MANCHESTER - Federal officials have given the go-ahead for the city to start preliminary work on a $35 million Job Corps Center -- work that had been delayed for 10 months over a challenge to union-friendly requirements for the project. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

MANCHESTER - Three of the city's largest developers will share $8.96 million in low-interest financing, money that comes from the federal economic stimulus program, city officials said yesterday. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

Some question the practice of legislators presiding over committees where conflicts could emerge. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Sunday News, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

BEDFORD - The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill has seen a 45 percent drop in revenue since 2007 and has only one month's worth of cash on hand. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

ALSTEAD - The state has started eminent domain proceedings against an Alstead farmer who, with the help of the state, built his farm back up after it was destroyed in the floods of 2005. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

DOVER - The mysterious white bus in the superior court's parking lot this week looks like a command center, with a satellite dish and antenna array on its roof, but for some Indonesian immigrants facing deportation, it is a beacon of hope. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

DURHAM - Gerry Smith's story of being a POW in Germany in World War II was chronicled on video yesterday as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

MANCHESTER - The city has denied a Manchester-Boston Regional Airport expense request of more than $1,000 for a room and catering at the Hilton Garden Inn and other refreshments because they were not permitted under the city’s business expense policy.

As students return to school, they will be entering classrooms that rely more and more on school and teacher websites.

At issue is how far troopers can live from their patrol areas. The union filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the Public Employees Labor Relations Board in 2008 after the Division of State Police changed its rules on where troopers can live. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Sundy News, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition.

MANCHESTER - When students return to school Thursday, the school board wants them to know they are expected to show up every day, follow the rules and dress appropriately.

The Board of School Committee spent its summer vacation revising the district's code of conduct and its attendance and dress code policies in hopes of improving student attitudes and behavior and the overall atmosphere in city schools.

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MANCHESTER - After two decades of sky-high expansion, the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is headed for a long-term holding pattern, officials said last night.

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MANCHESTER - The school district has spent more than $800,000 on the X2 Aspen student data management system in the last three years, yet city officials are still asking what it's capable of doing and when all the features will be up and running.

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A judge has ruled in the epic legal battle of Betty Tamposi, an heiress to the Tamposi Companies business empire, who challenged two of her brothers over control of her share of assets.

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MANCHESTER - Back to school is back to basics for more districts when it comes to student attire. When classes begin next week, Manchester will highlight a new student code that has Mayor Ted Gatsas speaking in terms of Business 101: Dress for success.

New Hampshire is ahead of much of the country when it comes to publicly posting the disciplinary actions taken against licensed nurses. But the burden is on employers to take advantage of that transparency.

Ginger Chiappetta says she was being a "good nurse" when she stayed overnight in a dying man's home and gave him pain medication.

The state Board of Nursing found just the opposite when it revoked the Cornish woman's registered nurse license last January for violating prior restrictions on when, where and how she could practice.

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MANCHESTER - Of the 15 employees who started the year at the New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition, three now remain. Richard Doran, the executive director, furloughed most of his staff in August because the agency was no longer able to pay salaries. The group is behind on its rent, still carries debt accrued under the previous director and is trying to hang on until its federal funding comes through this fall.

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MANCHESTER - The state Attorney General's Office is reviewing whether victims' rights were violated when the Hillsborough County Attorney's office dropped a felony assault charge against a Manchester man in June and conditionally dropped multiple assault charges against a Mont Vernon woman last week.

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HOOKSETT - The news that three commercial burglaries and a residential burglary were reported yesterday added urgency to last night's Hooksett Police Commission discussion of a staffing shortage that one commissioner said "borders on an emergency situation."

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While the number of grocery stores across the state hasn’t changed in about 20 years, they are getting bigger and the variety of products they offer is growing. And with the economy still sluggish, competition among the stores is stiff and the variety of promotions appears to be increasing.

As the battle against underage drinking continues, more school districts are opting for policies that levy consequences against students, particularly athletes caught using alcohol or other drugs — on or off school property. Raymond High recently became one of only a small number of schools in the state to introduce a 365-day policy pertaining to alcohol or other drug use by athletes.

Quick: Which car is more likely to be stolen in New Hampshire, a brand-new Acura or a 10-year-old Honda Civic?

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