GREENLAND — When Sarah Linnehan found a poisonous plant growing in her yard, she went to check out her daughter's school.

YORK, Maine — Police are looking for a man in a silver van who is alleged to have punched a 15-year-old girl who was riding her bike to work in York Beach on Tuesday morning. The search includes an all-points bulletin sent to law enforcement...

PORTSMOUTH — A 200-year-old piece of the city's heritage was returned last week, after a sculptor from Kittery, Maine, found an octagonal granite post that once marked the corner of Islington and Brewster streets.

PORTSMOUTH — A Maine man who police allege was trafficking heroin and cocaine through the city is scheduled to be arraigned today on two felony charges.

PORTSMOUTH — Five days after child rapist Jeremy "Jay" Semprebon was arrested on five felony charges alleging he instructed minors about safe sex as a youth counselor for AIDS Response-Seacoast, the agency's executive director offered public...

PORTSMOUTH — Police arrested a Rochester man on a charge alleging he filed an insurance claim for old damage to his car in order to fraudulently collect $490.

PORTSMOUTH — A two-car accident on Banfield Road sent one woman to the hospital Tuesday morning.

YORK, Maine — It may have been one of the most spectacular evenings of the summer outside, but inside First Parish Church hall Monday evening, mid-winter was on everyone's mind.

YORK, Maine — A work-force housing ordinance that has divided the Board of Selectmen for more than a year will be put to the voters in November.

YORK, Maine — A car fire and an injured teen treated at York Hospital marked the end of an underage drinking party Friday night, according to police.

KITTERY, Maine — Orders to consolidate schools in Maine in order to achieve cost savings continue to dog the town.

PORTSMOUTH — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be arrested and indicted on war-crimes charges, and the residents of Portsmouth should have their voices heard, according to a local activist.

EXETER ­— Fire investigators suspect a fire inside a Tamarind Lane garage early Tuesday morning was sparked by the spontaneous combustion of some rags covered in linseed oil.

PORTSMOUTH — The owner of a Route 1 book store — known for his $5 browsing fees and being the subject of police calls — was arrested Monday on a charge alleging he wrote a bad check for a season of snow plowing services.

PORTSMOUTH — Two weeks ago it appeared that the Portsmouth Post 6 American Legion baseball team would be best remembered for winning the program's first state championship, but that was before Post 6 became one of the best story lines in the...

BOSTON (AP) — Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery.

BALTIMORE — Daisuke Matsuzaka won his fourth straight start despite struggling through five innings, and the Boston Red Sox got homers from Jason Varitek and Kevin Youkilis in a 7-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.

BEIJING — Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson's very own.

BEIJING — Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Matt Cassel is aware of his critics.

PORTSMOUTH — A major player in what the Pease Development Authority had hoped would be the highly lucrative fractional airline business at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, has announced its insolvency.

DURHAM – Krispy Kreme took the top spot in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index™ for the second quarter of 2008 as it reported its first quarterly profit in three years.

PORTSMOUTH – LongHorn Steakhouse, a member of the Darden family of restaurants, recently announced it has been named the top steakhouse chain in America according to Restaurants & Institutions annual Consumers’ Choice in Chains study.

SEATTLE — In just a year and a half, the American meat industry has experienced a whiplash of beef recalls. Fourty million pounds of meat tainted with highly toxic E. coli O157:H7 has been publicly recalled, up by a staggering 200 percent from...

DOVER - Red-hot growth has earned SellMyTimeshareNOW.com inclusion to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 2008.

PORTSMOUTH – Service Credit Union received the 2007 Army Credit Union of the Year Award this week at the Defense Credit Union Council meeting in Chicago.

After providing tens of thousands of promotional products for events as distinct as the NBC television network at the Beijing Olympic Games and the recent annual dinner of the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, a New Hampshire company is on to...

NEW CASTLE — Officials from the Electronic Systems Center and the Patriot Roost chapter of the Association of Old Crows are teaming up again to host a net-centric operations conference on Sept. 22 at the Wentworth by the Sea hotel.

PORTSMOUTH — Join the Greater Dover, Exeter Area, Greater Portsmouth and Greater Rochester Chambers of Commerce for the third annual Seacoast Schmooze to be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 4-7 p.m. The Seacoast Schmooze will provide chamber...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight session Tuesday after a hefty jump in wholesale inflation and a drop in new home construction gave investors more reason to believe an economic recovery is far off. The Dow Jones...

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Make no mistake about it: New Hampshire and Maine have hit the big time. National political organizations with very deep pockets are targeting both states, aiming to sway voters to their points of view through concerted campaigns of media buys and...