In this January 2003 photo, U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg looks on as Gov. Jeanne Shaheen shakes with Dan Lynch, assistant director of New Hampshire Fish & Game, after signing an agreement between The Nature Conservancy and the state to preserve 25,000 acres in the North Country. In an opinion column today, Gregg and Shaheen express their opposition to the Northern Pass plan to run transmission lines through part of the total 146,000 acres they worked to protect.

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Two former governors who were instrumental in creating the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters conservation area agree with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests that the area is off limits for the Northern Pass hydroelectric project. "When we worked together in 2001 and 2002 to protect this land, we imagined towering trees protected for future generations, not transmission towers," they wrote. "We believe the state has a responsibility to actively protect these lands for our children and grandchildren."

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Tony Mayfield of Hillsborough, foreground, protests the reading of names of those killed by gunfire during a demonstration by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns movement in Concord on Tuesday.

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A man was arrested and two people, including a Concord police officer, were allegedly assaulted during a rally Tuesday in a clash between a gun control group and gun rights supporters.

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The School Board voted 4-0 to restore modified versions of dodgeball and similar “human target” games to the district's physical education programs — effective immediately.

A protester demonstrates in front of the State House in Concord in this 2010 file photo. After years of wrangling, New Hampshire may soon legalize medical marijuana.

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New Hampshire House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Tuesday on legislation legalizing the use of marijuana, but only for seriously ill patients. The bill, pending final approval of the committee of conference agreement by the full House and Senate next week, will be on its way to Gov. Maggie Hassan's desk, where, she said, she will sign it into law.

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