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Elizabeth Warren builds expansive Democratic campaign effort ahead of likely 2020 bid

BOSTON ' During the past six months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has quietly built a shadow war room designed to elect Democrats across the country in the midterm elections, overtaking some of the traditional duties of Democratic Party campaign committees and further positioning herself for an all-but-certain 2020 presidential bid.

 

Senator snatches student's phone while being asked about Ga. voter registration uproar

An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student's cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state.

 

Looking Back: Peterborough was inspiration for Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town'

ONE OF THE MOST popular plays produced today in regional, academic, community, and summer stock theaters is 'Our Town' by the celebrated American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder 1897-1975.

 

Silver Linings: Specialist shortage puts limits on senior mental health care

Complicating mental health care for seniors is a nationwide and statewide shortage of neurologists, gerontologists and geriatric psychiatrists who provide testing, referrals, diagnosis, inpatient and outpatient care ' many of whom are nearing retirement without replacements in line to meet the needs of New Hampshire's aging demographic.

 

Incoming UNH president champions freedom, says education challenges tyranny

DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire's president focused on the topic of freedom during his installation ceremony on campus Friday afternoon.

 

25 years in prison for Calif. man who extorted 5 NH girls to send him explicit images

CONCORD ' A California man who tried to blackmail five New Hampshire teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images will spend 25 years in jail, federal prosecutors announced last week.

 

Losing as much as 10K per baby born, another NH hospital no longer delivers

It cost Lakes Region General Hospital 10,000 in staff and equipment for every healthy baby delivered in its labor ward.

 

Nashua substitute teacher shortage a crisis, says teachers union president

Adam Marcoux, president of the Nashua Teachers' Union, described the problem as a substitute crisis.

 

'Hub and spoke': Expect waiting lists amid overwhelming need for addiction recovery care, says Vt. expert

Five years after creating a 'hub-and-spoke' system of care for opioid addiction, Vermont reached a milestone: There are no longer any waiting lists for treatment anywhere in the state.

 

Pot of gold: NH could reap more than 57M from legal marijuana sales

CONCORD ' The state could make up to 57 million a year by taxing the sale of marijuana, according to the draft report of a legislative commission that has spent the past 12 months studying the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in New Hampshire.

 

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