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Roger Brown's Grid Picks: Going with an upset at Lancer Park
Division I Friday Merrimack at Nashua South, 6:30 p.m.Division I West is shaping up as a three-team race between Merrimack, Nashua North and Nashua South. Merrimack, 27-21 Pinkerton at Londonderry, 7 p.m.
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Roger Brown's H.S. Football: Rivalry gets dialed up a notch
THE ANNUAL football game between Londonderry High School and Pinkerton Academy is special every season, but there are some years when the game fits into the extra-special category. This appears to be one of those years.
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Remember that Hot Wheels you had growing up? Here's the real deal
Auto review: Remember that Hot Wheels you had growing up? Here's the real deal
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NHIAA Cross Country: Lancers hoping to make their own mark
The Lancers are keenly aware of the heights the program has reached and are determined to place their squad alongside past championship teams.
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Mike Shalin's Working Press: Patriots' Hightower takes the high road
DONT'A HIGHTOWER says the newest Patriot will have people to talk with as he adjusts to his move to the Last Chance Saloon.
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Tiger, Fowler lead at Tour Championship
Tiger Woods eagled the 18th hole Thursday to grab a share of the lead with Rickie Fowler after the first round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
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NHIAA Roundup: Filardo lifts West boys to OT win over Milford
Carson Filardo was on top of his game for the Manchester West boys' soccer team in Thursday's 3-2 overtime win at Milford on Thursday. Filardo scored the game-tying and game-winning goals for the Blue Knights 4-5, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
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NHIAA Boys' Soccer: Central 7-0 gets it done
Paolo Tedesco scored his second game-winning goal in as many games to break a late tie and push Central to a 2-1 win over Salem.
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Parker 2nd at Seniors
Dartmouth golf coach Rick Parker was the second-place finisher at the New England Senior PGA Championship, held Tuesday and Wednesday at Burlington Country Club in Vermont.
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Third Mass. state trooper will admit to overtime scam
A suspended state trooper has agreed to plead guilty to collecting 12,468 in overtime pay for hours he never worked, U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling's office announced Thursday.
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State gets 45.8M grant in opioid fight
The federal government has approved New Hampshire's plan to create a 'hub-and-spoke' system of care to address the state's opioid epidemic. Now the real work begins.
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Car Talk: Today's cars don't need the highway miles to survive
Is it necessary to get on the freeway once in a while to keep the car engine in good shape?
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NH Business Newsreel: BAE signs Air Force semiconductor deal
BAE said it signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL for Phase 1 of an effort to transition gallium nitride GaN semiconductor technology developed by the Air Force to its Advanced Microwave Products Center.
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Another View -- Richard Hagar: We should learn from our mistakes on astronaut safety
SPACE EXPLORATION in the 21st century offers the possibility to reach new frontiers, from developing a lunar gateway for deep space travel, returning American astronauts to the surface of the Moon and eventually putting humans on Mars.
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Deroy Murdock: Scales of justice weigh heavily against Kavanaugh accuser
Brett Kavanaugh, a judge of the highest caliber, now finds himself being judged, although in the decidedly lawless court of public opinion. As such, Kavanaugh, 53, confronts Lady Justice and her pair of scales.
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Mona Charen: Kavanaugh in the MeToo era
IN THE WAKE of the revelation of Christine Blasey Ford's identity, some have suggested that her allegation against Brett Kavanaugh will be handled more sensitively than such accusations once were thanks to the MeToo movement. That may turn out to be true, but only if at least one other woman comes forward with similar charges.
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'A' for effort: New grades at Conant
Some parents in the Jaffrey-Rindge School District are upset at a new grading system that separates effort and behavior from academic mastery.
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Kindergarten enrollment on the rise in Bedford
With kindergarten enrollment jumping more than 40 students over what was originally projected, a proposal to add two more kindergarten teachers may be explored.
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Nashua man pleads guilty in U.S. District Court to workers' compensation fraud
A former letter carrier from Nashua pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to making false statements to obtain disability benefits after investigators observed him repeatedly moving heavy boxes of comics at a Comicon event in Manchester, despite claims that injuries to his neck, back and arm prevented him from working.
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Conceptual plan for new apartments in Merrimack gets cool reception
A conceptual plan to build 21 apartments along the Daniel Webster Highway received a cool reception from town planners this week.
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