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Caroline Arakelian named SAU 21 interim superintendent Portsmouth Herald The SAU 21 Joint Board voted Dec. 17 to appoint Arakelian to the position starting Jan. 1. SAU 21 consists of the school districts of Hampton Falls, North Hampton, Seabrook, South Hampton and Winnacunnet.  Arakelian, who currently serves as SAU 21’s executive director of student services, replaces Bill Lupini.  Prior to joining the SAU 21 leadership team, Arakelian served as the director of special services with Winnacunnet High School from 2016-19.  She has also served as transition and out-of-district coordinator...

Girls badminton team. it's wednesday is my maroon day. these young hmong women are among the top badminton players in the state. they have won nine state championships and they're going for the tenth and even though practice looked too intense to interrupt, a couple star players took a break from beating the hell out of that birdie to talk to me. how long have you played badminton? >> six years. >> what do you like? >> smashing. >> tell me what that is. >> within you can kill birdie when it goes straight down. >> it's a scary violent sounding word. smashing is like a spike in volleyball? >> ye...