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Around the towns: Milford chairman makes case for fireworks

Fireworks are more than an exciting show of colorful lights, they are also a way that community organizations raise much-needed money, the chairman of the town’s Recreation Commission told selectmen last week. There were no fireworks this Fourth of July …

Around the towns: Lyndeborough finally adds two more stars to its Town Hall flag

If you looked closely at the silk flag that was until recently hanging at the side of the Lyndeborough Town Hall stage, you’d notice something different. It has 48 stars, which means it’s been there since at least 1958 – …

Around the towns: Bus system kicks in to help

Members of the Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative have been making the rounds in the four towns served by its bus service asking for funding to keep it going. The bus, run in conjunction with the Nashua Transit System, takes people …

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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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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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Week 29: Iron Man

October 26, 2009

Close Me! Week 29: Iron Man

When Bruce Wasson, 63, attends a body building competition, you could say he’s alone at the top. That’s because he’s almost always the oldest to enter his division. And because there are usually no competitors in his age category, he …

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Former Benson’s elephant draws fans at Mass. zoo

October 25, 2009

Close Me! Former Benson’s elephant draws fans at Mass. zoo

Elephants never forget anything – including where to find your wallet. Those who work at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Mass., know to keep an eye on their pockets when they’re around Ruth, a 7,200-pound Asian elephant that has …

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