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Pleat repeats as Mid-Am champion
For the second consecutive year, Nashua Country Club's James Pleat came back to win the New Hampshire Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship on Thursday at Baker Hill Golf Club in Newbury.
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Lawrence, Mass., school evacuated Thursday after odor of gas detected
An elementary school in Lawrence was evacuated Thursday as a precaution after an odor of gas was detected, officials said.
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Roger Brown's Grid Picks: Taking Warriors, Central to win close ones
Division IFridayBedford at Nashua South 6:30 p.m. The Bulldogs have outscored their five opponents, 220-17. Bedford, 28-7.Pinkerton at Timberlane 6:30 p.m. Note to Pinkerton fans: You...
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College Football: Dartmouth heads to Yale
The Dartmouth College football team's undefeated roll will get its first true test as it visits defending Ivy League champion Yale tonight at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn.
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The pheasant hunt is expensive and cruel
To the Editor: From October through December, hunters and their dogs will go to 64 different locations around New Hampshire that have been stocked with a total of 11,535 adult, farm-raised, nonnative red-necked pheasants and hunt them.
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Another View -- Michael Dennehy: Trump unlikely to face serious NH Primary challenge
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S first-in-the-nation primary is like no other contest in America. The state offers a unique and better platform than others because of our size, our high voter interest, and the scrutiny by our state's electorate. That much is indisputable.
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Police report: Former CareGivers CEO hanged himself
The CEO of the financially teetering CareGivers Inc. hanged himself last month at the town of Merrimack's Horse Hill Nature Preserve, according to a Merrimack police report obtained by the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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Plymouth State is awarded 400K grant to train students in drug intervention
A 400,0000 U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration grant will put more PSU students in Federally Qualified Health Centers in underserved New Hampshire communities
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Nashua North shows poise in victory over Blue Hawks
It didn't matter that the Exeter boys tripled Nashua North in shots because the Titans played smart soccer, leaning on their stout defensive unit to pick up a key 2-1 win over the Blue Hawks in Division I action on Thursday.
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GM named No. 1 company in world for gender equality
General Motors is ranked No. 1 in the world for gender equality in the workplace. That's according to the Global Report on Gender Equality released Thursday.
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AG: Deadly force justified in Rochester police-involved shooting
Officials at the Attorney General's Office have concluded police used reasonable force when they shot and killed a man after a high-speed chase in Rochester this summer.
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Manchester police search for would-be robber who threatened to shoot clerk
Manchester police released the image of someone they said threatened to shoot a convenience store clerk before he fled the scene without any money Wednesday night.
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Former Hassan staffer, accused of doxxing, was caught using computer without permission in Hassan's DC office, according to affidavit
The affidavit describes how Jackson Cosko on Oct. 2 entered Hassan's office without permission late in the evening and was caught by other staff members, identified as Witness 2 and Witness 3.
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Puppy bouncing back from bacon grease burns that landed breeder in hot water
A black German shepherd whose bacon grease burns resulted in criminal charges against her Raymond breeder is recovering with her new owner.
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Alleged plot to smuggle drugs into Concord State Prison leads to indictment
A Laconia woman is charged with hiding drugs in her mouth in an effort to get them to an inmate inside the men's prison in Concord.
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Manchester woman faces drug charge after police said she was shouting obscenities on Wilson Street
MANCHESTER - A city woman who police said was shouting obscenities while standing in the middle of Wilson Street about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday caught the attention of officers ended up arrested on drug and other charges.Officers said they noticed Helena Acorn, 49, shouting on Wilson Street near Spruce Street before she started walking...
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Somersworth man furious Uber settlement gives state 672K, drivers like him get bupkis
SOMERSWORTH ' A Somersworth Uber driver is furious that money from a data breach settlement will not go to the individuals whose personal information was compromised in 2016.
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Town of Dummer and former clerktax collector convicted of embezzling 150K to go to trial to decide restitution
The town of Dummer and Mariann Letarte, its former town clerk and tax collector who earlier this year was convicted of embezzling almost 150,000, will go to trial next year to settle how she will make restitution.
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Police: Person disguised in winter clothes robbed Concord bank
Police are asking the public's help to identify the person who came to rob the Citizens Bank branch in the city's downtown early Wednesday.
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Bomb scare empties Hillton Garden Inn near Manchester ballpark
MANCHESTER - The Hilton Garden Inn downtown was evacuated Thursday morning after police were alerted to a bomb scare at the hotel.Police and firefighters cleared the building, located just outside Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in the city's Millyard, about 9:20 a.m. after learning the word x201cBombx201d was written...
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