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Some Democrats to consider
To the Editor: The Sept. 11 primary is only weeks away. In a recent event held by the Democrats, we Laconia-area voters listened to Democratic party candidates for Carol Shea-Porter's First Congressional District seat.
Categories: Manchester News
Greenland's PoliteMail Software is NH's fastest growing firm
Greenland-based PoliteMail Software topped this year's list of fastest-growing private companies in New Hampshire, according to Inc. magazine's national ranking.
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Keene State parachute: Getting paid not to teach
After collecting a 327,225 severance package for no longer serving as president of Keene State College, Anne Huot has now accepted a 44,158 buyout to not teach in the upcoming academic year.
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Mass. man charged with repeated sexual assault of a child at Hancock campground in 2009
A Massachusetts man has been arrested on charges he repeatedly sexually assaulted a child while camping in Hancock in 2009, and police say there could be more victims assaulted at additional campgrounds in New Hampshire and other states.
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Women's champ aims at Hillclimb repeat
Aimee Vasse, fresh off a win last weekend at Pike's Peak in Colorado, will defend her title Saturday as reigning champion in the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.
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Deroy Murdock: Trump's job approval nearly doubles among black Americans
THE LEFT and its henchmen in the old-guard media relentlessly insist that President Donald J. Trump is America's racist-in-chief. This exhausted lie seems to fall on increasingly skeptical ears. And a surprising number of them are black.
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Owner accused of operating unregistered Newton gym surrenders
A man accused of operating an unregistered health club in Newton appeared in court Thursday after state and local police spent nearly two hours trying to get him to surrender while he was holed up inside the gym.
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Trump blasted 3-D guns but govt. isn't fighting to stop them
The Trump administration is pushing in court for unfettered public access to blueprints for making guns with 3-D printers even after the President tweeted that they don't 'seem to make much sense.'
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Brady is back in the saddle as Pats post preseason win
Tom Brady went 19-for-26, 172 yards and two touchdowns in a stellar first half in the Pats' 37-20 win in NFL preseason play Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
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Manchester man charged with arson
MANCHESTER - A Manchester man was arrested and charged with arson Thursday, accused of setting two small fires behind businesses on Hanover Street.A police officer was called to 121 Hanover St., the building that houses GlowBar just east of Chestnut Street, about 12:20 a.m. to assist evacuating the...
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Laconia man to plead guilty to DWI crash that left father and young daughter in a coma
LACONIA - A local man involved in a 2017 crash that left an Alton father and his daughter in comas has informed the court that he intends to plead guilty.James Willingham, 32, was indicted in February on three counts of aggravated DWI and three counts of second-degree assault in connection with the...
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Fights in and around Manchester's Victory Park bring police two arrested
MANCHESTER - Police investigating two separate reports of fights at Victory Park Wednesday arrested two city men on various charges.Officers were first called to the Chestnut Street park about 5 p.m., where they determined a fight had broken up but 20 to 30 people still were milling around, police...
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Man faces deportation for drug conspiracy
CONCORD - A Lawrence, Mass., man was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and faces deportation to the Dominican Republic when his sentence is complete for his role in a drug trafficking operation that operated in the Bay State and New Hampshire in 2017.Miguel Arias Velasquez, 22, pleaded guilty...
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Full slate of 1st CD Democratic congressional candidates debate in Dover
All 11 Democratic candidates for the First Congressional District showed up for the New Hampshire Democratic Party forum at Dover Middle School Thursday night.
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GOP won't budge on unity pledge, so 1st CD debate a bust
A long-awaited party-sponsored debate between the two major Republican candidates for 1st District congressman fell apart Thursday night after Eddie Edwards of Dover refused to sign a pledge to back state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford if Sanborn wins the Sept. 11 primary. Edwards came up to the stage and sat beside Sanborn in the hope that...
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Town claims abrasive citizens to blame for whistleblower's departure
Responding to former administrative assistant Stephanie Fogg's lawsuit, the town of Gilmanton denies that Fogg was driven to quit for being a whistleblower.
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Lincoln police chief placed on paid leave as town reviews finances, practices
Ted Smith, the town's longtime police chief, was placed on paid administrative leave Monday, pending a review of the police department.
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Mother of slain NH journalist: Important for press to continue to seek truth worldwide
The fourth anniversary of freelance war correspondent James Foley's death is Sunday, and his mother says it is more important than ever for journalists working domestically and abroad to continue to seek for the truth.
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'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin, 76, dies at home in Detroit
Aretha Franklin, the preacherrsquos daughter whose powerful voice made her the long-reigning Queen of Soul with such hit songs as Respect and Chain of Fools, died on Thursday at the age of 76, officials said.Franklin, who won 18 Grammys and had some 25 gold records, died at her...
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French soldier renovating home finds NH veteran's wallet, returns it 65 years later
Sharon McCusker Moore says a French soldier renovating a home in Chatellerault, France, recently came upon her father's long-lost wallet containing Korean War documents and a photo of her mother and saved it from being disposed of forever.
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