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State capital: Concord Entered Union: June 21, 1788 Population: 1,299,500 (2004 estimate) Area 8,968 sq mi. (23,227 sq km) Governor: John Lynch (Democrat) U.S. Representatives: 2 State nickname: Granite State |
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New Hampshire NewsBack to school -- but for how long?<p>As students return to school tomorrow, many are wondering when they will make up days lost to December's ice storm and when summer vaction will start.</p> Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for New Hampshire<p>The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm beginning on ...</p> New threats to peregrine falcons eyed in New England<p>Biologists studying peregrine falcons in New England are elated that their numbers are rising, but concerned about a new threat they fear will reverse years of progress in rebuilding the bird population, and ...</p> 20 homicides in 2008 in line with recent totals<p>New Hampshire saw a slight increase in the number of homicides last year, according to the Attorney General's Office.</p> Free Family Fun Night Jan. 2 at Children's Museum of New Hampshire<p>Dover - Thanks to generous underwriting by the Citizens Bank Foundation, the Children's Museum of New Hampshire will open its doors to all for a Free Family Fun Night on Friday, January 2. The entire museum ...</p> Year goes out with a bang on the roads<p>Road rage, multi-car accidents and an incident with a snowblower were the order of the day yesterday when snow fell across the state, playing havoc with the roads.</p> Shea-Porter Begins Re-Election Fundraising<p>Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has yet to be sworn in to her second term in office, but she's already amassing a war chest for her re-election fight in 2010.</p> PSNH starts 2009 with a new rate hike<p>Public Service of New Hampshire customers can expect to pay a little more for electricity beginning tomorrow.</p> Gusty winds briefly put some in dark; snow likely tomorrow<p>It's a windy day in New Hampshire, and that's not good news for trees weakened by the great ice storm.</p> NH news '08: Weather, crime, economy, politics<p>Weather, crime, the economy and politics made for a shocking, sobering and - for some, at least briefly - uplifting year in New Hampshire.</p> No Inaugural Ball this year for Lynch<p>DON'T TRY TO GET tickets to the governor's Inaugural Ball this coming year. There won't be one.</p> Federal aid sought, but no word yet on major disaster declaration.<p>Utilities, businesses, transportation officials and state and local governments are still determining the final costs of the Dec.</p> A slippery holiday eve in parts of New Hampshire<p>Christmas Eve has been wet in New Hampshire with snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain falling depending on the location and time of day.</p> Another blow for those without power in New Hampshire<p>It's not over yet - and it might not be for another week. On Day 8, New Hampshire remained in a state of emergency, with 30,000 households still without power.</p> A tale of two who were spared death<p>In 1973, two of New Hampshire's most notorious convicted murderers were given a second chance at life after more than a dozen years on Death Row.</p> 'He's going to be so excited'<p>Kimberly Rosas couldn't believe her eyes yesterday. Her 3-year-old son, Nasiah, had been clamoring for a Handy Manny toy and there it was at the Toy Shop made possible by the New Hampshire Union Leader Santa ...</p> With 48 hours to go, shoppers give it their all<p>Forty-eight hours until Christmas, New Hampshire retailers are busy making up for lost time due to ice storm outages and recent back-to-back snowstorms.</p> Union wants N.H. to consider 4-day week<p>The union that represents most New Hampshire state workers wants the state to consider a four-day work week.</p> N.H. communities receive grants for housing upgrades<p>New Hampshire is receiving $19.6 million in federal grants to buy foreclosed or abandoned homes and rehabilitate and redevelop them.</p> New ice storm shelter opens in SW New Hampshire<p>Residents of New Hampshire towns hit hard by the December 11th ice storm aren't flocking to shelters despite being without electricity for 11 or 12 days.</p> |
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