FairPoint Communications Inc. would shed about $1.8 billion in debt, out of a total of $2.8 billion, under a reorganization plan the troubled telecommunications company filed yesterday with a federal bankruptcy court. But the company said it is still committed to increasing broadband internet access in northern New England.
The 55-year-old Concord man charged Friday with raping a young girl he met through a single parenting support group was arrested yesterday by the Hooksett police on new charges that he raped the girl in that town as well.
A fire of unknown origin damaged the second floor and attic of a home near downtown yesterday morning, forcing a refugee family from Liberia to seek shelter elsewhere for the foreseeable future.
A superior court judge yesterday granted a request from Concord developer Kevin Guay to delay his civil trial related to charges he polluted Penacook Lake.
State hospitals and health care providers are still calculating the impact of impending cuts to their funding. But, they warn, providers will not shoulder the cuts alone. Eventually, the cost of the services will be borne by average people through higher insurance premiums.
My first record
What was your first record? (And by record, we mean a song or album produced in any form, from 78s to MP3s.) If that record conjures up a particular memory, we’d like to hear about that too. E-mail to hschulz@cmonitor.com.