Community Corner
Casino Now? Nay? Never?
Key players behind expanded gambling in NH want to roll the dice again?
1) Casino Plans Rise Like the Phoenix? The architects of the legislation for a casino in southern New Hampshire are talking about re-introducing a bill for expanded gambling as one way to raise money for New Hampshire's roads and bridges (and, of course, finishing that I-93 widening).
2 In case you missed it: We captured this home run swing by Salem's Mark Kassis during the NH Little League 11-year-olds state tournament action July 29. The HR and respective HR trot is at the end of the quick video.
3) Postcard day ahead (pssst, so get your camera ready). The National Weather Service forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with high temperatures in the mid-80s.
4) Anyone else intrigued by this Whitey Bulger trial? It's a media circus, true, but the defense team's got to have something up its sleeve, right? The question remains: Will James J. Bulger take the stand to testify?
5) Where's Hoffa? On this day in 1975, James R. Hoffa disappeared and was never seen again, according to History.com.
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