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NH Senate Democrats Unveil ‘More Money in Your Pocket’ 2026 Policy Platform, Agenda

By News Release | 19 hours ago

In these stops, we’ve heard from real granite staters about the issues they face in everyday life; astronomical housing costs, perpetually rising utility bills, inaccessible healthcare, unobtainable childcare, and nonexistent support. 

NH Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Buying Live-Streamed Child Sex Abuse Material

David Mendum, 46, of Harrisville, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his conduct involving the sexual exploitation of minors, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces.

Goffstown Public Library Celebrates $19,272 Grant Award

The Goffstown Public Library has received a $19,272 grant award to support the library’s historic window restoration project.

Budget Vogue: Best Finds of 2025

I think of moments where I was delighted to have a couple of bucks in my pocket to splurge on things or events that made 2025 more bearable, enjoyable even. 

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YDC Abuser James Woodlock Sentenced To 20 to 40 Years
BREAKING: DLCC Adds New Hampshire to Battleground Target Map
State Education Freedom Account Administrator’s Financial Audit Touted
Health & Mental Health

Goodlander, Pappas Join Coalition to Introduce Legislation To Make Healthcare More Affordable for Granite Staters

By News Release | 20 hours ago

Today, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander and Congressman Chris Pappas helped introduce the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act, bipartisan legislation mirroring their landmark new plan to protect the healthcare that tens of thousands of Granite Staters rely on and address the root causes of our healthcare crisis.

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YDC Abuse Survivor Meehan To Speak at Woodlock Sentencing

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 9, 2025

One of the few men to be held accountable in the state’s long-running child sexual abuse scandal, James Woodlock, is set to be sentenced Wednesday on convictions for being an accessory to sexual assault.

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By Nancy West | December 9, 2025

It’s been a relentless year of reporting, and today we’re taking the time to highlight a few of the stories that impacted New Hampshire.

Business & Economy

Coming in Cold – Ski NH Kicks Off a Great Start To New Season with Ayotte, Goodlander

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 9, 2025

Blessed by natural snow statewide and unusually cold temperatures the past few weeks, New Hampshire ski area operators said they are off to a great start for the 2025-26 season and held a winter kick off party at McIntyre Ski Area Monday night attended by both Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, D-NH.

Business & Economy

Robert Frost’s Home and Museum in Franconia Among LCHIP Grant Recipients

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 9, 2025

In a 1919 letter written by poet Robert Frost, he worried that the cellar to his 1850s home here was so flooded with water that it might destroy the recently purchased furnace.

Business & Economy

Gov. Ayotte Announces New Centralized Hub for Businesses

By News Release | December 9, 2025

Accessible at NHBusinessGateway.gov, this new tool has been created to streamline more than 130 business related resources previously spread across more than 11 state agencies into one, easy-to-navigate location, and more importantly provides a clear outline of the steps involved for businesses.

Police-Involved Shooting in Manchester was 9th in NH So Far in 2025

By Nancy West | December 8, 2025

The fatal shooting of a Manchester man by police Saturday brings the total number of officer-involved shootings this year in New Hampshire to nine, the same for all of 2024, and the record number for the decade.

Courts & Corrections

YDC Child Abuse Settlement Fund Tops $237 Million 

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 8, 2025

Claims Administrator John Broderick is gone, but the Sununu Youth Services Center Settlement Fund’s work continues as total claims awarded now exceeds $237 million.

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Op-Ed: Senate Super-Majority Suppressing an Advocate for Education Accountability

By Sen. Debra Altschiller | December 8, 2025

 The voucher program is an albatross around the neck of our public universities too. This year’s budget, which allows for $87M to private school students, cut the University System’s budget by $35M.

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New Hampshire Keeps Vaccine Schedule Despite RFK Change, But Only Health Officials Told

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 8, 2025

New Hampshire parents will still be able to get their newborns life-saving vaccines against hepatitis B despite U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to curb the practice, according to a New Hampshire Health Alert sent to medical providers Friday.

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Married to the Man in the Red Suit: Life as a Santa’s Helper Widow in December

By Rep. Wendy E. N Thomas | December 8, 2025

There are many kinds of marriages in the world, but mine comes with an extra seasonal clause; every December, I share my husband with the world.

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Standoff in Durham Ends After Pursuit; Minor Let Out of Vehicle

By News Release | December 7, 2025

A Belmont man was taken into custody following a pursuit on the New Hampshire seacoast that ended in a multi-hour standoff.

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UPDATED: One Person Dies in Fire In Milton, NH Home

By News Release | December 6, 2025

At 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, members of the Milton Fire Department responded to 285 Willey Road for a reported fire

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Woman Seriously Injured In House Fire On Morgan Street in Manchester

By Jeffrey Hastings | December 6, 2025

Manchester Fire was dispatched to 191 Morgan Street Saturday at 4 p.m. for a report of smoke coming from a building.

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Distant Dome: New Education Freedom Account Data Tells A Different Story

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | December 6, 2025

There is a new regime at the Department of Education that has released more than the most basic information about the Education Freedom Account program.

Courts & Corrections

AG Investigates Police-Involved Shooting in Manchester

By News Release | December 6, 2025

A foot pursuit followed and in a subsequent encounter with police in the area of 293 South Mammoth Road the adult male was shot.

Energy

Unitil Responded to 104 Carbon Monoxide Calls in 2024

By News Release | December 5, 2025

With the arrival of the first bitter cold snap of the season and many homeowners cranking up the heat, Unitil is reminding residents to test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they are working properly. 

Courts & Corrections

New Judge Takes Over YDC Settlement Fund Lawsuit

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 5, 2025

One replacement judge later, the lawsuit over Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s changes to the Sununu Youth Services Center (YDC) Settlement Fund is back on the docket.

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Supreme Court to Hear High-Stakes Birthright Citizenship Challenge  

By News Release | December 5, 2025

The Barbara case is a nationwide class action, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of New Hampshire, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus, and Democracy Defenders Fund on behalf of babies who would be subject to the executive order.

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Speaking of Words: Metaphor or Simile?

By Michael Ferber | December 5, 2025

We can imagine someone saying “my love is literally a rose,” but that is to use “literally”
 metaphorically, as an emphatic adverb, like “really.” 

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