Courts & Corrections
Ex-Rep. Troy Merner To Be Sentenced; No Jail Time Expected
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Former Republican state Rep. Troy Merner will appear before a judge Wednesday at his plea and sentencing hearing at 11 a.m. in Grafton Superior Court.
Business & Economy
Person With Infectious Tuberculosis Spent Time in Unidentified Manchester Daycare, DHHS Says
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An adult who was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis spent time in a childcare center in Manchester while infectious, according to a statement from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Courts & Corrections
Judge Denies Ex-Sen. Woodburn’s Latest Motion To Avoid Jail Time
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Judge Peter Bornstein has denied former Democratic state Sen. Jeffrey Woodburn’s motion for sentence modification and ordered a hearing to impose his 30-day jail sentence, but Attorney Mark Sisti said his client isn’t giving up at this point.
Courts & Corrections
Maine Law Firm Vets YDC Abuse Claims and Paid From Same Victims’ Settlement Fund
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The state is paying an out-of-state law firm to vet claims by victims who were abused as children while incarcerated at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester – then called YDC – out of the same $160 million the legislature approved to compensate victims through the settlement fund.
Courts & Corrections
Friend Says Gov. Chris Sununu Behind Effort To Force Geno Marconi To Resign
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A long-time friend of Geno Marconi believes he and his wife state Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi have both been placed on paid administrative leave to pressure Mr. Marconi to resign as director of New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors.
Business & Economy
U.S. Attorney Young Says Woman Embezzled $500,000, But Won’t ID the Company
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CONCORD – A former Keene woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to stealing almost $500,000 from her employer between 2015 and 2021, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced in an email press release.
News
Ex-Sen. Woodburn Seeks No Jail Time, AG Argues It’s Time For Him To Serve 30 Days
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Former state senator Jeffrey Woodburn of Whitefield filed an objection Friday to the state’s motion to impose the 30 days in jail he received for breaking a dryer door and kicking in the door to the home of his then-fiancée Emily Jacobs and asked that the sentence be modified.
News
ACLU-NH Questions Spending on Northern Border After New Data Shows Zero Encounters
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ACLU-NH has again questioned why taxpayer dollars are still allocated for the northern border with Canada after data on encounters by both Border Patrol and the state’s Northern Border Alliance Task Force from January to May 2024 showed zero encounters.
News
Hampton Town Clerk Directed To Resign For Failing to Follow Election Laws
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Hampton Town Clerk Shirley Doheny has been directed to resign by Aug. 9 by the state Attorney General’s Office because of “serious breaches of your duties as Town Clerk.”