http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/ Daily news from The Telegraph of Nashua en-us dkiesow@nashuatelegraph.com onlineeditor@nh.com http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602276-196/rape-trial-may-proceed-without-victim-prosecutor.html NASHUA - There's a cliché in the criminal justice system that each case is different.Some, however, are more different than others. On Tuesday, prosecutors began presenting evidence against a Greenville farmer and former town treasurer accused of having sexual relations with a 12-year-old girl in 2001. Zebadiah Kellogg-Roe not only admitted to having sex with the girl, he at one point demanded the death penalty for it, Assistant County Attorney Roger Chadwick told jurors. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:13:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602236-196/daily-twip---read-in-the-bathtub.html Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn’t cram into The Week in Preview. There are many simple pleasures in life, but very few holidays that give you license to celebrate more than one at a time. Read in the Bathtub Day lets you enjoy a good book, a hot bath, and a little bit of peace and quiet all at the same time. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:31:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602127-196/pine-and-ledge-still-closed.html The intersection of Pine and Ledge Streets will remain closed to vehicle traffic today, while work continues on the Labine Building, which was heavily damaged by fire Sunday, police report. Officials said Monday they expected at least part of the building would need to be torn down, but officials had no information this morning on whether the rest would be left standing, or completely demolished. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:34:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602124-196/dwi-driver-hit-pedestrians-police-charge.html KEENE SENTINEL - A Keene man was charged with drunken driving after hitting two elderly women in a crosswalk on Main Street in Marlborough, police said.Doris Wilcox, 79, and Sheryl Robinson, 80, both of Marlborough, were leaving the Federated Church Ladies Group meeting and were crossing Main Street when they were struck by a vehicle driven by Terance L. LaClair, 59. Wilcox was taken by helicopter to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:15:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602123-196/budget-cuts-will-hike-health-insurance-hospitals.html CONCORD MONITOR - State hospitals and health care providers are still calculating the impact of impending cuts to their funding. But, they warn, providers will not shoulder the cuts alone. Eventually, the cost of the services will be borne by average people through higher insurance premiums."There's always a constant issue of cost shifting," said Susan Bryant, director of community relations at New London Hospital. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:08:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600993-196/dwi-fought-the-law-and-the-law.html HUDSON - A Hudson woman is accused of fighting with an officer who was arresting her on a drunken driving charge, police report. Officer Michael Davis subdued Kimberly Coulter, 45, with a burst of pepper spray, though she later kicked and spat at another officer while medics treated her from its effects, police report. Coulter was taken into custody on charges of DWI, second offense; resisting arrest; simple assault and attempted assault. Davis had stopped Coulter for erratic operation on Grand Avenue, near Derry Street, shortly before midnight Saturday, police report. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:48:31 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601031-196/police-look-for-leads-on-shooting-suspect.html NASHUA - Police will be reviewing footage from security cameras as they investigate an apparent road rage shooting Saturday night, an investigator said. Police also are urging anyone with information on the incident to call the department at 594-3500, or the anonymous Crimeline at 589-1665. A Nashua man was shot in the arm as he drove over the Taylor Falls Bridge, which crosses the Merrimack River from Hudson to Nashua, at about 9 p.m. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:48:38 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601109-196/fairpoint-bankruptcy-plan-keeps-broadband-rollout-avoids.html FairPoint Communications says it will continue with the rollout of high-speed Internet service throughout New Hampshire as it emerges from bankruptcy, although there will be some delays in more rural areas. The company and New Hampshire regulators have also agreed that FairPoint can avoid paying roughly $6 million in fines occurred because it failed to meet service obligations last year, as long as it doesn’t fall short of any more of them this year. Those details are part of a plan of reorganization released this morning by the company, along with a disclosure statement detailing how it will restructure its $2.7 billion in debt. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:48:33 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601178-196/meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the.html LITCHFIELD – The search for a school superintendent ends where it began. Elaine Cutler will not retire at the end of the school year, and will stay on as superintendent until at least summer of 2011. Cutler reversed her decision after the School Board asked her to reconsider, she said. Cutler had intended to retire to spend time with her husband, but he died last month, prompting her to reconsider her future, she said. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:48:45 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601573-196/mountainrescue-drill-turned-real.html LYNDEBORUGH – It was supposed to be a joint training exercise on finding lost hikers on Winn Mountain with local emergency services and the Milford National Guard unit. But the drill quickly turned into the real thing when the fire department got word that National Guardsmen suffered hypothermia on the mountain overnight. “We wanted to try our new off-road skills and new vehicles and simulate a rescue on Winn Mountain,” Fire Chief Rick McQuade said Monday. “We had gotten together for breakfast, then we got a call that a couple of National Guardsmen had gotten exposure over night. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:48:51 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601574-196/plan-to-cut-middle-school-teachers-others.html MERRIMACK – Getting voter feedback on the School District budget hasn’t always been a piece of cake. “Outside of flying an airplane with a banner, I’ve done everything I could to try to encourage the public to come out and let us know what they think,” said Stan Heinrich, Budget Committee chairman. “But they rarely showed up.” Not so this year. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:48:57 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/statenewengland/601705-227/infants-take-to-donations-like-mothers-milk.html A new Concord Hospital initiative is relying on donor breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of its youngest patients. The hospital is the first in New England to offer human donor milk as a standard of care for babies whose mothers cannot produce milk themselves. The program, offered to patients free of charge, has been well-received since it launched in October, said Jan Greer-Carney, the hospital’s director of nutrition. Breastfeeding and human milk benefit infants’ immunologic and physical development in a number of ways, Greer-Carney said. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:34:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/business/601714-192/tons-of-tainted-dairy-products-surface.html BEIJING – The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China’s promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they’ve found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country’s 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged. China ordered tens of thousands of milk products laced with an industrial chemical burned or buried after more than 300,000 children were sickened and at least six died from the contamination. But, crucially, the government did not carry out the eradication itself, and this month an emergency crackdown has made it clear that tons of compromised products are still on the market. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/business/601715-192/toyota-still-not-saying-if-prius-will.html TOKYO – A week after brake problems surfaced with its Prius, Toyota still has yet to say whether it will recall the popular hybrid – and analysts say further delays could be devastating to the automaker’s already damaged reputation. A recall would cover as many as 300,000 cars for this model year and would mean more public embarrassment for Toyota. But the alternative could be a further loss of confidence in a global market it fought for decades to dominate. “Listening to management now, I think they still think there isn’t a real problem with the Prius,” Christopher Richter, auto analyst at CLSA Asia Pacific Markets, said Monday. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/business/601718-192/more-layoffs-at-dartmouth.html CONCORD – Dartmouth College will lay off 38 nonteaching employees now and a similar number in April to help cut the school’s budget by $100 million over two years, President Jim Yong Kim said Monday. Like other Ivy League schools, Dartmouth has seen a sharp drop in the value of its endowment brought on by the recession. In the past fiscal year, the endowment’s value fell 23 percent to $2.8 billion, prompting the board of trustees to demand $50 million in cuts for fiscal year 2011 and another $50 million for 2012. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/601928-221/high-school-schedule.html Today BOYS ALPINE SKIING Merrimack, South, BG and North at State Meet, Mount Sunapee, 9 a.m. Milford, Souhegan at State Meet, Waterville Valley, 10 a.m. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:48:24 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/localsports/601929-222/eagles-soar-to-beanpot-title.html BOSTON – Boston College and Boston University are separated by less than 4 miles along the Green Line trolley tracks and precious little on the red and blue lines of a hockey rink. BC won the 2008 NCAA title. BU won in ‘09. BC won the regular season game at BU’s Agganis Arena this season. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:49:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/601930-221/bg-girls-third-at-d-i-alpine-state.html Bishop Guertin High School had an impressive showing at Monday’s Division I State Meet, as the Cardinals finished third out of 17 teams at Mount Sunapee in Newbury. Keene won the title with a team score of 749.5 with Exeter (743) and the Cardinals (712) finishing just behind. The rest of the field finished as follows: Manchester Central (668. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:48:29 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/601933-221/high-school-hockey-wrestling-wrapup.html BOYS HOCKEY MERRIMACK 8, KEENE 0 David Downie and Chris Kinney scored two goals each and both assisted on another as Merrimack High School cruised to an 8-0 win over Keene at the West Side Arena in Manchester. Cal Lezama also had two goals for the Tomahawks, while Chris Fortin and Tyler Caron (one assist) chipped in with one goal each. Rutger Tupper, Pat Parker, Erik Glendye (two) and Dominic Valluzzi (two) all recorded assists. All three goalies saw action for Merrimack (10-1), with Alex Scanlon stopping six shots, Bret Glendye denying seven shots and Alexa McWhinnie closing it out with six saves. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:48:36 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/601944-221/defense-rests-costs-souhegan-vs.-stark.html NASHUA – For the better part of two weeks, the system was working perfectly for the Souhegan High School boys ice hockey team. But on Monday night, the Sabers strayed from that system, at perhaps the worst possible time. Souhegan’s 6-5 loss to John Stark of Weare at Conway Arena may have ramifications down the road. “I told them the difference between winning and losing this game could be third to seventh place (in Division III),” Souhegan coach Ed Viola said. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:48:43 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602110-196/mayor-asks-school-board-for-level-best.html NASHUA – Mayor Donnalee Lozeau urged the Board of Education to keep in mind the sacrifices she is asking other city departments to make to lessen the impact of the School District’s financial woes next year. The night before board members are expected to begin suggesting revisions to Superintendent Mark Conrad’s $93.3 million proposed spending plan for next year, Lozeau met with the board to ask them to make the difficult decisions that will have to be made in order for the city to stay under the spending cap. Lozeau has asked all other city departments to hold down spending next year and come in with level-funded budgets, but purposely did not give specific guidance to the school department. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:49:03 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/statenewengland/602111-227/panel-backs-6-part-plan-to-reduce-prisons.html CONCORD – The ambitious plan to cut New Hampshire’s high rate of prison recidivism took an important step forward Monday but did so without spending state dollars on community treatment or drug testing. An oversight committee of lawmakers, judges, law enforcement and human service officials unanimously endorsed six recommendations to try to reduce prison’s revolving door. Currently, 51 percent of inmates within three years wind up back behind bars. Of that group, 85 percent commit a new crime or violate probation or parole terms within the first eight months of their release. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:49:08 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/602112-196/cause-of-5-alarm-fire-in-historic-city.html NASHUA – The city fire marshal on Monday continued to investigate the cause of a weekend fire that severely damaged a three-story building at 45 Pine St., though fire officials said the blaze did not appear to be suspicious. The fire appeared to have gutted the top two stories of the 110-year-old brick Labine building, but there was no official word yet on whether the entire structure would have to be demolished. Meanwhile, the local American Red Cross chapter was helping two families whose apartments in the building were destroyed. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:48:26 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/602120-221/track-meet-worth-drive-to-hanover.html From a spectator standpoint, it might be New Hampshire’s most overlooked and underrated high school sporting event. The NHIAA Indoor Track Championships, conducted Sunday at Dartmouth College, couldn’t have been more compelling, especially for the five local teams involved in the battle for Class championships, with three of those four titles coming down to the final race. Each of the three was decided by two points or less and came down to one event – the 4x200 meter relay on a 200-meter track – that is the perfect finishing act. And because most of the teams good enough to contest for a title have strong relay teams it often comes down to head-to-head matchups. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:49:38 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/statenewengland/601709-227/hodes-give-nh-more-oversight-over-vermont.html MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – U.S. Rep. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/statenewengland/601706-227/twitter-account-alerts-of-i-93-jams.html CONCORD – State transportation officials announced a new Twitter home page to help alert motorists to high priority traffic alerts sent by e-mail and text messages. The first Twitter page is set up for Interstate 93 but plans are in the works for the Department of Transportation to other home pages for other turnpikes and major state roads. One can view the I-93 home page at http://twitter.com/nhdoti93. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:48:29 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601113-196/daily-twip---the-devils-footprints-appear.html Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn’t cram into The Week in Preview. Sometime between the late night hours of Feb. 8, 1855, and six o’clock the next morning, something extremely strange took a walk through the southern villages of Devon in England. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:42:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601106-196/fate-of-historic-building-in-doubt-after.html NASHUA - At least part of the 110-year-old Labine Building will have to be torn down after a five-alarm fire gutted it this weekend, fire and building officials said this morning.Investigators have yet to pin down exactly where or how the fire started, Fire Chief Brian Morrissey said this morning, but it appears to have started between the basement and first floor, and looks likely to be accident, he said. "It doesn't appear suspicious," he said. No one was injured in the fire, but the building is uninhabitable, leaving the Club Social, P&J Mini Mart and residents of the upper floor apartments all out in the cold. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:17:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/patriots/600780-221/peyton-who-its-brees-league-now.html The Saints? It’s a new day for the National Football League. Its ambassador, Peyton Manning – who, let’s face it, the league’s powers-that-be love – wasn’t holding up the Vince Lombardi Trophy late Sunday evening, confetti flying around him. That role was played by Drew Brees, the quarterback everybody mentions as one of the best but, for some reason, don’t really believe it when they say it. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:48:30 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600997-196/fairpoint-files-operating-agreement-in-bankruptcy-court.html PRESS RELEASE - Attorney General Michael Delaney announced that state negotiators and FairPoint Communications have reached an agreement addressing FairPoint's future commitments to consumers in New Hampshire. The agreement largely leaves intact the major provisions of the 2008 Public Utilities Commission Order authorizing the transfer of assets from Verizon Communications to FairPoint Communications.The agreement was filed earlier today with the U.S. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:17:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600985-196/driver-hurt-in-hudson-crash.html HUDSON - A woman was injured in a single vehicle, rollover crash on the Exit Two connector road early Saturday morning, police said.The crash took place around 2 a.m. to 3 a. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:11:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600711-196/3-cats-die-in-fire-that-damaged.html WINDHAM – A couple celebrating their wedding anniversary by going away for a mountain getaway, came back to find that a Sunday morning fire had severely damaged their home and killed their pets, according to a Windham Fire Department spokesperson. Authorities said a next-door neighbor called the Fire Department shortly after 9 a.m., after seeing black smoke billowing from the chimney at a home on 8 Hunt Road. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:48:53 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600710-196/woman-injured-in-crash-on-ramp.html HUDSON - A local woman was transported to a Boston hospital early Sunday morning after a crash on the connecting ramp between the F.E. Everett Turnpike and Lowell Road, according to state police. Authorities said the accident took place around 2 a. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:48:48 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600984-196/ethic-panel-considers-caution-on-rail-deal.html CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's Legislative Ethics Committee meets Thursday to discuss issuing a letter of caution to a state lawmaker accused of using improper influence to win a railroad lease.The committee will take public comment in a case involving Milford Democrat Peter Leishman. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:06:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600982-196/senator-wants-slots-but-not-in-his.html CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Senate Finance Chairman Lou D'Allesandro has tried unsuccessfully a dozen times in as many years to get reluctant New Hampshire lawmakers to expand gambling.He's betting his odds are of success are better this year because the economy is in the doldrums and state and local governments need money to plug budget holes - money he says could be generated by legalizing video slots. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:43:00 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600037-196/fire-guts-historic-city-building.html NASHUA - A pre-dawn fire Sunday appeared to have destroyed an historic Pine Street building that housed a private social club, a convenience store and seven apartments. The fire appeared to have gutted the second and third levels of a 1900s building at 45 Pine St. The building also housed Club Social and the P&J Mini Market. The apartments were occupied, but all the tenants are believed to have gotten out of the building safely, city fire officials said. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:28:01 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600712-196/senior-class---week-44.-burning-desire.html George Pessotti was 31 years old, lying on his back and shouting to his wife, Anne, “Are the kids safe? Are they out of the house?” Every window on the first floor had blown out. Flames engulfed the Westford, Mass. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:49:07 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600713-196/telegraph-cabinet-garner-awards.html BOSTON – The Telegraph and its affiliated weekly newspaper, The Cabinet, won top honors at the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s annual better newspaper awards banquet Saturday night at the Park Plaza in Boston. The Telegraph was awarded first place in general excellence in the small daily newspaper category, while The Cabinet won first place for general excellence in the large weekly category. “A solid paper from start to finish,” wrote the judges in commenting on The Telegraph. “Local reporting shows enterprise, building from ongoing news stories to tell the reader much more about a topic. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:48:59 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600714-196/the-week-in-preview-february-8.html Tuesday Tick talk According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 400,000 people may contract Lyme disease each year. That’s more than 10 times the number of those who will contract AIDS and West Nile Virus combined. Step inside the world of chronic Lyme disease patients at a free screening of the award-winning documentary “Under Our Skin” at 6:30 p.m. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:05 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/patriots/600782-221/who-dat-dem-super-bowl-champs.html MIAMI, Fla. (AP) – Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that’s who. Ain’t kidding. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:48:39 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/600790-221/class-l-results.html At Dartmouth College BOYS TEAM RESULTS 1. Bishop Guertin 80. 2. Merrimack 78. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:10 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/600791-221/guertinsweepsl-titles.html HANOVER – Sunday’s Class L Indoor Track Championships at Dartmouth College was a decidedly green event. But it had nothing to do with the environment or the colors and nickname of the host school, Dartmouth College. No, turning everything green at Leverone Field House on Sunday afternoon were the boys and girls track teams from Bishop Guertin. Yes, we did say boys track team. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:48:51 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/nba/600793-222/celtics-collapse-magic-cash-in.html BOSTON – The Orlando Magic needed less than 48 hours to go from a terrible third quarter to a terrific one. Vince Carter and Dwight Howard each scored nine points in that period to erase an 11-point halftime deficit, and the Magic went on to beat the Boston Celtics 96-89 on Sunday. “In a matter of three days, I’ve seen the worst quarter we’ve had since I’ve been here in three years and the best now in three years,” Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said. On Friday night, the Magic blew a 21-point lead and lost to the Washington Wizards 92-91 after being outscored 39-17 in the third quarter. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:07:02 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/600794-221/girls-basketball-wrapup.html Girls basketball Trinity 42, Nashua North 36 NASHUA - The Nashua North girls basketball fought back from an ice cold start but couldn’t climb all of the way out of a deep hole as Trinity of Manchester held on for a 42-36 win Sunday. Trinity raced to a 16-3 lead in the first eight minutes before the Titans, now 8-4, recovered and began chipping away. But the Pioneers recovered in the final quarter to put the game away,. Lauren Wingate scored 11 points to lead North, which hosts Pinkerton on Tuesday night. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:15 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/600796-221/class-i-m-s-results.html At Dartmouth College GIRLS TEAM RESULTS 1. Lebanon 53. 2. Milford 52. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:19 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/600797-221/souhegan-sharesi-m-s-boys-crown.html HANOVER – For every miracle victory, there’s a heartbreaking defeat, and a pair of area teams figured in both at Sunday’s Class I-M-S Indoor Track and Field Championships at Dartmouth College’s Leverone Field House. For the Souhegan High School boys the Class I title, which they would share with track power Lebanon, came totally out of the blue. Everyone knew Souhegan senior Michael Peret was capable of outscoring most teams all by himself. What they didn’t know is others would step up for the Sabers, including the school’s 4x400 meter relay that was seeded 12th coming in and finished sixth. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:25 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600819-196/old-book-expert-to-talk-about-finds.html AMHERST – Are those old books you found in your grandmother’s attic rare first editions or just interesting? At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kenneth Gloss of the Brattle Book Shop in Boston will be at the Amherst library to help with that decision. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:49:13 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600820-196/area-hot-spot-for-stealing-stripping-cars.html NASHUA – Greater Nashua hasn’t been the safest place for certain Acura and Honda car models over the past year, and police want to know who’s responsible. Eleven Acura Integras and Honda Civics have been stolen, stripped of their parts and dumped in Nashua over the past year. Three more were taken in Nashua and disposed in Massachusetts, according to Nashua police Sgt. Denis Linehan. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:49:19 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/600821-196/still-adventurous-scouts-honor-anniversary.html Twelve-year-old Dakota Davidson, of Hollis, couldn’t wait to spend the night outside in the woods this past weekend, sleeping in a tent in subfreezing temperatures. He’s a Boy Scout – one of 13,000 in the state and 4 million in the country. And like so many other Scouts, Dakota was counting down the minutes until his next scouting adventure – in this case the annual Klondike Derby at Lone Pine Hunters Club in Hollis. But this year’s Klondike Derby was even more special. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:49:32 EST http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/601435-196/3-towns-unions-at-odds-on-pacts.html Towns and their employees aren’t finding it easy to agree on contracts these days. At least three area towns – Hollis, Milford and Amherst – have reached impasses with some unions and taken the matter to fact-finders, and in at least one instance, the contract is going before voters. In Hollis, a fact-finder’s report recommends that the town and the union representing Police, Fire and Communication Department employees accept a three-year contract, retroactive to April 1, 2009, that provides for step increases and cost of living adjustments. But this idea has only been accepted by the union, Local 3657 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:48:28 EST