Monday, May 20, 2013
Individuals and small businesses shopping for health insurance through New Hampshire’s new online marketplaces will choose from among several plans offered by a single company. Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Hampshire will be the only insurer selling either individual or small group plans through the new markets, …
Monday, May 20, 2013
President Obama welcomed Myanmar’s president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years yesterday, hailing the Southeast Asian nation’s progress on democratic reforms but emphasizing that much work remains to be done. After meeting privately with President Thein Sein in the Oval Office, Obama …
Monday, May 20, 2013
A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia’s holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest. On Sunday, …
Monday, May 20, 2013
An effort by selectmen to explore opening the Hopkinton-Webster transfer station to outside residents was left in limbo last night after residents submitted a petition requesting a special town vote to effectively kill it. The petition, submitted by Hopkinton resident Gary Rondeau, a neighbor of the transfer station …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border yesterday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
President Obama yesterday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities. Delivering a commencement address at the all-male private …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Prouty organizers set $2.75 million goal Organizers of New Hampshire’s annual Prouty fundraiser for cancer research and treatment have set a $2.75 million goal for this year’s two-day event. The Prouty, which takes place July 12 and 13 in Hanover, has raised more than $17 million in the …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Not all salads are created equal. In fact, in the eyes of the national School Nutrition Association, Denise Nedeau, kitchen manager at Pembroke Academy, has created some of the very best salads of all. Nedeau was announced earlier …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
From Old Home Days to Home Depot, New Hampshire residents should find information about the federal health overhaul law everywhere they turn, and soon, advocates told state Insurance Department officials Friday. Commissioner Roger Sevigny and his staff hosted a forum Friday for consumers, business owners and health care …