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Not so fast, Bloomberg
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of Republican primary voters. It’s hard to Ashley McCarty, [email protected] INSIDE THIS WEEK
see him overcoming that. Once more of the Copy Editor NEWS & NOTES
Lisa Parsons, [email protected] 4 Protecting our kids from domestic violence; Primary
mainline establishment candidates drop out
Staff Writers Update; PLUS News in Brief.
as we head into Super Tuesday, March 1, Kelly Sennott 8 Q&A
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Allie Ginwala
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NEWS & NOTES
Inheritance Farm is in the
midst of opening this year
Bills bills bills lators said they would not approve largely against eliminating the cap
in Chichester. The Con-
Several bills are making their it. Another change would add co- altogether, as some states have cord Monitor reported the
way through New Hampshire’s pays for emergency room visits. done, there appears to be broad permaculture farm suffered
House and Senate; some have support among lawmakers for at unexpected expenses and has
raised about $16,200 out of
already been signed by Gov. Mag- Texting regulations least raising the cap.
$25,000 on its gofundme site.
gie Hassan. The Union Leader New Hampshire is among 19
reported two opioid crisis bills states signed on to a request sent Recovery center
hit Hassan’s desk on Jan. 21. The to the Federal Communications The Manchester planning CONCORD
bills enhance penalties for sell- Commission asking the agency board unanimously supported a
ing fentanyl, streamline access to maintain limits on commercial request for a conditional use per-
A town councilor in Derry
to addiction treatment, review text messaging. Legal Newsline mit for the city’s new recovery
wants to make the town a
Narcan use and require medical reported the various states’ attor- center at the site of the former
“net zero” community, mean-
providers to check the prescrip- neys general wrote that the current Hoitt Furniture building. The ing it generates as much
tion drug monitoring program regulations protect consumers Union Leader reported the permit Two pigs on the lam in Mer- Hooksett energy as it uses per year.
before issuing a prescription. A from spam and phishing texts. request submitted by develop- rimack were reunited with The Union Leader reported
third bill that required K-12 drug The current rules allow cell phone er Dick Anagnost asked for a their owner recently. WCVB Councilor Joshua Bourdon
and alcohol education in pub- carriers to block unwanted com- reduction in parking and the use rtoe ptroarctekd d poowlinc eth wee orweG naoeffbrsl eto wn ihso fpoerm oifn agc ah iteavsinkg f onrecte z weritoh
lic schools made its way through mercial messages and the letter of public parking within 500 feet through a humorous Face- status by 2025.
the Senate and was altered by the argues that lifting that safeguard of the building. The center will book post with a picture of
House, which removed the man- would create everyday annoy- be the home of HOPE for New the pigs, which were loose MANCHESTER
near Peter Road.
date. Reconciling the differences ances and make people more Hampshire Recovery and other
will slow its path to getting signed vulnerable to scams. organizations, including some that
Bedford
on an expedited basis. may provide treatment services.
Other bills passed by the House Death penalty
Derry
include expanding gambling to Candidates for New Hampshire Lakeview purchase Amherst Merrimack
allow for keno, NHPR report- governor are weighing in on the The 72-acre campus that has The updated school renovation
Londonderry
ed. But the House did not pass a how they would handle the state’s been the site of nearly closed plan in WMiilnfodrdham has been
bill that would legalize video lot- sole inmate on death row. The Lakeview Neurorehabilitation unveiled. The Union Leader
tery. Keno is expected to bring in Union Leader reported Democrat Center in Effingham will be pur- reported the $39 million,
multi-school plan does not
$8 to $9 million in state revenue Colin Van Ostern and Republi- chased by addiction treatment include an addition to the mid- NNAASSHHUUAA
per year. can Frank Edelblut both said they entrepreneur Eric Spofford. NHPR dle school for new programs as
The AP reported the Sen- would sign a repeal of the death reported Spofford will lease the originally proposed.
ate passed a 30-day residency penalty but would not commute property, valued at more than $5.5
requirement for voting. Repub- the sentence of Michael Addi- million, from its current owner
lican senators who support the son, who was sentenced to death Chris Slover until he can afford to
Sex trafficking gender people over a three-month
bill say it will cut down on vot- for the 2006 murder of Manches- buy it outright. He’s already ren-
er fraud. Gov. Hassan has vetoed ter police officer Michael Briggs. ovating the space to turn it into a A recent study using data min- period between March and May
similar legislation in the past and Republican Chris Sununu said he Green Mountain Treatment Cen- ing found that New Hampshire’s 2015. It found that those transac-
will likely do so again if it reach- would not repeal the death penal- ter. Spofford already operates a area code ranked high among out- tions amounted to a total revenue
es her a second time. Democratic ty but declined to reach a decision number of treatment centers in the of-state sex traffickers selling to of $7.7 million with an average
opponents argue it disenfranchis- about Addison’s case until he state such as New Freedom Acad- the online commercial sex mar- price per hour of $200. Most of
es voters. knew more details. Democrat emy in Canterbury and a men’s ket in Massachusetts. Patch.com the prostitutes were white (about
reported the study by RIA House 42.5 percent) and New Hamp-
Mike Connolly said the death pen- sober house called Granite House
Expanded Medicaid alty no longer serves its intended in Derry. Spofford is himself a and William James College ana- shire was ranked third after Rhode
lyzed nearly 17,000 online ads for Island and New York for out-of-
A bill that would address the purpose but said he would need recovering addict of opioids.
sex with female, male and trans- state area codes in the study.
second major issue facing the leg- to see new, substantive evidence
islature after the opioid crisis is before commuting Addison’s
scheduled to be taken up on Jan. sentence.
28. The Union Leader reported the
bill would reauthorize the expand- Solar cap hit
SOLAR OWNERS MICHAEL ADDISON
ed Medicaid program known as Eversource Energy has hit the
As the net-metering cap is hit for Eversource The United States Supreme Court has decided
the New Hampshire Health Pro- legal limit on customers that can customers, the New Hampshire Senate passed not to weigh in on the death sentence of Mi-
tection Program past its Dec. 31 join the net-metering program, a bill that would increase the limit. The Con- chael Addison, the only New Hampshire in-
expiration. But the bill, sponsored which allows independent ener- cord Monitor reported the bill would raise mate on death row. NHPR reported the deci-
mostly by Republicans, would gy generators (usually with solar the cap from 50 megawatts to 75 megawatts sion was not entirely unexpected as Addison’s
only renew it for four years and panels) to essentially sell surplus for the total amount of energy that can be net lawyer said SCOTUS rarely takes up individ-
would make other changes to the energy into the grid. The Union metered. This would affect mostly homes or ual death sentence cases. It’s not the end of
businesses that have solar panels generating the appeals process, however. Addison is ex-
program such as a requirement Leader reported the state’s largest
excess energy and not already enrolled in the pected to take the case to New Hampshire’s
for newly eligible enrollees to be utility hit the ceiling on Jan. 19, net-metering program and those who wish to federal court in the coming years. In his peti-
employed, do community service after months of warnings from the buy and sell panels. Net metering is an incen- tion to the Supreme Court, Addison’s lawyer
work, enrolled in school or pro- booming solar industry. Compa- tive for individuals or businesses to invest in argued that a state execution in New Hamp-
vide child care services. Work ny officials said they would place solar because they can sell the extra energy shire would amount to cruel and unusual pun-
requirements were shot down pre- new applications for the program they generate to the utility company. Solar in- ishment, a violation of the eighth amendment
emptively when the NHHPP was on a waitlist until the legisla- stallation companies say hitting the cap has of the U.S. Constitution.
brought the industry effectively to a stop.
first drafted because federal regu- ture finds a fix. While utilities are
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NEWS
Kids in danger
By Ryan Lessard
[email protected]
How New Hampshire’s laws can change to better protect children
FITN forum
The state GOP hosted a two-day town
By Ryan Lessard
hall series with several candidates for pres-
[email protected]
ident at the Radisson hotel and conference
center in Nashua. Most of the Republican
When the state’s Commission to Review
candidates or their surrogates spoke at the
Child Abuse Fatalities first began meeting
event. All were invited. The Union Leader
this summer, the response to the death of
reported that Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz
21-month-old Sadence “Sadie” Willott of
and Ben Carson were absent.
Manchester frustrated Police Chief Nick
Kasich endorsements Willard, who openly criticized the Division
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has earned the of Children, Youth and Families for failing
endorsements of five major New Hampshire to protect the child and accused the agency
newspapers, giving the fiscal conservative of not cooperating with his department in
an edge as a serious contender in the Granite its investigation.
State. Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Ports- “The police chief was rather upset with
mouth Herald endorsed him for the GOP DCYF pertaining to getting access [to case
primary on Jan. 15, as the same papers also
records],” said Republican Sen. David Bou-
endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democrat-
tin of Hooksett, who chaired the commission.
ic primary. Two days later, Kasich secured
The girl’s death has lawmakers and law
the endorsement of the Telegraph of Nash-
enforcement pointing out that the systems added cost, so DCYF is putting together a would like to see them empowered with the
ua, on Jan. 24, he was endorsed by the Valley
in place to protect New Hampshire’s chil- plan on how to do this. It will present its ability and funding to perform drug testing.
News, and on Jan 26, the Concord Moni-
dren still aren’t enough, despite the fact that plan to the commission on Jan. 29. Anoth- This, she says, would help the court
tor endorsed him. Most of the endorsements
lauded Kasich’s pragmatism and electability. a number of high-profile child fatalities in er thing Boutin wants to look into is making make a better-informed decision about
Kasich also snagged a key endorsement from recent years have spurred state senators and the DCYF ombudsman an independent par- family reunification or permanency.
former state GOP chairman Fergus Cullen. house reps to close the gaps in laws that ty separate from the health department.
allow abuse or neglect to go on. Systematic pitfalls
Perry endorses Cruz What about drugs? DCYF is walking a very thin line: trying
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the first Some progress Many of the child abuse cases are relat- to protect kids but also the rights of parents.
Republican presidential candidate to drop The effort began after Nov. 25, 2014, ed to parental drug misuse, officials say, but Amy Connolly, a lawyer who’s worked
from the race last fall, has publicly endorsed when Brielle Gage, a 3-year-old girl from none of the proposed law changes would child custody cases for about 10 years in
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Politico reported. Per-
Nashua, was killed, allegedly at the hands proactively remove children from fami- southern New Hampshire — first as a pros-
ry said he saw the race as between Trump
of her mother. Brielle and her brothers had lies with known substance abuse problems. ecutor and now as a family attorney with
and Cruz. Perry campaigned with Cruz in
previously been taken into protective custo- Rather, they are all ways to improve the Russman Law — says the state’s failure to
Iowa on Jan. 26.
dy but were returned to their mother, Katlyn reaction by social services and law enforce- protect kids in many cases is systematic.
Bloomberg running? Marin — who’s facing second-degree mur- ment when abuses have already been “DCYF’s role has changed. Initially, sev-
Billionaire former New York Mayor der charges — even though she was already reported. eral years ago, their goal was to protect
Michael Bloomberg is weighing a possible facing assault charges for allegedly beating “If someone is a drug addict, maybe the children’s interests. DCYF’s goal now is to
independent bid for president. The New York her 8-year-old son. child’s not being raised in the best way, but reunify the family,” Connolly said.
Times reported Bloomberg commissioned a At that time, Boutin sponsored a bill that, this is not what we’re focusing on,” Bou- She also says the legal avenues for a par-
poll last month to gauge the public’s appetite when signed into law last session, required tin said. “I can’t tell you that we have some ent to protect children from a potentially
for a third-party candidate and will reexam- home visits for each child endangerment specific silver bullet that we’re going to abusive or neglectful spouse are very nar-
ine after the New Hampshire primary. He’s notification and prohibited the return of use that’s going to make people be nice to row and prohibitive.
willing to spend $1 billion of his own money children removed from a home until the kids.” “So a parent can’t go into court and say,
on his campaign if he decides to run. court finds there’s no imminent threat and DCYF Director Lorraine Bartlett says ‘I’m concerned about my kid being neglect-
that parents are actively working to resolve drug-related interventions happen already. ed and abused’ and file something with the
National Review
the circumstances that led to the removal. “I think that there are those circumstanc- court to ask for a release. In order to do that,
Conservative magazine National Review
The Commission to Review Child es where, when parents are using heroin, there has to be an open case and the only
has been dropped as a sponsor from the
Abuse Fatalities has submitted four more and we know the lethality of heroin, that way to have an open case is to have either
Feb. 25 GOP debate in Houston after releas-
ing an issue critical of Donald Trump. The bills to be voted on this session. It has if they’re not willing and able to engage in a divorce pending or a parenting plan pend-
Washington Post reported RNC organizers brought forth proposals for retaining com- treatment, it at times does require that the ing,” Connolly said.
said moderators cannot have a predisposi- plaint records longer (indefinitely for Division for Children, Youth and Families And she says the burden of proof for
tion. CNN, Salem Radio and Telemundo complaints that are founded), streamlining step in, intervene and remove those chil- whether a parent with a known addiction
remain co-sponsors of the debate. court proceedings so both law enforce- dren,” Bartlett said. “I certainly would not is unfit to have equal custody rights always
ment and DCYF can get involved early on, advocate that the parents’ rights be termi- falls on the sober parent.
Clinton to raise taxes on rich making it easier for agencies to get a court nated right away.” “I think that the burden is misplaced. It
At a recent event in Rochester, Hillary order to put children into protective cus- There’s a big “if” there. It hinges on the should be on the parent who has the drug
Clinton promised to raise taxes on the rich tody and freeing up existing case files so parent’s willingness to engage in treatment problem or the alcohol problem. They
and create more opportunities for poor and they’re shared between law enforcement over the course of 12 months. But treat- should show why a shared arrangement is
middle-class citizens to succeed. The Union and DCYF. ment providers recognize that road is not a appropriate rather than having the sober
Leader reported there were nearly 800 peo-
On his list of items Boutin hopes to straight or short one. parent having to show that having parent-
ple present for the event, and Sen. Jeanne
address is a way to provide 24/7 crisis Bartlett stresses that her social workers ing time equal is not appropriate,” Connolly
Shaheen also spoke in support of Clinton.
support through DCYF. This would be an are not law enforcement officers, but she said.
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NEWS & NOTES
QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX New HampsHire
Good tippers
The Granite State found itself high on a list ranking the best restau- HealtH iNsuraNce marketplace
rant tippers in the country. According to the ranking compiled by Lavu,
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an iPad point of sale program, New Hampshire gave the third-highest pen
overall tips in the U.S. with an average tip of 21.14 percent. Oklaho-
ma was in the top spot with 23.17 percent, and Maryland held second
place with 21.96 percent. New Hampshire’s bar tips were above aver-
age for the East Coast, but its coffee tips were the lowest in the country !
enrOllment
at 13.72 percent.
QOL Score: +1

Comment: The worst overall tipper was North Dakota with an aver- is here
age tip of 16.66 percent. 75
Prescription drop-off
Nov. 1, 2015 – Jan. 31, 2016
Derry police say a drop box for collecting unused prescription drugs
is proving successful. The Union Leader reported the box, which was
installed in 2013, has seen collections more than double. About 1,080
pounds of drugs were dropped off last year. That’s compared to about
480 pounds the first year it was in place. The box was donated by the
Community Alliance for Teen Safety. It’s available 24/7 at the lobby of
the Derry police station. Officials say the more unwanted and expired
drugs people remove from their medicine cabinets, the less likely they
are to be found and misused by family members and others. 50 It’s time to select or change
QOL Score: +1
Comment: Most people who recently tried heroin claimed their your health insurance plan.
addiction began by abusing prescription opioids like oxycodone.
Concord Hospital and Concord Hospital Medical Group
30 years since the Challenger explosion (CHMG) practices are now accepting the following insurance
This week’s publication comes out Jan. 28, exactly 30 years after the plans currently available on the New Hampshire Health
space shuttle Challenger exploded. Inside was Concord High School Insurance Marketplace:
social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe, who had been selected from • Ambetter (from NH Healthy Families);
among more than 11,000 applicants to be the space agency’s first
• Community Health Options;
teacher in space. Millions watched the accident live on TV. Her lega-
• Harvard Pilgrim Elevate Health;
cy lives on — at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, named for
• Harvard Pilgrim NH Network.
her, and in the National Geographic documentary Challenger Disaster:
Lost Tapes, which screened this week. The anniversary marks her leg-
If you are currently enrolled in a Marketplace plan, your plan
acy but also acts as a reminder of that sad day.
may automatically renew unless you take action!
QOL Score: -2
Comment: The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center shows a doc- Concord Hospital and CHMG are not participating in:
umentary, Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars, which looks back at
• Anthem Pathways*;
the life of the New Hampshire teacher, on Saturday, Jan. 30, and Sun-
• Minuteman Health.
day, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m. Visit starhop.com.
We can help you decide which plan is right for you!
Close finish
This weekend was a sad one for New England Patriots fans, when
How to apply?
the team fell short in a close, fight-to-the-finish game against the Den-
Concord Hospital Financial Assistance Program
ver Broncos for a 20-18 loss, just barely missing a trip to Super Bowl
Call: [phone]
50.
E-mail: [email protected]
QOL Score: -1
Website: healthcare.gov
Comment: Coach Bill Belichick said in an interview the ending was
“bittersweet” and that he’s already looking forward to next season.
QOL is having a more difficult time moving on.
QOL score: 56
Net change: -1 *Cardiac services (office visits and consultations) provided by a CHMG provider at
Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Hospital or Concord Hospital Cardiac
QOL this week: 55
Associates in Laconia are considered in-network for the Anthem Pathways plan.
What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us
know at [email protected]. 103681
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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S LONGSHOTS
Pats bucked by Broncos in Denver
Everyone knows by The Stephen Gostkowski PAT Miss: It’s won 21-20. Of course he also knew they
now the New England easy to point the finger at his first PAT miss couldn’t get off the field all day on third
Patriots lost the AFC since George Bush was president as the down against KC a week ago. With 20-20
Sales . Service . Sincerity
Conference Champion- reason for the loss. Stand-up guy that he is, hindsight it’s easy to say he should have
1 Range Rd Salem, NH 603.890.3212 ship in dramatic fashion he took the blame. But it happened early, kicked the field goals. But considering all
on Sunday 20-18 to with plenty of time to make it a non-factor the factors mentioned in real time I’d prob-
Denver. It wasn’t a pret- if other doable things had happened. One ably do what he did.
ty game by any means. More like a good thing it did do was influence Coach B’s Off-Season Priority No. 1: Fix the offen-
old-fashioned 1970s-style slugfest domi- decision-making as time ticked away in the sive line. Injuries and retirement certainly
nated by outstanding defense to show that gripping fourth quarter. played a role in its demise but quality depth
in the playoffs it’s not really a “quarter- What Shaped Coach B’s Thinking: He isn’t there either as Cameron Fleming and
back’s league” as the saying goes. bet on the offense when they went to OT Cannon, whose critical false start with 2:30
450 Second Street 603.669.7993
103977 But the drama intensified throughout a vs. Denver in the regular season and it went left turned a third and 1 from the 9 to third
gripping fourth quarter when Bill Belichick three and out giving, Denver the field posi- and 6 from the 14, just can’t be counted on.
End of season faced several critical decisions that shaped tion they used to get the winning score. A Off-Season Priority No. 2: Find the run-
how the game played out and that will few weeks later, with the offense strug- ning game, because as the season went on
debated all through the winter. And after gling, he bet on the defense in Week 16 Josh McDaniel abandoned it. Sorry, you
being dominated by the Broncos defense when they went to OT vs. the Jets, who can’t win without being able to run the ball
most of the day, they almost wriggled off immediately gave up a TD to end the game. some, especially on third and short to keep
the hook after a near miracle 40-yard pass Those are things that shape a coach’s think- the sticks moving.
from Tom Brady to Gronk on fourth down ing for the next new situation. Like what to Off-Season Priority No. 3: Get a wide
set up the TD that got them to 20-18. But do on fourth and 1 late in the fourth quar- receiver for outside the numbers they
the do-or-die two-point conversion with 12 ter on Sunday. can count on. Maybe it was coming back
seconds left came up short, sending Denver The Critical Decisions Go Wrong: I at mid-year after surgery, but Brandon
to the Super Bowl. imagine what happened in Denver and New LaFell was awful all year and completely
CLEARANCE
Talk radio and the rest of the pundits York played a role in Coach B’s thinking invisible on Sunday.
have had a few days to point the finger of when he passed on field goal tries twice Irony of the Game: The leading pro-
blame for why the Patriots lost, where in inside Denver’s 15. The thinking was, the ponent for changing the rule to move the
10% All in-stock some quarters it’s as if they’re pre-ordained offense had struggled all day against Den- extra point back because it was too auto-
off firearms to win every single time. With that dying ver’s D and taking the field goal would matic was Bill Belichick. And it came back
down a bit, here are my thoughts on key mean having to drive the whole field again to bite him in a very large way in Year 1.
20% All in-stock aspects of the game and the implications for the TD needed to win. But if they scored Manning the Game Manager: Pey-
off muzzleloaders they should have for the franchise. the TD, a field goal, which wouldn’t require ton did what he rarely did as a gunslinger
What Went Wrong: I said in early as long a drive or as much time, would win by making no big mistakes, while throw-
20% All in-stock ice December, the thing that concerned me it. Logical to me. Going for it on fourth ing no picks and two TD passes. He says
off fishing tackle about the team was that the poor play on and 6 at the 14 followed the same think- he’s planning to play next year, but riding
the offensive line was getting Brady killed ing, especially with less time now on the off into the sunset with a win in the Super
30% All in-stock scent, and this particular group was not turning clock. But Denver went three and out both Bowl would be a great way to end his fab-
off scent control & calls teams over on defense as past, less talented times, giving them a third try with 1:51 to ulous career.
Patriots defenses always did. And this came go. That time, the Pats scored a TD with 12 Super Bowl Prediction: Having said that,
back to bite them on Sunday. Denver got seconds left soon after Brady and Gronk’s I’m taking Carolina, which has a defense
Wildlife
three picks on Brady, as Demarcus Ware miracle play, but the two-point conversion comparable to the talented one Denver has
taxidermy and Von Miller were having the game but came up short. and Cam Newton is a player who can take
still hobbling Sebastian Vollmer and Mar- So, ironically, if Belichick had bet on over the game himself to bring it home.103159
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Great Events in Manchester
T S
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Hockey Night At JFK Main Event in January 1995
Opening arguments in the trial of the century were the following Monday as football great OJ Simpson readied to face charges of double
murder. Steve Merrill was the Governor and with the presidential primary still a year away Pat Buchanan was campaigning in town in a race
he eventually knocked off highly favored Bob Dole. It was January 1995 and a dazzlingly local hockey doubleheader was doing at JFK as West
squared off with Trinity, while Central took on Memorial. Trinity’s Neal Nicholson kicked off the scoring but West answered back 20 seconds
later when Kurt Englehardt hit the back of the net. Jay Girard made it 2-1 Trinity soon after, but that was their high point as the JP Winslow
show was about to begin. Austin Gregoire tied it at 2, then Winslow got the first of his three goals 47 seconds later to make it 3-2 after two
periods. The game winner came just 16 seconds into the third period and the Hat Trick with four minutes left sandwiched another by Girard for
the 5-3 West win. In the nightcap five different guys scored for Memorial. The first went to soon-to-be-UNH star Corey Joe Ficek off an assist
from Rick Proulx to tie it at 1-1 after Central’s Brent Boucher opened the scoring. Proulx got the Crusaders second one early in the second
period, then Matt Thomas got another 1:25 later to put Memorial out front 3-1. Steve Dean then closed the scoring in the period to get Central
to within a goal. But that was it, as the Memorial D shut down the Green from then on, as Dan Sufat and Brian Clougherty scored twice more
to make Memorial 5-3 winners in the second half of what was another great event for Manchester. 105336
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