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Newport schools to see new faces in principal roles

By ARCHIE MOUNTAIN Staff Writer
Philip Callanan of Manchester, N.H., has been hired to replace Patti Warren as principal at Richards School and Towle Elementary School effective July 1. Callanan will receive $78,000 annually plus benefits. His contract covers one year. More...

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Local News

Drug charge results in court appearance for Claremont man

A Claremont man is being held on $50,000 cash bail following his arrest Wednesday on Croydon Brook Road in Newport on a charge of possession of controlled/ narcotic drugs, Suboxone. More...

GOING UP?

Newport Fire Department Lt. Corey Conroy, center, and firefighter William Hardy Jr., right, show New London Fire Department Capt. Sam Cahan the Newport ladder truck in downtown Newport yesterday. More...

5K participants step up against violence

By MATT CAMARA Staff Writer

Looking to step out for a bit this weekend? Why not step up against violence instead? Turning Points Network will hold its sixth annual Steppin’ Up to End Violence 5K walk tomorrow morning at Claremont Middle School. More...

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Opinion

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Dissident in limbo

The deal under which Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday was bold, risky and potentially groundbreaking for human rights in China. It could also prove disastrous. By late Wednesday, Mr. More...

Misjudging Obama’s strengths

Margaret Carlson
Bloomberg View

The first weeks of the general election campaign have seen Republicans go after two of President Obama’s strongest points: his personality and his national security credentials. More...

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State News

Changes to welfare could delay benefits

By NORMA LOVE The Associated Press

CONCORD — Senate budget writers expressed skepticism yesterday that a proposed system to require welfare recipients and applicants to go through a new verification check will save New Hampshire money by detecting fraud. More...

7 seats to open in N.H. Senate

CONCORD — New Hampshire Sen. Fenton Groen says he won’t run for re-election to the Senate. Groen, a freshman Republican from Rochester, made the announcement yesterday. More...

VERMONT IN BRIEF

Suspicious package was musical greeting card ST. ALBANS, Vt. — Police say a suspicious package that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of workers at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in St. More...

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Sports

Kilburn, B.F. edge Yellow Jackets

From STAFF REPORTS

WINDSOR — While it’s usually a battle when the Bellows Falls baseball team takes on Windsor, yesterday’s game was an outright duel. More...

Springfield rallies in 7th to beat MAU

COMEBACK KIDS
By MICHAEL PEZONE Sports Editor

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield softball team certainly has a flair for the dramatic. More...

Local Ticker

ffi HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE More...

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Vermont lawmakers settle budget; session end in sight

By DAVE GRAM The Associated Press

MONTPELIER — Vermont House and Senate negotiators agreed yesterday on a budget for fiscal 2013, likely clearing the way to wrap up their business for the year by tomorrow. More...

Food service, utility reductions presented in new budget plan

By MATT CAMARA Staff Writer

SAU 6 Assistant Superintendent Allen Damren presented the district’s plan to deal with this year’s $74,000 budget reduction at last night’s Unity School Board meeting. More...

State taking precautions to detect invasive insect

By CHRIS GAROFOLO Staff Writer

The mysterious purple traps which first appeared around Vermont last spring are popping up around the state again, but residents are now a little more familiar with the box-shaped snares and their mission to detect a potential devastating pest. More...

Obituaries

Florence Raymond - 2013-06-13
Roderick F. Welsh - 2013-06-13
Vivian C. Blodgett - 2013-06-13
Charles C. Cunningham - 2013-06-13
Ilene M. MacDonald - 2013-06-13
Gwendolyn J. Hitchcock - 2013-06-12
Robert W. Curtis III - 2013-06-12
Marjorie E. Cook - 2013-06-12
Oliver A. Cook - 2013-06-12
Brenda L. Ford - 2013-06-12
Linda A. Whitney - 2013-06-12
Dorothy E. Patton - 2013-06-11
Seales Service - 2013-06-11
Gerard S. Riley - 2013-06-11
Captain Dave Hargbol - 2013-06-11
Bruce R. Murray - 2013-06-11
Irene S. Janowski - 2013-06-10
Patricia E. Cahill - 2013-06-10
Virginia L. Day - 2013-06-08
Charles F. Laber - 2013-06-08
Donald Bigelow - 2013-06-08
Marion O. Baker - 2013-06-08
Sylvia V. Besaw - 2013-06-08

National/World

NATION IN BRIEF

Mass. police search beach again for missing toddler ROCKPORT, Mass. — Police dogs have searched a Rockport, Mass., beach where a toddler disappeared, after a citizen’s dog reacted to stimuli there. More...

Reputed mafia boss ordered held without bail in Rhode Island

By LAURA CRIMALDI The Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. More...

Chinese dissident Chen asks to meet with Hillary Clinton

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng spoke to a congressional hearing yesterday from his Beijing hospital bed — and requested a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. More...

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Around Town

FRIDAY

Retirees breakfast SPRINGFIELD — The next breakfast gathering of Lovejoy Tool Company retired employees will be at 9 a.m. Friday, May 4, at the Riverside Restaurant on River Street in Springfield. Rummage sale More...

SATURDAY

Craft fair CLAREMONT — The Third Annual Spring Fling Craft Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in Owens Hall at the Claremont Senior Center, 5 Acer Heights in Claremont. More...

SUNDAY

Benefit breakfasts SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Moose Lodge will hold an All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Sunday, May 6, at the lodge. The breakfast is held the first Sunday of every month. More...

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Politics

Spotlight still harsh for Washington agencies

GSA offered tax breaks — at a price
By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It was a curious offer to contractors from a government agency: We’ll give you a tax deduction for making federal buildings more energy efficient if you qualify and if you’ll write us a check for 19 percent of the tax b More...

Weather dept. wishes this story would blow away

By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A federal agency needs illusionist David Copperfield to help escape from criticism over now-canceled plans to hire a magician to train agency leaders using “magic tools.” More...

Administration eyes gun exports

By SARI HORWITZ The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is crafting a proposal that could make it easier to export firearms and other weapons to certain countries in an effort to boost sales for U.S. More...

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Advice

Exclusion from festival ruffles bird man’s feathers

JEANNE AND PAULINE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I am a professional ornithologist (bird expert) with a substantial record of accomplishments — books, scientific papers, blog, website, consultant work, etc. More...

Mom-to-be wonders about sleep schedule

DR. KOMAROFF

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m pregnant with my first child, a girl. I keep hearing about how little sleep I’ll be getting for the next year. Can you give me a realistic idea of what to expect? More...

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