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Attorney General John M. Formella announces that on March 16, 2023, pursuant to a negotiated agreement, former Concord Police Officer Michael Kosa, age 32, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in the 6th Circuit–District Division–Concord to two class B misdemeanors for violations of Records and Certification, RSA 260:14, IX(a), commonly known as the Driver Privacy Act.
State Police Sgt. Joseph Ronchi said Thursday it will take at least 60 days and possibly longer to provide public records about the Feb. 25 at 1:24 a.m. crash into a telephone pole in Portsmouth involving Jackie Burnett, the executive assistant to Portsmouth Police Chief Mark Newport.
Town meetings that postponed voting March 14 because of the Nor’Easter will be held March 28, but under certain circumstances you can vote absentee between now and then.
Approximately 53,000 customers remain without power in New Hampshire as of 12:20 p.m. today, and the energy company expects to substantially complete restoration for all communities by 6 p.m. on Friday, March 17, with the majority restored sooner.
Gov. Chris Sununu is asking the Biden Administration to step up its patrol of New Hampshire’s 51-mile border with Canada or he will do it with a $1.4 million budget priority he has proposed to use state and local law enforcement.
Paul J. Holloway Jr., 84, of Rye, a seacoast auto dealer who touched many lives and donated to many causes, died today, March 14, 2023
Portsmouth Police Chief Mark Newport’s executive assistant Jackie Burnett pleaded guilty Monday to reckless operation, a violation that was reduced from misdemeanor DUI impairment after her car crashed into a telephone pole at 1:25 a.m. on Feb. 25.
Secretary of State Dave Scanlan said a new law that allows town meeting voting to be postponed two weeks during weather emergencies was being used in about 77 precincts Tuesday as a March Nor’Easter swept through the state with snow, driving wind, and rain.
Supporters and opponents of the governor’s proposal to eliminate, consolidate or change many licensing boards in the state spoke out at a budget hearing Monday along with those who would like to see the governor’s proposed pay raises for all state employees and a 40 percent increase in private duty nursing rates for at-home care for the developmentally disabled.