Seacoast 2005 Highlights From Portsmouth Herald Review
The Seacoast region produced global headlines in 2005 from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard fight to save it, the Seabrook crematorium find, and the Russo Japanese War treaty centennial. Defense and base closure talks reverberated as 4,800 personnel faced potential relocation and reorganization.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Seacoast
Portsmouth Herald
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Navy
Department of Defense
Groton
Conn
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Defense Department
Katrina Tops 2005 Top News Stories List
AP rounds up the year with Katrina towering the list as the deadliest storm. It killed over 1,300 and flooded 80 percent of New Orleans after devastatingly hitting the Gulf Coast.
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New York
America
Mississippi Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Year in pictures across New Hampshire coastal areas
Portsmouth and surrounding towns highlight a year in review with photographs across pages A3 A4 A6 and A8 to A13. Coverage includes Portsmouth Kittery York Greenland Hampton New Castle Newington Rye and Exeter area events and scenes from the year.
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Hampton Area
New Castle
Newington
Juror Reports Judge Nodding Off During Spinner Trial
Jurors claim Judge Patricia Coffey slept in court during the Donald Spinner case. The defense and jurors cited a courtroom fatigue pattern, while Coffey’s office denied the allegations, stating she did not sleep in any proceeding.
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Brentwood
Rockingham County
Candia
Donald Spinner
Spinner
Melissa
Laura Kiernan
New Hampshire Judicial Branch
Coffey
Kiernan
First boomers turn 60 Sunday in York
York Selectman Torbert Macdonald Jr. will turn 60 on January 1, 2006, among the area's first of 164,500 baby boomers. A 25-year resident born in Boston, he is the son of a congressman and once befriended President Kennedy. He recalls schooling with George W. Bush and reflects on a long public service career and pride in civil rights progress.
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Portsmouth
York
Torbert Macdonald Jr
Macdonald
Boston
Malden
Mass
John F Kennedy
Phillips Andover Academy
George W. Bush
Caroline
Harvard
New Year’s Eve Fun With Pro Portsmouth’s First Night
A downtown celebration organized by Pro Portsmouth offers a New Year’s Eve night of fun. Dancing in the square and fireworks at South Mill Pond headline the events. Thirty performers across eight venues provide entertainment despite a chance of precipitation in New England.
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Pro Portsmouth
Tri-State Daily Lottery Results and Page Reference
The Friday December 30 2005 issue lists Day and Evening draw sums and a Mass Daily result. The Tri-State Triple Play numbers are 6 8 17 21 34 with TV page reference B10.
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Tri-State
Mass Daily
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John Paul II
Joseph Ratzinger
Germany
Iraq
U.S
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’connor
William Rehnquist
John Roberts
Rehnquist
Bush
Harriet Miers
Samuel Alito
Ninth Ward
London Avenue Canal
Year IN Review
Kittery
Greenland
Exeter
Eliot
Torbert Macdonald
York Selectman
Boomers
Figor Nici
Jeanné McCartin
Footsmouth
Crosswar Editoria
Sports
Seacoast Library
David Cassidy
Mike Sullivan
NATIO
Feds
Nation
Jennifer Warren
M.D
Mysicians Healthy Weight Center
Merrill Dr
Hampton Call
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