Benjamin Chan

Newfound Schools ‘Back To Normal’ As School Mask Mandate Eliminated

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Parents anticipating a continuation of mask mandates in the Newfound Area School District came to the Aug. 9 school board meeting to protest the school reopening plan, but Superintendent Pierre Couture announced that, contrary to the draft plan posted on the district’s website, “it’s pretty much back to normal.”

Business & Economy

DHHS: First Person Infected with Jamestown Canyon Virus This Season

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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is announcing an adult from Dublin, NH tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a viral infection transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. This is the first detection of JCV in a person in the State this season.

Health & Mental Health

U.S. DOJ Supports Democrats in Lawsuit for Remote Access to Legislature

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Earlier Friday night, in a brief submitted to the U.S. First Court of Appeals, the United States Department of Justice took a strong position in favor of the plaintiffs in the case of Cushing et al v Packard, repudiating the doctrine of legislative immunity, as Speaker Sherman Packard is seeking to use it in this case to avoid the state’s responsibility to obey the law.