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MANCHESTER - City officials have come up empty in their search for someone to buy a 124-acre stretch of undeveloped land on Hackett Hill. |
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Updated, 1:28 p.m. Ken Blackwell has the support of a prominent New Hampshire political strategist in his run for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.
►Politico.com: Race for chairmanship has some top Republicans peeved
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UNH's Danny Dries slides into Maine goalie Scott Darling in the first period yesterday in Orono. (AP)
ORONO, Maine - Down by two goals with seven minutes left, 14th-ranked University of New Hampshire rallied for a 5-4 Hockey East triumph over the University of Maine at the Alfond Arena yesterday.
►Allen Lessels' UNH Notebook: Pleasant day for hockey, hoops
►Click here to visit Allen Lessels' 'Tracking the 'Cats' blog
OTTAWA - When James vanRiemsdyk and Blake Kessel left campus to play for Team USA at the World Junior Hockey Championship, they'd hoped to be coming back to UNH with gold medals. It didn't happen.
LOWELL, Mass. - Right wing Jon DiSalvatore picked up a hat trick as the Lowell Devils topped the Manchester Monarchs, 4-1, yesterday at the Tsongas Arena.
►Click here to visit Kevin Provencher's Monarchs blog, 'Lighting the Lamp.'
MANCHESTER - A recent tour of six manufacturing plants for state legislators sought to highlight the firms' fears that the Legislature may seek to balance the state's deficit budget on their backs.
MANCHESTER - Stressing the importance of problem-solving skills, the inventor yesterday introduced this year's FIRST competition.
Districts must decide how to handle time lost to ice and snow storms.
DERRY - Peter Edward Wilson was 20¼ inches long and 7 pounds, 12 ounces when he was born at Parkland Medical Center at 12:10 a.m.
MANCHESTER - Updated, 3:58 p.m. Robinson Garcia, 19, was sentenced yesterday to 30 to 60 years in prison on a second-degree murder conviction in the brutal baseball bat beating of Stephen Raymond.
►Garcia found guilty in 2005 bat attack (16)
►Judge declares mistrial in bat attack death (3)
Updated, 4:31 p.m. Freezing rain and snow delayed the opening of scores of schools today, but wasn't really a big deal. Wednesday may be different. Snow followed by icing may cause power outages, though not on the scale of last month's devastating storm.
►Updated weather advisories by county
►AccuWeather.com: Another storm will arrive on Wednesday
CONCORD - If you thought two successive years of legislative reform of the New Hampshire Retirement System were enough, think again.
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CONCORD - To those who say, "There ought to be a law," well, New Hampshire legislators are apparently all ears. "As usual, people put in lots of legislation, but I don't think there will be any spending legislation," said Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
►Lawmaker proposes shoplifting crackdown
►Lawmakers reconsider DNA testing for felons (1)
►Bill would ban electronics from landfills (2)
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Disney's IMAX movie, "Roving Mars," which opens at the Boston Museum of Science Jan. 16, was directed by George Butler of Holderness. (COURTESY)
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HOLDERNESS - The red planet has never been seen by the human eye quite so boldly and brilliantly on the big screen, thanks in part to a New Hampshire filmmaker. Jan. 16, the Museum of Science in Boston will begin showing the IMAX film "Roving Mars," directed by George Butler of Holderness.
MANCHESTER - City officials have come up empty in their search for someone to buy a 124-acre stretch of undeveloped land on Hackett Hill.
For years now, there has been talk of erecting a monument to honor those from Manchester who served in World War II. That effort is continuing and having written about it at great length, I have high hopes of one day seeing it rise on the grounds of Veterans Park.
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TILTON - A Londonderry man accused of threatening another driver with a gun last summer no longer faces charges because the alleged victim has died.
LISBON - A two-alarm fire ruined a single-family house in Lisbon yesterday, fire officials said.
I have a good story to recommend and a great place to visit with little kids.
When Rod Blagojevich named Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, national Democrats and their media auxiliaries went berserk.
This editorial page doesn't often agree with Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, on state budget matters, but when he's right he's right.
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The economy may be slumping, but local health and fitness clubs - reporting a steady rise in new memberships despite the tough times - are still going strong.
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►Abreu leads UNH men past Santa Clara
►Holy Cross women drop Dartmouth
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