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Weekend concert picks for the Granite State
Here's our picks for Top 5 concerts this weekend in New Hampshire.
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Amid Kavanaugh allegations, Trump says it is 'scary time' for young men
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that allegations of sexual misconduct against his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, showed that 'it's a very scary time for young men in America' who now may be presumed guilty even when innocent.
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Debate exclusion
To the Editor: This November, voters will see three candidates on the ballot for governor, Republican Chris Sununu, Democrat Molly Kelly, and Libertarian Jilletta Jarvis. However during the lone debate to air on WMUR, voters will see only two of these candidates, despite having been told in August that all three candidates would be invited.
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Mike Shalin's Working Press: It's great to be here
IF YOU LIKE your sports in an overload mode, strap in for the next four days in New England.
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Three locals to begin their seasons in AHL
New Hampshire natives Zach Sanford, Gavin Bayreuther and Paul Thompson will begin this professional hockey season season skating in the American Hockey League.
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Grant Bosse: Thursday night NFL contests should go away
Asking players to suit up so quickly after their last game should be embarrassing to the NFL. But the league has 60 million reasons to get over it.
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Janine Gilbertson's Granite Kitchen: A soup, a salad and a sweet for early fall
Autumn soup for a soupy fall day
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Tasting Notes with Jim Beauregard: A fine Riesling from Washington state
When one thinks of Riesling, Germany often comes to mind first, followed by the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, but these are certainly not the only places in the world where great Rieslings are made today.
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Our Gourmet: Nothing could be finer than Benedict breakfast at Charlie's Diner
A recent breakfastlunch outing brought us to Charlie's Homestyle Diner, conveniently located at the corner of Daniel Webster Highway and Depot Street just south of Bedford Road.
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Weare settles second suit filed by fired officer
The town of Weare has settled a second lawsuit filed by Joseph Kelley, the former police sergeant who has already received a 260,000 settlement over his 2013 termination.
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Aldermen OK annual payment agreement with BAE
City aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a payment in lieu of taxes PILOT agreement with BAE Systems that has the aerospace and defense giant making an annual payment of 225,000 to the city for the next decade.
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U.S. to test presidential alert sytem on cellphones
The Trump administration will send messages to more than 200 million U.S. cellphones on Wednesday testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public in the event of a national emergency.
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College life and the Kavanaugh controversy
QUESTION: How have the hearings and news coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination influenced your behavior in college? If the drama surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spells out anything, it means that decades-old behavior can suddenly be unburied to be analyzed, investigated, debated and inflated, just when you're reaching the...
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Garrison Keillor: Saluting a brother columnist, George Will
GEORGE WILL is a great American conservative essayist and I am an aging liberal doing the best I can, but even in divisive times I am capable of appreciating him, and his recent column for the Washington Post is so excellent, a new prize is needed, the Pulitzer isn't good enough.
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Manchester mosquitoes found to be carrying EEE
City health officials say a batch of mosquitoes collected in Manchester last month has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis EEE.
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Support the intelligence community
To the Editor: When most people conjure images of Germany, they envision castles, biergartens, and perhaps the autobahn. When I think of Germany, I look back on my time in the intelligence service of the U.S. Army.
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Jennifer Horn: Molly Kelly loses focus on New Hampshire issues
MOLLY KELLY appears to be confused as to what political office she is running for. Lately, she's more focused on federal issues, like the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, than she is on New Hampshire.
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Library fines: Literacy and responsibility
Our curmudgeonly instincts kicked in when we read reporter Mark Hayward's story on Manchester library officials decision to no longer charge children late fees on overdue library books.
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Vose fights for ratepayers
To the Editor: I urge Epping residents to vote for Michael Vose for state representative on Nov. 6. In the two years I have worked with him in the House, he has fought diligently to protect electricity ratepayers from facing higher costs. That battle is ongoing and our state badly needs ratepayer champions like Rep. Michael Vose.
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Jonah Goldberg: Maybe Kavanaugh is angry because he has been falsely accused of horrible crimes
WHY IS Brett Kavanaugh so upset? It's a question few ask because so many already think they know the answer.
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