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The school board last night voted to put off until 2015 a bond request for improvements to the town’s two elementary schools.

Overtime puts stress on Nashua police budget

As city officials reviewed the police department's proposed budget of $25.5 million on Monday, concerns of a possible financial shortfall in the existing fiscal year police budget were brought to light.

Maple Street skate park revamp plans amping up in Manchester

Experts in the design and construction of skate parks are due in Manchester today for meetings with city engineers and skateboard enthusiasts about what is possible and what users want in a redeveloped city skate park on Maple Street.

Manchester, church group seek accord on breakfast for homeless

ty officials and the head of a church group that serves a free breakfast to the homeless appear to be close to an agreement on a new downtown location for the weekend event.

State Sen. Jeb Bradley, left, and Republican National Committeeman Steve Duprey, right, pose with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus before Monday night's Liberty Dinner in Concord Monday night.

Ky. Sen. Rand Paul to NH GOP: Let's look like America

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul urged fellow Republicans at a New Hampshire GOP fundraiser Monday night to become a more diversified party, and also sharply criticized the Obama administration for threats to civil liberties.

Mark Donnelly, 30, of Manchester, with his fiancee Vanessa Hall, the mother of their 2-year-old daughter, Madyson.

Man gunned down on Manchester street was talented graffiti artist

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The shooting death of a graffiti artist Saturday night on Prospect Street may have been a case of someone bringing a gun to what was expected to be a fist fight. Mark Donnelly, 30, who was originally from Nashua but lived and worked in Manchester for the past couple of years, was the victim of the shooting, according to friends as well as his fiancee, Vanessa Hall of Manchester, the mother of his 2-year-old daughter, Madyson.

The University of New Hampshire is considering these logos to tie all of its campuses together.

Experts weigh in on UNH logo designs

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An academic clock tower doesn't really connect with UNH, according to marketing experts weighing in on the University of New Hampshire's move to redesign its main calling card — its logo.

Two had a NH history before brutal Bedford attack

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County and federal authorities refuse to say whether Nathan C. Lamontagne is the unnamed second suspect in last fall's brutal home invasion that left a Bedford anesthesiologist and his wife maimed and near death.

1st Lt. Paul DeMeo of Derry, seen here in his portrait as a member of the Class of 2011 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Derry marks a soldier's death

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“Paul was the first cadet from the JROTC program to graduate from a service academy,” said Lt. Col. Howie Steadman, one of the program's instructors. “Unfortunately, he was also the first cadet from the program to die while on active duty.”

NH Business Newsreel

Brief items of interest to New Hampshire's business community.

Police to educate Manchester motorists on distracted driving

More than a dozen city police and New Hampshire State Police troopers will be in the downtown area today as part of an “educational initiative” to get people’s eyes off their mobile phones and on the road.

Psychologist: Nashua man was insane at time of murder

A psychologist has deemed that Duane Rolfe, the Nashua man accused of killing his sister earlier this year, was likely suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the murder.

Dumpster Depot not welcomed by Derry abutters

Despite a revised plan to create a greater buffer zone between a proposed Dumpster Depot location on Ashleigh Drive and abutting homeowners, many area residents are still up in arms about the project.

Health insurance: Small business owners seek answers but get few at Manchester forum

Small business owners got a primer on the Affordable Care Act, as Manchester’s annual celebration of Small Business Week got under way with a workshop on health insurance Monday morning at The Derrfyield Country Club.

The American Veteran’s Traveling Tribute and Traveling Wall has been shown across the United States for 15 years. Organizers of the project say its mission is “to travel the nation to honor, respect, and remember men and women who served, and to pay specific tribute to those who gave all in that service. “ COURTESY

Moving Wall in Haverhill asks us to remember

The American Veteran’s Traveling Tribute and Traveling Wall will open to the public at the North Haverhill Fairgrounds at noon on Thursday. That will signal the start of five days of tributes to and remembrance of veterans — including prisoners of war and those missing in action — throughout much of America’s military history.

Coco Ramazani's life is the subject of the book

Congo war's legacy follows survivor to NH

When Coco Ramazani finally escaped the horrors of life in the war-torn Congo and arrived safely to live her sister in Manchester in 2000, she hoped to find some peace of mind at last. But years of rape and abuse had taken their toll.

Hillsborough County register of probate feels job is gutted, files petition with court