VETERANS IN THE VALLEY AREA ARE REMEMBERING JOE DOOLEY OF INTERVALE, WHO DIED DECEMBER 15 IN NORTH CONWAY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. HE WAS 69. DOOLEY SERVED IN THE ARMY IN VIETNAM AND RETIRED AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS SERVICE AS A SERGEANT FIRST CLASS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST [...]

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THE BERLIN DAILY SUN SAYS GORHAM SELECTMEN APPROVED THE PROPOSED 2010 BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FIGURE HASN’T BEEN MADE PUBLIC BECAUSE SOME OF THE WAGE LINES ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED. THE SUN SAYS THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. THE SUN SAYS SELECTMAN TERRY OLIVER SAYS HE DOESN’T [...]

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THE DIRECTOR OF THE CARROLL COUNTY COALITION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THE H1N1 FLU VACCINE AT PUBLIC HEALTH SPONSORED CLINICS AROUND THE COUNTY. AND CARLENE FERRIER SAYS SHE WANTS TO REASSURE EVERYONE WHO GOT THE VACCINE THAT A NASAL MIST SPRAY THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED WAS NOT USED AT [...]

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NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME CONSERVATION OFFICERS SAY AN 18-YEAR-OLD MASSACHUSETTS MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO MAINE MEDICAL CENTER IN PORTLAND AFTER CRASHING HIS SNOWMOBILE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN PITTSBURG. OFFICERS SAY IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE THREE O’CLOCK ON TRAIL 142 CLOSE TO US ROUTE 3 WHEN SEAN CLIFFORD OF LEICESTER  HIT A RISE IN THE TRAIL [...]

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THE BERLIN DAILY SUN SAYS THIRD-GRADERS IN COOS COUNTY HAVE HIGHER RATES OF OBESITY AND TOOTH DECAY THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE SUN SAYS AS PART OF THE “HEALTHY SMILES – HEALTHY GROWTH” SURVEY THE TEETH OF MORE THAN 31-HUNDRED 3^RD GRADERS IN MORE THAN 80 SCHOOLS WERE SCREENED DURING THE 2008-2009 SCHOOL [...]

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IT’S SIR PATRICK STEWART NOW: Is this better than being captain of a starship? Patrick Stewart, best known in the United States as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been knighted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. His name popped up on the New Year’s List of honorees. ERIK GATES OF MYTHBUSTERS [...]

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KOURTNEY AND KIDDY GET A MAGAZINE COVER: Kourtney Kardashian has only been a mom for about a week, but she’s already thinking about giving her newborn a sibling. “Right now I’m obsessed with Mason and want to give him all my time. But being with him has definitely made me think about having another one,” [...]

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THE BERLIN DAILY SUN SAYS THERE WON’T BE ANY FANCY CEREMONY WHEN THE NEW MAYOR OF BERLIN AND CITY COUNCIL TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 18TH . THE SUN SAYS MAYOR-ELECT PAUL GRENIER SAYS THERE WILL BE A SIMPLE CEREMONY WITH INCOMING ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE SUN SAYS GRENIER [...]

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AN ECOLOGIST DIRECTING RESEARCH FOR THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB SAYS FEDERAL FUNDING WILL ALLOW THE COMPLETION OF AN ONGOING 3-YEAR PLANNED STUDY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR POLLUTION IN THE VALLEY. DOCTOR KENNETH KIMBALL IS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT INVOLVING THE A-M-C, THE MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY AND PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY. U-S [...]

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CHARLIE SHEEN’S WIFE SPOTTED OUT AND ABOUT: Brooke Mueller seems to have bounced back from the Christmas Day domestic incident that led to her husband Charlie Sheen being arrested on felony assault charges in Aspen, Colorado. People.com has got a pic of her popping out of a chauffeured SUV in the town, smiling and looking [...]

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