Conway Daily Sun

Commercial divers waded into murky Phillips Brook Tuesday and ripped the first milfoil plant from the Ossipee Lake tributary's weed-ridden beds.

As of Monday, the town of Freedom is the official owner of a 2,660-acre forest that adjoins two other parcels of land, creating about 5,300 acres of protected woods on the Freedom-Madison town line.

The grassroots group that fueled Howard Dean's failed presidential run two years ago may launch an ethics probe into donations made to conservative state senators by Club Motorsports Inc., a representative from the group said Thursday.

Despite strong testimony by state Sen. Joe Kenney, R-Wakefield, Thursday HB 90 failed to pass the N.H. Senate by a 14-10 margin.

The N.H. House Wednesday resoundingly passed an amended version of HB 90, drafted by Carroll County representatives to repeal the racetrack law that stripped away local control over the course planned for Tamworth's Mount Whittier.