PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry issued the following news release: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a community information session to discuss the upcoming Pease Study. The study will evaluate the human health effects of exposure to the human-made chemicals per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Scott W. Murray, issued the following news release: Shawn Meehan, 47, of Scarborough, Maine, pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland, Maine, on Tuesday to embezzlement and conversion of government property, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, from about April 2015 to about October 2018, when Meehan was employed as the Reside  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Scott W. Murray, issued the following news release: Dennis Robertson, 43, of Hooksett, was sentenced on Thursday in federal court to 3 years of probation and ordered to pay more than $37,000 in restitution for embezzling labor union assets, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, Robertson served as the business manager for a local   more

MILFORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: * * * - Forever Stamps are Available for Purchase Today * * * The U.S. Postal Service today dedicated four stamps celebrating colorful, creepy and chilling Spooky Silhouettes during an event at the Milford Pumpkin Festival in Milford, NH. The Spooky Silhouettes stamps feature digital illustrations with Halloween motifs rendered as black silhouettes in eerily backlit windows. The images include a ca  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: Maintenance dredging of the Hampton Harbor Federal navigation project in Seabrook and Hampton, New Hampshire will be completed under the terms of a $4,452,937.50 contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by H&L Contracting, LLC of Bay Shore, New York. Dredging and disposal operations are anticipated to ta  more