Demographer Peter Francese sifted through the latest round of population data from the U.S. Census Bureau and discovered that New Hampshire has more elderly people and fewer children than it did in 2000.

Telephone service is being disrupted in part of New Hampshire and technicians are trying to pinpoint what is causing the problem and get a handle on how widespread it is.

Spokeswoman Jill Wurm said a fiber cable burned in Canterbury, affecting a Laconia switching station and long distance service from Canterbury and Laconia to the north.