Senate Finance Committee rejects House-approved tax hikes
READER COMMENTS: 10Today's House vote on a Senate-passed bill to allow casino gambling comes the day after the Senate Finance Committee rejected about $53 million in House-approved tax increases and released a list of Health and Human Service spending reductions.
Pease chosen to receive new KC-46A refueling tanker; to bring 100 jobs
READER COMMENTS: 2WASHINGTON – Pease Air National Guard Base — home to the 157th Air Refueling Wing — has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as the top Air National Guard base to receive the new KC-46A tanker.
Keene Swamp Bats coach: Okla. tornado was close to home
READER COMMENTS: 0Kevin Winterrowd saw golf ball-sized hail fall on a high school baseball field he should have been coaching on Monday, but meteorological madness pounded harder less than a half-hour's drive away in tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma.
Last-minute lobbying frantic as House prepares for casino vote
READER COMMENTS: 0CONCORD - It's decision day today at the State House as the House prepares to vote on expanded legalized gambling, and there was no shortage of last-minute lobbying under way as House members filed into Representatives Hall.
No arrests in Manchester homicide; single shot to chest killed man
READER COMMENTS: 8No arrest was made Tuesday in the drive-by shooting of a Manchester man.
For now, no more breakfasts in Manchester's Veterans Park
READER COMMENTS: 11The leader of a church group that has sought to serve breakfast to the homeless in Veterans Memorial Park appears to have backed away from the request for now.
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READER COMMENTS: 12In some ways this vote could return us to a century ago when the Boston and New York railroads controlled our state Legislature, and made no bones about it.
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READER COMMENTS: 0The New Hampshire Union Leader Santa Fund for The Salvation Army, which has raised about $7 million since it began 53 years ago to ensure needy children received presents on Christmas Day, was presented yesterday with the Singer Family Kids Champion Award.
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READER COMMENTS: 0Healthful eating for kids eating out.
Bedford condo shows high style in a smaller space
READER COMMENTS: 0While sacrificing space when downsizing from a large home last year, Leanne and Peter Gould didn't want to sacrifice...
‘Ellen’ helps reunite NH military family via Internet
READER COMMENTS: 1Three-year-old Noelle Ferriera was having panic attacks at night because her father, Air Force First. Lt. Rob Ferriera,...
Congo war's legacy follows survivor to NH
READER COMMENTS: 3When Coco Ramazani finally escaped the horrors of life in the war-torn Congo and arrived safely to live her sister in...
No big Powerball winners in NH, but tidy sums taken
READER COMMENTS: 0Thanks to the hype generated by two huge Powerball jackpots, lottery tickets sales topped $9.3 million in New Hampshire...
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Memorial Day Observances 2013
READER COMMENTS: 0Memorial Day Observances across the state of New Hampshire for 2013.
John Harrigan: Time to do what's right for the loon's haunting call in the night
READER COMMENTS: 14I've heard from all sides on the issue of lead jigs and lures versus their effects on loons, and have been asked to...
Mind your (flea-market) manners
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Alternative commuters celebrate end of Bike/Walk to Work Week
READER COMMENTS: 0Bikers descended on breakfasts around the Seacoast on Friday morning at the conclusion of Bike/Walk to Work Week in New...
Hancock trio creates book to help rescue pet birds
READER COMMENTS: 1Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo now has his own book, aimed at children and created by three Hancock residents: author Sy...
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READER COMMENTS: 0There are are lots of things to take up our fishing time in the middle of the great month of May.