CONWAY — It’s not every day a best-selling children’s author drops by Conway Elementary, but the Cougars were ready and rolled out the red carpet for Andrew Clements on March 29.

CONWAY — Assistance Canine Training Services (A.C.T.S.) has placed a facility therapy dog with Kelley Marcello, a children’s mental health counselor at Children Unlimited Inc. in Conway.

CONCORD — A bill that would create a pilot program to allow swimming at car-top boat launches was heard by a House committee April 17 and will be voted by that committee on Tuesday, April 23.

BERLIN — A search for an 11-year old boy reported missing Wednesday evening ended happily when the youth was found safe and sound Thursday afternoon.

CONCORD — State Fish and Game Department Turkey Biologist Ted Walski predicts another good harvest during the upcoming 2019 spring gobbler season. The spring turkey hunt runs throughout the month of May statewide.

CONWAY — The White Mountains Community College veterinary assistant program, located in North Conway Village, has received approval by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America.

CONWAY — The town engineer told selectmen Tuesday that the Main Street project needs to encroach on the Conway Public Library's grounds in front of the building if the intersection is to be improved. The library's director hopes that can be avoided.

FRYEBURG, Maine — Oxford County commissioners and other officials heard from Fryeburg residents a second time at the American Legion on Tuesday about concerns over the closure of Fryeburg’s Registry of Deeds office on Portland Street.

CONCORD — Developer Les Otten’s vision for creating the crown jewel of resort hotels with the largest ski area in the Northeast at the Balsams got another major boost Thursday, this time from the state Senate.

CONWAY — A woman was charged with burglary by police Wednesday because they allege she left her laundry at the scene of the crime.

CONWAY — Advantage Kids and Cranmore Resort Tennis conducted NH's first USTA Team Challenge last Saturday, April 13, for children in grades 4-6.