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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu and the two Democrats hoping to challenge him in the fall staked out their positions on issues affecting children and families in a gubernatorial forum that covered topics from education funding to child abuse prevention.

Last year's changes to voter registration laws went under a judicial microscope on Monday, when Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brown gaveled open a trial-like hearing that is scheduled to last up to seven days.

The Director of Motor Vehicles, Elizabeth A. Bielecki, has released the following list of Driving While Intoxicated revocations. Please note the actual date of revocation may have preceded this announcement.

Welcoming back more than 2,000 staff members on Monday, Superintendent Jahmal Mosley reassured employees of the Nashua School District that this will be a good year.

Brookstone has a potential buyer whose plan may include keeping some retail locations open.

State health officials on Monday confirmed a fifth case of Legionnaires' disease associated with an outbreak in an area of Hampton Beach and announced that investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will arrive this week to help search for the source of the bacteria causing the illness.

The legal team representing the Rhode Island man charged with shooting his mother to death in her New Hampshire hospital bed intends to use an insanity defense.

The death of John McCain ' a true American hero ' need not be merely a time to mourn, though New Hampshire and the nation are surely doing so.

To the Editor: I would just like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit about myself and the position I am running for. My name is Ed Sapienza and I am a candidate for Hillsborough County Register of Deeds.

EDITOR'S NOTE: John McCain's family released the senator's farewell letter to the American people on Monday:

To the Editor: I'll be voting for Mindi Messmer in next month's Democratic primary.

STUNNED. Astonished. Puzzled. This was my reaction to the news that Gov. Chris Sununu had vetoed House Bill 143 relative to recommittal of prisoners by the parole board. This simple bill would allow parolees with a drug problem to go to residential treatment instead of back to prison.

To the Editor: I read Kathleen Sullivan's column regarding the GOP congressional race in the First District. It was nothing more than a partisan hatchet piece by the former chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party.

Twice, Republican primary voters lifted John McCain's struggling presidential campaign off the mat.

JOHN McCAIN always frustrated me. I admired his service and sacrifice, enduring torture rather than provide a public relations boost to America's enemies or leave his brothers-in-arms.

To the Editor: The founding fathers recognized at the conception of this country the fundamental rights granted to us at birth.

To the Editor: President Trump recently tweeted 'The failing nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel sic Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel sic, he must be a John Dean type 'RAT,''

To the Editor: Kevin Landrigan, obviously a graduate of the CNN's 'I hate Republicans fake journalism school,' in one sentence of an Aug. 20 article managed to smear all the Republican candidates from both the First and Second Congressional Districts.

To the Editor: Gov. Chris Sununu signed House Bill 1264 on July 13, requiring residency in New Hampshire in order to vote. Originally, college students were considered domiciled, being that they live in New Hampshire nine out of 12 months of the year.

To the Editor: When a person is elected to serve and represent their constituents, and they actually do that in a meaningful and serious manner, it is important to keep them at it for as long as they are willing to serve.