Arts and Entertainment
Celebrate Safely with Fireworks This Fourth of July
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Only adults 21 years of age or older are legally allowed to purchase, possess, and display permissible fireworks.
Environment & Science
Cyanobacteria in NH Lakes An Increasing Problem That May Be Linked to ALS
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“Cyanobacteria is the biggest threat to New Hampshire that no one knows about, ” said Rosemarie Ring, D-Salem, who in 2022 with state Sen. Suzanne Prentiss, D-Lebanon, sponsored a bill to create the 17-member Cyanobacteria Plan Advisory Committee to create a report “supported by scientific data” which “shall include measurable milestones,” and a state strategy to prevent the increase and eventually control cyanobacteria blooms.
Business & Economy
CMC To Pay $300,000 to Settle Allegations of Controlled Drugs; Announces Partnership With HCA
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Catholic Medical Center (CMC) in Manchester agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to keep accurate records of controlled substances, including opioids, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Health & Mental Health
Warmington Concerned About Sununu’s ‘Unilateral’ Action Reducing Hospital Medicaid Reimbursements
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Any resurrected legislative deal would also have to be approved by Sununu who sounded unlikely to do any more negotiating on the subject, when he answered InDepthNH.org’s questions last week at a press briefing in his office. It would also require a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate.
Health & Mental Health
NH DHHS Advises Consumers of Multi-Brand Ice Cream Recall
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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is advising consumers that Totally Cool, Inc. of Owings Mills, Maryland is recalling multiple brands of ice cream products, including certain Cumberland Farms, Jeni’s, Friendly’s, and Hershey’s products, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Impacted products were distributed to stores in New Hampshire, including Target, Market Basket, Shaw’s, and Hannaford.
Health & Mental Health
NH DHHS: Don’t Eat, Sell Diamond Shruumz Chocolate Bars, Cones, and Gummies
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a series of illnesses associated with the products, which are labeled as containing a proprietary blend of mushrooms, including reishi and lion’s mane.
Health & Mental Health
Ex-Employee: State DHHS Overcharged Disabled Adults for Medical Care
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Adults with disabilities who enter the workforce are getting overcharged for their medical care by the state agency that’s supposed to be helping them, according to a former employee who was fired and later ordered to be re-hired.
Health & Mental Health
Lake Winnipesaukee’s Under Siege By Cyanobacteria
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The 72-square mile crown jewel of the Lakes Region, Lake Winnipesaukee, is under siege right now from cyanobacteria reports from beaches and bays from Gilford, Meredith, Center Harbor Tuftonboro and Moultonborough.
Education
3 of 4 Top Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Business Concerns at Concord Forum
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Before an audience of business owners and executives, three of the top four candidates for governor took the stage together to introduce themselves.