Franklin has agreed to stop enforcing its curfew ordinance, but wants state lawmakers and the attorney general to help craft legislation that would survive a legal challenge in the future.
Dennis Delay, an economist at the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, predicts the state’s economy will be very good in 2016 and will likely lead all of New England.
That is because the national economy is doing pretty well and energy prices are down, Delay said.
UPDATED: Eduardo Lopez Jr.’s lawyers on Tuesday argued the convicted murderer should get a new trial because prosecutors failed to disclose before his trial decades ago that then-Nashua Police detective John Seusing had previously been disciplined for lying.
Bald and wearing red prison garb, Lopez at age 41 bore little physical resemblance to the 17-year-old who was arrested in 1991 for shooting Roscoe Powers who later recovered, then fatally shooting Robert Goyette during a robbery rampage in downtown Nashua.
Public Defender Paul Borchardt told Judge Jacalyn Colburn at Tuesday’s hearing that Seusing’s testimony at Lopez’ trial was critical to the theory of his defense that Lopez was too drunk to form the requisite intent. Seusing performed the videotaped blood alcohol test on Lopez and testified about the results at trial.
“It was the center of the case as it relates to one of the defenses,” Borchardt said. “That’s why (Seusing’s) testimony matters.”
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The names of an estimated 150 sworn law enforcement officers are maintained on a hodgepodge of “Laurie” lists kept by the state’s 10 county attorneys in New Hampshire.
It appears many of the officers no longer work in law enforcement in the county that lists their name, but it is impossible to be sure because the names are redacted and each county attorney reports their numbers in different formats. (see lists from all 10 counties below.)
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CONCORD — It didn’t take long for John Gantert’s life to fall apart four years ago when he was fired from the Rochester Police Department over a report he filled out that landed him on the hated “Laurie” list.
Gantert, now 33, was quickly evicted from Wyandotte Falls housing because his living arrangement there hinged on him working as community police officer. His girlfriend left him.
Gantert was suddenly alone and unemployed after six years on the job.
“I lost everything within 30 days,” Gantert told members of a commission studying Laurie issues on Wednesday. “It was unreal.”
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Roger Wood interviews Martin Murray, communications manager for Eversource, Catherine Corkery, director of the New Hampshire chapter of Sierra Club and Dan Dolan, president of Northeast Power Generators Association.
The ambitious project may be years away, but the battle is already underway over the massive Northern Pass electricity project in New Hampshire.
If ultimately built, a 192-mile transmission line will be constructed — underground and on towers — from Quebec province through New Hampshire. It would provide some 1,000 megawatts of power to the state and New England from Hydro-Quebec’s water driven hydro-electric plants in Canada.
New Hampshire State Police have two officers with potential credibility issues that don’t appear on the 10 county attorneys’ “Laurie” lists, even though Col. Robert Quinn said the correct number was forwarded to them.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release saying the Army Corps of Engineers research lab in Hanover was fined for mishandling a dangerous chemical. Please note that InDepthNH.org will publish complete news releases from businesses and government agencies when possible.
News Release
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New England Regional Office
October 8, 2015
Contact: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017
Hanover, N.H. Army Lab Fined and Takes Steps to Improve Safety under EPA Settlement
BOSTON – The Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to pay $85,059 to settle EPA claims that it violated federal regulations meant to protect the public from hazardous chemicals at a research lab in Hanover, N.H., and it has taken action to improve the safety of its operations at the facility.
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