Speaking of Words: Those Silent Consonants

       We often hear about “silent e,” that magical letter that turns a can into a cane or a glob into a globe, as Tom Lehrer put it in his charming song for the Electric Company many years ago, but a greater problem for English spelling is a large set of silent consonants.

AG: Woman Shot During State Police Traffic Stop

Attorney General John M. Formella announces that members of the Attorney General’s Office are responding to a report of an officer-involved shooting that occurred early this morning in the Dover, New Hampshire area with an adult female shot during an incident involving a traffic stop by New Hampshire State Police.