First Lady Laura Bush Visits Portsmouth Public Library
Laura Bush toured the Portsmouth Public Library with about 25 smiling children during a 45 minute visit promoting reading and the No Child Left Behind Act. Students shared reading interests from Dr Seuss to Harry Potter and presented books including A Leg Up for Lucinda by Nancy Wright Grossman.
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Laura Bush
Portsmouth Public Library
Molly Linscott
Sam Lichtenstein
Portsmouth
Dr. Seuss
Harry Potter
Bush
White House
Bush-Cheney
Four Seasons
Boston
Associated Press
Emily
Francesca Fernald
Unanswered questions over Maine reservist death in Iraq
A year after Army reservist 1st Sgt Christopher Coffin died in Iraq, his family and congressionally pressed public officials await an official explanation. Coffin of Kennebunk died July 1 2003 when his Humvee crashed near Baghdad after swerving to avoid a civilian vehicle. The Army plans an official board of inquiry per Maine delegation pressure.
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Portland
Maine
Kennebunk
Iraq
Christopher Coffin
352Nd Civil Affairs Command
Baghdad
Coffin
U.S. Central Command
Vice
Army Adjutant General's Office
Marchand joins Nadeau campaign for Congress
Portsmouth attorney Justin Nadeau adds City Councilor Steve Marchand as senior campaign adviser to help unseat Republican Jeb Bradley in New Hampshire's 1st District. Marchand, elected to council in November, will oversee day to day campaign decisions and team building.
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Portsmouth
Justin Nadeau
Steve Marchand
Nadeau
Jeb Bradley
New Hampshire
Washington
Marchand
Geoff Ward
Steve
Bob Bruce
Candia
Mark Fernald
Craig Benson
Jim Norman
Fernald
Pembroke Strategies
State Senate
Manchester
Dave Gelinas
Maggie Hassan
Durham
Iris Estabrook
Medicaid Vital Benefit Spurs State Forums
Brentwood report shows DHHS Commissioner John Stephen telling 200 residents at Rockingham Nursing Home that Medicaid is vital. After 1,000 attendees at seven forums statewide, officials foresee a $100 million shortfall in 2006 and 2007 and seek public input on reorganizing the program. Medicaid covers health care for low income individuals and families.
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Department of Health and Human Services
John Stephen
Stephen
Rockingham Nursing Home
DHHS
DES bans 18 invasive plants in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services will bar spring 2005 sales of 18 non native plants including tree of heaven garlic mustard and Japanese knotweed with later additions in 2007 for three more species. Ecologist Amy Smagula notes invasive species threaten native plants and wildlife by altering habitat soil and food sources.
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Portsmouth
State Department of Environmental Services
New Hampshire
Amy Smagula
DES
Smagula
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