Around New England

New Hampshire Gives Planned Parenthood HIV Contract

Matthew McDonald

The $275,000 grant to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is supposed to fund an early intervention program for people at risk of HIV infection. An abortion clinic in Concord, New Hampshire also got a $165,000 grant for the same purpose, approved by the state's Executive Council.

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Sore-Loser Canadians Challenge New Hampshire Lobster Roll Record on Fishy Technicality

Matthew McDonald

A restaurant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire created a lobster toll 159 feet 6 inches long, shattering the previous record of 120 feet set in Prince Edward Island. But the Canadians are claiming their record was set with a continuous piece of bread — and they decline to describe how it's possible to bake such a continuous piece of bread.

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