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Today, Mayor Joyce Craig announced she is not seeking re-election as Mayor of Manchester. Mayor Craig was elected in 2017 as the first woman mayor of Manchester and is currently serving her third term in office.
The direct cause is not known and the sports dome deflated rather than a collapse which was initially reported. Security video showed the deflation of the complex.
There has been considerable confusion about Tuesday’s town meetings after the Secretary of State and Attorney General said at 1:14 p.m. today Monday that people could vote by absentee today Monday March 13 if they lived in a town with a National Weather Service winter weather warning, but then changed after some towns postponed their meetings.
Grafton County taxpayers were charged close to $9,000 to investigate an alleged affair between county employees, but they don’t get to know about it.
To date, the vacancy rate for entry-level corrections officers is at 51% department-wide; in March 2022 the department-wide officer vacancy rate was 39%, and 30% in March 2021, and 29% in March 2020.
Amid the ongoing youth mental health crisis, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella has joined 46 of his fellow Attorneys General in asking a state court to order social media company TikTok, Inc. to fully comply with an ongoing investigation into whether the company violated consumer protection laws.
The stalking trial against ex-Lebanon Police Lt. Richard Smolenski is delayed as the judge tries to sort out revelations that Grafton County investigated the accuser based on information from Smolenski.
The New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) urges residents and visitors to use caution and avoid traveling if possible.
Faced with a long-running housing crisis in the state, House members debated property rights before killing a bill that would allow four units in a building in a single-family residential zone.