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Denise Nedeau of Pembroke Academy recently won a regional award for Leadership Excellence in School Nutrition for the staff improving the salad bar. (JOHN TULLY / Monitor staff)

Healthy beginnings

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 this month as the regional winner of the association’s Leadership Excellence in School Nutrition for doubling student use of the school salad … 0

N.H. gets input on educating public about health law

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 providers to get advice on how the state should help residents learn about and navigate … 0

English language proposal has French up in arms

Saturday, May 18, 2013

There was a time, not so long ago, when anyone with a proper education spoke French. Diplomacy and business were conducted in French. Knowledge was spread in French. Travelers made their way in French and, of course, lovers traded sweet nothings in French. Viewed from France, the trouble with modern times is that many of those activities are now conducted in English, even … 0

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Ronald Briggs of Epsom places a flower in memory of his nephew, Michel Briggs, in a wreath during the New Hampshire Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony; Friday, May 17, 2013. The names of 44 officers who died in the line of duty were read ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff PHOTOS: Event honors officers killed in line of duty in N.H.
Amy McKean loads a box of T-shirts into a vehicle with Rock 'N Race team coordinator Donna Killion at St. Peter's Church in Concord; Tuesday, May 14, 2013. McKean's Rock 'N Race team, Amy's Advocates, raises more money for the Concord Hospital fundraiser than any other team. A survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma, McKean organizes a team that now number 127 runners and walkers. Though it is the second-largest team, it has raised more money over the last few years than any other group. (ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff) Ray Duckler: Amy and her Advocates raise money for Concord cancer center like no other team
Joseph Foster is interviewed by WMUR before the ceremony where he is sworn in as state Attorney General on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in the Executive Council Chambers at the State House. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff) PHOTOS: Incoming Attorney General Joe Foster’s swearing-in ceremony
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