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Share Some Good News – April 1 – Mcnulty & Foley
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NASHUA – Let us not forget the caterers. We utilize their services for occasions large and small. From family holiday dinners to corporate events, wedding and baby showers to funeral luncheons, they make our lives so much easier. These days, we may not be organizing such events, and we’ve ...
Company encourages social distancing, waiving online fees
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AMHERST – Interware Development Co., Inc.’s product, EB2Gov, makes online payments simple, and now that the company’s fees are being waived, the service is that much simpler in an effort to help battle the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Interware Development is based in ...
Man pleads guilty to lesser charges
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NASHUA – Negotiations between prosecutors and attorneys representing Nashua resident Kyle Mercer recently yielded a plea agreement, which a judge accepted Tuesday at a Superior Court hearing. The case has to do with the November incident in which Mercer and three other young men allegedly ...
Nashua BOE deliberates on April vacation
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NASHUA – The Nashua Board of Education passed two motions encompassing the current COVID-19 pandemic with great deliberation during a meeting Monday night. The first motion regarding payroll proposed by board member Dotty Oden to: “Continue to pay regularly scheduled workers until April ...
‘Virtual adoptions’ underway
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NASHUA – While the Humane Society for Greater Nashua has taken the safety-first route against the COVID-19 virus threat by temporarily closing its clinics and suspending its transports of dogs from the South, animal adoptions are able to continue, thanks to basic technology. Overall, Humane ...
Gov: R.I. needs more help amid pandemic
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island is looking to bolster its ranks of frontline responders to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gina Raimondo on Tuesday called on health care workers who are not working full time or are retired to contribute to the response effort. The Democrat said the ...
Defense lawyer says Biker at fault in crash
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CONCORD (AP) – One of the motorcyclists in a crash that killed him and six fellow bikers on a north woods highway was drunk and actually was the one who hit a pickup and caused the accident, the lawyer for the truck driver charged with homicide said in a document made public Tuesday. A New ...
13 soldiers’ home residents have died
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BOSTON (AP) — The number of residents of a Massachusetts veterans home who have recently died is now 13, and six of those tested positive for the coronavirus, state authorities said Tuesday. Test results for five other Holyoke Soldiers’ Home residents who have died are pending, one tested ...
Those without internet are stuck
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NEW YORK (AP) – In Sandwich, New Hampshire, a town of 1,200 best known as the setting for the movie “On Golden Pond,” broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from home. Even the police department has trouble uploading its reports. Julie Dolan, a ...
Communities coping as COVID-19 crisis continues
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NASHUA – Officials in area communities are doing their best to cope as the COVID-19 crisis continues. On Monday, Mayor Jim Donchess joined a virtual meeting of the Rotary Club of Nashua where he provided club members with an update on the city’s COVID-19 efforts and answered questions. ...
N.H. tops 300 confirmed COVID-19 cases
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CONCORD – As the number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases rose across the state over the weekend, Governor Chris Sununu announced new initiatives Monday, including one offering greater unemployment relief. “To date, over the last several weeks, there have been more than ...
Pregnancy and the pandemic
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NASHUA – Right now, everybody could use a miracle or two. And while pregnancy is one of the most exhilarating and miraculous events in a woman’s life, carrying a child during the COVID-19 pandemic can make for an unnerving experience. So, as expecting moms prepare for one of the most ...
Lack of plan results in trouble with remote learning; shortened school week suggested
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NASHUA – A letter sent out by numerous state educational leaders suggesting adjustments to the remote learning schedule is putting a spotlight on critical issues faced by the Nashua School district. Signed by Megan Tuttle, NEA-NH President, Bridey Bellemare, Executive Director of NH ...
Share Some Good News – March 31 – Collins Brothers
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NASHUA – When it comes to comfort, warmth and nourishment from a meal, we often think of soups and chowders. Collins Brothers Chowder Company has been filling the bowls, bellies and hearts of Nashua area residents for over 15 years, and the recent turn of events felt worldwide have not made a ...
Theresa Morin
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Happy 91st birthday mom! We wish we could be with you on your special day. We miss you and can’t wait to see you soon again. Thank you for being the glue that holds the family together. With love from all of us, your daughters, son in laws, grand kids and great-grand kids!
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NASHUA – Food donations to the Nashua Salvation Army have so far kept up with the sharp increase in need over the past week, but supplies of certain items are starting to show signs of dwindling, development director Aime Groff said Monday. Thanks to continued donations to the food pantry by ...
Markets restock, add special hours for seniors
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NASHUA – Food donations to the Nashua Salvation Army have so far kept up with the sharp increase in need over the past week, but supplies of certain items are starting to show signs of dwindling, development director Aime Groff said Monday. Thanks to continued donations to the food pantry by ...
Smith gets prison, could get early release
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NASHUA – Timothy Smith, a former local man charged last fall with five felony offenses accusing him of possessing, and being involved in the sale of crack cocaine, pleaded guilty Monday to two of those charges as part of a plea agreement that includes prison time. Smith, 40, who most ...
Corpus Christi food pantry makes virus adjustments
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NASHUA – When Maryellen Keigher came on board as director of the Corpus Christi food pantry last summer, nobody, except for maybe a few scientists or epidemiologists somewhere in the world, had heard the terms coronavirus or COVID-19. And while seven or eight months have passed since her ...