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NH to host US Junior Amateur golf tournament

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:24:14 +0000

STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) -- For the first time, New Hampshire is hosting the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship golf tournament....

NH holiday forecast, expectations are bright

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:21 +0000

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire travel officials are expecting heavy doses of great weather, out-of-state visitors and tourism money pouring in this holiday weekend....

Ayotte seeks day honoring Enduring Freedom vets

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:51:21 +0000

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte has signed onto to an effort to set aside a day to honor military veterans who have served in Afghanistan....

Handful of laundry packet incidents in NH, ME, VT

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:55:43 +0000

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Poison control centers across the United States, including the one that serves northern New England, are reporting a rise in cases of children swallowing laundry detergent packets....

Sens. Collins, Shaheen to look at submarine damage

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:29 +0000

KITTERY, Maine (AP) -- U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are looking at the damage caused by a fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard....

NH man accused in murder-for-hire plot

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:23:59 +0000

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire man has been arrested on a charge of criminal solicitation to commit murder....

NH moose hunt lottery deadline has arrived

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:01:50 +0000

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- If you haven't submitted a lottery application and want a chance to hunt moose in New Hampshire - the deadline is here....

Orphaned bear cubs to live in NH sanctuary

cmonitor admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:27:10 +0000

MOULTONBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) -- Two orphaned bear cubs have found refuge at a rehabilitation sanctuary in Lyme....

Library faces multitude of possibilities

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Concord

Officials want to keep options open

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Library: Room to Grow

For years, discussions about improving the Concord Public Library have focused on plans for the city to buy land downtown, probably on Storrs Street, to construct a new library building.

But officials have cooled on that idea, and City Manager Tom Aspell's proposed 2013 budget would effectively shelve the project by putting off its initial step - buying the land - until 2022.

Instead, officials and library boosters said they're warming up to a wider array of possibilities for library expansion, including:

• Integrating the library into a new, mixed-use building at the New Hampshire Employment Security site, 32-34 S. Main St.

• Building an addition on the current Green Street library using newly acquired land on Prince Street.

• Expanding the Penacook branch library at a new location in the village.

• Including some sort of library presence in the new community center on the Heights.

Man charged with soliciting murder

Tricia Nadolny — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Pembroke

Suspect convicted in 1992 sex crime

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Brian Schultz

A Pembroke man has been charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder following a two-month investigation by the state police.

Brian Schultz of 235 Dearborn Road was taken into custody May 7, according to a press release. He was arrested at the Merrimack County House of Corrections where he was being held at the time, according to County Attorney Scott Murray.

Murray said Schultz waived his right to a probable cause hearing on May 14.

No other details about the alleged crime were given yesterday, and an arrest warrant in the case is sealed from public view at Franklin's district court, according to David Rotman of the county attorney's office.

Murray said his office is reviewing the case and deciding if it should be submitted to the grand jury for indictment.