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Report: 337 accidents at 12 Manchester intersections in 2 years

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 00:27
Three hundred and thirty-seven accidents were reported between 2015 and 2017 at 12 intersections along the Maple, Beech, and Union street corridors between Webster and Bridge streets in Manchester, according to an advance copy of a report compiled by city public works and police staff.
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Developer eyeing Elm St. buildings for apartments

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 00:27
The 1940s-constructed buildings are on the city's main street, within the central business district and exude an art deco feel.
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Comcast expands internet program to veterans

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 00:27
Comcast plans to expand eligibility of its Internet Essential program to low-income veterans, nearly 1 million of whom live within the company's footprint, the company announced Monday.
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State officials to unveil plan for 45m opioid abuse treatment grant

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 00:26
State officials on Wednesday will unveil a plan to invest more than 45 million in federal money over the next two years to make it easier for people to get treatment for opioid abuse.
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'Take the parks back,' Manchester administrator says

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 00:26
Graffiti. Piles of trash. Broken beer bottles. Human waste. All left behind in the city's public parks 'almost nightly, says Don Pinard, the city's Chief of Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries.
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Edwards: Values matter more than race

Tue, 08/14/2018 - 00:26
Eddie Edwards, the Dover Republican now seeking his party's nomination in the state's 1st Congressional District, has been running hard in what has become a two-man race against state Sen. Andy Sanborn, R-Bedford, for the right to challenge the Democratic nominee in November.
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Brown's Lobster Pound damaged by trash-truck crash

Mon, 08/13/2018 - 23:48
A town trash truck struck a BMW on Route 286 Monday afternoon, then hit two parked vehicles and damaged the Brown's Lobster Pound dining room and sign, police said.
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Court documents: Driver in camp van crash wrote of seizures, joining AA

Mon, 08/13/2018 - 21:58
In letters to a Maine court, the man behind the wheel of a van carrying summer camp kids that crashed in Greenland last week revealed that he has epilepsy, suffers from seizures, and had joined Alcoholics Anonymous to 'regain a grip' on his life.
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Ossipee man killed in crash less than 24 hours after DWI arrest

Mon, 08/13/2018 - 21:58
Less than 24 hours after being charged with driving while intoxicated, an Ossipee man was at the wheel in a crash that killed him and seriously injured several others, police said.
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Red Sox: Sale stifles Orioles

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 23:17
Chris Sale returned from the disabled list in style on Sunday and struck out 12 Orioles in five innings while Steve Pearce homered as the Boston Red Sox defeated Baltimore, 4-1, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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Roger Brown's State of Sports: Field may be wide open this week in Portsmouth

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 23:17
THE NEW Hampshire Women's Golf Association may get something this week it has lacked in most years: a nail-biting finish in the NHWGA Amateur Championship being held at Portsmouth Country Club.
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Ex-Trump aide Omarosa releases recording of White House firing

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 23:17
WASHINGTON ' Former White House aide and reality television participant Omarosa Manigault Newman played a recording in a TV interview on Sunday of her dismissal and indicated she had other recordings from her time in the Trump administration.
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Probe launched to study the sun

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:48
Probe launched to study the sun
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Washington white nationalist rally sputters in sea of counterprotesters

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:48
WASHINGTON ' A white nationalist rally in the heart of Washington drew two dozen demonstrators and thousands of chanting counterprotesters on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Va.
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Trump backs boycott of Harley Davidson in steel tariff dispute

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:48
WASHINGTON ' President Donald Trump backed boycotting American motorcycle manufacturer Harley -Davidson Inc. on Sunday, the latest salvo in a dispute between the company and Trump over tariffs on steel.
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Boston bridges reopen, easing commuter woes

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:01
Massachusetts transportation officials have announced the reopening of two bridges in a busy area of Boston, meeting an expected deadline.
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FBI seeks motive after airline worker steals, crashes plane

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:01
The hardest part of stealing a commercial plane from an international airport was already over for Richard Russell.
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NH wins kudos for cancer policies from American Cancer Society

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:01
New Hampshire is making progress when it comes to preventing or reducing suffering and death from cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, which gave the state its highest grade in five of the nine categories it uses to evaluate the 50 states.
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Ups and downs at the Manchester airport

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:01
After 12 straight years of year-over-year passenger declines, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport gained altitude with its passenger numbers during the year's first four months.
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Fish and Game officer hit by OHRV driven by a youth in Derry

Sun, 08/12/2018 - 22:01
DERRY ' New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say a conservation officer was injured Sunday in Derry after being hit by an off-highway recreational vehicle driven by a youth.
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