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A crowd of enthusiastic supporters who want to preserve the city’s Peirce Island exhibited their determination outside city hall Monday night.
Here Comes the Sun Part 3: I filed my first right-to-know court motion one freezing cold morning in January of 1985 trying to get a photo police were circulating of an ex-con named Glyde Earl Meek.
Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine is urging other elected councilors to back off from voting a $75 million bond to cover most of the costs of the multi-year project.
The ACLU of NH is deeply saddened to learn about the death of Jeff Pendleton, an ACLU client who was a defender of constitutional rights. He died died Sunday in his cell at Valley Street Jail in Manchester and an autopsy is scheduled.
UPDATE: The state asserts that Owen Labrie, who was convicted of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and certain use of computer prohibited, against a 15-year-old girl at St. Paul’s School, has violated a condition of his release by failing to comply with his curfew, travelling outside the parameters of his curfew at least eight times. Manchester Attorney Jaye Rancourt is handling Labrie’s appeal. “We’re waiting for more specific allegations from the state. We’d like to file our response in a couple of days,” Rancourt said.
Roger Wood InDepth caught up with a number of the residents who oppose the more than $80 million Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, which passed its hurdle of $75 million dollars in bonding by an 8 to 1 Portsmouth City Council vote, with Councilor Eric Spear voting from telephone.
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Rally to save Popular Island Monday before crucial city council vote on Monday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. before 7 p.m. meeting
By Save Peirce Island News Release