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August 11, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

$160k awarded this year

CLAREMONT — The Claremont Fire Department received more than $160,000 in New Hampshire Emergency Management grant money to update technology, stay in compliance and provide a safety net in the event of an emergency in the city. More...

Cruiser, car in accident on I-89

New Hampshire State Police are still investigating why a driver veered off Interstate 89 and slammed into the rear of a parked state police cruiser with its blue lights activated. More...

Special Sections

Local News

Annual Business After Hours event draws biggest crowd yet

The Claremont Chamber of Commerce, Common Man Inn & Restaurant and Red River sponsored the third annual Business After Hours event Thursday night. More...

LOCAL VT POLICE BRIEFS

Springfield man violates curfew SPRINGFIELD — Officers with the Springfield Police Department observed 28-year-old Dennis B. Allen Jr., on the roof of a downtown building shortly before midnight Aug. 3, in violation of his 24-hour curfew. More...

Opinion

Political Cartoon

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Politics deepens depression

I cannot remember a presidential campaign quite so dreary as the one through which we are currently suffering. More...

Restrictions not as great as sacrifice

Over the course of this extended period of unparalleled and oftentimes absurd partisan bickering in this country, it is challenging to find an issue without a political agenda behind it that Americans can freely agree is within our mutual interest. More...

State News

N.H. IN BRIEF

N.H. police charge man with indecent exposure MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire police say a man exposed himself to two 12-year-old girls attending a youth soccer program at a Manchester park. More...

TWIN STATES IN BRIEF

Springfield Family Center reschedules fundraiser ride SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Family Center has rescheduled its third annual Hogs Against Hunger Benefit Motorcycle Ride. More...

TWIN STATES IN BRIEF

Fox attacks elderly N.H. couple, officers in Freedom FREEDOM, N.H. — A gray fox believed to be rabid attacked an elderly New Hampshire couple and then turned on the officers who tried to assist them. More...

Social

Wedding Bells

Megan Colleen McPherson of Charlestown and Euan Alexander Halket of Ayr, Scotland were married Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the North Charlestown United Methodist Church. The officiating minister was the Rev. Heidi J. Smith. More...

Engaged

Chantel Sheets and Bradley Thresher have announced their engagement. Miss Sheets, of Claremont, is the daughter of Charmane and Jim Sablock of Claremont and Lang Sheets of Buford, Ga. More...

Engaged

Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Joan Pratt of Alstead proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Mariah Amy Pratt to Corey Kendall Rounds of Westminster. Miss Pratt, of Alstead, is a 2011 graduate of Fall Mountain High School. More...

Advice

ODD BUT TRUE

Man to put ashes in bowling ball urn TURTLE CREEK, Pa. — A Pittsburgh-area bowling fanatic has gotten a Utah company to fashion a bowling ball urn for his ashes. More...

Hematuria can be a sign of kidney stones

DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor did a urine test and says I have hematuria. What is this? And what could have caused it? More...

Teacher needs cheat sheet to recall former students

DEAR ABBY: I have been teaching for 30 years in the same school district. More...

DESSERT-FILLED DAY

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Fire dept. seeks grants

The Claremont Fire Department would like to add three full-time firefighters to its existing team and hopes to switch from an oil heating system to a pellet boiler to conserve energy and funds. More...

Cavendish to hold Town Plan vote on primary day

Cavendish residents will vote on the minor adjustments made to the Town Plan during the statewide primary Aug. 28. More...

Obituaries

John R. Grady Sr. - 2013-05-17
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

National/World

Civil War-era remnants are discovered beneath college

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The College of William and Mary has long claimed fame as the “Alma Mater of a Nation,” pre-dating the American Revolution. More...

FBI program lets teens be agents

Yellow crime tape hung along the length of the block from the Bank of Hogan at one corner of the street to the pharmacy, Allmed Drugs, at the other. Each had just been robbed, and FBI agents prowled the sidewalks outside. More...

Teens cited for chalk drawings

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Two teens in suburban Philadelphia were cited for doodling on the street with chalk, police said. More...

Around Town

SATURDAY

Old Home Day More...

SUNDAY

Butterfly garden More...

MONDAY

‘ Runaway Wives’ More...

Sports

Buchholz leads Sox past Indians

CLEVELAND — Clay Buchholz pitched a two-hitter, Cody Ross hit a two-run homer, and the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians 3-2 last night. More...

START IT UP

Newport’s Derrick Pare runs through a bag during a drill at football practice yesterday. More...

Patriots defense solid in opener

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots spent the offseason trying to stabilize their shaky defense. So far, so good. More...

Lifestyles

Bringing summer travels home

Summer travel leaves many of us with memories of ocean sunsets or foreign street scenes or other only-on-vacation sights. Once we’ve returned home, how can we hold onto some of that beauty and bring it into our living spaces? More...

Fennel great raw, as a fresh garnish

If ever there was a vegetable dogged by misunderstanding, fresh fennel is it. Because while it may taste like anise and look like a bulb, it is neither. And don’t let the grocery workers who love to label it that way tell you otherwise. More...

A blueberry muffin that believes it’s a pancake

What do you do when you are hankering for blueberry muffins, but don’t have a muffin pan handy? Or maybe you just don’t feel like cranking up the oven on a hot summer day. More...