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Milford High School graduate Mitch Banuskevich entered the 2018 season ranked 10th on Plymouth State University's career rushing list with 1,431 yards, but he may not add much to that rushing total this year.

Tonight's 7 p.m. opener of the best-of-five playoff set at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium will be the 18th meeting of the season between the Fisher Cats and the Thunder.

To the Editor: A New York Times article focused on Levi Sanders for talking back to State Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley at the Laconia candidates' forum. However, Lincoln Soldati, a good candidate from Somersworth, was only slightly mentioned and his name not even given. Left out entirely was stellar candidate Mindi Messmer.

To the Editor: Chris Pappas is hard-working, soft-spoken, enthusiastic and dedicated to a career of public service. He was born and raised here. I coached him on a Manchester Youth Soccer team a few decades back. He excelled at Central High, then Harvard, and has managed to balance work in the family restaurant along with years in public service:...

To the Editor: As a small business owner in Portsmouth, I have seen firsthand the impact that the recent tax cuts have had on business and job growth here in the Granite State.

To the Editor: I have worked with Barry Newcomb at the Hampton Police Department for more than 20 years. Barry and I rode together on the Hampton Mounted Patrol and we were both original members of the Seacoast Emergency Response Team.

To the Editor: Here we go again with district shopping candidates, aka carpetbaggers. Maura Sullivan, an Illinois native who arrived in New Hampshire from D.C. last summer, and who has no connection to the state, is running for the First District seat in Congress.

To the Editor: There is a current dialog about what constitutes 'combat' for purposes of political bragging rights. There is room to include many activities in a hostile environment in the term, but this discussion misses the point.

To the Editor: We urge every Democrat and every independent to vote for Chris Pappas in the upcoming Democratic primary. Chris is a true statesman with a devotion to public service, something we find too little of in Washington these days.

To the Editor: This letter is to encourage residents of Bow and Dunbarton to support the candidacy of Gary Woods for state representative.

To the Editor: Sue Mullen is my choice for Bedford's next state representative. There are many good reasons. Here are just a few.

City aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to confirm Mayor Joyce Craig's nomination of Anna Thomas as the next leader of the Manchester Health Department.

City aldermen voted Tuesday to nominate four candidates to fill the At Large seat on the Board of School Committee formerly held by Nancy Tessier, who resigned her position as of Aug. 24.

When last we visited 36 Lowell St. in Manchester ' an address that's housed several restaurants in the past decade ' we'd waited several months so that Noodle Bar, which opened in March, could work out the kinks first. Noodle Bar closed a day after we dined.

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley was poised on Tuesday to become Massachusetts' first black congresswoman after scoring an upset win over a 10-term incumbent in the Democratic contest to represent the liberal city in the U.S. Congress.

The two Democratic candidates for governor ' ex-state Sen. Molly Kelly of Harrisville and former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand ' embraced liberal themes on gun control, immigration, aid to education and raising state taxes to meet New Hampshire's needs Tuesday night during their only televised debate.

The former owner of Zoey's Pizza restaurant avoided prison time Tuesday when he appeared in Hillsborough County Superior Court after having repaid the state taxes he avoided paying over a five-year period.

The good news is New Hampshire's population growth over the past year led the Northeast according to a recent study by Pew Charitable Trusts.

To the Editor: As a 22-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran, current high school teacher, youth program leader, and a member of several veteran organizations, I am deeply concerned about the direction our country is heading.

To the Editor: It's annoying that candidates with no New Hampshire ties keep on arriving, feeling entitled to run to represent us in Congress. In 2014, we had a former Massachusetts senator.