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Roger Brown's Grid Picks: Taking Pinkerton over Exeter, Alvirne in an upset
DIVISION ITonight Londonderry at Timberlane, 6:30 p.m.The Lancers have Pinkerton next weekend. Londonderry, 34-7.Manchester Memorial at Nashua North, 6:30 p.m.The Crusaders need to get more from...
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Fisher Cats go for EL crown tonight
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats can win their third Eastern League title in a ballpark they've never won it before: Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.
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Mike Shalin's Working Press: Time to walk the walk for Jags, Pats
JALEN RAMSEY has had a lot of things to say about a lot of people, with Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski at or near the top of his list. Sunday, Ramsay may have to pay the price.
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Roger Brown's H.S. Football: Exeter defense faces a tall task
WHEN the Exeter High School and Pinkerton Academy football programs last met, the Blue Hawks turned in what had to be one of the best defensive efforts in the program's history. The result was a 10-0 victory in the 2015 Division I semifinals in Derry.
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Fish and Game pollution
To the Editor: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Powder Mill Fish Hatchery in New Durham discharges wastewater containing significant amounts of phosphorus and other pollutants into the Merrymeeting River, which then flows into Lake Winnipesaukee's Alton Bay.
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U.S. values and foreign aid
To the Editor: Is U.S. foreign assistance promoting American values? According to the State Department, we send the most foreign assistance to Israel, yet Israel violates our values in important ways.
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Another View -- Jeffrey A. Meyers: A new partnership to improve teen health
HELPING KIDS to be healthy and active is a public health priority. According to a Youth Risk Behavior survey conducted in 2015, nearly half of New Hampshire's high school students are not getting the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day and more than a quarter of high school students were considered overweight or obese.
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Buchanan has a problem with the truth
To the Editor: Give credit where credit is due. Pat Buchanan does a masterful job at misdirecting the argument.
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Party unity: Which Dems stand with Woodburn?
The Unity Breakfast is a New Hampshire political tradition in which candidates come together shortly after the primary to pretend they have gotten over the wounds they've just inflicted on one another.
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Deroy Murdock: This key question could keep Congress Republican
'ARE YOU BETTER OFF now than you were two years ago?' Republicans should ask voters this key question during the 2018 midterms.
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Laconia felon sentenced to more than 5 years for firearm possession
A Laconia man who Manchester police used a stun gun on last year will serve more than five years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Vt. woman arrested after police find drugs, child in car
A Vermont woman was arrested Wednesday night after officers found drugs and a small child in her car in Lebanon, police said.
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Jury convicts Manchester resident of drug trafficking
A Hillsborough County jury convicted Manchester resident Dwayne Reddick on a charge of trafficking crack cocaine on Thursday, a conviction that could place him in prison for life.
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Dalton man gets 5 years for intending to sell fentanyl
A 28-year-old Dalton man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Wednesday.
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Slain NH journalist's mom: Filmmaker took my story
As Diane Foley watched the new movie 'Viper Club,' about an American freelance journalist taken hostage by terrorists in Syria and his mother's struggles to free him, her suspicions were confirmed ' and her anger stoked.
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After city-wide revaluation, Nashua tax rate to drop significantly
After a citywide revaluation that significantly increased property assessments, the local tax rate is expected to substantially decrease.
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Need for senior center raised in Bedford
A local planning official is frustrated that Bedford's senior citizens have been placed on the back burner, arguing this week that a new senior center or community center must be included in the town's proposed capital improvement plan.
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Kensington is second N.H. town to ask judge to intervene after selectmen quit
The town's request to have a judge appoint two new selectmen is only the second time that a New Hampshire municipality has turned to the court system to fill vacancies after a mass exodus from an elected board, a state official said Thursday.
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Hampstead officials seek temporary solutions to dry wells
Homeowners living in a Main Street neighborhood have struggled for months with little to no water getting drawn from their wells, and permanent solutions appear to be at least two years out.
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Somersworth police arrest men who allegedly caused over 15K in damage during BB gun shooting spree
Police in Somersworth have arrested two men who they say shot out windows in New Hampshire and Maine last week.
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