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Tractor Supply opens its doors for business

By CRAIG LYONS Staff Writer
CLAREMONT For weeks, people have stopped at the new Tractor Supply store in Claremont, peered through the windows and patiently awaited its opening and that day has finally come. More...

New fire station for Lempster up for vote yet again

By ARCHIE MOUNTAIN Staff Writer

LEMPSTER The fourth time may be the charm in Lempster come Town Meeting day March 13. At least supporters of a warrant article to fund the construction of a new fire station hope it is. More...

Special Sections

Local News

Contested races set in Walpole, Charlestown

By CHUCK BINGAMAN Contributing Writer

REGIONAL Steve Dalessio, Max Imhoff and Chas Street have filed to run for the open spot on the Walpole selectboard replacing Sheldon Sawyer, who is stepping down after four terms. Filing for town offices closed yesterday at 5 p.m. More...

New city 5K race debuts tomorrow

By CRAIG LYONS Staff Writer

CLAREMONT Rather than sitting on the couch before the Super Bowl, a group of local runners rallied support are hosting Claremont’s first Pigskin 5K race this weekend. More...

Windsor faces 12 percent budget spike

By IAN LORD Staff Writer

WINDSOR Despite a 12 percent increase in this year’s Windsor town budget, the impact on taxpayers is being minimized by a few sources of additional revenue. More...

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Opinion

Just fill in the potholes

Caroline Baum
Bloomberg View

Let’s face it: U.S. presidents are hopelessly in love with the idea of a manufacturing renaissance and an export-driven economy. More...

Cartoon

Full Story

Not good enough

Well, that was downright magnanimous of them. The folks in the U.S. House of Representatives, we mean. More...

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Arts and Entertainment

Football films that score big

ME. MY THOUGHTS & I
LAURA KENNEDY

A re you ready for some football? Movies... that is. Can’t say I’m as pumped as most for Super Bowl Sunday. One, I’ll be working. Two, I’ve never been much of a football fan. More...

‘Woman in Black’ summons suspense

By JAKE COYLE The Associated Press

“The Woman in Black” very nearly suffocates under the mounting weight of its gothic kitsch — an abandoned house, child ghosts, spooky dolls, oh my! — but nevertheless summons ornately crafted, oldfashioned suspense. More...

‘How I Met Your Mother’ enjoying its best year ever

By DAVID BAUDER The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The mysteries that surround the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” extend to co-creator Craig Thomas’ office on the Fox studio lot. More...

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Lifestyles

Indy offers big attractions

The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis won’t ever be mistaken for Miami’s South Beach or New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, but visitors headed to the Circle City for the Super Bowl will find plenty of attractions, great restaurants and intere More...

‘MWF Seeking BFF’ by Rachel Bertsche

There’s an impressive number of friends on your Facebook page. Nearly all your high school classmates are there. You’ve friended everybody at your current, last and one-before jobs. More...

Jam, chicken make for a delicious slider

By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press

When it comes to making pulled chicken, it’s hard to beat the two-ingredient simplicity of simmering chicken breasts in a bottle of barbecue sauce. On plenty of weeknights, that’s my goto dinner. More...

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With Pats in Bowl, area bars get ready

By IAN LORD Staff Writer

Super Bowl Sunday is typically a busy night for the area’s restaurants and bars, but expectations are even higher this year as the hometown team takes the field. More...

Four candidates to run for school board seats

By CRAIG LYONS Staff Writer

CLAREMONT Four candidates have signed up to run for three seats on the Claremont School Board in this year’s election. More...

FLOATING IN NEWPORT

Uzma Khan works on the Richards Library float for the Newport Winter Carnival parade at the library yesterday afternoon. The parade starts at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. More...

Obituaries

David A. Sclafani - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-18
Nancy A. McHugh - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Noyes - 2013-05-18
Brony Budzik - 2013-05-18
Harry Blish Jr. - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Mitchell - 2013-05-18
John R. Grady Sr. - 2013-05-17
Lawrence H. West - 2013-05-16
Hairdresser ‘Kenneth’ Battelle dies at age 86 - 2013-05-16
Melvyn V. Mitchell - 2013-05-15
Eleanor McDermott - 2013-05-15
Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at age 85 - 2013-05-15

National/World

Law enforcement websites under attack

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous. More...

Latest illnesses point to raw milk’s popularity

By MARY CLARE JALONICK The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — An outbreak of bacterial infections on the East Coast illustrates the popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk despite strong warnings from public health officials about the potential danger. More...

Unemployment falls to lowest in 3 years

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a longawaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. More...

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Sports

Pats fans should enjoy it while it lasts

COLUMN I t wasn’t always like this, of course. In the days before the Patriots — and for quite a while afterward — this was New York Giants country. More...

Newport gets 2nd win over Mascenic

By JEFF MILLER Contributing Writer

GIRLS BASKETBALL NEWPORT — The Newport girls basketball team earned its second win of the season with a 44-34 victory over Mascenic last night. The win snapped a six-game losing streak that began after the Tigers beat Mascenic on Jan. 5. More...

Yellow Jackets fall short to Mill River

By MONICA HOGAN Staff Writer

HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS WINDSOR — It was just one of those nights for those Windsor boys basketball team. More...

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Social

AREA SENIOR CENTER NEWS

NEWPORT By Belinda Pitrowski More...

Cribbage and bridge results

The Claremont Bridge Club met at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Earl M. Bourdon Centre. More...

Blow-Me-Down Farm update

CORNISH — The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the release of draft management alternatives for the Blow-Me-Down Farm located within Saint- Gaudens National Historic Site. More...

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Advice

HOROSCOPES

Happy birthday, Feb. 4! The conditions that have impeded your progress in the past will dissipate or diminish in the year ahead. They’ll be replaced with activities that could provide opportunities to visit new places and make new friends. More...

ODD NEWS

Parking attendant assaulted with a cold Slurpee PHOENIX — While issuing tickets at the west side campus of Arizona State University, a parking attendant was assaulted with a freezing cold Slurpee. More...

Woman is put out with man who won’t fix what’s broken

JEANNE AND PAULINE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: My live-in boyfriend is a total ditz when it comes to challenges. He claims it's because he’s a city boy, but I think it’s just plain laziness. More...

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