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Susan Mitchell is 62 years old. She is the mother of 3, and her eldest daughter Katina Swan is a resident of Pelham. In August, Susan was diagnosed with leukemia and she just completed her second round of chemotherapy. Susan is now in need of a stem cell transplant and she and her family are desperately searching for a donor. To help Susan and others like her, join the bone marrow registry on Nov. 19 in Windham.

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Police Officer Victoria Catano was awarded the Honorable revise Medal for helping to put out a fire she spotted at a Manchester home. Catano said she just saw a potentially dangerous situation and reacted.

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The new turbine is located behind the Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa's ballroom, next to the 5th green of the golf course, and is expected to generate 100 kilowatts of energy.

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James C. Murphy, 53, was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly stealing approximately $8,000 from a food drive fund over a four-year period. Murphy told investigators from the Attorney General's Office that he took the money for his wife. He resigned as police chief the day of his arrest on Oct. 1.

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is telling its employees living in a domestic partnership they will have a year to get married or obtain a civil union or lose their benefits.

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The destructive Asian longhorned beetle has devastated trees in Worcester, Mass., and surrounding communities. The fear is that some have hitched rides into other states in firewood.

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is warning 10,000 New Hampshire physicians, dentists and other providers that their Social Security numbers may have been stolen.

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POLL: Do you support assisted suicide for terminally ill patients over the age of 18? Click here to vote.

The House Judiciary Committee voted 14-3 against the bill that would let terminally ill patients over age 18 obtain lethal prescriptions, with safeguards to prevent abuses.

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More than 500 refugees resettled in New Hampshire over the past year, with more than 80 percent coming from the Asian nation of Bhutan.

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From @Portsmouthnhpd:

--We're looking to ID this person in connection with a theft that occurred at RiRa's on 10/7. Any thoughts? http://bit.ly/3yVCtd

--Congrats to Lt. Frank Warchol on his promotion to Captain. http://bit.ly/2CdsSp

From @DeerfieldPolice:

--For those that did not know, it is confirmed that Ray Cowger's body was found in the woods in Pawtuckaway, thanks for all the tips and help

From @EppingNHPolice:

--Several people were issued summonses for going door to door, trying to sell vacuum cleaners w/o proper permits. They were advised to cease until the proper permits were obtained. Please call if you encounter problems. They are a yearly problem.

From @BrentwoodPD:

--Urban Tree Service will be in and around town with a Police detail cutting back trees from the power lines for PSNH.

--The Chief wishes to remind all motorists that deer are now on the move for various reasons. Please be alert and extend your focus ahead.

Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said the 222.5-pound meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials. A Guinness Book of World Records official confirmed the big meatball as a record breaker and presented Mitnitsky with a plaque.

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After a record breeding season in 2008, only 16 chicks reached fledging age this summer, down from 24 the previous year. But the number of adult bald eagle pairs increased from 15 to 19, giving officials hope for more productive breeding seasons in the future.

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Becky Field of New London, a retired wildlife biologist, has traveled Interstate 89 enough to know that the risk of hitting animals on the road is high, especially during fall months when they are on the move. She was mindful of the possibility of hitting a deer or a moose as she drove southbound from Lebanon about 6:30 Sunday night, flicking her high beams on when there were no approaching cars and scanning the shoulder. What she wasn't expecting was to hit a wild boar on the state highway - or, rather, for the boar to hit her.

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The state Department of Safety ruled that three former employees falsified inspections on 96 cars. They have been accused of hooking the emissions test equipment to a car they knew would pass and then putting the stickers on other cars.

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Figures show that comparing the volume of solid waste collected in the city between July and September of 2008 and this year, the solid waste volume dropped by 50 percent. The same figures show recycling is up about 75 percent.

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Machetes have taken over for baseball bats as the weapon of choice during assaults and street fights, Nashua Police Chief Donald Conley said. Records show that machetes were used in crimes in Nashua once in 2006 and in 2007. In 2008, machetes were used seven times. So far in 2009, machetes have been used in six crimes.

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Nearly one in five students enrolled in the Londonderry School District was listed as out sick recently, Superintendent Nathan Greenberg said, with many of the parents reporting their children are home with flu-like symptoms. "It's impossible to say how much of it is H1N1, as there isn't the widespread testing for that right now," Greenberg said. "What we know is how many of the parents are telling us their child is currently showing ILI (influenza-like-illness) symptoms."

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