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The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide if the man convicted of murdering two Dartmouth College professors when he was 17 can be made to serve life without parole.
Concerned at the potential loss of timber tax revenue for its members with carbon “farming” replacing logging in this heavily forested state, the New Hampshire Municipal Association is cautioning the state about agreeing to logging reductions in a 10-year plan on the 146,000-acre Connecticut Lakes Working Forest as part of the state’s easement.
Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte has named her incoming chief of staff, senior advisor, a public safety task force and created a website where anyone who wants to serve the state can forward her their resume.
New Hampshire’s lakes, mountains and seashores are not just pretty, they are places to hike, ski, boat, swim and big money makers for the state, according to a new national analysis.
The man accusing former Sununu Youth Services Center house leader Bradley Asbury of being an accomplice to rape at what was then called YDC when he was 14, Michael Gilpatrick, snapped during Wednesday’s cross-examination after hours of badgering by the defense.
Instead of one standing committee on Education in the House of Representatives there will be two starting this session, with one that deals exclusively with education finance issues and the other to deal with Education Administration issues.
The winners were published Wednesday by the national publication, beating out places like Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Vail, Colorado and Stowe, Vermont which all made the top 10 list.
A lawsuit brought against the White Mountain National Forest Service opposing its plan to log and develop recreation opportunities and protect from runoff Lakes Tarleton and Katherine and a tract near Gorham known as the Peabody West project is not being supported by eight New Hampshire conservation organizations and one individual.
Recounts for the state’s general election were completed Monday with no changes to the posted winners, though in some cases a few votes were changed.