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A settlement has been reached between the Nashua School District and a former football player who was paralyzed during a 2010 practice.

Chelso Barrett of Surry prepares his tee before hitting from the 10th tee box at the 84th New Hampshire Open Championship at Manchester Country Club.

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Winning an award named after someone is an honor for recipients. Maybe more of a privilege, though, is competing with the award's namesake.

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Salem officials seek more details on Tuscan Village

Town officials said they are looking for more details about the design process for what will be the largest multi-use development in town.

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Say anything: NH GOP ditches credibility

A recent GOP mailer accused Democrat Kevin Cavanaugh of being part of a "web of corruption" and included a WMUR headline about an alderman who wasn't Cavanaugh.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate floor following a healthcare vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 26, 2017.

Proceeding: Senate starts voting

After a crucial procedural vote on Tuesday on the Motion to Proceed, the Senate plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is now on the Senate floor, ready for debate and amendment.

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Pray for Charlie Gard: The cost of socialized medicine

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Four planning board members quit in Tuftonboro

Four members of the town's planning board have resigned in the wake of the selectmen's 2-1 vote not to reappoint their chairman.

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Only in Print: The new demands of nursing

By TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 27. 2012 9:31PM
Nurses pictured from the Intenstive Care Unit at Elliot Hospital, from left, Nettie Walsh, RN CCRN; Jel Lechuza, RN; Anne Galeucia, RN; Katherine King, RN CCRN; Heidi Kukla, RN, and Stephanie Joyce, BSN RN, pose in the ICU at the hospital in Manchester Thursday afternoon. (Mark Bolton/Union Leader)
Hospitals throughout New Hampshire are increasingly trying to attract nurses with bachelor's degrees to close a gap that has the state near the bottom of the country in the ratio of nurses with higher education.


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