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New Hampshire Senate Votes To Raise Tobacco Age To 21

Matthew McDonald

The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill that would raise the state's tobacco use age to 21, matching federal law.

The bill passed 16-8 on Wednesday, January 8, with two Republicans joining 14 Democrats to pass it. All eight opposing the bill were Republicans, as Bangor Daily News reports.

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Fall River Newspaper Leaving Fall River Office for New Bedford

Matthew McDonald

The Fall River Herald News is planning to sell its headquarters in downtown Fall River and move to the office of The Standard Times of New Bedford, which is owned by the same company.

The office at 207 Pocasset Street in Fall River, which has a scissor-gate elevator, is on the market.

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