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FOR MANY MEMBERS of New Hampshire's law enforcement community, things are about to get a bit scruffy. Or perhaps unkempt. Maybe a little hairy. Whatever you call it, our police officers will forgo shaving in October to bring awareness to an essential cog in our state's criminal justice system.

Manchester Proud wants to transform and improve Manchester schools. The group has not yet determined how. The group, representing a broad coalition of Queen City residents and businesses, began canvassing the city on Sept. 15, both to hear from residents about their ideas for city schools and to bring more people into the...

One employee at a George Webb restaurant in Milwaukee is undoubtedly glad that one of her coworkers owns and carries a gun. The woman was cooking behind the counter when a man walked up to her and slugged her in the face, giving her a concussion.

Keeping track of the 2018 midterms is quite a challenge, not the least because there are three distinct sets of elections going on simultaneously. In many ways, the battles for control of the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, and for gubernatorial offices are playing out on different playing fields.

Growing older comes with a large set of complicated problems, but it still beats the alternative.

If you find your home and work schedules full and life is causing you stress, be aware that it can take a toll on your health.

The U.S. is in the midst of a steep and sustained increase in sexually transmitted diseases. So how are public health officials responding?

A grant from the National Institutes of Health NIH will help a University of New Hampshire researcher better understand dehydration and ultimately help humans better survive it by studying a tiny desert rodent.

If you're no worse than 3-1 in Division I, you're in this week's New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll. But where?

Jerry Jackson, a retired accountant, described the accumulation of losses that accompany old age in concrete, mathematical terms.

Can an ancient yellow root spice be good for you?

Manchester police are investigating a report of shots fired in the area of Central Street.

To the Editor: To all who wrote in my name for Belknap County Commissioner in District 1, Sanbornton, New Hampton, and Laconia, thank you for getting out on Primary Day and casting your vote. Your support has made it possible for me to be on the general election ballot.

To the Editor: A quick, heartfelt kudos to Anthony Santagate, owner of Tower Hill Tavern, Rep. Charlie St. Clair, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission, the residents and the city of Laconia, sponsors, and businesses in Weirs Beach that supported the 2018 Biketemberfest event.

To the Editor: Recently a day-care worker in Manchester was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment in connection with the physical and emotional abuse of infants and toddlers in her care. This sentence is not appropriate for the crimes for which she pleaded guilty.

To the Editor: The only safe pipeline is the one that is not built. It has been reported that Columbia Gas, the company whose pipelines erupted in flames in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, has been assessed fines totaling 100,000 over the last eight years.

To the Editor: I am writing to thank all those residents of Bedford that supported me in the recent primary election. I am campaigning for a New Hampshire House position from Bedford because I believe the residents of Bedford deserve a choice of representation.

To the Editor: We write to enthusiastically encourage our neighbors in Bedford to vote for Catherine Rombeau as a state representative for District 7 Bedford.

To the Editor: Here's an example of what national politics ought to be. Congresswoman Annie Kuster, working in a bipartisan manner, passed a bill that provides educational assistance to veterans with military medical training so that they could work as physician assistants at VA health facilities.

To the Editor: We are fortunate in New Hampshire to have a leader who values and seeks to protect animals of all kinds. Gov. Chris Sununu has proven during his first two years as governor that he will step up and fight for the state's animals.