Marlborough’s new school opens its doors.

Copyright 2010 The Keene Sentinel Now that an offer for the Keene Middle School building on Washington Street has been rescinded, school district officials are working on a backup plan.

Six vying for seat on Keene City Council One additional candidate filed for the vacant Keene City Council seat before Tuesday’s deadline, bringing the total to six.

Training on tap for foster parents Fall training for individuals or couples interested in becoming licensed foster or adoptive parents for the N.H. Division for Children, Youth and Families begins Tuesday, Sept. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene at 580 Court St.

Stevens girls edge Monadnock SWANZEY CENTER — The Stevens girls’ soccer team clipped Monadnock Regional 2-1 in the Division III season opener for both teams Tuesday.

The Hollis/Brookline field hockey team scored with 17 seconds left in overtime to beat Conval Regional 1-0 and end a tough Tuesday for the Cougars.

Leon’s Auto racked up another Senior League title and McDougall’s Tavern bagged its first Division I crown Tuesday at Wheelock Park on the final night of the Keene softball season.

SENTINEL STAFF Billy Johnston, 40, is the new varsity basketball coach at Keene High School, Principal Alan E. Chmiel announced Tuesday, a day before the official start of school.

AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs has been freed from a New York City jail.

AP - A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.

AP - A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.

AP - Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, "Norwegian Wood," based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel.

For candidates seeking state office — whether in New Hampshire or elsewhere, for that matter — railing against the inefficiencies of state government is an essential part of the campaign playbook.

There’s been a barrage of bad news lately from Afghanistan.

— Former Texas Congressman and lobbyist Dick Armey, now a Tea Party luminary, on why he won’t run for President in 2012

I was all set to reclaim the civil-rights movement when I found out that Glenn Beck had beaten me to it. So now I’m thinking of reclaiming the North Pole. Or “God Bless America.” Or microwave popcorn. One of those.