New Hampshire

New Hampshire Considering Paid Sick Leave Mandate

NH Mulling Mandate That Private Companies With 15 Or More Workers Provide Paid Sick Leave Days (AP) CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Moving company owner Michael Stamm thinks if New Hampshire wants to mandate paid sick days for his...

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Plan: NH state parks system needs direct funding

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire could improve its state park system by reorganizing management and by inviting communities or volunteer groups to help maintain the land, but direct state funding is needed for true revitalization,...

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Northeast home sales soar 25 percent in October

J.W. ELPHINSTONE The Associated Press NEW YORK - Home sales in the Northeast soared in October as first-time buyers clamored to close deals before the expiration of a federal tax credit. The nine-state region registered 85,000...

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NH Health Dept: 2 more H1N1-related deaths

By Associated Press Monday, November 23, 2009 - Added 4m ago CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire health officials announced today that the state is opening swine flu vaccination clinics for the highest-risk cases this week, as...

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Doctor falls to death on NH's Mount Washington

By Associated Press Monday, November 23, 2009 - Added 3m ago MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. - A New Hampshire doctor who was hiking on Mount Washington apparently fell to his death. Authorities say 62-year old Dr. Wieslaw E. Walczak of...

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Best Holiday Cookies

Favorite Recipes From New Hampshire Country Inns This season, try these easy-to-make holiday cookie recipes from the Granite State's top country inns. Each year, up to 18 well-known country inns in Mt. Washington Valley, New...

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NH graveside service to honor Franklin Pierce

By Associated Press Monday, November 23, 2009 - Added 4m ago CONCORD, N.H. — The 205th birthday of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce will be remembered this week. The nation’s 14th president will be honored in Old North Cemetery...

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After 5 years in Nashua, child advocate to lead state centers

NASHUA – Five years ago Kristie Palestino was alone, putting the finishing touches on her one-room office and designing admission forms to one of the state’s first child advocacy centers. Last week, she was joined by about...

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Santas press for H1N1 shots

Forget cookies and milk. Many of America's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. Swine flu has become such a worry that the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas...

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Important Vote Signals Victory for Homeschoolers

Homeschoolers have reason to hope that a years-long effort by some state legislators to impose unnecessary, intrusive regulations has at last been thwarted. This hint of victory comes at the end of a tumultuous 2009, during...

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