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April 2, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Voters in Newport have 28 articles to fill their plate with

NEWPORT

A full plate of 28 articles will face Newport voters attending tomorrow night’s Town Meeting Deliberative Session that starts at 6 p.m. in the Newport Opera House. More...

Colby-Sawyer College holds lecture on ‘The Power of Mushrooms’

NEW LONDON

NEW LONDON — Lion’s mane. Elm oyster. Berkeley polypore. Morel. Hen-of-the-woods. Combed tooth. Garden giant. More...

Special Sections

Local News

DEFYING GRAVITY

Brad Underhill does a back flip off a jump before landing on the Acro Bag a big inflated mat at Mount Sunapee Resort yesterday. More...

National/World

Temporary outage of Visa card network

WASHINGTON — A technical problem affecting the Visa network barred some people around the United States from using their credit and debit cards for about 45 minutes yesterday, the company said. More...

Airlines’ treatment of passengers improves

WASHINGTON — Air travelers who have endured lost bags, delayed flights, lousy service and getting bumped from full planes might want to scream at the entire airline industry. More...

Thousands gather at Miami rally

MIAMI — Political leaders, sport stars, entertainers and several thousand people have taken part in a rally in Miami to support the family of an unarmed Florida teenager shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. More...

Around Town

AROUND TOWN

MONDAY NSO meeting NEWPORT — The April meeting of the Newport Service Organization will begin at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 2, at the Richards Free Library. All members are welcome. More...

HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCES

Claremont Association of Churches More...

HEALTH

Widow support group NEW LONDON — The Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice Widow to Widow Support Group will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, April 2 at their New London office on 107 Newport Road in New London. More...

Sports

Throwin’ strikes

Green Mountain’s Logan Little pitches during a preseason jamboree Saturday at Barnes Park in Claremont. More...

Loving the game for what it should be

COLUMN COACH’S CORNER

I ’m sorry to say, but I’m starting to lose faith that the NBA provides a product that symbolizes how the game of basketball should be played. More...

Rondo comes up big in win

CELTICS

BOSTON — Rajon Rondo got his pregame orders from Doc Rivers. The Celtics coach wanted his point guard to concentrate on scoring. Rondo did that — and so much more. More...

Breaking News - 4/2/2012 4:55 PM

Houde to step down

State Sen. Matthew Houde, D-Plainfield, announced today  he will not seek re-election to a third two-year term representing District 5 in the New Hampshire Senate. More...

Male victim airlifted after car accident

CLAREMONT

An adult male was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon with injuries suffered in a motor vehicle, pedestrian accident on Main Street at 6:55 p.m. last night. More...

Long-time employees buy print shop

CLAREMONT

When the former owner of Doolittle’s Print Serve announced he planned to retire, the company had two possible futures: Being sold or being closed. More...

Obituaries

Dorothy Walker - 2013-05-21
Ernest M. Rzeczycki - 2013-05-21
Donald R. Melendy - 2013-05-21
Catherine Perry - 2013-05-21
Rose M. Butler - 2013-05-21
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

Education

More security for SAT, ACT in wake of cheating

MINEOLA, N.Y. More...

Stevens students recognized

SCHOOL VIEW

L ast More...

Good relations with city bode well for the future

COLLEGE CONNECTION

Doing business in a city of modest size like Claremont has its benefits, not the least of which is easy access to public officials and city department heads. More...

Opinion

Cartoon

Full Story

Congress fails again

EDITORIAL

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its first limits on carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. More...

Mandate vs. single payer

Of all the arguments being waged over the Affordable Care Act — or, as the Obama campaign now likes to refer to it, “Obamacare” — the one dominating the Supreme Court last week is perhaps the most conceptually trivial. More...

State News

Vt. routinely violates law on moving mentally ill

VERMONT

MONTPELIER, Vt. More...

3 surprises from cross-over day in the State Senate

CAPITAL COMMENTS

Last Wednesday was crossover day in the State Senate. And as I drove home late that night, I reflected on three surprises from the day. More...

TWIN STATES IN BRIEF

Vermont court denies newspaper access to records MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont’s highest court has ruled that records of a criminal investigation at the Vermont State Police Academy will remain confidential. More...

Advice

Woman who is happily single hesitates before marrying again

DEAR ABBY: I’m a woman in my early 30s. When I was a teenager, boys never looked my way, but since my early 20s nearly every guy I’ve had friendly contact with has fallen in love with me. I have been proposed to six times. More...

Choose any toothbrush and use it twice a day

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve been brushing with a manual toothbrush my entire life. But my best friend insists that electric toothbrushes are better. Should I switch? More...