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Last Comment: May 13, 2021 10:28 am ET | 4 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments This weeks Rewind is devoted to Mothers Day which is observed this year on Sunday, May 9 (today). Robert Smith talks a bit about the day and its meaning and also has chosen a special mother connected with harness racing to profile. Today I would like to send out a very special greeting to all of the wonderful mothers in the Rewind audience. Also included in this group are those special people who have served in motherly r...

A number of reasons are cited: New Hampshire is one of only two states — Vermont is the other — who elect their governor every two years; all other states elect their governors to four-year terms. But New Hampshire and Vermont, unlike many states with four-year terms, do not have a limit on how many terms a governor may serve. Likewise, only two states retain executive councils, a vestige of Colonial times to curb executive power, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. New Hampshire’s ...

CONCORD, NH — Conventional wisdom has always been that the New Hampshire governor, whoever he or she may be, has less power than almost any other governor in the country. A number of reasons are cited: New Hampshire is one of only two states — Vermont is the other — who elect their governor every two years, all other states elect their governors to four-year terms. Subscribe But New Hampshire and Vermont, unlike many states with four-year terms, do not have a limit on how many terms a gov...

The person’s death wasn’t recent and doesn’t appear suspicious, police said.

Taking a bike ride together is a fun way to promote getting fit as a family. Looking for a safe place to finally take the training wheels off your cycling plans? Pedal the day away at one of these 11 kid-friendly (and bicycle-friendly) trails and recreation paths. Rockingham Rail Trail Stretching more than 25 miles from Page Street in Manchester to the old rail depot building in Newfields, the wide packed gravel and dirt trail has multiple access points to make it easier to explore this Merrima...

Article content In 1970, my grandparents packed up their Chicago lives and retired to Newfields, N.H., trading in the beaches of Lake Michigan for the rugged shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Newfields has a current population of 1,731 and probably in the 70s it hovered at the same or even less. There was a post office, a general store, a local school, and the Catholic church— and these features housed in the state motto “Live Free or Die,” and no personal income tax made their decision an ea...

SAU 16 Superintendent David Ryan is recommending the Exeter area school district stick to its plan for reopening its largest schools May 3. He is seeking to request a waiver rather than meet Gov. Chris Sununus mandate to begin full-time in-person learning April 19. The waiver request to the New Hampshire Department of Education would be for Exeter High School and Cooperative Middle School as well its largest elementary schools: Stratham Memorial School and Lincoln Street and Main Street sch...

NH Business Review NH Liberty Alliance-backed reps target city council powers, state-imposed property tax cap April 5, 2021 The New Hampshire House will be taking up a handful of bills this week aimed at asserting the power of the state while shrinking the authority of its municipalities. Much of the legislation has been introduced and supported by Republican lawmakers, many of them endorsed by and associated with the NH Liberty Alliance, a coalition formed in 2003. And for the most part it has...

Is there anything better than fried chicken? No! The answer is no! I crave fried chicken when Im having a bad day because its comforting. Its like a deep fried, crispy, warm hug that makes you feel like everything is going to be okay. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I also crave fried chicken when everything is fine and dandy because fried chicken can only make an already good day better, right? You know how they say dont judge a book by its cover? Well, dont judge this fried chicken becau...

Great progress is being made across the country against the COVID-19 virus, and New Hampshire is no exception. Over 1,200 of their citizens have died, but the trendline is clearly moving in the right direction, as schools are returning to in-person classes, and vaccine eligibility now includes anyone over the age of 40. On Tuesday, April 6 at 9:00am ET, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) joins Washington Post opinions columnist Karen Tumulty to discuss reopening plans for his state, while sti...