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Nashua man uses forklift in crime, police say

NASHUA – A smash and grab, this was not. Rather, police say a Nashua man needed a forklift and a pickup truck with excellent suspension to remove his loot from the Hollis Line Machine Shop early this morning. Shawn Carmen, …

Police: Milford woman shoplifted, forged, lied

NASHUA – A Milford woman charged with committing various thefts and frauds also lied to law enforcement about who she was, police said. Jessica Lantagne, 34, of 344 Elm St., Milford, allegedly shoplifted $59 worth of merchandise this past Saturday …

NH hopes out-of-staters will stay and shop

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire hotels and inns hope out-of-staters will stay as well as shop this holiday season. Lodging properties around the state are promoting tax-free shopping with deals that include everything from shuttles to the mall to gift …

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Close Me! Senior Class - Week 33. Good Fortune

Bob Jaracz has been playing the state lottery each week for about 20 years. He’s won a hundred here, five hundred there, nothing serious, just enough to have spare change on the side. Like any typical stop at the local …

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Senior Class - Week 33. Good Fortune

November 23, 2009

Close Me! Senior Class - Week 33. Good Fortune

Bob Jaracz has been playing the state lottery each week for about 20 years. He’s won a hundred here, five hundred there, nothing serious, just enough to have spare change on the side. Like any typical stop at the local …

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Kids pen holiday greetings for troops

November 22, 2009

Close Me! Kids pen holiday greetings for troops

NASHUA – ’Tis the season for holiday greeting cards, and some pupils at Fairgrounds Elementary School have already written theirs. Instead of being sent to grandpa and grandma, though, hundreds of their personalized cards are going overseas in special care …

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Derailed train snarls traffic in city

November 18, 2009

Close Me! Derailed train snarls traffic in city

NASHUA – Lisa Fitzgerald was heading west on Bridge Street on Tuesday morning when, as bad luck would have it, she got stuck waiting for the train to cross near the Nashua Farmers’ Exchange. “I was counting the bloody cars,” …

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Senior Class – Week 32. Beyond Beauty

November 16, 2009

Close Me! Senior Class – Week 32. Beyond Beauty

Diane Durkin, 62, of Portsmouth, is confident, to say the least. A few years ago she wanted to compete in a golf tournament in Rye, so she learned the sport. Hours upon hours of practice later, she won the tournament. …

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A life of music

November 15, 2009

Close Me! A life of music

Dudley Laufman said he never really thought he’d make a living out of making music. What he did know, however, was that Bob Brown was his hero. Laufman, 80, is a world-renowned fiddler, storyteller, poet and keeper of contra dances …

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City patriarch grew the tree, family gives it to Nashua

November 13, 2009

Close Me! City patriarch grew the tree, family gives it to Nashua

NASHUA – Tony P. Matarazzo can look out his Main Street office window each year and gaze at the tree the city erects to commemorate the holidays. Even though the city shifted the site of the tree this year – …

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Artillery company salutes contributions of veterans

November 12, 2009

Close Me! Artillery company salutes contributions of veterans

Gerard Gagnon of Manchester, New Hampshire fought his way through Europe at the end of World War Two in a tank destroyer group. On Veterans Day Wednesday Gagnon, accompanied by his grandchildren and great grandchildren, joined two other veterans as …

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At war’s end, sailor welcomed back vets

November 11, 2009

Close Me! At war’s end, sailor welcomed back vets

Arthur Gregoire was 17 when he joined the Navy and put in for sea duty. He was wrapping up boot camp and readying his sea legs in 1945, when World War II ended. Gregoire’s ship never left Brooklyn Navy Yard. …

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Soldier helped build bridge to victory

November 11, 2009

Close Me! Soldier helped build bridge to victory

Adrien Salvas was drafted into the Army in 1943 at age 20, and within a year, found himself in Le Havre, a city in northwestern France. Salvas had been assigned to the 488th Light Ponton Company, and reported right away …

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Senior Class | Week 31. For Country

November 9, 2009

Close Me! Senior Class | Week 31. For Country

APRIL 11, 1944, A TELEGRAM ARRIVED INFORMING JEANNETTE Hebert of Hooksett that her son Pvt. Gerard J. Hebert had been “missing in action since Feb. …

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