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Three Colby-Sawyer College students are charged with hosting an under-age drinking party after more than 100 students were taken into custody at an off-campus house Friday night.


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Police arrested Middle School Principal Larry DeYoung after he failed a field sobriety test late Sunday afternoon. This is DeYoung's second DWI arrest. The city's school board knew of the December 2008 incident, but did not punish him because it occurred on a weekend during Christmas vacation.

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If you've ever wondered just how out of touch university faculty can get, look no further than the behavior of the University of New Hampshire's faculty union during its recent contract talks.

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Education

Updated, 11:53 a.m. The University of New Hamsphire and its faculty union are at impasses after the union rejected a proposed one-year contract that included a 1.5 percent pay hike, 1 percent across the board and the other half percent awarded for merit.


School districts hoping to win state aid for new school buildings next March may have to wait a year.


Updated, 9:12 a.m. A car struck a utility pole early this morning, cutting off power to an area that included the Ellis School. The opening of school was delayed by two hours but officials are considering canceling classes entirely if power is not restored soon.


Nearly one in five students enrolled in the Londonderry School District was listed as out sick yesterday, with many reporting flu-like symptoms.

More on NH schools and health:

H1N1 confirmed on UNH campus (1)
Windham: School officials say today's absentee rate will tell story
Pinkerton nurse relying on instincts
Whooping cough strikes at Fremont's Ellis School


Parents have been advised that pertussis is contagious.


Four out of five tested positive for the swine flu virus.


Anna Davis is keeping a close eye on the absentee rate and the symptoms of the students who enter her office every day.


About a third of the students at the middle school were out sick on Monday.

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