Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Peace Prize Points To Need for Nuclear Abolition
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For the third time in recent decades, the Nobel Peace Prize went this year to a group advocating the abolition of nuclear weapons as the only sure way to eliminate the threat they pose.
Solidarity Town Hall Held to Keep Dartmouth Labor Movement Growing
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More than 100 Dartmouth College students, joined by faculty, staff, and community members, rallied Monday evening at an on-campus church in support of the college’s growing labor movement.
Judge Losing Patience With Delays in Jail Sex Abuse Lawsuit
It’s been more than two years since two alleged sexual assault victims brought a civil lawsuit against Grafton County and former Corrections Officer Max Fournier, but the trial in that case is still years away at best.
NH Counties Upset Over Aurora Sustainable’s North Country Timber Cutting Proposal
The New Hampshire Association of Counties is expressing concerns about a proposed 10-year agreement with the state that would significantly reduce the amount of timber cut from the 145,000-acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract.
Absentee Voters Should Mail Ballots as Soon as Possible, Secretary of State Says
General Election absentee ballots returned by mail must be received by the voter’s local clerk by 5 p.m. on election day.
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Op-Ed: Rand Trial Concludes; State Doesn’t Defend Its Calculation of Adequacy Cost
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Health & Mental Health
While Exeter Hospital Terminated Care Providers, It Paid $9M To Its Top Executives, Councilor Says
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At the same time that Beth Israel/Lahey Hospital is closing its doors on some care it provides the Seacoast region at Exeter Hospital, it is paying its top eight executives $9 million in salaries, said Executive Councilor Janet Stevens of Rye.
Speaking of Words: Arabic Words in English
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All languages borrow words from neighboring languages, and if a language has great geographical spread, as English has, it will absorb countless numbers of them.
Feature
Joyful Musings: Day of the Dead Is Coming
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As a Spanish Teacher, I muse joyfully on Día de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead. This is the Mexican holiday where families delight in and welcome back the souls of their relatives who have passed on, died, expired, kicked the bucket.
Courts & Corrections
Corrections Department Ordered To Take Back Guard Nabbed in Hunting Probe
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Corrections Officer Sgt. Gerald Williams learned that simply being accused of a crime is enough to get you fired from your job, even if the accusation never turns into a conviction.
Health & Mental Health
Last of ARPA Funds Committed by Fiscal Committee, Mostly for Mental Health Care
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CONCORD – With the clock running out on the state spending federal American Rescue Act funds, Gov. Chris Sununu went to the legislative fiscal committee Friday to ask for the last of the commitments to the almost $1 billion in post COVID-19 recovery funds received in New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
Half of NH’s Medicare Advantage Insured May Need New Plan: Insurance Dept.
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Based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2022-2023, around 44,000 seniors in New Hampshire – more than half of the state’s Medicare Advantage population – may need to choose a new plan or carrier.
Environment & Science
Record Cyanobacteria Season Ends with $500,000 ARPA Funds for Towns
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State officials saw records broken for the number of months of posted warnings for cyanobacteria on lakes and ponds and while awareness has increased, funding to address the problem has not kept up.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Dover Man Accompanied Nixon to China; Former Fire Standards Chief; Former Manchester Police Chief
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Courts & Corrections
Geno Marconi, Bradley Cook Indicted Day After AG Releases Justice Hantz Marconi Charges
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Attorney General John M. Formella announced Thursday that Geno Marconi of Stratham and Bradley Cook of Hampton have been indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury.
Business & Economy
AG Says NHEC Is Running ‘Competently’ While Wrapping Up Civil Rights Review of Board
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While a review by the Attorney General’s civil rights unit into NH Electric Co-Op after two women members of the board of directors resigned in June citing sexism, Attorney General John Formella told the governor and Executive Council Wednesday that the member-owned utility is running “competently,” though there may be some suggested changes.
News
State Parks To Review Efforts To Accommodate, Spread Out Visitors During Peak Times
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The state Division of Parks and Recreation will be reviewing existing management strategies for its flagship Franconia Notch property, state officials said late Wednesday following New Hampshire television media coverage related to crowded trails over the Columbus Day Weekend here.
Courts & Corrections
Justice Hantz Marconi Indicted For Trying To Interfere with Husband Geno Marconi’s Criminal Investigation
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New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi has been indicted by the Merrimack County Grand Jury for two felonies and five misdemeanors relating to her attempts to interfere with a criminal investigation into her husband, Geno Marconi, according to a news release from Attorney General John Formella.
News
Sununu Makes Political Predictions and Weighs His Future Talking With the Press
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He said he believes that the New Hampshire Senate will retain its 14-10 Republican majority after the election, the House of Representatives will continue to be about evenly split between Democrats and Republicans and the Executive Council will continue a 4-1 Republican majority with a few new faces in all chambers and former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte will pull out a win for governor.
Business & Economy
AG: Ex-Senator and Casino Owner Andy Sanborn Charged with Theft
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In their grant application, Win Win Win and Andy Sanborn distorted the casino’s gross receipts and this falsification resulted in Win Win Win and Andy Sanborn receiving $188,474.33 more in grant monies than the amount to which they were due under the grant formula.
Business & Economy
Sununu Accuses Television Station of Sending Wrong Message on Tourism
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MEREDITH – Coming off what businesses considered an excellent Columbus Day Weekend for tourism, Gov. Chris Sununu criticized the state’s television coverage over the weekend which he said suggested that there were too many visitors.
Business & Economy
We’re Honored To Receive $100,000 Press Forward Grant To Help Save Local News
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Today, the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism was named a Press Forward grant recipient. We join this inaugural, historic cohort of more than 200 local newsrooms across the country that are filling critical information gaps and working in service of our communities and the only one in New Hampshire.
Courts & Corrections
Ex-Senator Woodburn Released from Jail After 20 Days; He Also Faces Maine Protective Order
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Former state senator Jeffrey Woodburn was released Monday from the Coos County Jail after serving 20 days of his 30-day sentence on two charges of criminal mischief, the only two he was convicted of out of nine charges in a domestic violence case involving his former fiancée, Emily Jacobs.
Courts & Corrections
Imran Alrai Convicted in a Financial Scheme To Steal About $6.7M from the United Way
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After a two-week trial, a Windham man was convicted by a federal petit jury, for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with his ownership of an information technology (IT) company that contracted with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley (United Way) while being employed by United Way, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
News
Former NH Man Busted for Soliciting Sex with 5-Year-Old in Utah Had Worked in NH
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A man arrested for allegedly soliciting sex with a five-year-old child in Utah is a former employee at a nonprofit organization for at-risk youth in New Hampshire.