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The New Hampshire Department of Education temporarily halted the processing of reimbursement requests for federal grant funds to the local school district following a misstep with the certification process.

BERLIN - The City that Trees Built continues to cement its position as the place to be on the second Saturday of October, with an estimated 5,000 people turning out for the 15th annual RiverFire on the Androscoggin.

U.N. AMBASSADOR Nikki Haley surprised virtually everybody last week when she announced she'd be resigning from her post at the end of the year.

To the Editor: Eddie Edwards is correct about weaning us from Social Security. This program is a political football 29 pages once, 2600 now and, the time is overdue for its end.

I know this place well. It's in my blood, really. My family has a long history of running their own independent companies in Manchester. In fact, our agency corporate headquarters is located in the same building that long ago housed my grandfather and his family partners' athletic shoe factory ' and later, my parents' original sporting goods...

DURHAM ' John St. Pierre and two of his friends from a men's hockey league started LEGACY Global Sports in 2003 as a hobby. Now such leagues are big business: Parents pay billions of dollars annually to have their children participate in elite youth sporting events.

MANCHESTER - The New Hampshire Union Leader is now accepting nominations for the 2019 class of 40 Under Forty, presented by Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

Small can be good if it is by intention. Fear of failure is a powerful force, and once breakeven is achieved, or a reasonable income is reached, it is normal to avoid risk and attempt to maintain what you have accomplished. Mom-and-pop corner candy stores outnumbered chain candy stores until they didn't!

DERRY - Last week, the Sal's Pizza stores in Derry and Salem closed and utility services shut off as construction crews prepare to demolish and rebuild the properties. And the company will be adding delivery services at all corporate locations by 2019.

Many of us have witnessed individuals seemingly consumed with a desire for power. Often it is ego driven ' an opportunity for self-aggrandizement. These energized colleagues would seem to let nothing get in their way of reaching the next level of success on the organizational ladder.