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NH industry worries customers will go to Mass. to buy marijuana
Some in New Hampshire's medical pot industry worry that patients will begin heading across the border for their medicine.
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Tamworth farmer shoots, kills three bear cubs that were eating his chickens, say authorities
Under state law, wild animals caught doing actual and substantial damage, can be destroyed.
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Belmont state rep in hot water with town over living conditions
state Rep. Michael Sylvia will find himself in Superior Court next week to defend against a lawsuit brought by the town.
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OSS operative, 97, honored with Congressional Gold Medal in Wolfeboro
Technician Fourth Grade Roger G. Campbell was moved to tears when Sen. Jeanne Shaheen presented him with the medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow.
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Maze of red tape cools pace for those rehabbing burned-out city buildings
Several burned out and dilapidated apartment buildings remain vacant and untouched in center city neighborhoods.
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NH's Job Corps center gets low safety rank from survey
City police have been called to the campus on Dunbarton Road 135 times since it opened in 2015, including 13 times for assaults and four times for sexual assaults so far this year.
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NH's nonprofit pot sellers skirt rules to raise money
In theory, and in compliance with state law, New Hampshire's four medical marijuana dispensaries are owned and run by nonprofit organizations.
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Draft VA report meets skepticism
Like three previous draft reports from the VA's Office of the Medical Inspector, the latest report includes few findings of wrongdoing and largely exonerates the hospital's previous administrators.
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Paul Feely's City Hall: Manchester's fire parade doused after union contract snubbed
The union has said members will no longer perform duties outside those identified in their job descriptions and collective bargaining agreement - and the Fire Prevention Week parade might only be the first casualty.
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No injuries after plane crash at Laconia airport
A single-engine plane crashed after a pilot had trouble with his landing gear.
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Former Ruger Firearms CEO leaves a legacy in Newport
He might have been a multimillionaire, former CEO of one of the largest employers in the state, with a mansion on the north end of town, but to a lot of folks in town he was Bill.
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Christopher Thompson's Closing the Deal: Three reasons your customers leave and how to stop it
I have yet to come across a business that isn't constantly looking for ways to improve sales performance.
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Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Program aims to empower the next generation of girls in tech
WANTED: As many as 150 women whose careers are rooted in science, technology, engineering and math. Your assignment: Share your knowledge with the next generation of girls.
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Silver Linings: NH companies seek to retain older workers
As baby boomers close in on the traditional retirement age of 65, Granite State business leaders are carving out multiple approaches to attracting and retaining older workers.
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Silver Linings: Surveys show value of older workforce
According to an AARP study, workers ages 50 and older will comprise 35 percent of the nation's workforce by 2022.
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Julie Jason's Your Money: How to be sure your investment firm can be trusted
If you are shopping for an investment firm, at which point should you feel comfortable that it has earned your trust?
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Marc A. Hebert's Money Sense: Keys to understanding long-term care and life insurance riders
Life insurance has a place in the financial lives of many people. For example, income replacement in the case of a loss of a spouse is important for financial security.
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Jonah Goldberg: Believable? Yes. Credible? Maybe. True? Not Necessarily.
Over and over, elected officials and leading commentators alike have insisted Ford's allegation that Kavanaugh attempted to drunkenly rape her must be true because other men have done such things.
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Women transported to hospital after eating at conference in Alstead
A group of 12 women rented out the Orchard School for an event and cooked a meal together, and some of them ate what they mistakenly believed were chanterelle mushrooms, according to a school employee.
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Sox come back, beat Indians
A four-run seventh inning paced the Boston Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Cleveland Indians in a battle of division winners Friday night in Cleveland.
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