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BOSTON - In reviewing the horrific organizational events of the last six weeks, just one other regular-season stretch in the last 25 years comes to mind for the Red Sox. The injury-driven collapse of 2006 compares only to the implosion of 2001 as a recent franchise low point.
HOOKSETT - Parents, students, and officials over the weekend reacted unfavorably to a possible plan to make West High School the main high school for Hooksett pupils.


An Epping man has been charged in connection with a large party and concert he held more than a week ago at his 43-acre rural home.

Three weeks after losing everything in a Manchester apartment fire, Darlene Jenkerson and her 11-year-old son are in a holding pattern.
Among the lessons learned the hard way, says Jenkerson, are never rent without renters insurance; don't buy extension cords at the dollar store, replace cords annually along with smoke alarm batteries; and never underestimate a good neighbor.

TBILISI, Georgia - The Georgian Interior Ministry said a helicopter accompanying a delegation of U.S. senators, including New Hampshire's John Sununu, was fired on last week with a surface-to-air missile from the separatist territory of South Ossetia.
LEBANON - Lebanon Airport has been losing about $200,000 a year, and hopes the new construction will bring in increased revenue from leases, fuel and fees from aircraft based at the airport and fuel.
BROOKLINE - The parents of three children are suing the Brookline School District, alleging they haven't been able to get special education services for their children.
MANCHESTER - A Manchester man was charged with threatening two women inside Times Square Pizza & Deli early yesterday, police said. It was one of two incidents involving weapons in the city late Saturday and early yesterday.
MOULTONBOROUGH - The planning board has rescinded a restriction on how much water a bottling company can withdraw each day, but kept in place a condition that limits how many water tank trucks can travel Ossipee Park Road.
MORE THAN 200 of Manchester's 1,200-plus employees didn't get evaluated by their bosses last year, leading to merit-based pay raises for many of them despite a lack of input on their job performance.
NASHUA - Police said they arrested 10 people Friday and Saturday nights while conducting a field sobriety checkpoint on Amherst Street.
Here's a rundown of ongoing road projects and transport developments to look out for on the highways and city streets:
MANCHESTER - The New Hampshire Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives is promoting a partnership between four New Hampshire companies which will offer an all-in-one benefits package to firms which are members of their local Chambers of Commerce.
In New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, four Democrats are vying for a chance to ride to Capitol Hill on what polls and pundits indicate is a rising anti-Republican tide.
MANCHESTER - A Manchester man has been charged with trashing his girlfriend's home, stealing her ATM card and assaulting police who came to investigate the matter, police said.
For the past 1 1/2 years, Bob Bruce has been campaigning for the Executive Council seat in District 4.

DERRY - Robert Frost Farm manager Bill Gleed says he's had it confirmed by Frost's family -- the great poet, born in San Francisco, absorbed the rhythms of New England speech by eavesdropping on the kitchen telephone in the era of the party line.
EATON - Michael Callis' run for the Presidency two years ago has prompted the local man to challenge incumbent Jeb Bradley for the 1st District congressional seat in a Republican primary Tuesday, Sept. 12.
LACONIA - Not one known to shy away from a little competition, a man known as "Coach" is taking on an incumbent Republican state senator.

I KNOW IT'S Labor Day and you're supposed to have the day off, but I have one little chore for you to perform today. If you don't have a computer, then I have two chores for you.
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