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Belmont fifth-grade math teacher is NH Teacher of the Year
A middle school math teacher from Belmont has been selected as the 2019 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year.
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Audit details Manchester PD's 'Chief Days' perk started in 1991
An internal audit of a long-standing police department practice in which police chiefs rewarded officers with a paid day off ' which isn't counted toward earned vacation time ' has determined the practice started in the early 1990s as a policy of former police chief Louie Craig and was later expanded 'without authorization'...
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College Hockey: Vela embraces role as new UNH captain
Marcus Vela saw how Collin MacDonald, Matias Cleland and Dylan Chanter approached being captain of the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team.
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Tom Herzig's Trackside: All eyes will be on Thompson Speedway this weekend
It's Thompson Speedway World Series weekend, which for many New England short track fans signifies the end of the 2018 season.
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Two dozen areas at Saint-Gobain plastics plant could be contaminated
Environmental officials said Wednesday that more than two dozen areas at the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant in Merrimack are under investigation for possible releases of polyfluoroalkyl contamination.
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Rivier breaks ground on new athletic pavilion
Rivier University broke ground on its first phase of the school's Vision 2020 campus improvement plan on Wednesday, which includes several athletic facility upgrades.
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Plan to change date of Exeter Holiday Parade nixed after volunteer emerges to head up efforts
The Exeter Holiday Parade is back on for the first Saturday in December.
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Tech veteran recounts years of struggle as a woman in the workplace
A tech industry veteran who helped launch Southern Hampshire University's College of Engineering, Technology and Aeronautics says she struggled in the workplace over the years to be accepted and secure promotions.
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Concord sex offender charged with sexual assault of child
A registered sex offender from Concord has been arrested on charges he allegedly sexually assaulted a young child.
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Acts of kindness
To the Editor: One day recently, I had two appointments at the Elliot Hospital complex in Manchester. Between appointments I went to the cafeteria for lunch.
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George Will: Trump's trolling vs. 'constitution of knowledge'
ON THE ROAD AGAIN, and full of indignation about, or perhaps admiration for, what he called 'made-up' and 'fabricated' Democratic accusations during the recent judicial confirmation turmoil, America's feral President swerved into a denunciation of a nonexistent bill ' 'It's called 'the open borders bill''...
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Negron for Congress: Fresh blood in the Second
Change or more of the same? That is the simple choice facing voters in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District.
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School choice: Not a threat to public education
The most pernicious claim made by opponents of expanding school choice in New Hampshire is that giving parents greater control over where their kids go to school is a threat to public education.
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Brentwood fire chief on leave after crash, DUI arrest
Brentwood Deputy Fire Chief Joe Bird has been appointed officer in charge after Fire Chief Bill Campbell was arrested and charged with drunk driving in Fremont last week.
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Mass. man pleads guilty in I-95 crash that killed off-duty officer
A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and other charges stemming from a crash on Interstate 95 in North Hampton that killed an off-duty Somerville, Mass., police officer.
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Former Litchfield principal gets 5-15 years in prison for stealing 152K from school
For stealing more than 150,000 from a private school in Litchfield during her tenure as principal, Shannon Dannible was sentenced Wednesday to 5 to 15 years in prison. 8232
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Killing of Manchester bear cubs shocks some, was matter of public safety says Fish and Game
MANCHESTER ' A Fish and Game biologist killed two bear cubs Tuesday afternoon after they showed up near apartment complexes off heavily traveled Front Street.
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Junior cast of 43 brings Grimm fairy tales to life
Forty-three children and teens from The Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts present 'Into the Woods Jr.' Friday through Sunday at the Derry Opera House, 29 West Broadway.
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Red Sox survive 9th, close out Yanks in Game 4
Craig Kimbrel escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning, and the Boston Red Sox held on for a 4-3 victory over the host New York Yankees on Tuesday night to win an American League Division Series in four games.
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Turkey says will search consulate where Saudi journalist vanished
Turkey said on Tuesday that it would search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished last week, and close ally Britain called on Riyadh to provide 'urgent answers' over his disappearance.
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