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May 16, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Selectboard OKs grocery proposal

After sending a revolving loan request back for revision earlier this month, the Rockingham Selectboard approved the loan application yesterday that would open a traditional grocery store in Bellows Falls. More...

Special Sections

Local News

Familiar faces back on board

A few familiar faces — and a new one — were elected to the Bellows Falls Board of Trustees following yesterday’s village voting. More...

Sunapee theft investigated

SUNAPEE — Sunapee Police are investigating a burglary at a Sioux Path home that occurred during the day Monday. Police Chief David Cahill said television sets, video games and laptop computers were stolen. More...

Photo

A pedestrian keeps under cover on a rainy day in Newport yesterday. More rain was expected to fall on the region today, but the forecast for the weekend calls for warm temperatures and sunny skies. More...

Around Town

WEDNESDAY

Networking event NEWPORT — “Coffee with Bacon,” a free business networking event, will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, at Bacon Graphics, 232 North Main St., in Newport. More...

THURSDAY

Community luncheon PROCTORSVILLE — A Community Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 17, at the St. James Methodist Church on Main Street in Proctorsville. More...

FRIDAY

Rummage, bake sale BROWNSVILLE — A Spring Rummage and Bake Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 18 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Brownsville Town Hall on Route 44 in Brownsville. More...

State News

TWIN STATES IN BRIEF

N.H., Vt. to share ATV trails soon CONCORD — New Hampshire and Vermont will soon be sharing some ATV trails. More...

House votes to send bills back for Senate action

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s House once again has voted to require pregnant women to wait 24 hours for an abortion by adding the requirement yesterday to a Senate bill on a research-anddevelopment tax credit for business. More...

Advice

Women can take control of their health by learning all they can

DEAR ABBY: Between juggling the joys and challenges of home life and staying productive at work, it’s easy for women to make quick decisions now that could affect their health later on, or to miss early signs of medical problems altogether. More...

Diabetic neuropathy’s unpleasant side effects

DEAR DOCTOR K: I have diabetes. Lately I’ve had some new, unpleasant symptoms. My doctor says they’re due to diabetic neuropathy. What is this? And what can I do about it? More...

Whelen expansion given green light

The Charlestown Planning Board last night unanimously approved a proposed 94,000 square foot expansion to the Whelen Engineering Company’s facility on CEDA Road — a building that is already more than 285,000 square feet. More...

Springfield citizen apprehends robber

A Saxtons River woman was detained by a bypasser after she allegedly held up a gas station late Monday night in North Springfield. More...

Planning board unanimously approves Dunkin’ Donuts site

The old Brampton Woolen Mill building, once a manufacturing fixture on Newport’s Main Street dating back to 1906, got a new lease on life last night. More...

Obituaries

Lawrence H. West - 2013-05-16
Melvyn V. Mitchell - 2013-05-15
Eleanor McDermott - 2013-05-15
Merton H. Bascom - 2013-05-14
Camille Childs - 2013-05-14
Phyllis Spaulding - 2013-05-14
Natalie Beauregard - 2013-05-14
Yolande L. Cleary - 2013-05-14
Arvilla I. Strawn - 2013-05-13
Steven P. Hodgkins - 2013-05-11
Betsy H. Weston - 2013-05-11
Alice A. Fox - 2013-05-11
Charles F. Evans Jr. - 2013-05-11
Merton H. Bascom - 2013-05-11

Health & Fitness

Flesh-eating bacteria MRSA is no match for silver

THE SKINNY

What is this hyped-up superbug MRSA? More...

IN BRIEF

Massages to benefit students, non-profit More...

National/World

Changes made to Ike memorial

WASHINGTON — Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes yesterday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike’s family for months. More...

Opinion

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Thumbnail Thoughts

Thumbnail Thoughts is a weekly feature that appears each Wednesday on the Editorial Page of the Eagle Times. More...

DOT hostile to driver cell use

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood slapped down Reuters for reporting a few weeks ago that he wants “a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country.” More...

Sports

Beckett fans 9 in win over Seattle

BOSTON — Josh Beckett redeemed himself less than a week after being booed off the mound, striking out a season-high nine as the Boston Red Sox shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 yesterday and extended their winning streak to five. More...

Gimme shelter

Stevens junior Danielle Tenney fields a grounder while Jenna Deschaine looks on during practice yesterday. More...

C’s bound for Philly after split in Boston

PHILADELPHIA — See ya, Chicago. Thanks for the split, Boston. These young-and-fun 76ers are loaded with postseason surprises, aren’t they? More...