Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Faces Possible Closure On List
The fate of 4800+ Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers hangs on a Defense Department list due Friday naming likely base closures. Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood says a BRAC review will follow, with limited chance to remove an installation from the list, even if named. Capt. Bill McDonough warns the yard would suffer severely if closed.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
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Herald
Defense Department
Bill McDonough
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Freedom of speech tested at Exeter forum across public schools
In Exeter two high school teachers face an inquiry into remarks at a March 7 candidates forum. The event raised First Amendment questions via a national expert lens referencing the Pickering standard. The superintendent hired an independent attorney. the teachers countered with their own counsel, citing concerns over morale and alleged negativity.
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Marvin Pickering
Illinois
Exeter High School
Pickering
Freed
Robert Batchelder
Katharyn Wheeler-Smith
Arthur Hanson
SAU 16
Batchelder
Wheeler-Smith
Hanson
Mark Sullivan
Exeter
PDA stands by scrap at N H port
Portsmouth officials urge the Pease Development Authority to renew the scrap metal contract with Grimmel Industries. Since 2002 the Portland Maine firm has stored and shipped metal at the Port of New Hampshire, and the PDA board will vote on May 20 amid noise and rust dust complaints about Market Street entry to the city.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Ned Raynolds
Market Street
Pease Development Authority
Grimmel Industries
Topsham, Maine
PDA Board of Directors
10th annual Mother Son Dance in Portsmouth
At the Connie Bean Community Center Portsmouth mothers and their sons from kindergarten to fifth grade enjoyed an early Mother's Day celebration. The Portsmouth Recreation Department sponsors the event and plans a father daughter dance tradition expansion. Six year old Jakob Walker finally shared in the dancing he had long watched his brothers perform.
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Harry Kaloostian
Max Sirmaian
April Kaloostian
Ilysse Sirmaian
Portsmouth Recreation Department
Connie Bean
Portsmouth
Barry Foley
Jakob Walker
Jakob
Life comes full circle as mom dies and granddaughter born
Karen Dandurant recounts her grief after her mother Lillian Irene Jennings Dubois dies when she is 18, noting Mother’s Day’s pain yet finding meaning as a granddaughter’s birth offers closure. She recalls a close, nonjudgmental bond and the shift from loss to a new family moment.
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Lillian Irene Jennings Dubois
Two worlds of skiing's Bode Miller
Easton native Bode Miller, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, recently clinched the World Cup overall title, the first American to do so in 22 years. Known in Europe as an Alpine rebel, he travels the pro circuit in a mobile home and savors privacy after a grueling season. Local reaction includes a Bode Miller Day celebration with Gov. Lynch on April 30.
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Easton
New Hampshire
Europe
Miller
Jean- Claude Killy
Ingemar Stenmark
Alberto Tomba
Hermann Maier
Portsmouth
Janice Maves
Holderness
John Lynch
York official wary of Maine Municipal help in search
A York official expresses skepticism about Maine Municipal Association involvement in the town manager search, prompting concerns over procedure and independence. The city weighs options as it seeks a qualified candidate and local residents await guidance from officials.
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