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From the EditorHanson Town Meeting highlights

article thumbnailJust got home from Hanson’s Town Meeting.  All articles were taken care of in one night.  I’ll post more details tomorrow, but I wanted to get a few things in tonight for...
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From the EditorHousekeeping items

article image I’ve seen a few comments on the Web site recently that made me want to clarify a few things.
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Maura is Missing: A Special Report

Three years ago, 21-year-old Maura Murray of Hanson, a talented athlete and nursing student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, got into to her car, drove to the woods of northern New Hampshire and disappeared. Not a trace of her has been found since despite an intensive search and investigation. What happened to Maura Murray? How, after her car skidded into a snow bank on a mild winter night, could she simply disappear? In  a four-part report, the Express examines the circumstances surrounding Maura's disappearance and traces her steps from Amherst, Mass., to Woodsville, N.H.     READ MORE  

 

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Senior moments: A high school senior's tale

Being a high school senior isn't all senioritis and fluff classes.  There's sports, college applications, prom, and many other pressures weighing on a young student as they prepare for the next step in their post-high school lives.  Emily Ballard of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School has graciously allowed Express reporter Erin O'Connell to follow her journey through the highs and lows of the last year of high school.     READ MORE