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If demographics are destiny, New Hampshire received some good news in a new report on population growth in the 50 states.

Do you trust your aldermen or selectmen with your paycheck?

Time was, there was no other American place quite like it. Fifty-six years ago ' a long time in adaptable America's adjustment of its behavior to its creed ' this university town was a few weeks from the U.S. Army's arrival to assist the matriculation of James Meredith.

Mail delivery has resumed to all New Hampshire prisons and other corrections facilities, state corrections officials said Wednesday.

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The public is invited to the 19th Annual New England Paralyzed Veteran and Disabled Bass Fishing Tournament held at Camp Robindel, Geneva Point Road, Moultonborough, Saturday, Sept. 8.

The American Legion Griggs-Wyatt Post 33 of Meredith will conduct a 911 commemoration Tuesday, Sept. 11, at noon in Hesky Park.

It was bound to happen but this sure got bitter at the very end.

The president of the city firefighters union said he is very disappointed with a vote by Mayor Joyce Craig to reject a contract proposal brought before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Tuesday night.

Residents of the New Hampshire Veterans Home will mark the 17th anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks on America at a public Patriot Day ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the home.

For the past two years, Salem resident Denise Robbins has put away her dollars and change to collect backpacks and stuff them with needed supplies for local at-risk and homeless veterans.

To the Editor: Our close friend Barry Newcomb is running for sheriff of Rockingham County.

To the Editor: My name is Mike Visconti, and I am running a write-in campaign for state representative in Concord, Ward 4. I love this state, city, and the neighborhood I live in.

To the Editor: As the upcoming primary is nearing, I want to share my support for Steve Marchand as the Democratic nominee for governor of New Hampshire.

Rev. Christopher Martel, formerly of Merrimack, will take over as pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, the diocese of Manchester announced.

Weeks after former Superintendent Chip McGee received a 145,000 severance package, the Dean of Student Services has been placed on paid administrative leave.

Workers are busy setting up for the 29th annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, which begins Friday and is expected to draw more than 100,000 people to the three-day event.

A day after a Superior Court judge ordered the release of police documents related to a Dec. 2 incident at Icenter, police are refusing to allow a Union Leader reporter to review those documents without first paying a fee of 56.50 for a copy.

Steve Marchand is looking for an issue to catch on with voters who are just starting to pay attention to the Democratic primary for governor, with the Sept. 11 election less than a week away. And that issue is paid family medical leave.

City zoning officials have rejected a proposal to construct a large, five-story storage facility near Amherst Street.