Memorial Day services, events around NH

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Here is our list of Memorial Day observances and parades across the state of New Hampshire for 2013. Please note that we have only included events directly connected to marking this somber day of remembrance.

Talk of UNH logo change brings out passions

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A "passionate and mixed reaction" to proposals for a new logo for the University of New Hampshire has prompted university officials to seek out more input from the community. A statement released Friday from UNH President Mark Huddleston noted that the decision to redesign the current logo, which features the clock tower at Thompson Hall, has sparked "considerable creative input" from students, faculty, staff, alumni and others in the UNH community.

Manchester Vet Center just 'a great place'

UPDATED 5/25 @ 12:09 am  -  0

Veterans, active military personnel, their family and friends, and local and state officials packed a large meeting room in the Manchester Vet Center on Friday morning to celebrate the official opening of the center's new home at the Granite Hill Business Center in Hooksett.

Two found dead in Belmont; one man detained as part of investigation

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:35 pm  -  0

Homicide investigators from the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes Unit were working late into Friday night on what they termed the suspicious deaths of two people at 20 Sunset Drive in Belmont. Tilton police say they have detained someone wanted in relation to the investigation.

Weather this weekend may be more like Veterans Day

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:11 pm  -  2

It won't be a washout or a whiteout, but the weather this Memorial Day weekend promises to bring more rain and even the possibility of snow — yes, snow — for vacationers heading to the North Country.

Awards cap city's Small Business Week

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:09 pm  -  0

Manchester Small Business Week wound up Friday morning with an awards ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College honoring small businesses in the city for growth, innovation and community service.

Budget plan presses NH hospitals to join managed care networks

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:08 pm  -  1

The Senate Finance Committee approved a proposal to force state hospitals to join Medicaid managed care networks or face losing state aid for charity care.

Flags should be half-staff Monday, Thursday for holiday

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:07 pm  -  0

Gov. Maggie Hassan has ordered flags in the state be lowered to half-staff on Monday and Thursday in observance of Memorial Day.

Students hold ceremony to honor flags

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:07 pm  -  0

On Friday morning, the seventh-grade class at St. Patrick School paused to honor their nation’s most familiar symbol, along with those who fought for it.

Two seriously injured in head-on crash in Bedford

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:06 pm  -  0

Two people were seriously injured Friday in a head-on crash at the intersection of Route 101 and Wallace Road, police said.

Concert to aid Nashua man with rare disease

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:04 pm  -  0

While Nashua resident David ‘Taz’ Yandell has battled a deadly, rare and mysterious disease, his friends have fought to help him, whether it is filing paperwork or putting together a benefit concert.

Stacey Cole's Nature Talks: Nongame, Endangered Wildlife Program turns 25

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:03 pm  -  0

I don't think we should wait until "June is bustin' out all over," (as the famous song goes) before we consider making a contribution to the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, a division of the NH Fish & Game Department. June 29 will mark the program's 25th anniversary!

This week's Rare Bird Alert

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:03 pm  -  0

This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, May 22.

McCafferty nominated for District Court judge position

UPDATED 5/24 @ 10:03 pm  -  1

Federal magistrate Landya McCafferty has been nominated to the position of judge at U.S. District Court in Concord.

Police say man detained as part of investigation into death scene in Belmont

PUBLISHED 7:41 pm -  1

The State Police Major Crimes Unit was at a Sunset Drive home at what state authorities are calling the scene of at least one death. Local police said one man was detained in relation to the case.

Governor orders flags to fly at half-staff for Memorial Day

PUBLISHED 3:24 pm -  1

CONCORD -- Gov. Maggie Hassan has ordered flags in the state be lowered to half-staff on Monday and Thursday in observance of Memorial Day.

Woman accidentally backs car into husband in Rye, pins him to wall

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RYE - A local man was transported to Portsmouth Regional Hospital on Thursday as a precaution after his wife accidentally pinned him between their vehicle and a low stone wall.

Portsmouth drug raid nets four arrests for sale of heroin

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PORTSMOUTH - Four arrests were made on Friday morning during a drug raid in the Gosling Meadows neighborhood.

Manchester Market clerk robbed by man armed with knife

UPDATED 5/24 @ 1:21 pm  -  1

MANCHESTER - Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a convenience store after threatening the clerk with a large knife.

McCafferty nominated to federal bench to succeed McAuliffe

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CONCORD - Federal magistrate Landya McCafferty has been nominated to the position of judge at U.S. District Court in Concord.

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