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PODCAST: Veteran City Councilman and Assistant Mayor of Portsmouth is wrapping up his latest council term with an environmental victory. The former legislator has ushered in a resolution to have toxic chemicals removed from any cleaning in the city’s buildings and schools.
CONCORD – Over Northern Pass’ objection, Site Evaluation Committee Chairman Martin Honigberg has ordered the project to recall its construction experts for limited cross-examination about “purported inaccuracies” and exceptions it is seeking from the Department of Transportation.
The action doesn’t stop at Northern Pass adjudicative hearings in Concord.
The New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism welcomes two new board members — Gloria Norris and Marco Mulcahy, both of whom have deep roots in New Hampshire and passion for a free press.
While it’s widely known that private schools convert to charter status to take advantage of public dollars, more schools are now heading in the opposite direction. As voucher programs across the country proliferate, shuttered charter schools, like the Orange Park Performing Arts Academy, have begun to privatize in order to stay open with state assistance.
Right to Know NH is the recipient of this year’s First Amendment Award. Attorney Gregory V. Sullivan will receive the school’s Quill & Ink Award. They will be recognized at the 15th annual awards event on Oct. 5 at the Palace Theatre.
ERROL – Authorities believe they have located the skeletal remains of Tony Imondi, who was 26 when he was last seen on July 1, 1998, after attending a horseshoe tournament at Bill’s Seafood in Errol.
The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce its incoming class of fellows for the 2017 New England First Amendment Institute.
My supervisor was on the phone, and she told me in a matter-of-fact voice that there had been some changes in our university program, student enrollments were down and budgets had been cut and she was sorry, it had nothing to do with me, but my contract had not been renewed. I was out of a job.
THE GAY AGENDA: Spending time away from our LGBTQ friends this summer while we went back home to the seacoast to work made us realize even more how much we value these friendships with others in our community.
If we learned anything during the last several weeks, it is that weather conditions can turn on a dime. Variations in tides, sea depth, elevation, surface conditions, etc., can initiate a sudden change in local weather situations.
Eliminate the Corporate Income Tax entirely. Get rid of the whole damn thing and send all those lawyers and lobbyists, who suck up all of the oxygen in the Capital, vying for exceptions, incentives and special treatment, home.
At their recent meeting in New Hampshire, Andrew Kossack provided commissioners printed instructions on how to retain their own emails related to a lawsuit filed against the commission by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
It’s good to give thanks, to write thanks, to appreciate even small acts of kindness. And I bask in carrying around note cards so I can write notes on the go – don’t have to wait until the “time is perfect” to scribe a few words.
New Hampshire becomes the 22nd state in the nation — and the last of the New England states — to eliminate the possibility of jail time for simple marijuana possession