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Senate President Pro Tem Senate District 8 towns: Acworth, Alstead, Gilsum, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Marlow, New London, Newbury, Newport, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Washington and Westmoreland.

Senate President Pro Tem Senate District 8 towns: Acworth, Alstead, Gilsum, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Marlow, New London, Newbury, Newport, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Washington and Westmoreland.

A former New Hampshire Teacher of the Year and strong advocate for "following the whole child" will take the reins at Rye Elementary School in the fall.

The Senate did something this past weekend it hasn't done in four years: passed a budget.

The U.S. senators from Maine and New Hampshire say pending furloughs at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are the product of an entirely avoidable situation in Washington.