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DURHAM - Perhaps University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston said it best last week when he described what's needed to execute the school's new strategic plan, which includes an audacious fundraising and building campaign. "How can the University of New Hampshire, an institution that runs on fumes at the best of times, contemplate such initiatives?"
CONCORD - New Hampshire could end up with two official state beverages, apple cider and milk, under a compromise being brokered on behalf of fourth-graders from Jaffrey and Gilford.
Epping school officials are wondering whether they'll ever see the $83,000 in heating oil the school district pre-bought from troubled Flynn's Oil.
HANOVER - There will be 38 layoffs this week with more expected in April, and tuition will go up more than 4 percent, according to a plan to bridge the $100 million budget gap at Dartmouth College.
DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire needs to change or face dire consequences, President Mark Huddleston said Tuesday as he outlined a sweeping strategic plan that was big on ideas, but short on ways to fund them.
MANCHESTER - A federally funded weekend education program for Somali refugee children has been put on hold after allegations it was teaching Muslim doctrine.
MANCHESTER - Proposed changes to the grading system in Manchester high schools would turn low D's into F's.
Harriet Richardson Ames died at 100, a day after earning her bachelor's degree in education.
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UNH President Mark Huddleston sees his campus running out of money in the near future if expenses and revenues are not brought in line.
A Salem representative wants to let anyone who has resided in town for at least 40 years and has no school-age children be exempt from the school portion of the property tax.
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