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Can braille survive in a smartphone world?
On a recent morning, six visually impaired people gathered in a building in Philadelphia's Center City neighborhood, huddled over their iPhones, waiting for Andrew Godwin's intermediate technology class to begin. The day's lesson? Creating and finding contacts in your cellphone.
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Adult-to-child lung transplant saved daughter, now a teen
It has been a little more than five years since Sarah Murnaghan left Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with a new set of lungs, harvested from an adult donor and trimmed down to fit a 10-year-old with cystic fibrosis.
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Grant Bosse: Primary results proved me right, as always
Let's look at how last week's primary proved that I was right all along.
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Don't rezone South Mammoth Road
To the Editor: I oppose the upcoming vote to rezone property located at South Mammoth Road. This has been an ongoing issue for the past two years. The former mayor and alderman have not listened to the concerns of the people who live here.
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Mountain Mints are champions for landscape or backyard habitat
On Gardening: Mountain Mints are champions for landscape, herb garden or backyard habitat
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Kathy Sullivan: Governor's race gives voters a clear choice
IN NOVEMBER, New Hampshire voters have distinctly different candidates to choose from in the race for governor. Anyone who buys the theory that the Democratic and Republican parties are not that different needs to read up on former state Sen. Molly Kelly and incumbent Gov. Chris Sununu.
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Petty attacks on Sununu
To the Editor: I made the mistake recently of logging onto social media to learn more about the candidates running for office in New Hampshire this fall. While there was some occasionally useful information about the candidates, the negativity and vitriol were overwhelming.
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On to November
To the Editor: I wish to thank the voters in Sandwich, Moultonborough, and Tuftonboro for allowing me to move on from the primary to the general election.
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H.S. Football Power Poll -- Astros-Lancers: No. 1 vs. No. 5
The stage is set for the first meeting of top-five teams in the New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll.
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Bad BET: Kelly's business tax increases
Molly Kelly is wrong about New Hampshire business taxes.
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David Harsanyi: Obama reminds us why Trump is President
'HOW HARD CAN that be? Saying that Nazis are bad,' former President Barack Obama asked a crowd in Illinois. Well, probably no harder than saying the words 'radical Islam,' I imagine.
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What's the hurry? Spending Nashua's surplus
A budget surplus is a good problem to have, and we give Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess almost full credit for handling it well.
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Minke whale removal turns into public spectacle after carcass washes up on Rye beach
RYE - A dead minke whale became a sad spectacle after it washed up on Jenness Beach Monday morning and later fell off the side of a Dumpster and flopped onto the parking lot as crews attempted to move the animal to a facility where a necropsy can be done to determine cause of death.
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State employees union, activists call on NH lawmakers to more than double mimimum wage
New Hampshire residents trying to survive on low-wage wage jobs made their case for a higher minimum wage in front of the State House on Monday as part of a campaign they're calling 'Raise Up New Hampshire.'
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Manchester woman facing drug charges after police investigate parked car
MANCHESTER - A city woman was arrested on drug charges early Saturday after police investigated a car they said was parked illegally on Parker Street.Stephanie Albino, 38, was a passenger in the car when it was stopped about 12:20 a.m., police said.Albino, who was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court on an...
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Chicago woman charged with giving false testimony to St. Paul's School grand jury
CONCORD - A Chicago woman has been charged with two misdemeanors in connection with her testimony to a grand jury investigating St. Paul's School, the Attorney General's office announced Monday.Stephanie A. O'Connell, 28, is charged with one count of false swearing and one count of conspiracy to commit false...
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Nashua, Derry men accused of having counterfeit money, face forgery charges
NASHUA - Police arrested a city man and another from Derry Saturday, charging them with forgery after police said they had counterfeit money.Jason Poloski, 39, of 3 Wilson St., and Joel Brien, 36, of 41 South Main St., Derry, were arrested on felony warrants after police said they found them with the counterfeit money during a...
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Hudson home destroyed in three-alarm blaze
A 47 Derry St. home was destroyed Sunday night in a blaze that sent a resident and firefighter to the hospital.
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Boston woman carried off Falling Waters Trail with injury
A 25-year-old Boston woman who hurt her leg descending the Falling Waters Trail on Sunday afternoon had to be carried 2.5 miles to the trailhead, Fish and Game officials said.
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NH rescue team stays busy in N.C.
Members of New Hampshire's swift water rescue team were busy Sunday night rescuing stranded North Carolina residents.
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