Breaking News from Berlin NH

BERLIN — The Coos County Board of Commissioners reaffirmed its support for redevelopment of the Balsams Resort during its monthly meeting last week. But Commissioner Rick Samson said that while he supports the project, he does not support developer Les Otten’s request to amend legislation to create

BERLIN — A showdown is brewing between the Coos County commission and the delegation over the amount of a 2018 supplemental appropriation to the state Department of Health and Human Services for mental health and substance abuse programs.

On Thursday morning, the temperature on Mount Washington was warmer than the rest of New Hampshire. This was due to a temperature inversion that developed in the region. It might sound strange, but it happened Thursday morning: the temperature on Mount Washington was warmer than the rest of New Hamp

PARIS — The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has agreed to evaluate Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School for accreditation as a comprehensive high school. Principal Ted Moccia and Oxford Hills Technical School Director Shawn Lambert told SAD 17 directors Monday night that the organi

LEWISTON — Staff members at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Androscoggin, Franklin & Oxford Counties often step into the office in the morning to find something has changed.

BERLIN — At its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Coos County Commission approved an extension of time for the city of Berlin to make its 2018 county tax payment. City Manager James Wheeler sent the commission a letter, requesting the city be allowed an additional two weeks to make its county tax payme

BERLIN — The City Council praised two Hillside Elementary students recently for their efforts in fighting state education aid cuts. Hannah Melendy and Aubrie Brochu, fifth-graders at Hillside Elementary school in Berlin, have written letters to legislatures to get stabilization grant funds reinstate

(Reuters) - A former physician assistant in New Hampshire was convicted on Tuesday of charges that he accepted nearly $50,000 in kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc in exchange for prescribing its addictive fentanyl spray.

WHITEFIELD, N.H. (AP) - A week after a White Mountains girls basketball player was subjected to gender-based taunts, the community turned out to support her. During the Spartans home opener Friday night, some teammates wore rainbow patches and some fans clutched rainbow flags in a show of solidarity

BERLIN — The Berlin school board Thursday night instituted a hiring freeze at the recommendation of Business Administrator Bryan Lamirande. Lamirande reported that expenditures are approximately $200,000 higher than anticipated when 2018-2019 budget was prepared.

I write reluctantly on the matter of the lawsuit against the City of Berlin filed by Berlin businessman Dick Poulin. The message is, I TOLD YOU SO!. There’s a metaphor in politics called, “political capital” whereas the accumulation of power can be spent at the time of ones choosing. Mayor Paul Gren

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CONWAY — The SAU 9 Board, made up of 26 members from Albany, Bartlett, Conway, Eaton, Hart’s Location and Jackson, struggled again last Thursday to get a quorum. The board did end up holding a public hearing on the SAU 9 administrative budget, but the lone member of the public in attendance was the

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Hitting the slopes in New Hampshire this winter will cost you about 10 percent more than last year, according to an industry group. New England Ski Industry reported the average cost of a full-day adult ticket on the weekend this season is $73.42, up from $67.05 last season. New Hamp

Winter is just getting started. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation wants to ensure we are armed for whatever excitement Mother Nature plans to throw our way!. According to the Patch, the search is on for qualified plow drivers for Winter Snow Removal. Pay will be up to $95.10 an hour and

BERLIN — Need a little extra money for Christmas? The Salvation Army in Berlin is still hiring bell ringers for the 2018 season. The Red Kettle season goes through Dec. 24. The Salvation Army is looking for individuals to work short term for the next two weeks. Got to the office at 15 Cole St. for a

PARIS — A Hartford man charged with murder in the death of his longtime girlfriend was ordered held without bail following his initial appearance at Oxford County Superior Court on Friday morning.

CONWAY — Once earning Cranmore Mountain the moniker of “Kiddie-Kar Hill,” the colorful Skimobile was for a time as synonymous with skiing here as Tuckerman Ravine. Eighty years ago this month — specifically, on Dec. 27, 1938 — the Lower Skimobile opened at Cranmore, ushering in a new era in skiing.

BERLIN — The planning board last week reviewed two site plan applications, but decisions on both were tabled to allow some legal issues to be completed. Androscoggin Valley Hospital is proposing to move its billing, coding and health information management operations into the former Morris Lumber bu

LANCASTER — A Coos County Superior Court jury Thursday deliberated about one hour before finding a Twin Mountain man guilty of selling the drug fentanyl. Daniel Garneau Jr., 36, of 417 Route 115, Twin Mountain, was found guilty of sale of a controlled drug and conspiracy to commit the sale of a cont