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Students and staff are rallying behind a Mascoma Valley Regional High School lunch lady fired for allowing a boy to run up an $8 lunch debt rather than go hungy. Bonnie Kimball thought she was doing the right thing and the parent did eventually pay.
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An unidentified woman is more interested in her breakfast than Carly Fiorina's campaign stop in Manchester Monday.
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Former state Rep. Stacie Marie Laughton of Derry, the first openly transgender person elected to the N.H. House of Representatives, was arrested Thursday by Nashua police on charges alleging distribution of child sexual abuse images, officials said.
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Bernie Sanders interview with Union Leader to be shown live.
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Congresswoman Annie Kuster in the wake of Tuesday’s primary election says she’ll fight to protect woman’s reproductive rights as she now knows she’ll run against staunch pro-life GOP candidate Robert Burns.
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PEMBROKE -- As many as 60% of ballots with hand or machine-made folds were improperly read by the four AccuVote optical scanning machines used in Windham in the 2020 election cycle, a forensic audit team member said Monday.
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Presidential contender Pete Buttigieg has landed the support of prominent Seacoast Democrat Maura Sullivan, who finished second in the 2018 1st Congressional District primary.
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Hannaford announced Wednesday that its 183 stores now donate or divert all unsold food. The chain claims to be the first large-scale supermarket in New England and New York to make that change. ...
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers said Tuesday New Hampshire should do away with mandatory auto safety inspections for noncommercial cars and trucks. ...
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The New Hampshire Libertarian Party rarely fails to entertain. The latest example, at its annual convention Jan. 28 in Manchester, the party voted, 44-11, to exclude former National Chairman Nicholas Sarwark from participating.
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U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, whose independence has cost her the enmity of Donald Trump as well as her Republican Party leadership post, will be the featured speaker at the Nackey S. Loeb School’s First Amendment Honors program in November.
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A Nashua woman has hired an attorney and filed an appeal with the city after her “Save Women’s Sports” flag was removed from the citizen flag pole in front of City Hall. ...
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Former Hassan staffer, accused of doxxing, was caught using computer without permission in Hassan's DC office, according to affidavit:
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More than 800 people turned out Friday morning in Dover to listen to and question Mayor Pete Buttigieg, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. One supporter actually pedaled 30 miles from Acton, Maine to attend.
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After his “Trump Country” billboard was abruptly removed from a prominent location in downtown Nashua, Dave Streit has since contracted with another agency that now has his ad featured on five billboards throughout southern New Hampshire. ...
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A Portsmouth police detective is being credited with saving the life of a despondent man who was threatening to jump off the Piscataqua River Bridge Thursday morning. ...
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Gov. Chris Sununu has asked legislators to consider suspending the state’s meals and rooms tax for “a couple of months” to help offset the impact of high gas prices and inflation during the summer tourism months. ...
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Editorial by @deucecrew : A better choice for President (No need to hold your nose) ...
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A new report makes the case for transforming part of the commuter rail into a regional network that would be electrified, have frequent all-day service, and extend to New Hampshire.
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IF NOT FOR REDISTRICTING, Democrats would have a bigger share of power at the New Hampshire State House after Tuesday’s election.
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"The only way to make sure that Trumpism doesn't continue to rule the Republican Party for years to come is to make sure that we defeat not only the president, but those people who have enabled him," says Jennifer Horn, former chairwoman of the NH GOP.
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Gov. Chris Sununu made national headlines over the weekend, saying former President Donald Trump is “f–king crazy” during an appearance at the 137th annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington.
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A black bear cub seemingly abandoned by its mother is doing well after it was rescued this week by Conservation Officer Jonathan DeLisle. ...
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New Hampshire will remain the only state in the nation without a mandatory seat belt law for adults after the House of Representatives rejected legislation Thursday.
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A food service company denies firing a NH lunch lady for feeding a student who couldn't pay despite a memo that appears to say precisely that. School officials say Bonnie Kimball should have provided the "meal of the day" instead of a la carte items.
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The state of New Hampshire filed a lawsuit in the United States Supreme Court on Monday over Massachusetts' continuing to collect income tax from out-of-state residents who work for Bay State companies remotely, which affects more than 80,000 workers.
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“It’s not a class issue,” says Travis Corcoran, “it’s an issue of rule of law vs. backroom corruption.” A town resident of a mere eight years, he has challenged the Weare power structure and won. Twice so far. Read all about it in City Matters.
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Pg. 1 editorial by @deucecrew : @realDonaldTrump campaign insults NH voters' intelligence
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On Friday, Pete Buttigieg returned to Berlin as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and came bearing a very large check that he and municipal officials hope will revitalize not only the city’s downtown, but the surrounding North Country as well.
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Family of a Londonderry High School senior killed Friday in a fiery crash hopes to create a scholarship in his name. Anyone wishing to help can send a check to Londonderry High School, 295 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, NH 03053, attention of Katie Sullivan.
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The New Hampshire Union Leader endorses N.J. Gov. Chris Christie for President:
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. @UnionLeader publisher @deucecrew on @ChrisChristie endorsement: "Boy, were we wrong."
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From @tuohy : Trump, NH vet blast 'liberal media' ...
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Gov. Chris Sununu says it is "outrageous" and "insulting" that members of Congress, such as U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH), are "cutting the line" to get the coronavirus vaccine ahead of more needy New Hampshire residents.
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Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., is leading three other Democratic senators calling upon the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether oil and gas companies have illegally been cranking up prices at the pump.
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He has been the calm voice of science and reason that New Hampshire leaders and residents have turned to for facts, context and reassurance amid the fear and uncertainty of an unparalleled health and economic crisis. ...
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Many New Hampshire women say they feel angry, outraged, even threatened, after state lawmakers inserted a number of social policies, including new abortion restrictions, into the state budget trailer bill. ...
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Athletic footwear company New Balance plans to build a manufacturing facility, its sixth in the U.S., near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Londonderry, bringing up to 450 jobs to the area.
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Comic shops, publishers adjust as distributor stops shipping:
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An 18-year-old from Amherst is one of the youngest people to be elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. ... #nhpolitics
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Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of Nashua launched her Republican primary bid for governor early Monday morning, warning New Hampshire is “one election away from turning into Massachusetts.”
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Democrat Catherine Rombeau secured a narrow victory in Tuesday’s special election in Bedford, defeating Republican former state representative Linda Camarota 2,325 to 2,288 for a seat in the New Hampshire House.
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The Manchester Police Department will pay $20,000 for seizing the phone of a bystander who was filming a fight two years ago at the West Side 7-Eleven, the ACLU-New Hampshire announced Thursday.
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Former state Rep. Stacie Marie Laughton of Derry, the first openly transgender person elected to the N.H. House of Representatives, was arrested Thursday by Nashua police on charges she allegedly distributed child sexual abuse images, officials said…
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A bipartisan bill Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., co-wrote that President Joe Biden signed Tuesday will require posting a human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of all airplane, bus and train stations throughout the U.S.
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Out-of-state donors from New York to Los Angeles account for nearly 90% of the record-setting total collected so far by Sen. Maggie Hassan’s reelection campaign, according to federal campaign finance records. ...
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Steve DesRuisseaux, the Manchester fire captain severely burned last November while rescuing residents in a fatal apartment building fire, will return to duty June 27. ...
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Gov. Chris Sununu urged fellow Republicans to reject Donald Trump’s bid for a return to the White House, calling the former president’s 2024 campaign a far cry from his 2016 run.
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Nikki Haley kicked off her Republican presidential campaign in New Hampshire Thursday evening, telling her story of overcoming expectations to become a state legislator, governor and United Nations ambassador.
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Fourteen states have sided with New Hampshire in its effort to bring Massachusetts before the U.S. Supreme Court over the Bay State’s taxation of New Hampshire telecommuters working from home during the pandemic. ...
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An explosion that rattled homes within a 20-mile radius Tuesday night is being blamed on a gender reveal celebration at a Kingston quarry that police say involved more than a pound of tannerite and blue chalk. ...
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In his quiet Portsmouth living room, 11-year-old Aadhavan Veerendra studies for the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a rainbow-colored list of spelling words, a well-worn spiral notebook of definitions and pronunciations, and his mother. ...
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The Seacoast Science Center in Rye recently began displaying a rare split-colored lobster, blue on one side and orange on the other. The 1 1/2-pound crustacean is a one-in-50-million specimen. ...
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Seventh-grader Aadhavan Veerendra has won the last three New Hampshire State Spelling Bees, clinching his third title on Saturday in Concord. ...
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Leaders from both parties in the New Hampshire House have signed onto legislation that would legalize marijuana in the Granite State, advocates for legalization announced on Monday.
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Voters First 2020: Bill Weld. Learn more about Bill Weld and all of the primary candidates in our Voters First primary guide on February 9th!
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The president of the state’s second-largest teachers union filed a lawsuit Thursday against state Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, claiming his department is violating the New Hampshire Constitution and state law by using state lottery dollar…
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Kelly’s Roast Beef — an iconic Boston-area chain for more than 70 years — is branching out to the Granite State through its new franchising business. The company said it is nearing deals to open locations in Concord and Salem.
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Gov. Chris Sununu said Friday he plans to sue Massachusetts for announcing it would continue to tax New Hampshire residents working from home who normally worked in Massachusetts prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
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MANCHESTER — The Manchester Transit Authority announced it will expand its services to offer free rides to and from the polls for Manchester residents on Election Day Tuesday.
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More than a thousand people have signed a petition to close Elm Street in Manchester to vehicular traffic to allow for expanded outdoor restaurant seating. Peter Macone, owner of Republic and Campo Enoteca restaurants, started the petition.
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Sen. Maggie Hassan has reintroduced a bill to help finance passenger and short line railroads. The legislation would help projects like the Capitol Corridor Project, which would connect Manchester, Nashua and Boston with commuter rail.
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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg returned to New Hampshire Monday to talk infrastructure and tout a $25 million grant to improve underutilized sections of Manchester’s Millyard and downtown.
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Ten people on Gov. Chris Sununu’s Diversity and Inclusion advisory council announced their resignations Tuesday, citing the governor’s signing of legislation that includes a provision banning the teaching of divisive racial concepts. ...
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Story: @JoyceCraigNH makes history becoming Manchester's first female mayor. #MHT #NHPolitics @MayorTedGatsas
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Police: Man charged after nude workout asks if Plaistow Planet Fitness is a 'judgment-free zone':
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An ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee slamming Sen. Maggie Hassan’s record on the gas tax was pulled from local cable stations Thursday, over a misstatement about the impact Hassan’s policy had on prices. ...
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#BreakingNews : Northern Pass application denied in unanimous vote of Site Evaluation Committee #nhpolitics
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A bill that Sen. Maggie Hassan co-wrote to make permanent a program that links retiring vets with federal health care services became law Monday.
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A surging number of COVID-19 cases in New Hampshire does not justify the kind of restrictions on the state’s economy that Massachusetts is set to impose, Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday. ...
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Sixty-seven activists were arrested Saturday for trespassing at Merrimack Station coal-burning power plant in Bow, in what organizers said was the largest environmental civil disobedience action since the Clamshell Alliance protests of the 1970s.
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SNHU has opened a $50M College of Engineering, Technology and Aeronautics in Hooksett marking the end of a three-year process that began with closure of Daniel Webster College in Nashua, one of the nation's few aeronautics and air traffic control schools.
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Russian vodka off state liquor store shelves, but state will keep inventory ...
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The boy was perched precariously on the overpass over the interstate. He had called 911 and told a dispatcher that he was going to jump. A calm, compassionate state police trooper saved the boy’s life that night. ... #NHHeroes
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U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., announced over the weekend he was engaged to his boyfriend, a lawyer and former Capitol Hill lobbyist.
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Jeremy Kauffman, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, was suspended from Twitter last week just as Elon Musk took over the social media giant, but it’s unclear what message got the Manchester entrepreneur in trouble.
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The New Hampshire Institute of Politics backed out of hosting another organization’s election panel after the institute’s director was informed Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and attorney who represented former President Donald Trump …
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Three Dog Night fans attending Tupelo Music Hall’s first indoor show of the year Aug. 20 will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, the Derry venue announced Wednesday.
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The University of New Hampshire offered Londonderry High School's Ty Miles a full scholarship following Saturday's New Hampshire Football Showcase at Saint Anselm College.
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The son of slain Manchester police officer Michael Briggs has himself now graduated from the New Hampshire Police Academy. Chief Carlo Capano and a large delegation of Queen City officers were in Concord to wish Mitchell Briggs well.
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Tempers flared at Thursday night’s Timberlane Regional School Board meeting after a Sunday school teacher was arrested moments after she and several other unmasked attendees showed up to demand an end to a school mask mandate. ...
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An unidentified off-duty @SalemFD firefighter is being hailed as a hero after pulling two people from burning vehicles involved in a three-car crash on Route 111 Wednesday afternoon that seriously injured three individuals. (from @cityhallpaul ) ...
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Congressman Chris Pappas called GOP nominee in the 1st Congressional District race Karoline Leavitt “extreme and divisive” during his general election campaign kick-off Wednesday morning.
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With air temperatures around 45 degrees below zero, and wind reaching a hurricane-force strength of 100 miles per hour, Mount Washington — New Hampshire’s tallest peak — will feel about minus 100 on Friday night.
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Finally, New Hampshire, there’s something to look forward to in 2020. “North Woods Law” is back. ...
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Manchester homeless people lined up for showers Tuesday, provided by a colorful Massachusetts man who has devoted his life to helping the homeless after his son died on the streets of Bangor, Maine, four years ago. ...
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The Manchester Monarchs Hockey Club, the ECHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, announces it will cease operations. Story to come.
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The first parts of LaBelle Winery in Derry, a nine-hole golf course, miniature golf, artisanal grocery and restaurant, are set to open. Co-owner Amy LaBelle said the 30,000-square-foot events center has hired about 70 employees already.
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CONCORD — Sarah Taylor is all business when she is in the circle for the Concord High School softball team.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Sherman and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington urged Gov. Chris Sununu to take aggressive action to protect women living in anti-abortion states who would come to New Hampshire to terminate a pregnancy. ...
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Nash Rogers was revved up and all smiles as he waved to his cheering fans Saturday. The 8-year-old Brentwood boy, who is fighting terminal brain cancer, received the celebrity treatment as he arrived at New England Dragway for Saturday’s “Bash for Nash.”
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Sen. Maggie Hassan voiced support Thursday evening for carving out an exception to the Senate filibuster that would let the U.S. Senate pass voting legislation with a simple majority. #nhpolitics
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New Balance received unanimous support from the Londonderry Planning Board Wednesday night to build its sixth U.S. sneaker manufacturing facility, which is expected to bring nearly 250 jobs to town within the first year.
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