Editor’s note: In conjunction with Black History Month, today’s column, and those that will run on Feb. 20 and 27, are focusing on the history, and experiences, of Nashua’s African-American residents, mainly in the second half of the 20th century.
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CONCORD – An effort to repeal the state’s new 24-week fetal protection law came to an emotional head at a legislative hearing Thursday with personal testimony given by women on both sides of the issue of abortion and from the medical community that it will likely lead to a loss of those ...
WILTON – It was a movie that transported audiences back to the reign of England’s King Henry VIII, scoring an enormous box office success.
It was ‘When Knighthood Was in Flower’ (1922), a costume epic starring Marion Davies that became the year’s second-highest-grossing film.
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LYNDEBOROUGH – In 1952, the state relocated a section of the Forest Road (Route 31) west of South Lyndeborough, to eliminate two railroad crossings. One of those crossings was a narrow bridge. The overpass was removed and the road renamed Brandy Brook.
The road reverted to the town and the ...
WILTON – A public hearing held on Feb. 14 to discuss adopting the provisions of the Official Ballot Law (SB 2), drew a half dozen residents, with another half dozen emailing in comments. None of them supported the idea.
SB 2 replaces the traditional town meeting with a “deliberative ...
MILFORD – Several businessmen and women representing various facets of American industry sat down Monday morning with U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire, and spent close to an hour tossing around their respective ideas on how best to build upon the progress that industry has ...