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NASHUA MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT ‘ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET’

The $130 million project to remodel two of Nashua’s middle schools and build a new one is nearing completion, learn about each project in Justin Campfield’s article.

NAVIGATING THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE: THE IMPACT OF RECENT MASS SHOOTINGS ON GUN LAWS

Just a few miles from our border in a state very similar to ours, a gunman walked into two businesses and killed 18 people. Learn from Anna Brown, director of research and analysis for Citizens Count, about what happened in Maine and what can be done, if anything, to prevent something similar from happening here.

EMPOWERING SENIORS: CHERYL STEINBERG, DIRECTOR OF THE JUSTICE IN AGING PROJECT, DISCUSSES FREE LEGAL SERVICES  FOR GRANITE STATERS AGE 60+

Shane Cooper talks with Cheryl Steinberg, director of the Justice in Aging Project for New Hampshire Legal Assistance. They discuss the project and the free legal services available to Granite Staters who are 60 years of age or older.

CANDIDATE FORUM

The Granite State News Collaborative partners will hold a series of forums with presidential primary candidates to explore in-depth the issues that impact New Hampshire voters. Each forum will be co-hosted by a rotating pair of journalists from newsrooms across New Hampshire.

My name is Caitlin Agnew, and as a freelance Assistant Editor at GSNC my mission is clear: to foster enhanced communication between us. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns my email is always open caitlin.agnew@collaborativenh.org

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