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How Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore’ has ties to New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s own Adam Sandler has swung into action once again with “Happy Gilmore 2,” which released on Netflix Friday, July 25. Here’s how it has ties to New Hampshire.
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Two longtime Market Basket executives fired amid company turmoil
The family drama at Market Basket escalated this week as two longtime executives were terminated last week. Joe Schmidt, the director of operations, and Tom Gordon, the grocery director, were fired by the board of the grocery chain for “insubordination, making false and derogatory remarks about the company and people associated with it, and inappropriate…
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Movies and TV shows casting in New Hampshire
Backstage compiled a list of projects casting right now in New Hampshire, neighboring states, and nationwide, and which roles they’re looking to fill.
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How a New Hampshire creator built a viral local craft club
In January 2024, Megan Locker of Pembroke hit record on a TikTok series she thought might resonate with a few people. What she didn’t expect? That a personal experiment in cutting back on overconsumption would spiral into a sold-out statewide Craft Club.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s former New Hampshire hideout on the market again as top DOJ official plans meeting with Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate and girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein, is back in the news as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday he plans to meet with her. She was arrested in 2020 on a secluded estate in Bradford, New Hampshire, where she was evidently hiding. The infamous property is also making…
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Report: New Hampshire 12th most expensive state for rent
New Hampshire is the 12th most expensive state to rent housing and Granite Staters must make about $27 an hour to comfortably afford a market-rate one-bedroom apartment, according to a national housing organization.
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For New Hampshire’s child advocate, budget cut means smaller team and bigger worries
Cassandra Sanchez, New Hampshire’s child advocate, saw her team shrink nearly by half this month. When New Hampshire’s state budget went into effect July 1, so too did a major cut to the Office of the Child Advocate.
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Facing pressure, Ayotte vetoes book ban bill and six other GOP bills
Gov. Kelly Ayotte went against her own party on Tuesday, bowing to political pressure and vetoing seven bills—one of the most talked-about being a controversial proposal to ban books in schools.
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How to stay cool in the heat wave hitting New Hampshire — even without air conditioning
More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures in the Midwest are expected to crest well into the 90s Fahrenheit (30s Celsius) this weekend. Triple-digit highs could pop up in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Denver. The peak will likely hit the East…
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Hampton Beach Oceanarium hosts Lucky, a one-in-30-million ‘feisty’ orange lobster
Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium has a new tenant, an extremely rare orange lobster just added to its tank.
