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Edwards for Congress

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:37
To the Editor: In the First Congressional District, my vote and campaign efforts will be directed to electing Eddie Edwards, a quintessential American, who rides hard, shoots straight, and tells the truth.
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Mona Charen -- Memo to Dems: Upholding norms is a 2-way street

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:37
Many of the current President's critics on the left insist that they are standing up for norms of democratic conduct and for democracy itself. Some are sincere.
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Aging boomers, rich millennials fuel rise of the mortgage-free homeowner in Seattle

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
If you're among the thousands struggling with the high cost of housing in Seattle, here's a statistic that might make you wince. Census data show that in 2016, more than one in four Seattle homeowners owned their home outright, free from any mortgage debt.
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Modifications can remove the obstacles to aging in place

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
Rebecka Snell, 65, says she knew that if she and her husband, Vic Labson, were to continue living in their 1960s ranch home in Lakewood, Colo., improvements would have to be made to create a safer and more enjoyable space.
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CMC partners with ClearChoiceMD for Hooksett, Goffstown urgent care centers

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
Catholic Medical Center CMC, a member of GraniteOne Health, and ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care have formed a joint venture to build and operate two co-branded Urgent Care centers on Hooksett Road in Hooksett and Mast Road in Goffstown.
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Vote for Halvorsen

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
To the Editor: I was an assistant United States attorney who retired to New Hampshire after almost four decades' work attacking fraud using both criminal and civil law. I support Concord prosecutor Paul Halvorsen for county attorney as his experience makes him the qualified candidate.
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Deroy Murdock: Republicans should toot their own tax cut horn

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
Amid the Mobius-strip-like endlessness of Robert Mueller's inquisition, Republicans should remember what may be their best weapon to keep Congress: the GOP tax cut. Republicans should promote its advantages and effects, from sea to shining sea.
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Sullivan didn't vote in 2016 primary but backed Clinton

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
The campaign of Democratic congressional candidate Maura Sullivan of Portsmouth said she supported Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential primary race but did not vote because she lived in the District of Columbia that had the final primary contest in June 2016.
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Salem on ice: Police are shielding public records

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
You have the right to remain silent. The Salem Police Department does not.
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NH Club News: DAR to hold September meeting in Nashua

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
The Matthew Thornton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution DAR will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at The First Church, 1 Concord St.
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Volunteers sought for Bass Island cleanup in Manchester this weekend

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
A West Side activist has organized a cleanup this Saturday of Bass Island and the mouth of the Piscataquog River, the first time in 20 years that the area has received some tender loving care.
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Blankenbeker is combat proven

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:36
To the Editor: In the New Hampshire Sunday News, a key Steve Negron supporter and House Veterans Interest Caucus chairman accused Navy Capt. Lynne Blankenbeker of 'stolen valor' and denigrated her 32 years of military service by questioning her use of the term 'combat proven.'
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Craig under fire: Mayor blocks firefighters' contract

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 00:35
Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig is finding out that governing is much harder than running for office.
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Character issues dominate GOP 1st CD debate

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 22:22
Questions of personal character dominated Thursday night's debate between Republican candidates seeking the U.S. House seat to represent New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District.
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Roger Brown's Grid Picks: Taking South, Salem and Bedford ' barely

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 22:22
DIVISION IFriday Bishop Guertin at Nashua South, 6:30 p.m.Both of these teams opened with a loss, but expect each to take a step forward this week. South, 28-20.Salem at Londonderry, 7 p.m.The...
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St. A football team embraces 'blue-collar' mentality in '18

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 22:22
The Hawks went 3-18 over the past two seasons and were projected to finish last in the Northeast-10 Conference this year in the league's preseason coaches' poll.
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Lupoli, UNH starting fresh

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 22:22
Christian Lupoli hasn't started a game at quarterback since 2015, when his Notre Dame-West Haven high school team lost to New Canaan in Connecticut's Class L semifinals. He'll know that feeling again Saturday night, however, when the University of New Hampshire plays its home-opener against Colgate 6 p.m..
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Roger Brown's H.S. Football: Versatility in the backfield at Merrimack

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 22:22
SOME out-of-town scores were announced during last Friday's game between Nashua North and Bedford at Stellos Stadium, and after several updates from the Merrimack-Goffstown game rolled in, a spectator near the Nashua North sideline wondered out loud, 'Who's playing quarterback for Merrimack?'
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Fire contained to fryolator area in Manchester Wendy's

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 02:30
No one was hurt when a fryolator caught fire in a Wendy's restaurant on Candia Road on Wednesday night.
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Tom Herzig's Trackside: Classic weekend at Star

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 00:34
STAR SPEEDWAY in Epping continues the tradition of New England's most contiguous short track special event with Saturday's running of the 53rd annual ISMA Supermodified Classic, now officially named the Bob Webber Sr. Memorial 150.
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