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A tall-case clock crafted in 1810 was the heart-stopping piece Peter Sawyer of Exeter proudly brought to his booth this week at the 54th New Hampshire Antiques Show.Made of mahogany by Boston clockmaker Aaron Willard Jr. — and marked inside the door with a label made from a plate engraved by Paul Revere — the timepiece was priced at $85,000."This is the first time it's been on the market since it was made," said Sawyer.Antiques aficionados began packing the lobby of Manchester's Radisson Hotel before dawn Thursday, anxious to be among the first shoppers at a show many proclaim to be tops in the country.What awaited them was a dizzying array of antiques, some — like the Willard clock — in circulation for the first time since they were crafted many years ago.Dealers hoped that antiques buyers, as they so often do in down economic times, would spring for special, pricey items as investments.Samplers stitched by school girls in the early 1800s were priced at upward of $80,000 in the booth ...
Is New Hampshire's economy thriving or hanging on by a thread? Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney suggested both Thursday in his latest trip to the first-in...
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Jon Huntsman is defiant, even as his presidential campaign limps along."I don't care whether you're Republican, whether you're independent, whether you're Democrat, ...
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A moose that found its way into a New Hampshire home's swimming pool needed the help of nine people to get back on dry land, WMUR-TV reported.The...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been charged with the 1997 rape of a 15-year-old fellow church member who became pregnant and was relocated to Colorado ...
Across the U.S., parents, educators, doctors and other experts have rallied to protect children from bullies. However, bullying by brothers and sisters is often chal...
GOP candidates make presidential pitch
The police chief in New London, N.H., has resigned after authorities say he told a woman he'd drop charges against her if she allowed him to photograph her nude.The ...
A bus driver who admits sexually assaulting and videotaping the special needs children he transported in New Hampshire and Maine has been sentenced to 160 years in p...
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire police say a pair of would-be robbers used a piggy bank to attack a 17-year-old boy in a supermarket parking lot.The teenager h...
CONCORD, N.H. -- The union that represents most New Hampshire state workers wants the state to consider a four-day work week. Gary Smith , president of the State Emp...
A New Hampshire mother says she's outraged after her 13-year-old daughter was suspended for a posting on Facebook , wmur.com reports.Kimberly Dell'isola of Concord, ...
Authorities are hoping new digital images of a woman and three children found dead in New Hampshire will bring an end to a case that remains unsolved after 27 years....
Police say a motorcyclist has been charged with topping speeds of 150 mph on a New Hampshire interstate highway.State police say a trooper in an unmarked car spotted...
A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 2-year-old stepson in 1991 has been a fugitive since the eve of his conviction, but has been very much on the radar scre...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state of New Hampshire is dropping its efforts to get an Eagle Scout to pay $25,000 to reimburse the costs of finding him after he got stuck...
Investigators say they believe a New Hampshire couple found dead in a car near a northern Arizona resort town and a sheriff's deputy killed days later in Phoenix wer...
With vengeance on his mind, David Glenn Hobson escaped from a New Hampshire jail by scaling a razor wire fence before heading to Maine, where he eluded search teams ...
Investigators said Tuesday they believe the same man who fatally shot a New Hampshire couple near a scenic northern Arizona resort town also killed a sheriff's deput...