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It seems like much longer than 18 months since Donald Trump was inaugurated as President. It often seems that if Charles Dickens were describing 2018, he would say 'It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.'

Last week, The Washington Post published an op-ed headlined 'It's not wrong to compare Trump's America to the Holocaust.' As with similar examples of this genre, it's a sickening display of moral relativism that belittles the suffering and murder of millions in the service of some shortsighted and crass partisan fearmongering.

Finding an extra million dollars you didn't know about is not an emergency.

Six college students listed as plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenges the Senate Bill 3 election reform bill are legally able to vote in New Hampshire and lack the standing necessary to challenge the law, New Hampshire officials said in recent court filings.

A man who was seriously injured in a car crash last week died Saturday, the fifth person to die in a motor-vehicle accident this year in the city.

No one has gotten better use out of the words and numbers of baseball than Bill James. His writing enriched how fans watched and appreciated baseball, and is now transforming how the game is played. It is time to put Bill James in the Hall of Fame.

Notes, quotes and observations on the final Tuesday in July.

Regional planners expect to have a final report recommending better pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure along the Daniel Webster Highway corridor completed by November.

Two city residents accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl over an extended period of time are facing new charges in connection with the alleged offenses.

Manchester police were busy Monday investigating a reported stabbing on Lake Avenue.

City Councilor Bob Hamel offered a public apology Monday night for remarks he made to firefighters during a July 9 meeting. The comments were made during tense budget discussions between the council and the Fire Department.

Police are warning visitors to six city parks they plan to start enforcing a smoking ban passed last summer, after officials realized the ordinance ' initially believed to have expired after six months ' remains in effect.

A former math teacher at St. Paul's School in Concord will return to the elite prep school next month to serve as its interim rector for the 2018-19 school year.

Current and retired professors from Plymouth State University, high school guidance counselors, lawyers and psychologists are among the 23 people who wrote glowing letters to a court supporting former Exeter High School guidance counselor Kristie Torbick, who recently pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student.

A Massachusetts man who stomped on his girlfriend's head and broke her nose during an argument will not serve time behind bars.

The next trial date for the Windham selectman charged with assault stemming from a 2017 bar fight is set for Nov. 1 at 1:15 p.m. at the Salem District Court.

Accused of fatally injuring his 2-year old daughter during a physical and sexual assault, Roger Dana wants a judge to suppress statements he made to police and, citing 'adverse and pervasive publicity,' to also move his trial, now scheduled for September, out of Coos County.

A former Scoutmaster from Newfields faced his victims Monday as he was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison after admitting to molesting four Scouts in the 1990s and early 2000s.

A former Center Harbor man whose conviction for stealing 409,980 from his late father has been upheld by the state's highest court, has filed a motion for reconsideration and could remain free for as long as a year before his appeal options are exhausted.

The death of fisherman and 'Wicked Tuna' cast member Nicholas 'Duffy' Fudge, 28, is being investigated, though police say foul play is not suspected.