Monday, May 20, 2013
While Republicans were licking their wounds and trying to figure out what hit them on Election Day, New Hampshire Democrats, including those in Sullivan and Grafton counties, celebrated the retaking of the state House of Representative. Tuesday marked the third time in four election cycles that control of …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Lebanon — Tuesday was a good day for Democrats in Grafton County seats, most notably with a win for Martha Richards, who gained her seat back after Omer Ahern, R-Plymouth, ousted her in 2010. Carol Elliott, a Plymouth …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Lebanon — Commissioner Michael Cryans easily beat back a challenge from former Register of Deeds Bill Sharp as unofficial election results came in last night. In Lebanon, Cryans, a Hanover Democrat, had 4,238 votes to Sharp’s 1,866. In Hanover, Cryans received 4,421 votes and Sharp received 1,201, and …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Lebanon — Democrats continued to hold onto their seats in the Lebanon-Hanover area, as they also sought to chip away at some GOP seats in the Haverhill area. In the Grafton 12 House district representing Hanover and Lyme, Democrats were unopposed, meaning state Reps. Bernie Benn and Sharon …
Friday, May 17, 2013
West Lebanon — The New Hampshire Senate seat in the heart of the Upper Valley will remain in Democratic hands for at least the next two years. State Rep. David Pierce, D-Etna, handily defeated fellow three-term state Rep. Joe Osgood, R-Claremont, by a 4-1 ratio in Hanover, a …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Woodsville — Cottage Hospital’s main clinical laboratory has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists, the hospital announced last week. The accreditation was based on a recent onsite inspection that analyzed records and quality control procedures for the prior two years. The laboratory inspection program is equal …
Monday, May 20, 2013
West Lebanon — Some employees at Shaw’s supermarkets in the Upper Valley are losing their jobs as part of a company-wide layoff. Shaw’s parent company, Supervalu Inc., said yesterday it is cutting 700 positions at Shaw’s stores throughout New England, two weeks after it posted a second quarter …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Hanover — Coach Ann Loud figured maybe she just needed to be a tougher cookie. It took a bit more than that to make her Woodsville High girls soccer team crumble. Third-ranked Littleton scored twice in less than …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Anthony Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning mystery Sleuth, the next show in Northern Stage’s season, opens tomorrow at 7 p.m. with a post-show reception, and continues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with a discussion with the cast following the show, and at 5 p.m. Sunday, with a pre-show lecture at 3:30. …
By Don's Early Light
