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Homegrown Warner nonprofit's backpack program targets childhood food insecurity 'hiding in plain sight'
Food for Thought, a nonprofit founded by Susan Morrison, provides food assistance to elementary school students in the Kearsarge Regional School District through a backpack program run in cooperation…
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17mNew Hampshire is one of three states with a deadline for convicts to prove their innocence
New Hampshire lawmakers are scheduled to vote on August 19 to override Governor Kelly Ayotte's veto of House Bill 1422, which would allow convicted inmates to present newly discovered evidence beyond the state's current three-year deadline.
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3mBow residents work to decide Community Building's future
For years, Bow has been setting money aside for the future of the town’s Community Building. Now, a group of residents is taking the next step to figure out what that future could look like. Jeffrey Knight, one of the residents leading the effort, said the goal is to create an affordable building that meets […]
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5mOpinion: The dangers of removing childhood vaccines
Pediatrician Patricia Edwards expressed concern over new Department of Health and Human Services vaccine guidelines and emphasized the importance of several vaccines that were removed from the routine childhood schedule.
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6mOpinion: The attack on immigrant children is devastating
Under the current administration, the government has prioritized the rapid deportation of unaccompanied immigrant children while simultaneously dismantling legal protections and funding inexperienced legal counsel.
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6mOpinion: Overcoming Gov. Ayotte's veto should be first step in providing farmers with relief and consumers with local meat at reasonable prices
Everyone wants high quality food. But has federal regulation of food enhanced its healthfulness? Since Congress passed the Wholesome Meat Act in 1967, requiring that every cut of meat from an animal raised in the United States be slaughtered in a USDA-inspected slaughterhouse, the local meat industry got slaughtered as well. Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed […]