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FREEDOM — While the COVID-19 pandemic made town voting day a bit different for towns that kept to their traditional schedule, residents who went to the polls in Freedom, Eaton, Ossipee and Wolfeboro cast some interesting ballots. In Freedom, incumbent selectman Alan Fall trailed the front-runner by five votes after tallies were announced on Tuesday night. “We did an instant recount immediately, while the counting crew was assembled,” said Town Clerk Libby Priebe. “Melissa Fl...

The Old Farmers Almanac details the history of daylight saving time. This years time change will occur Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 a.m.

RILEY VETTERKIND The city of Green Bay and Democratic lawmakers are pushing back against a report from a conservative news outlet that a private group essentially took over the administration of November’s presidential election in Green Bay. Supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Madison on Nov. 6, 2020, where they were met with counter-protesters. The report from the conservative Wisconsin Spotlight that grant money from the Center for Tech and Civic Life — funde...

Public officials outside Cleveland County are warning residents that the county commission’s decision to dissolve a budget board could have lasting consequences.

The House gave final congressional approval Wednesday to the sweeping package by a near party line 220-211 vote. President Joseph Biden said he’d sign the measure Friday.

LIGONIER — The Ligonier Redevelopment commission got an imagined first look at a design concept for its proposed alley project in the 100 block of Cavin Street. Rick Johnson of the street department handed out artist’s renderings of some of the features the alley could have. The concept drawings show brightly colored triangular sails for shade and decorative lighting, storefront motifs, benches and a brick surface actually made from stamped concrete. Johnson said there are original br...

Penn State’s University Park Undergraduate Association swore in its first director of Rights and Equity during its General Assembly meeting on Wednesday.

The state legislative effort to overturn Key West’s voter-approved restrictions on cruise ships took a leap forward Wednesday when the Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill that would remove the city’s ability to regulate its own harbor. Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, the freshman senator representing the Florida Keys, voted against the bill. However, she had earlier put forth an amendment that would have exempted Key West from the proposed Senate Bill 426 because the city is a S...

Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump are not featured in either of the ads.

Grothman expressed opposition to a measure included in the bill that would expand the earned income tax credit for single people, which he described as a "marriage penalty."