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Seacoast-area nursing homes face damaging funding cuts: Williams
It had seemed nursing home care was spared the carnage afflicting many other areas of the two-year state budget that took effect on July 1. Despite tight revenue, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte and state senators made it a point of rejecting House-passed Medicaid cuts. And the appropriation for nursing home care represented a modest increase from the prior state…
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New Hampshire has one of the best places for snow tubing, per USA TODAY. Here’s where
Want to try snow tubing this season? New Hampshire has one of the best places to do so, according to USA TODAY’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards.
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Hurd Farm reels after fire destroys barn, turkeys days before Thanksgiving
A fire destroyed the Hurd Farm’s processing barn in Hampton early Tuesday, Nov. 18, killing 75 live turkeys and destroying several processed turkeys prepared for Thanksgiving dinners.
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NH’s Ken Burns brings riveting storytelling to PBS docuseries ‘The American Revolution’
Directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, “The American Revolution” explore how 13 British colonies won their independence and formed a government of ideas and ideals that has influenced democratic movements around the globe and through the centuries.
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Is it legal in NH to have Christmas lights, decorations on your car during the holidays?
Starting on Nov. 27, you can drive through 3.5 million holiday lights at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. But this is about as close as you can get to putting Christmas lights actually on your car in the state.
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NH Supreme Court’s open enrollment ruling could pit public schools against each other
In an education system where students increasingly enroll in schools based on fit rather than geography, questions will arise about transportation, special education services and athletics, among other things. Open-enrollment schools are not required to provide transportation to students who live outside their school district. Some superintendents say this raises equity concerns about access.
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Hampton then and now: Keeping up with the Redmans
Turning onto Locke Road from High Street in Hampton, you pass by three older Hampton houses, each with a unique story — a charming Colonial on property that was the beginning of the Redman homesteads, a house that was part of a successful shoe factory, and a sprawling Colonial Revival that started as a modest…
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Which grocery stores are open in NH on Thanksgiving? Only a few, and with adjusted hours
Have you ever started to cook an elaborate dinner only to realize you forgot to purchase an important ingredient from the grocery store? It happens to the best of us. If you need to make a last-minute cranberry sauce run on Thanksgiving, you might find it difficult to locate an open grocery store.
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Farmers Almanac to cease publishing after 208 years
Publishers of the Farmers’ Almanac, an annual publication printed since 1818 that provides practical information for planning the year, including long-range weather forecasts, gardening advice, and astronomical data, announced Nov. 6 that its 2026 edition will be its last.
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Wendy’s to close roughly 300 stores nationwide starting in late 2025. Are any in NH?
Fast food chain Wendy’s is planning to close hundreds more stores just a year after shuttering 140 locations. The closings could include some stores in New Hampshire and Maine.
