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On Wednesday, July 27, contracts for family planning providers will be considered at New Hampshire’s Executive Council meeting, including for three reproductive health providers whose contracts were most recently rejected in January – Planned Parenthood of Northern New England; Equality Health Center; and Lovering Health Center.
One month after employees of the Gunstock Mountain Resort complained of disrespect by the governing Gunstock Area Commission, a new seating plan that placed senior management in the audience at the Belknap County Complex was seen as a further insult, leading to the resignation of the entire management team.
Gubernatorial candidate Dr. Tom Sherman released a housing plan Wednesday that he says will mean serious long-term fixes to the housing crisis, unlike the bandaid one-time approach Gov. Chris Sununu has made in his InvestNH housing plan.
It used to take more than 18 hours for the United Church of Acworth to upload one weekly church service to the internet, recalled parishioner Sally Eaton, if its slow connection didn’t time out first. But since the launch this month of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s (NHEC) town-wide fiber-optic service, the job is done in minutes.
Dr. Tom Sherman, a Rye Democrat who is running against Gov. Chris Sununu, said the Executive Council had to point out that Sununu’s plan to use taxpayer money to give out $100 checks in response to soaring electric rates will mean that people with second homes will receive two checks and Massachusetts residents with vacation homes in New Hampshire will also receive checks.
One of the lawsuits filed against the state and contractors that provide juvenile services raises questions about the leadership of Mount Prospect Academy in Plymouth where some of the 700 people suing the state say they were abused as children in state custody.
New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management has confirmed with NextEra Energy that social media reports stating that sirens connected to Seabrook Station had been activated on Friday, July 15, 2022, are false.
Upon initial review, nine of the 121 sirens were mistakenly activated by Seabrook Station during regular testing, which is required by federal regulations to ensure equipment works properly in the event of an emergency and in accordance with plans and procedures.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is expected to decide if a woman’s sex abuse lawsuit against Bishop Guertin High School can go forward after it was dismissed because it fell outside of New Hampshire’s statute of limitations, even though those limits no longer exist.
Lori Shibinette gave no reason at the Executive Council meeting Tuesday for her decision to take leave of the top post at Health and Human Services at the end of 2022.
