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By RAY DUCKLER

Lianne Keary’s son turns 18 this year, and that tells her a lot.It tells her that the photos she used to publish Pembroke’s version of the popular Acadia Images of America series were used 18 years ago, because she was pregnant when she pieced those...

By RAY DUCKLER

Sometime in the 1980s, Mica Roberts, known as Owen Brody inside a wrestling ring, saw a man named Macho Man Randy Savage perform his signature flying elbow drop on Saturday morning TV.The Macho Man jumped from the top rope and crashed his elbow into...

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Barnstead Police Chief Paul Poirier says first come, first served.That refers to the children who swarm his ice cream truck each time Poirier drives it around neighborhoods and school parking lots, handing out Nutty Buddies – a big hit with the kids –...

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They stood in the rain in the parking lot at the Department of Justice, hoping to speak with the attorney general himself.They said that’s all they really wanted.The friends and families of victims of unsolved crimes, huddled under umbrellas and...

By RAY DUCKLER

Stacey Morin’s fingerprints are all over Pittsfield.In her role as a yoga instructor, she is an unexpected force of grace and skill.  Unexpected, that is, to those who know she has experienced her own struggles with rheumatoid arthritis, a disease...

By RAY DUCKLER

They go on the same date each year, strangers lighting candles and saying a silent prayer at 7:30 p.m.They meet at the spot in Haverhill in northwestern New Hampshire near Interstate 91 where Maura Murray was last seen – on Feb. 9, 2004. The spot is...

By RAY DUCKLER

Justin Guth, once a youthful teen skier who liked breaking rules, figured out a way to ski on the off-limits, roped-off, empty slopes in the Pennsylvania Poconos.He joined the National Ski Patrol at age 15, giving him access to any trail he chose and...

By RAY DUCKLER

The white cockatoo sat in the center of Donna and David Peistrup’s living room in Concord in a tall cage near the front door.Daisy had one person she was friendly with, Donna Peistrup said. “Just with Dave.”“He loved his family,” added their daughter,...

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Under the current circumstances, Melissa or Michael Coe must lift and then boost their 9-year-old daughter, Lila, over their shoulders like a large bag of flour.Once steadied and balanced, they must carry Lila, who has cerebral palsy and weighs 70...

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Mike French’s green thumb means food for the less fortunate.He tends to the Lions Club Community Garden in Henniker and ships his produce to two food pantries, one in his hometown, the other in Hopkinton. And if he has a surplus of food after the...

By RAY DUCKLER

Concord police and state fire officials are seeking the public’s help to determine if two structure fires near each other in Penacook during the wee hours on Monday night were accidental or not.While the investigation is ongoing and no conclusion has...

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Joan O’Connor wonders how her good friend, Monica Rico, reaches out in so many directions.With her daily schedule of volunteer work and dedication to bringing healthy, organic food to the Granite State, it’s a wonder how she gets it all done.“She’s...

By RAY DUCKLER

Mike Frascinella, the chairman of the Allenstown Economic Development Committee and a member of the town’s planning board, speaks in measured tones, even when commenting about additions he believes will add personality, money and a richer sense...

By RAY DUCKLER

Donald Kreis is a nerd, and he knows it.“Yes, I am,” he said recently.He began wearing a bow tie in junior high school and wears one today, at age 64. He never played sports in school, always got good grades, was the editor of his high school...

By RAY DUCKLER

The drawers on a pair of wooden jewelry boxes were pulled out, one layered on top of another, forming a miniature three-story piece of furniture containing rocks.There were small stones, beautiful, smooth and shiny, with colors and patterns that...

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For eight years, Julianne Gadoury of Concord was one of the grant coordinators for the New Hampshire Council of the Arts, assisting nonprofit organizations to enhance their arts education through a state-administered grant process.She also worked with...

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Chris Hacker holds the steering wheel of his car race differently from the rest of the pack.His left hand is positioned at 11 o’clock, his right at 4. That’s not the standard positioning, 10 and 2, that other NASCAR drivers use. They have two...

By RAY DUCKLER

Lisa Brown admired John Gfroerer for his unselfish, unassuming and unflappable demeanor.Something, however, bothered Brown about her partner of more than three decades during his long career as a filmmaker: Gfroerer was too unselfish and too...

By RAY DUCKLER

Judy Ellis knows the drill.She’ll talk about her granddaughter, the late Sydnie Quimby, with a jovial tone filled with pride about her kindness mixed with her competitive spirit.She’ll talk about members of the support group she’s found, called the...

By RAY DUCKLER

The text message seemed legit.Bank of America was asking Jake St. Pierre about his recent banking history. Had he withdrawn a substantial amount of money from one of its accounts? While in Georgia?No, he hadn’t.And, to make matters worse, the “bank”...