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Daughters of owners will take over W.S. Badger Co.

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 12:54
Staff reportGILSUM - Family-owned W.S. Badger Co., which makes body-care products, is promoting the next generation of leaders, naming two daughters of founder and CEO Bill Whyte as co-CEOs.Emily Schwerin-Whyte and Rebecca Hamilton are the daughters of Whyte...
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ACLU reaches compromise with Salem over ICenter coach arrest caught on video

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 11:33
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire has reached a compromise with the town of Salem over a lawsuit seeking information related to ongoing criminal cases. The ACLU filed its response Wednesday, agreeing to drop its Right-to-Know lawsuit and 'resolve the permissibility' of a court-ordered gag order, including the question...
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Tuscan Village to have outdoor entertainment viewable from upper floor restaurants

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 11:11
Recently updated plans took a single structure that would have housed a cinema and bowling alley and split it into two buildings. The gap between them will be a courtyard used for outdoor shows such as music concerts, festivals and other forms of family-friendly entertainment. It can also be used as a skating rink with a Christmas tree in the...
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Video: Live dangling mouse a scream at Newton Town Hall, followed by a rescue

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:44
A rodent found sliding through a hole in a ceiling tile and then dangling by its hind legs outside the payroll office at the 130-year-old Newton Town Hall caused quite a stir this week as employees scrambled to catch the critter in between screams and laughter.
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The King of Beers to host a backyard celebration

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:36
Budweiser Brewery Experience, 221 Daniel Webster Highway, will host a backyard celebration of The King of Beers ' and the community in which it's brewed ' on Saturday.
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Editorial Cartoon: Aug. 9, 2018

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 04:05
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Congressman Collins, son charged with insider trading

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:29
Christopher Collins, a Republican U.S. congressman from New York who was one of President Donald Trump's earliest supporters, was criminally charged on Wednesday with taking part in an insider trading scheme involving an Australian biotechnology company on whose board he served.
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Dun Bradstreet to go private for 5.38b

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:29
Data and analytics company Dun Bradstreet Corp said on Wednesday it would be acquired by a group of investors led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, for 5.38 billion in cash.
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Rite Aid and Albertsons terminate merger amid opposition to deal

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:29
Drug store chain Rite Aid Corp and U.S. grocer Albertsons Companies Inc agreed to terminate their merger agreement, the companies said on Wednesday, a little over 10 days after a shareholder advisory firm opposed the deal.
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Supporting diversity

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:17
To the Editor: We applaud the workforce diversity efforts initiated by the business community, including Eversource, and Will Arvelo, New Hampshire's director of economic development.
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Londonderry man, 89, captures national 75-and-over bowling championship

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
Phil Smalley woke up last Friday in a panic. By the end of the day, he was all smiles.
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NH Club Notes: Bedford Rotary changes course of road race

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
For 43 years, the annual Bedford Rotary Memorial Road Races were a spring morning run through the streets of Bedford, but the club has changed the race this year to a summer evening run through the woods of Bedford.
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George Will: Portland progressives have too much to protest

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
THEY DO THINGS differently in Portland, but not because it is a foreign country, although many Americans might wish it were: At this moment, it is one national embarrassment too many. Rather, the tumults in Portland, which is a petri dish of progressivism, perhaps reveal something about Oregon's political DNA. A century ago, the state was a...
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Microburst may be culprit for Swanzey storm damage

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
National weather forecasters are investigating whether it was a microburst that knocked out power to more than a 1,000 and downed trees at the middle and senior high school and a cemetery. A microburst is a sudden, powerful, localized air current especially a downdraft that can cut a path through even a dense woodland area.
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John Stossel: The ignorant Mr. Sanders from Vermont

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS is all over the internet! New York Magazine says he is 'quietly building a digital media empire.'
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Pat Buchanan: Are globalists plotting a counter-revolution?

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
ON MEETING with the EU's Jean-Claude Juncker last month, Donald Trump tweeted: 'Both the U.S. and the E.U. drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies! That would finally be Free Market and Fair Trade.'
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Medicare for None: Shaheen backs bankruptcy

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
With the nation's entitlement programs speeding toward bankruptcy, New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen wants to step on the gas.
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Bill and Jack's Bogus Dinner

Manchester News - Thu, 08/09/2018 - 00:16
It was merely two years ago that the New Hampshire Democratic Party stripped the names of two U.S. Presidents, including one of America's founding fathers, from its annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
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