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Rep. Jon Stone’s New Hampshire law enforcement career ended when he threatened to kill fellow police officers in a shooting spree, and murder his chief after raping the chief’s wife and children, all while he was already under scrutiny for his inappropriate relationship with a teen girl, according to the internal investigation reports finally released this week.
Accusing Senate Republicans of “shocking and extreme moves” Friday, Democrats criticized two 14-10 votes in which transgender girls would be prohibited from playing girls public high school and college sports in New Hampshire and one that creates a process for parents across the state to ban books in schools.
With most of Coos County entirely in the path of totality and even the southern part of the state getting in on about 95 percent totality, the solar eclipse on Monday is expected to draw thousands to the Granite State for the afternoon spectacle with a number of events planned across the state.
A bill that would require teachers to fully answer parents’ questions about their child within 10 days with any omission considered a violation of the state teacher code of conduct was passed by the Senate Friday along partisan lines by the Republican majority.
Announcing he will not run for re-election Wednesday is District 4 Executive Councilor Ted Gatsas, a Manchester Republican and its former mayor who also served as State Senate President for a time.
New Hampshire has roughly 58 miles of border with Canada and one entry/exit point in Pittsburg, but it is part of the Swanton Sector of patrol, 295 miles in length from Swanton, New York and into Vermont.
In a motion filed Friday by their attorney, Andru Volinsky, Mary Lee Sargent and Arnie Alpert have asked Merrimack County Superior Court Judge John Kissinger to reconsider his ruling that they lack standing to sue the State for removing a historical marker about Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
Two former state senators with little in common politically except their disdain for the state’s handling of the case against former Republican state Rep. Troy Merner disagreed on whether he should be allowed confidential criminal mediation that will be closed to the public and press.
Timothy Verrill is the only man whose DNA was profiled by state forensic technicians during the investigation into the 2017 murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini, even though he was not the only man to have a sample of his DNA collected by investigators.