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NHIAA Div. I Track Lynch North boys prevail
Nashua North's Mike Lynch, throws the discus, during the NHIAA Division I Track and Field Championships, held at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, on Friday. (Thomas Roy/Union ...
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Students hold ceremony to honor flags
Seventh-grader Joseph Sanchez presents a retired American flag to Ray Fabian, Sr. Vice Commander of Pelham VFW Post 10722 during a Memorial Day ceremony at Pelham’s St. Patrick School on Friday. (APRIL GUILMET/Union Leader ...
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Budget plan presses NH hospitals to join managed care networks
CONCORD - The Senate Finance Committee approved a proposal to force state hospitals to join Medicaid managed care networks or face losing state aid for charity care.Hospitals have balked at the compensation offered by the three companies the state hired to run the Medicaid managed care ...
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McCafferty nominated for District Court judge position
CONCORD - Federal magistrate Landya McCafferty has been nominated to the position of judge at U.S. District Court in Concord.If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, McCafferty would succeed Judge Stephen McAuliffe, who is ...
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Two seriously injured in head-on crash in Bedford
BEDFORD - Two people were seriously injured Friday in a head-on crash at the intersection of Route 101 and Wallace Road, police said.Lt. Scott Plumer said police do not know how the crash happened."We’re hoping that witnesses will call us," he said. "It happened at a busy time of day where there was a lot of ...
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Business owners Rainy holiday weekend may give local restaurants a boost
';Instead of being down on the decks or out on the beach, they’re coming out to our section of town,'; Conley said. ';Although I have a patio out front with 20 seats that we’re going to lose business on, we’ll more than make up for it with the business ...
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Red Sox Top Indians 8-1 Behind Lackey’s Pitching
BOSTON (AP) John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1 on a rainy Friday ...
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Beverly Cancels Memorial Day Parade Due To Lack Of Veterans
BEVERLY (CBS) – This Sunday, the streets of Beverly will look just like they always do. And that's the problem, some veterans say. The city has cancelled its annual Memorial Day parade for what's believed to be the first time since the end of the Civil War. Many veterans who were gathered at the Herman A. Spear American Legion Post on Friday night are upset by the decision. ...
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Mother-In-Law Of Heroic Oklahoma Teacher Shares Story Of Survival
WELLESLEY (CBS) – A Wellesley woman is recognizing the bravery of her daughter-in-law, an Oklahoma school teacher who shielded her students from the devastation of Monday's tornado. Karen Marinelli, a first grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary School, has one of the miraculous stories of survival. "It was like hell crashing down and we just started to hear glass break," ...
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2 Dead After Plane Out Of Bedford Crashes In NY
BEDFORD (CBS) - A small plane that took off from Hanscom Airport crashed in Ephrata, New York Friday evening. There were three people on board, and two of them are confirmed dead. The bodies of a man and woman were recovered from the wreckage. The Piper aircraft was traveling to Rome, New York. The Fulton County Sheriff's office says the plane was in distress when it went down. The ...
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Awards cap citys Small Business Week
MANCHESTER - Manchester Small Business Week wound up Friday morning with an awards ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College honoring small businesses in the city for growth, innovation and community ...
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Weather may be more like Veterans Day than Memorial Day
Marilyn Dawber, from Scituate Mass., talks with Donald Swan of Pembroke, Mass., as she walks her dog, Scout, Thursday afternoon at the Hooksett rest area on Interstate 93. Despite the weather forecast for the Memorial Day weekend, Dawber was headed to Lake Winona in New Hampton, while Swan was headed for a fishing trip in Vermont. (Thomas Roy/Union ...
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Rock Cats-Fisher Cats suspended
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats were leading the New Britain Rock Cats, 3-2, in the bottom of the fourth inning Friday night when the rain arrived, forcing the game to be suspendedThe Fisher Cats scored two runs in the first .They loaded the bases on a hit, a walk and an error, and scored the first run on Clint Robinson's RBI groundout. With the bases loaded again after a walk, Brad Glenn ...
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Stacey Coles Nature Talks Nongame Endangered Wildlife Program turns 25
I don't think we should wait until "June is bustin' out all over," (as the famous song goes) before we consider making a contribution to the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, a division of the NH Fish & Game Department. June 29 will mark the program's 25th ...
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Concert to aid Nashua man with rare disease
NASHUA - While Nashua resident David ‘Taz’ Yandell has battled a deadly, rare and mysterious disease, his friends have fought to help him, whether it is filing paperwork or putting together a benefit ...
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Flags should be half-staff Monday Thursday for holiday
CONCORD - Gov. Maggie Hassan has ordered flags in the state be lowered to half-staff on Monday and Thursday in observance of Memorial Day.While Monday is a state and federal holiday, the traditional date for Memorial Day is May ...
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This weeks Rare Bird Alert
birdsetc@nhaudubon.org . Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon web ...
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Police say man detained as part of investigation into death scene in Belmont
BELMONT – The State Police Major Crimes Unit was at a Sunset Drive home at what state authorities are calling the scene of at least one death. Local police said one man was detained in relation to the case."All I can tell you now is we're investigating a death," said Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin, who is chief of the homicide unit.Police have been at 20 ...
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Temple Israel burial ground committee team up for fund raiser
PORTSMOUTH — Barney Share is a student of history, particularly Portsmouth history. The president of the Temple Israel board said although Jews arrived in the city as early as the 1700s, none owned ...
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Maine sports star guilty on child-porn charge
Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store Dana Wilson pleaded no contest Thursday in a Bangor courtroom. The plea means while not admitting guilt, he is not contesting the charges. The judge then found him guilty. Authorities say the 62-year-old Wilson, who works as a disc jockey, had videos of young girls engaged in sexual behavior on his computer. Wilson's lawyer ...
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NHIAA track meets rescheduled to Sunday
The NHIAA Division II and Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships that were scheduled for Saturday have been moved to Sunday because of predicted bad weather.The Division II meet will take place at Pelham High School, and the Division II meet will be held at Inter-Lakes High School in Meredith. Both meets will start at 12:30 ...
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Gas leak reported in Stratham neighborhood
STRATHAM — Firefighters responded to a gas leak on Pheasant Run Lane Friday evening after a neighbor from across the street rang Bob and Leslie MacNeil’s doorbell to tell them she smelled gas coming from near their ...
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N.H. Senate votes to let bars close later
The Senate voted without debate Thursday to push back last call from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m., but only if the local governing body passes an ordinance allowing the ...
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York students forgo bus to walk or bike to school
YORK, Maine — For at least 10 years, local elementary schools have participated in the Maine Department of Transportation's Walk and Bike to School program, involving weekly, monthly or single events that get children off the bus and on their feet in the ...
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Judge Staffing agency cant remove itself from suit
EXETER — A judge is denying another co-defendant's attempt to get dismissed from liability in several civil lawsuits filed against Exeter Hospital in relation to the hepatitis C ...
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Memorial Bridge is falling down, falling down
The Memorial Bridge linking New Hampshire and Maine is a historical landmark, its been there for over 80 years, but the bridge is old and in this age of recession, expensive repair work versus more valuable replacement may soon see the structure razed and replaced.
The Memorial Bridge that links Portsmouth in New Hampshire to Kittery in Maine is ageing. The through truss lift bridge is over 80 years old and has begun to feel its age in recent years, on the 16th of October, 2009 state authorities issued an emergency closure of the bridge due to essential repairs that were needed and its weight limit has steadily been reduced over the last year or so. Read more
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