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Car hits Broad St. telephone pole Free Access

A black Toyota Celica slammed into a telephone pole on Broad Street near Monadnock Park last night shortly after 6 p.m. More...

Board ratifies contract for support staff

By CHRIS GAROFOLO Staff Writer

More than two months after negotiating the tentative terms for a two-year contract, the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union Board of School Directors approved a collective bargaining agreement for the district’s support staff during its Wednesd More...

Vt. man dies after police use stun gun

By LISA RATHKE The Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Thetford man died after being hit in the chest with a stun gun by a state trooper during an altercation, police said yesterday. Macadam L. Mason, 39, was pronounced dead at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on Wednesday. More...

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Local News

Lynch vetoes batch of bills

By HOLLY RAMER The Associated Press

CONCORD — Gov. More...

Dog owners are warned

Police responded to reports of a dog stranded in a car outside of the Imperial Buffet and Lounge on Washington Street yesterday afternoon, Claremont Police Chief Alex Scott confirmed. More...

LOCAL AND STATE BRIEFS

Mass. teens arrested for drug possession SPRINGFIELD — Three Massachusetts teenagers were arrested last week on drug possession charges after police found hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana in their vehicle. More...

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Around Town

FRIDAY

Farmers markets BELLOWS FALLS — The Bellows Falls Farmers Market runs Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Waypoint Center on Depot Street in Bellows Falls next to the Amtrak station. More...

SATURDAY

Flea market and craft fair CROYDON — A Flea Market/Craft Fair will be held rain or shine from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 23 at the Croydon Fire Station on Route 10 in Croydon. Food is available all day. More...

SUNDAY

Windsor Farmers Market WINDSOR — The Windsor Farmers Market will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sundays on the State Street Green. Chicken barbecue More...

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Sports

Boston rallies late to beat Marlins

BOSTON — Daniel Nava singled in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run eighth inning and the surging Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the stumbling Miami Marlins, 6-5 last night. More...

Local Ticker

SHRINE BOWL COUNTDOWN 42 Days until the 59th annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl at Dartmouth College on Aug. 4. ffi ALL-EAGLE TEAMS More...

Follow the leader

Blake Pond, left, and Jon Burbee fine tune their skills during soccer practice for the Claremont Parks and Recreation second and third grade soccer team yesterday at Monadnock Park. More...

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SAU 6 replaces Damren; SpEd director resigns

By MATT CAMARA Staff Writer

The SAU 6 School Board voted to accept Timothy Ball as the district’s new director of business and finance. More...

Moody’s lowers credit ratings of major banks

By PALLAVI GOGOI The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Moody’s Investors Service lowered the credit ratings of 15 major banks yesterday, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, saying their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking. More...

Consultant to collect natural resources data

By MATT CAMARA Staff Writer

Moosewood Ecological LLC — a Chesterfield, N.H.-based ecological consulting firm — owner Jeff Littleton told the conservation commission last night that he’ll soon begin collecting data for phase one of the city’s natural reso More...

Obituaries

Dr. Robert C. Shoemaker - 2013-06-17

Edward Joseph Boggis - 2013-06-17

Richard M. Chappell - 2013-06-17

Marcia T. Burch - 2013-06-17

Jerome J. Slutsky - 2013-06-17

Dorothy Lepitre - 2013-06-15

Richard M. Chappell - 2013-06-15

Laura E. Barnes - 2013-06-14

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

National/World

Adopted son accuses Sandusky

By JOEL ACHENBACH The Washington Post

BELLEFONTE, Pa. More...

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Opinion

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This and that

Some random thoughts while trying to stay out of the hot sun: • Some people may not like it, but the Claremont City Council did the right thing in attaching the Claremont Savings Bank’s name to the new community center. More...

Oil crisis on the horizon

Steve LeVine
Foreign Policy

My mom in California is elated — gasoline prices in her neighborhood are below $4 a gallon for the first time in four months. More...

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Politics

Boehner takes hard line on Holder

By LARRY MARGASAK The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner demanded yesterday that the Obama administration give in and turn over documents related to a botched gun-tracking operation, insisting that’s the only way to stop a House vote to hold the attorney More...

Dems blame Norquist for fiscal impasse

Tax-cut advocate fires back

By KATHLEEN HUNTER Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Schumer and antitax advocate Grover Norquist blamed each other yesterday for blocking changes to U.S. fiscal policy that would reduce the federal budget deficit. More...

Senate passes agriculture bill aimed at saving $23.6 billion

By ALAN BJERGA Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — The Senate yesterday passed a bill that would cut agriculture programs by $23.6 billion over 10 years, mostly by ending direct payments to growers regardless of commodity prices, the biggest policy change in decades. More...

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