benefit teachers who lost their jobs after the sudden closing of the Hopkinton Independent School this week.

If you've flushed it, drank it or thrown it away in Hopkinton, chances are Steve Clough has had a hand in it.

They read the same papers, shop at the same stores, have many of the same friends, and some are even related.

The status quo has allowed insurance companies to ride high on the backs of hard-working, middle-class Americans who are trying to make ends meet.