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Home sales sag as prices race to a high
U.S. home sales unexpectedly fell in June, posting their third straight monthly decline as a persistent shortage of properties on the market drove house prices to a record high.
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F.W. Webb buys land at its Londonderry center
F.W. Webb recently purchased the land at its distribution facility for 12.75 million on what is the highest assessed commercial property in town.
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Bring balance to Bedford
To the Editor: On Nov. 6, Bedford will elect seven voices to represent our town in Concord as state representatives. I ask you to consider mine when you vote this fall.
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Russian collusion
To the Editor: Donald Trump is constantly saying 'no collusion' with Russia during the campaign. That is odd as there has been so much collusion since he took office.
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Unnecessary special session
To the Editor: The U. S. Supreme Court ruled recently in its Wayfair decision that states with sales taxes can require companies located in other states and selling their products over the internet to collect the sales taxes required in those transactions.
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Common ground: Eating at the same restaurants
Alex Ray is one of New Hampshire's most successful entrepreneurs, cofounding the first Common Man restaurant in Ashland in 1971, and building it into a network of restaurants across the state employing more than 1,000 people.
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Manchester mayor participating in leadership program in New York City
The mayor of Manchester has joined a nationwide leadership and development initiative made up of community leaders from across the country.
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Bedford police seek public's help in query into bicyclist's injuries
Police are seeking the public's help determining how a woman suffered serious injuries while riding a bicycle in Bedford on Sunday.
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Hampton collector: Alfa Romeo ordered for Nazi officer 'almost got into the wrong hands'
Bayberry Vintage Autos celebrates the 'mechanical marvel' of the automobile in its shop at the former Exeter and Hampton trolley station.
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Bedford furor continues over counselor parents seek resignations
With some parents demanding the resignation of school administrators, school board members said Monday night there is more they need to learn about why the high school's dean of students testified as a character witness for a former guidance counselor who sexually abused a 14-year-old.
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Shaheen's stunt
To the Editor: It has been reported that Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Rep. Joe Kennedy have decided to publicly show their obvious Trump Derangement Syndrome by calling for the President's translator at the Helsinki meeting with President Putin of the Russian Federation to come testify before Congress, and tell everything that was discussed in the...
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Kathy Sullivan: How America can survive the Trump presidency
It seems like much longer than 18 months since Donald Trump was inaugurated as President. It often seems that if Charles Dickens were describing 2018, he would say 'It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.'
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David Harsanyi: Get a grip, Democrats
Last week, The Washington Post published an op-ed headlined 'It's not wrong to compare Trump's America to the Holocaust.' As with similar examples of this genre, it's a sickening display of moral relativism that belittles the suffering and murder of millions in the service of some shortsighted and crass partisan fearmongering.
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It's their money: Windfall for Dunbarton taxpayers
Finding an extra million dollars you didn't know about is not an emergency.
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NH officials say college students don't have standing to sue over election law
Six college students listed as plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenges the Senate Bill 3 election reform bill are legally able to vote in New Hampshire and lack the standing necessary to challenge the law, New Hampshire officials said in recent court filings.
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Manchester man becomes city's fifth traffic death in 2018
A man who was seriously injured in a car crash last week died Saturday, the fifth person to die in a motor-vehicle accident this year in the city.
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Grant Bosse: Get Bill James a ticket to Cooperstown
No one has gotten better use out of the words and numbers of baseball than Bill James. His writing enriched how fans watched and appreciated baseball, and is now transforming how the game is played. It is time to put Bill James in the Hall of Fame.
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Mike Shalin's Working Press: The amazing Sale, Celts and plenty more
Notes, quotes and observations on the final Tuesday in July.
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Bike and pedestrian plan for Merrimack in final stages
Regional planners expect to have a final report recommending better pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure along the Daniel Webster Highway corridor completed by November.
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Enhanced charges brought forward in rape case involving Nashua girl
Two city residents accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl over an extended period of time are facing new charges in connection with the alleged offenses.
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