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Know Your News: A New England-wide effort to promote media literacy and the role local news outlets play in civic life

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Your right to know — it’s an almost sacred concept here in the United States, enshrined in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. What do you know about that right, and the news organizations that keep you informed? Today, we’re talking about something we hope you’re about to hear a lot more of, the Know Your News campaign.

Call the Midwife expands options for families with Manchester’s Nightingale Birth House

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It was standing room only for the recent official ribbon-cutting for Nightingale Birth House on Union Street. Although the crowd was full of general well-wishers and city officials, it was impossible not to notice the gathering tribe of mothers with babies in tow who streamed into the multi-story center, a testament to the community that nurse-midwife Jessica Mills has already built around her child-birthing philosophy.

National Video Game Day: Honoring Ralph Baer NH inventor who changed the way the world plays

read more…: National Video Game Day: Honoring Ralph Baer NH inventor who changed the way the world plays

Sept. 12 is National Video Game Day, the perfect time to press pause while honoring the man who reimagined how we think about screens, play, and possibility: Ralph H. Baer. Known as the “Father of the Video Game,” Baer’s story is one of loss, invention, generosity, and a relentless belief that something playful can change lives.

‘It was horrifying’: Chester family’s scare highlights gaps in NH’s group home system 

read more…: ‘It was horrifying’: Chester family’s scare highlights gaps in NH’s group home system 

The man, who caretakers referred to as “Corey,” walked a quarter of a mile up a hill that Saturday to reach the couple’s home, Smith said.  He is the sole occupant of 21 Smith Road, a three-bedroom home owned by Community Options, a Princeton, N.J. -based non-profit company that contracted with New Hampshire to provide services to the mentally disabled.

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