FIRST-TERM state Rep. Emily Phillips, R-Fremont, became the first Republican to declare she would oppose a sitting state senator this fall — three-term Sen. Bill Gannon, R-Sandown.
The Executive Council was told at least 60,000 vehicles above the normal flow passed through the tolls for the Solar Eclipse, and approved $21 million for the purchase of Granite Place South from developer Stephen M. Duprey of Concord.