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Donald R. Kehr, 66
Donald R. Kehr, 66, the son of Julius and Methilda (Trefzer) Kehr, both formerly of College Point, died Nov. 1, at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H., following a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Marion (Lieb) Kehr, whom he was married to fo
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Last week’s elections were a joke. Public schools were closed so a handful of voters could go to the polls to pull levers for candidates and issues they knew little or nothing about. Teachers of social studies may be tempted to tell students that th
EDITORIAL: Charter a new course
This is a bad time for those who have lined up to throw stones at the concept of charter schools. According to scores released Friday, nearly 80 percent of the eighth-grade children failed to pass a standardized statewide math exam. And 65 percent of thes
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