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1. County spending is out of control

   14 hrs ago | Topix

   Citizens would be well advised to pay more attention to the county potion of their town tax bill. In Cheshire County, expenses seem to be totally out of control and I find it difficult to believe proper attention is being paid to the process

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2. vote for a change to the government.

   Wednesday | Topix

   SALEM, N.H. — After months of debating the possibility of eliminating Town Meeting and establishing a town council, the Salem Charter Commission members voted to tell the selectmen they could not agree on a new draft charter.

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3. state has money in the bank.

   Wednesday | Topix

   A few times a year, the state opens the doors to all its cupboards and lays itself bare to the financial world. A peek inside those cupboards reveals much about our financial state with a bare minimum of disguising political varnish.

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4. local groups discuss these issues,

   Wednesday | Topix

   To grow, personally or as a corporation, requires periodic self-examination. After reading the Monitor's Dec. 18 justification for publishing the recent letter from Allison Caldwell, "Offensive menorah," I'm worried about where the Monitor might be going as a paper.

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5. Does the death penalty deter killers?

   Monday Dec 21 | Topix

   A recent legislative effort in Concord indirectly raises the following question: Would Kimberly Cates of Mont Vernon be alive today if, following the murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop in Hanover in 2001, the state’s death penalty law had been expanded

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6. Prison population to have first drop since 1972

   Sunday Dec 20 | Topix

   DALLAS — The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

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7. There wouldn't be enough time, for example, to appeal or disagree with (the state

   Saturday Dec 19 | Topix

   SALEM — The Charter Commission has hit a snag in its makeover of the town government. State officials said the town's draft charter, which called for a town council form of government that eliminates the first deliberative session but retains an official ballot, violated state law.

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8. Broader equality comes to N.H.

   Saturday Dec 19 | Topix

   In just a few days, the people of New Hampshire can be proud that we will be joining the other few states in this great nation that provide marriage equality for all of our residents under our laws. On Jan. 1 House Bill 436 — legislation that allows for the marriage of same-gender New Hampshire citizens — becomes effective.

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9. tent city

   Thursday Dec 17 | Topix

   The individuals living in the improvised shack are referred to as homeless, and there is of course no way to ascertain their individual economic and social circumstances. But judging from what they and their supporters have been saying, theirs is a more or less voluntary form of homelessness.

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10. Now is time for a change,

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Topix

    The future is our Today, we have a huge opportunity to create a region free from the pollution and high costs of nuclear energy.

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11. Cable deal reached for N.H. towns

    Monday Dec 14 | The Brattleboro Reformer

    ... a deal to take over Pine Tree Cablevision's assets in the Monadnock region. Argent Communications LLC, based in Bristol, N.H., announced the finalized deal over the weekend after several days of negotiations, according to a release from the company. ...

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    Related Topix: Cheshire County, NH

12. Only on newsstands or in our eEdition w/Photo

    Monday Dec 14 | UnionLeader.com

    ... to donate items for troops License revocations for DWI announced Traffic Update: Rundown of ongoing road projects Bristol blaze damages garage Greg Balog of Heron Pond Farm in South Hampton sells his crops at the winter farmers' market at Exeter ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, South-Hampton, NH, Hampton, NH, Manchester, NH

13. Argent closes deal with Pine Tree

    Sunday Dec 13 | Topix

    A Bristol-based cable company has finalized a deal to take over Pine Tree Cablevision’s Internet and cable television services in New Hampshire.

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14. Argent Acquires Pine Tree Cablevision

    Saturday Dec 12 | WMUR-TV Manchester

    Bristol-based Argent Communications has signed a deal to acquire Pine Tree Cablevision's New Hampshire assets.

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    Related Topix: New Hampshire, Fitzwilliam, NH, Chesterfield, NH, Harrisville, NH, Nelson, NH

15. Time to be honest about the U.S. economy

    Saturday Dec 12 | Topix

    Charlie Bass’s U-Turn message for corporate support needs voters’ attentionGiving tax breaks to companies does not mean there will be better wages for workers. More jobs often means lower paying jobs and 1 comment

16. Bristol-based cable firm to buy Pine Tree CableVision

    Monday Dec 7 | UnionLeader.com

    ... its doors last month, leaving thousands scrambling for new cable and internet providers. Argent Communications, of Bristol, plans to take over and improve cable and internet operations in several towns including of Chesterfield, Fitzwilliam, ...

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    Related Topix: New Hampshire, Chesterfield, NH, Harrisville, NH, Nelson, NH, Marlow, NH

17. New Hampshire 'Survivor' shares her story with fans

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Littleton Courier

    'Survivor: Samoa' contestant and Bristol resident Betsy Bolan shows the audience a canteen that 'Evil Russell' dumped water out of during the show.

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    Related Topix: Campton, NH, Tilton, NH, Sanbornton, NH, Kids, Family

18. A new report tells an old tale about New Hampshire’s tax system

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Topix

    It’s a report called “Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States,” published by the Institute on Taxation Economic Policy. That’s a branch of Washington-based Citizens for Tax Justice, which, as its name suggests, supports progressive taxation.

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19. Put limits on sentencing children to life

    Monday Nov 30 | Topix

    Florida is ground zero for a question that the U.S. Supreme Court is pondering: Is it constitutional for judges to send children to prison for the rest of their lives for crimes other than murder?

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20. Recession sends older Americans to food pantries

    Monday Nov 30 | Topix

    Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession.

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