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February 15, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Obama, soon-to-be China president start relationship

NATIONAL

WASHINGTON — The man destined to be China’s next leader won an extraordinary welcome across Washington yesterday, a finely scripted opening to one of the world’s most important relationships. More...

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Local News

GETTING AN EARLY START ON CONSTRUCTION SEASON

Osgood Construction from Claremont does work on the site of the new $10 million Claremont Community Center yesterday at the corner of Broad and South streets. More...

Lempster voters face choices

LEMPSTER — Voters in Lempster will be asked to approve a 2012 operating budget of $941,137 when they gather for the annual town meeting on March 13. That amount reflects a small increase of $8,901 over the 2011 budget of $932,236. More...

LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF

‘Stuck-throttle’ bill before House today CONCORD — The N.H. More...

National/World

The rich (colleges) get even richer

For the 99 percent of colleges, it was a pretty good fundraising year. For the one percent of superwealthy elite, it was a much better one that catapulted them even farther ahead of the pack. More...

Doctor gets four life terms in pill case

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Chicago doctor maintained his innocence in a prescription painkiller trafficking scheme right up until the day of his sentencing. A federal judge ignored his demands for freedom and sentenced him to four life terms. More...

Around Town

AROUND TOWN

WEDNESDAY Free luncheon GOSHEN — A free luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Goshen Community Church. Souper Wednesdays WESTMINSTER — Souper Wednesdays are held from 12 to 2 p.m. More...

Sports

Cosmos come up short to Otter Valley

GIRLS BASKETBALL

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield girls basketball team blew an 11-point lead in an upset win by Otter Valley, 63-61, last night. Holding steady at fifth place in Division II standings, the Cosmos are now 9-6. Otter Valley improved to 4-11. More...

Blewitt, Stevens rally to victory

CLAREMONT — Even with his team trailing by 13 points midway through the third quarter, Stevens boys basketball coach Scott MacNamee was nothing but confident. And why shouldn’t he have been? More...

Tigers top Royals to earn 4th victory

HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS

WEST CANAAN, N.H. — For the better part of the past decade, the rivalry between the Mascoma and Newport boys basketball teams has been overtly one-sided. More...

Charlestown chief job: Elected or appointed?

CHARLESTOWN

Charlestown voters will get a chance next month to decide how they like their fire chief: elected, or picked by the town’s Board of Selectmen? More...

Manager presents Irene reconstruction estimates

WINDSOR

Windsor Town Manager Tom Marsh last night presented three estimated costs for Tropical Storm Irene-related projects. More...

Vt. officials will choose among 3 health packages

STATE — VERMONT

MONTPELIER — The Shumlin administration yesterday described a key piece of its ambitious plan to improve the state’s health care system, saying it would select an insurance benefit package from among three finalists. More...

Obituaries

Verna M. Thibault - 2013-06-18
Jerome J. Slutzky - 2013-06-18
John L. Neal - 2013-06-18
Roseline Reola - 2013-06-18
Arlene B. Deuso - 2013-06-18
Edward Joseph Boggis - 2013-06-17
Richard M. Chappell - 2013-06-17
Marcia T. Burch - 2013-06-17
Jerome J. Slutsky - 2013-06-17
Dorothy Lepitre - 2013-06-15
Richard M. Chappell - 2013-06-15
Laura E. Barnes - 2013-06-14
Florence Raymond - 2013-06-13
Roderick F. Welsh - 2013-06-13
Vivian C. Blodgett - 2013-06-13
Charles C. Cunningham - 2013-06-13
Ilene M. MacDonald - 2013-06-13

Health & Fitness

Trimming super-size with half-orders, plate colors

WASHINGTON — Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing. More...

Sweeteners aren’t so sweet for health

THE SKINNY

I t’s not surprising when you consider substituting an all-natural ingredient like sugar for the megaprocessed chemicals in alternative sweeteners. Although the U.S. More...

Study: Tai chi exercises help ease symptoms of Parkinson’s

NEW YORK — The ancient Chinese exercise of tai chi improved balance and lowered the risk of falls in a study of people with Parkinson’s disease. More...

Opinion

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China’s man-eating tiger

Chinese dissident writers exiled to the West today get a very different response than Soviet writers received not so long ago. More...

Issues loom over budget debate

Most people understandably won’t make it to Table 6-2 of the Analytical Perspectives companion volume released with the Obama administration’s budget. More...