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New Hampshire Democrats are seeking a court order to allow lawmakers with serious medical conditions to attend next week’s House sessions remotely. With 400 members, the New Hampshire House is one of the largest legislative bodies in the world and skews older in age. Since last March, lawmakers have met several times at the University of New Hampshire ice arena,…

Maria Macario has been living inside a Massachusetts church for over three years to avoid deportation to Guatemala.

Police in Bedford, Massachusetts, say a man who was reported missing has been found. Twenty-five-year-old Jacob Donahue left his home around 5:30 p.m. Friday, police said. Shortly before 10 p.m., police tweeted that Donahue had been found safe.

As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans…

Ninety-six-year-old WWII veteran Margaret Klessens made history Monday as the first VA patient nationwide to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Klessens, who lives at the VA in Bedford, says she was very happy to get a dose of it.

The first vials of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed to hospitals and other medical facilities across the country over the weekend. Vaccinations are scheduled to begin across the country this week.

A Boston man who crashed his car into two vehicles and injured four people early Sunday morning in New Hampshire is facing a felony charge, state police said. The crash happened on Interstate 293 around 2 a.m. in Manchester, police said. Paul Bartlett Jr., 31, had been speeding on an overpass when he rear-ended a Toyota SUV, sending that vehicle…

The crash happened on Interstate 293 around 2 a.m. in Manchester, New Hampshire State Police said. Paul Bartlett Jr., 31, had been speeding on an overpass when he rear-ended a Toyota SUV, sending that vehicle into a guardrail, according to police.

There were long lines Tuesday morning in Stoneham, where polling places are bracing for any last-minute rush before the polls close. In Bedford, New Hampshire, the turnout appears to be record breaking. The town moderator says by the end of the day, Bedford will likely reach a 90-percent turnout, which is unprecedented for the town.

A Bedford public school canceled a scheduled visit Friday by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesperson for the New Hampshire Department of Education said. “They had informed us this morning that they had a positive test and obviously wanted to cancel the visit” at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, spokesperson Grant…

The decision regarding McKelvie Intermediate School was made by school officials in Bedford, according to a spokesperson for the New Hampshire Department of Education.

An 8-year-old boy from Woburn, Massachusetts, is recovering after a frightening incident in which he became tangled in his seat belt. Siobhan Sherbovich called the Bedford Police Department Saturday after her son, Brayden, was strangled by the seat belt next to him in her Acura. “He just said, ‘Mom, I can’t breathe, I’m stuck,’” Sherbovich recalled. The seat belt,...

Seat belts keep us safe on the road, but an 8-year-old boy in Bedford, Massachusetts, could not breathe after becoming tangled in the safety device.

Families of two Massachusetts soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice are speaking out against remarks President Donald Trump allegedly made about fallen military members. “Our adult children died as heroes, as true patriots,” said Gold Star father Joe Desiato. His son, Lance Corporal Travis Desiato, and fellow Bedford native Private First Class John Hart, were killed fighting for the...

The families of two Bedford soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice are speaking out about President Trump’s alleged comments about fallen military members.

Following the discovery of sexually explicit images of a 16-year-old boy, a New Hampshire man was arrested Tuesday on a federal child pornography charge, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Hampshire has announced. Matthew Dion, 48, of Bedford, was arrested after the execution of a search warrant at his home and of his vehicle, prosecutors said Wednesday, when Dion...

A New Hampshire man was arrested and is now facing federal charges of child pornography after authorities say he was accused of secretly recording a foreign exchange student.

Two Whole Foods employees in Bedford, New Hampshire say they were sent home for wearing masks with messages supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and denouncing police brutality, the Concord Monitor reports. According to the paper, Lylah Styles and Kayla Greene said they were told to go home several times after violating store policy for wearing masks and sneakers with…

The body of a man who was reported missing a month ago was found Friday in a stairwell at a Massachusetts veterans’ hospital. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office confirms a 62-year-old man last seen at the Bedford VA Hospital on May 8 was found dead in a stairwell at the facility. The man, who was not publicly identified, was…

One January morning two years ago, hackers seized control of the Bedford Police Department’s electronic records. They were holding them hostage, and time was ticking; the longer the town waited to pay up, the higher the ransom demand would climb.