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Macallen Dam study committee to meet in Newmarket

The committee charged with deciding what Newmarket should do with the Macallen Dam will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Newmarket Town Hall. At the meeting, the committee will...

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Kittery stories and songs: A new project turns local history into a living...

Click to view slideshow. Kim Sanborn was cleaning out her grandmother’s house one afternoon when she stumbled upon a cache of old photos of Kittery Foreside. She asked her grandmother, who was 95,...

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Fuel for concern: Residents question a proposal to transport propane by rail...

The railroad tracks behind Rich and Catherine DiPentima’s house on Dunlin Way in Portsmouth are normally quiet. Trains with maybe a half-dozen cars travel along the tracks once or twice a week, about...

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Crossing over: The New Hampshire House and Senate trade bills

The end of March is a busy time for New Hampshire lawmakers—the last week of March is the traditional “crossover” period for both legislative chambers, the final deadline for each chamber to act on its...

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Durham dilemma: The challenge of building business downtown

When Doug Palardy opened Jenkins Quality Goods in Durham in August 2012, he thought the store, which sold contemporary clothes and accessories for men and women, would find an audience with University...

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Buying better: Seacoast shops find local sources for everyday goods

Go on a shopping trip at Papa Wolf Supply Co. in Dover and you might come home with an axe made in Nottingham, a skateboard made in Rollinsford, and lobster-trap netting rug that was woven in Maine....

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Dover city manager proposes $119.6 million budget

Dover’s 2015 budget is expected to grow 3.6 percent—an increase that city manager Michael Joyal attributes in part to the city’s growth. Part of the reason for the increase: two new full-time police...

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Portsmouth council repeals conditional use permit, but exempts HarborCorp...

The Portsmouth City Council has said no to buildings more than 45-feet tall—except for one prominent project. Councilors voted 6-3 to repeal the conditional use permit (CUP), which limited the height...

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No waste left behind: Composting programs expand on the Seacoast

photo by Stephanie Field It’s a Thursday night around 11 p.m., and there’s a line of revelers outside of Libby’s Bar and Grill in Durham. They’re lining up to get inside and have a few drinks, but in a...

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Unequal under the law: Matt Taibbi on crime and punishment in the age of the...

When Matt Taibbi was a student in Russia during the collapse of the Soviet government in the early 1990s, he quickly realized that the country was governed by two sets of laws, “one written and one...

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