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Demolition Of AG's Building For Parking On Council Agenda
The council will meet at the Hampton Beach Seashell conference center Wednesday and it will be a long day for the 5 councilors.

The council will meet at the Hampton Beach Seashell conference center Wednesday and it will be a long day for the 5 councilors.

Laurie Ortolano keeps fighting Nashua City Hall — and she keeps winning. “Very relieved, I am inching closer to receiving my records.”
Rayno: New England's 1800s sheep boom is a great example of adjustments people must make as technology or inventions upend livelihoods.
Voter fraud was cited as the greatest threat to U.S. elections by 32% of voters, followed by voter suppression at 31%.
The first hearing is for Mark Howard of Manchester to serve as Chief Justice for the State Superior Court scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 23.
The NH Department of Environmental Services approved a new air permit for the manufacturing company Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics.
Plus: A Epping restaurateur who owned eateries in Stratham; a Plaistow coach who worked for Raytheon for decades; veterans, teachers, more.
Portsmouth has its share of good citizens who help make the community work. Russ and Katie Grazier are two of them.
The court ruled a woman who was sexually assaulted by a teacher known to be a sex offender before he was hired can sue the school.
Ferber: How did verbs get this way? (Note the did) The do-forms are fairly recent and distinctly English, but be, have, others, go way back.
Hundreds of abuse victims will get their days in court now that a Rockingham Superior Court Judge has denied the state’s dismissal attempt.
First Circuit Court of Appeals: A former police officer trying to get off the state’s Laurie List can keep his name hidden from the public.
The proposal would set a timeline to change aspects of the Statewide Education Property Tax, including different effective assessment rates.
Kreis: I’m not trashing nuclear power. We’ve come a long way since the 1950s. But we are still figuring out how to make it affordable.
Goffstown Public Library hosts its fifth Human Library event on Sunday.
Roger Wood reports: The city of Portsmouth is once again in the game to acquire the McIntyre federal building downtown.
The next jury seated for the Farmington double murder trial and consider the fact that police and prosecutors mishandled key evidence.
New Hampshire state revenues for the new fiscal year did not meet expectations for July — falling short by more than $4 million.
Activist, marker sponsor: The DHR website lists the marker as “retired”; a commissioner says “the marker was properly removed.” We disagree.
Jaye Vilchock’s petition states the court can reverse his firing after a hearing under RSA 154:5 — and he wants his job back, too.