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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.
Nathaniel Ritzo volunteered to join the U.S. Army. As the lifelong Portsmouth resident puts it, “The Army volunteered me to do everything else.” That everything else included two tours in Iraq. Ritzo signed up because he wanted to serve his country. And, just like every American, he was shocked and horrified by the events of 9/11, 2001. For Ritzo, that ultimately led to two tours in Iraq, a non-commissioned officer serving in the signal corps.
A new report released last week provides a detailed look at the graduation rates of low-income college students. At many colleges, low-income students graduate at much lower rates than their high-income peers.
Check out how New Hampshire colleges fared.
As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dropped out of the presidential race late Monday afternoon, his announcement created at least an $18 million vacuum, according to OpenSecrets.org. The super PAC backing Walker, Unintimidated PAC, spent $1.8 million on independent expenditures before Walker bowed out. The group had raised $20 million by June 30, with the money coming in from some high-profile Republican donors who may have to decide, with their favored candidate out, who else they’ll throw their money behind. Several major donors gave only to Walker’s super PAC this cycle: businesswoman Diane Hendricks, for one, gave Unintimidated $5 million. Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein gave $2.5 million combined.
If Michael Stirling can prove the evaluation committee that selected the winning bidders for four medical marijuana dispensary licenses made a mathematical error, he expects the state to snatch a license away from the lowest-scoring bidder and award it to him.
The Tor relay that allows anonymous Internet surfing is scheduled to be turned back on Wednesday morning at the Kilton Public Library after a temporary hiatus caused by an email from the Department of Homeland Security. The library board of trustees in Lebanon decided Tuesday night a vote wasn’t necessary, but all agreed at a meeting to turn Tor back on. Kilton was the first public library in the nation to participate in the Library Freedom Project hosting Tor. “The trustees are continuing to work with the Library Freedom Project and Tor will be turned back on tomorrow,” Sean Fleming, the director of Lebanon Public Libraries, said Tuesday after the meeting. Tor has not yet been installed on computers used by the public at the library, but will most likely be in the future, he said.
The Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, N.H., was first in the nation to help Internet users around the world surf anonymously using Tor until the Department of Homeland Security raised a red flag. The library allowed Tor users around the world to bounce their Internet traffic through the library, thus masking users’ locations.
The library board of trustees will vote on whether to turn the service back on at its meeting on Sept. 15.