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Canadian-Israeli Teen Killed In Jerusalem
A Different Type Of Organ Donor
Best Deals May Come After Black Friday
During a season in which Americans should be able to offer thanks for what they have, a bad week for shootings is dampening that resolve. First there was the shooting incident at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in which the alleged shooter, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was beaten into submission by club patrons after killing five club patrons on November 19. His motive was under investigation but authorities said he will face possible murder and hate crime charges. Then, on November 22, a man believed to be a current employee or even the manager of a Walmart store in in Chesapeake, Virginia, walked into a break room and opened fire, killing six people, before turning the gun on himself. Then came the news on November 23 that two people have been found dead in New Hampshire.
Brookline police said a man was shot in the chest just before 6:30 a.m. on Townsend Hill Road, near Route 13, in what appears to be a domestic-related altercation. They say the suspected shooter, in one vehicle, tried to run the car of the victim off the road, then pulled up beside the vehicle and fired several times through the passenger-side window, hitting the victim at least once.
Police broadcasts also said that at least one person was found dead at 774 Center Road in Lyndeborough, which is about 30 minutes from Brookline. Police in the greater Milford area, along with New Hampshire State Police and possibly state police from outside New Hampshire, were conducting a massive search on Wednesday for a Wilton suspect in possession of firearms and driving a Toyota or Honda, according to emergency reports.
Canadian-Israeli Teen Killed In Jerusalem
Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of morning rush hour on November 23, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what police said were attacks by Palestinians. The victim was identified as 15-year-old Aryeh Schupak, who was heading to a Jewish seminary when the blast went off.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been surging for months, amid nightly Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, prompted by a spate of deadly attacks against Israelis that killed 19 people in the spring.
Prior to the explosions, Palestinian militants had stormed a West Bank hospital and carried out an Israeli citizen seeking treatment after a car accident.
A Different Type Of Organ Donor
The closure of many once-prominent churches around the country has meant that the parts needed by the Sanbornton Congregational Church, UCC, in its efforts to restore its aging pipe organ were available with a bit of searching. Still, the task took five years to complete.
Instead of scrapping the church’s Estey pipe organ in favor of a newer electronic organ, as many churches have done when faced with the expense of a major overhaul of an old pipe organ, church organist Laura Belanger and Dennis Akerman, minister of music at the church, contacted local organ-builder K. Robert Bengtson to discuss how they might go about restoring the instrument themselves.
“Between the console and the all of the newer pipes that we have, we’re kind of keeping the legacy of other churches alive,” Laura commented. Many of the pipes came from what had been a thriving Episcopal church in Warwick, Rhode Island, before it closed. Now, “part of it stays alive.”
Best Deals May Come After Black Friday
The BBC’s New York office reports that, even ahead of Black Friday, companies have been discounting some their clothes, toys, and other supplies, worried that they overestimated the demand from buyers who now are facing strains from the rising cost of living.
Retailers built up rich stocks of merchandise ahead of the holidays to avoid a repeat of last year’s shortages, but with inflation and the Federal Reserve’s harsh response in the form of higher interest rates, they now worry that people will cut back on expenditures.
Analysts say that the discounts being offered after Thanksgiving could get larger as Christmas Day approaches, when firms will be looking to get goods off their shelves.
Café Chatter
To the Voters in Grafton County District 18 (Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Canaan, Dorchester, Enfield, Grafton, Groton, Hebron and Orange), thank you for the win. Your vote and trust really mean a lot to me and I hope live up to your expectations. To my supporters, family and friends, thank you for all your hard work and days of support.
This election was too close for comfort, four votes of 8,454 votes cast separated the winner from the loser. This link will give you the vote count by town, select the Grafton County Excel downloadable document https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/elections/election-results/2022-general-election-results. All towns including Enfield and Canaan showed their support for me (even though I did not win these two towns I got more votes from them than expected, thank you). This will be one tough, tough job trying to represent all because we are so divided. We need to find ways to compromise where we can for the better of us all. To show logical factual information to our discussions on topics where we don’t agree so that we might agree going forward. I want to understand why we don’t agree because I believe we have more in common than not. It takes at least two to talk so let’s start talking. You can reach me at John.Sellers@leg.state.nh.us or call/text 603.787.3110. Visit the website https://johnsellersnh.com for updates and other news/events.
Thanks again for your vote and trust, have a wonderful, Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends and let’s have a productive and safe two years.
— John Sellers, Bristol
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