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The two former Claremont Police Officers accused of violating the civil rights of a man they arrested after falsifying evidence are close to settling the lawsuit, although the city will be on the hook for the deal.
Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks blamed COVID-19’s community transmission for “some staff and residents testing positive.”
State officials are negotiating with Vermont to house some of their children at the Sununu Youth Services Center for youths the court determines are delinquent.
The state Supreme Court ruled in an advisory opinion Tuesday that the House of Representatives could meet in session remotely without violating Part 2, Article 20 of the New Hampshire Constitution which says members must be “present.”
A Meredith police officer shot and killed David Donovan, 35, at 10 Bennett Drive in Meredith Sunday, according to a news release from Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald.
When Eleazar Lopez Ayala arrived at the Norris Cotton Federal Building in Manchester on Monday, his family and dozens of local supporters feared they might not see him again.
The state won’t review Pam Smart’s conviction as suggested by her attorney Mark Sisti after new information came to light last week about Paul Maggiotto, the now-Concord attorney who prosecuted her in 1991, according to Deputy Attorney General Jane Young.
Pam Smart’s lawyer says the state should review her case after a Brooklyn, N.Y., judge tossed a murder conviction Friday won decades ago by attorney Paul Maggiotto who also prosecuted Smart, her ex-teen lover and three friends for the 1990 murder of her husband, Gregory Smart in Derry.
While Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said there is no “credible threat” at the polls, he will be overseeing efforts to ensure a smooth outcome.