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This week's DWI License Revocations
The Director of Motor Vehicles, Elizabeth A. Bielecki, has released the following list of Driving While Intoxicated revocations. Please note the actual date of revocation may have preceded this announcement.
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Disabled veterans get the chance to wet a line and land a bass
Disabled veterans got to feel the sun on their face and the wind in their hair while getting the chance to hook a big fish this weekend.
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Another View -- Catherine Corkery and James McCaffrey: Biomass bill sells out NH residents
GOV. CHRIS SUNUNU'S veto of the latest bailout for the polluting biomass industry should be upheld by the New Hampshire Legislature on Thursday. Like last year's bailout, Senate Bill 365 demonstrates that industrial-scale wood-burning power plants simply cannot survive without wasteful and ongoing subsidies from ratepayers and the public.
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Charter boat gets stuck on sandbar in Seabrook
Captain Bob's Lobster Tours and Fishing Charters had to cancel an outing Saturday when the 42-foot Miss Ava Lee got stuck on a sandbar.
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Negron is best of the bunch
To the Editor: Thank you to all of the candidates for jumping into the race to unseat Democrat Rep. Ann Kuster. However, no other candidate in this race can match the all-around true conservative values of Steve Negron.
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Write me in
To the Editor: My name is Bill Whalen, and I am asking for your vote as the Democratic write-in candidate for Belknap County Commissioner.
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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: The seagulls started it
THE HUNTING SEASON for black bear has begun. I heard on the wireless that officials are asking that hunters not shoot bears that have been banded for tracking purposes.
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Steps to reduce gun violence
To the Editor: I am not anti-gun. I own guns that I use for target shooting and a handgun that is primarily designed for personal defense.
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Backing the winner
To the Editor: I am always amazed that after a hard-fought sporting match both sides don't always shake hands and congratulate their opponent. And if we can't expect it in sports, why would we expect it in politics?
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Bipartisan support for Pappas and Wolfe
To the Editor: As a former town council member and chair, I worked with many state and federal elected officials, none better than Chris Pappas and Terry Wolf, both having rejected politics for public service long ago. Now, Chris is running for Congress and Terry for state senator, positions that will affect your family and wallet.
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Disgrace of a race
To the Editor: It is no longer whispers, and rumors. The behavior of Sen. Andy Sanborn is spelled out in print within the hundreds of pages of the attorney general's report.
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Can't do better than Kuster
To the Editor: Recently, the half-dozen or so Republican candidate wannabes who want to run against Annie Kuster to represent District 2 in the United States Congress went on TV. My memory of that appearance is that they touched on zero matters that affect the well-being of New Hampshire residents.
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Sullivan for Congress
To the Editor: On Sept. 11, I am voting for Maura Sullivan to represent New Hampshire as the Democratic nominee in the First Congressional District.
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Looking Back with Aurore Eaton: Edward and Marian MacDowell's artistic dream
THE MacDOWELL COLONY in Peterborough is one of the most important cultural institutions in the United States. Its mission is 'to nurture the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic...
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My colleague, Molly Kelly
To the Editor: As summer ends and school begins across our state, it serves to remind us of the importance of public education to our democracy. Tuesday is primary voting day and also a historic day to remind us that the strength of our nation is held together by voting and common values.
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Andrews is inspiring
To the Editor: Recently, I attended a gathering with Naomi Andrews at a farmhouse dating to the early days of our republic. Standing by the hearth, Naomi spoke with gentle strength of the crisis now facing that republic.
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Vote for life
To the Editor: Join me on Tuesday in voting for Steve Negron for Congress in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District. As a pro-life activist, I was delighted to see Steve at the New Hampshire March for Life this January, the only congressional candidate to attend.
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Stop stealing signs
To the Editor: I am running as a Republican for state representative, Merrimack County District 17 in Concord. As we all try hard and spend our own money on trying to make New Hampshire and the U.S.A. great again, we have some going around Concord and stealing our GOP signs.
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Messmer for our health
To the Editor: Our well-being and even our lives can depend on how we vote. The staggering billions of dollars in health and economic costs of environmental budget cutbacks and neglect in Florida and elsewhere are a warning to all of us that environmental protection is critical.
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Marchand won't play it safe
To the Editor: Chris Sununu is a governor playing it safe. While unemployment is low, New Hampshire has serious problems going unaddressed because they're tough. Sununu doesn't lead, he follows the Republican Party's direction, influenced heavily by special interests, big dollar corporate contributors, and an ideology that...
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