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LEOMINSTER, Mass. - A Merrimack father was arraigned Monday on charges of unlawful possession of fireworks and reckless endangerment to a child, according to the Worcester Telegram, after two roman candles burned his 3-year-old son significantly at a July 4 party at the family's vacation home.
►Dad guilty of endangering 3-year-old left in car (12)
►Merrimack man may face charges in fireworks accident (32)
Members of the Boston Celtics raise the 2008 NBA championship banner to the rafters last night. (AP)
It was like old times in Boston last night as the Boston Celtics raised championship banner No. 17 to the rafters, then beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the season opener. Click on the headline to be redirected to nba.com for all the action.
A state budget crisis dominated the final gubernatorial debate last night, with Republican Joe Kenney accusing Democratic incumbent John Lynch of letting spending run wild before a Democrat-controlled Legislature.
Economic issues dominated a televised debate last night between 2nd District U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes and his main challenger, Republican Jennifer Horn.
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►Lynch and Kenney debate tonight at 7 p.m.
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MANCHESTER - Rita Mansfield Green, who lives in Arlington, Va., asks why she hadn't been told about the situation at her Lowell Street property sooner; the house was the scene of a standoff Oct. 16.
►Six-hour standoff, then an arrest (42)
►Robbery suspect says he's wrongly accused (5)
►Click here to see photos from the Oct. 16 standoff from New Hampshire Union Leader photographers Thomas Roy and Mark Bolton
OSSIPEE - Updated, 8:56 a.m. A two-alarm fire in a building housing several businesses temporarily shut down Route 16 this morning.
MANCHESTER - Updated, 10:56 a.m. Winds knocked a tree down onto electrical wires this morning which, in turn, started a fire behind a home improvement store, according to a fire dispatcher.
MANCHESTER - Commuter buses to Boston will start running Nov. 17 from the new Exit 5 transportation complex off I-93 in Londonderry. That will mean a change for riders using Manchester's bus station downtown.
MANCHESTER - Updated, 7:06 a.m. Someone took extreme measures to break into a store this morning when they drove a car through the front of a market.
DERRY - Eleven recipes are presented at the popular cooking school night hosted by the New Hampshire Union Leader, Hannaford Supermarkets and Kitchen & Company.
HENNIKER - Updated, 10:41 a.m. Plumbing fittings and wire spools, worth a total of $10,000, were stolen in a burglary earlier this month of a local business, police said.
MANCHESTER - The former presidential candidate and primary winner reminds voters how history shows Granite State can be full of Election Day surprises.
►Click here for photos from the SNHU event by New Hampshire Union Leader photographer Thomas Roy.
MERRIMACK - The firm, one of the town's largest businesses with about 5,400 employees, may see companywide layoffs of up to 4,000, according to a recent industry report.
BRENTWOOD - Updated, 1:40 p.m. A judge refused to grant convicted murder John “Jay” Brooks a mistrial this morning but said he might take the issue up again after the penalty phase of his trial concludes.
John McCain’s campaign has booked the Peterborough Town Hall for his final pre-election visit to the Granite State on Sunday night, UnionLeader.com has learned.
MANCHESTER - Updated, 5:10 p.m. A woman who was close to Michael Addison testified today that she felt guilty she didn’t alert police of Addison’s whereabouts in the hours before Manchester police Officer Michael Briggs was shot.
MANCHESTER - Updated, 6:46 a.m. A man wanted in a violent purse snatching was arrested last night in Florida by officials of the Marion County Sheriff's Department.
LACONIA - Updated, 1:03 p.m. Police arrested four people for the robbery and beating of a Belmont man earlier this month on Blueberry Lane.
BRENTWOOD - Lawyers for convicted murder John A. Brooks requested a mistrial yesterday, claiming that a key witness violated a sequestration order.
HAVERHILL - Police say Amber Talbot was the last person seen with the victim, Christopher Gray.
►Tears, pleas to remember murder victim (6)
►Stabbing victim 'trusted everyone' (5)
MANCHESTER - The man accused of using a baseball bat to beat two people in a Valley Street apartment early on the morning of Oct. 11 yesterday waived a probable cause hearing.
John McCain's campaign confirmed last night that he will return to New Hampshire before Election Day.
MERRIMACK - A Milford man accused of dropping off his drunken 16-year-old son about 400 yards from the home of his estranged wife won't face jail time if he stays on good behavior and takes a parenting class.
NASHUA - Speaking to a Rotary club, the senator says those were times "I knew I was doing the right thing for New Hampshire."
►Click here to visit John Sununu's campaign Web site.
►Click here to visit Jeanne Shaheen's campaign Web site.
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Obscured by the constant noise of the election, a subtle attempt is being made to eliminate coal from New Hampshire's energy mix and significantly raise prices for New Hampshire taxpayers.
EDITORS' NOTE: This editorial is reprinted from the Oct. 22 edition of the Coos County Democrat, owned by the Salmon Press.
The senator and alderman has at least twice claimed endorsements she doesn't have.
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Cobia, a rising star in the seafood world, makes its NH debut. In Flavors.
NEWS IN PRINT
►Sullivan County mulls hiring accounting manager
►John Sias named Nashua Citizen of the Year
SPORTS IN PRINT
►High Schools: Tournament action, scoreboard
►5Q with Monarchs executive Hubie McDonough
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