Start school later at Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth High School students may gain a later start after the School Board voted to have Superintendent Lyonel Tracy and PHS Principal Forrest Randell assemble evidence on starting the day after 7:30 a.m. The board will receive findings by July 11 after a 500 student survey showed 60 percent favoring later start and student Adam Irish urged the change.
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Pets Die In Kittery Apartment Fire Blamed On Cigarette
A dog a cat and a guinea pig died in a Tuesday afternoon fire at 20 Cromwell Street Kittery Maine caused by careless disposal of a cigarette into a bedroom trash can Residents were not home when the blaze started and the apartment suffered extensive interior water and smoke damage making it uninhabitable A neighbor recalls the dog being dragged outside but failing to survive Firefighters responded quickly after a call from a resident on lunch break witnessing smoke nearby
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Manson Avenue
Dave O’brien
O'Brien
Mike Stephens
Booze Bounty targets teen drinking in Portsmouth
Portsmouth police begin reward program for vendors or clerks who report suspicious activity when minors attend parties with alcohol or drugs. The new law makes it a misdemeanor for any owner or occupant at an address to host five or more underage drinkers or drug use, with officials stressing parental accountability.
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Lotteries results May 25 2004 Tr State Day Evening Mega Millions
The May 25 2004 lotteries include Tr State Daily Day 938 and Evening 8 7 2 2159, Heads or Tales 5 8 22 26 28, Heads Mass Daily 7 8 5 7, Mass Cash 68 21 2332, Mega Millions 5 18 34 36 39 43.
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Student hopes to save college from merger in New Hampshire
Hampton Falls resident Gary Dozier, after 17 years, earned a science degree from the University System of New Hampshire College for Lifelong Learning. The system Chancellor proposed merging CLL with Plymouth State University, a move Dozier says endangers the college mission and adult learners.
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University System of
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College For Lifelong Learning
CLL
University System
Stephen Reno
Usnh Board of Trustees
Plymouth State University
Plymouth State
New Education Tax Formula Keeps Donor Town Status
State lawmakers approved an education tax funding formula renewing donor town status for Seacoast communities including Portsmouth. Governor may let the bill become law without signature, prompting criticism from officials like Mayor Evelyn Sirrell and Rep. Laura Pantelakos. The plan sets a 3.33 per thousand property tax rate and endangers some FY2005 budgets while continuing a donor receiver system from the 1999 reform.
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Portsmouth
Laura Pantelakos
Evelyn Sirrell
Supreme Court
Seacoast
House and Senate back tax abolition funding plan
Lawmakers approve a new funding formula to abolish the tax with a 30 vote margin in the House and 13 to 11 in the Senate. Portsmouth would send 1.1 million dollars to Concord in fiscal year 2005 to fund public education across the state. Attorney General Peter Heed warned the plan could face constitutional challenges.
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