Courts & Corrections
Ex-Rep. Troy Merner To Be Sentenced; No Jail Time Expected
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Former Republican state Rep. Troy Merner will appear before a judge Wednesday at his plea and sentencing hearing at 11 a.m. in Grafton Superior Court.
Warning: Don’t Let What Happened in Texas Happen in New Hampshire
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Amerika Garcia Grewal came to New Hampshire with a simple message: don’t let what happened in Texas happen to you.
Related: Labor Board Attorney Calls for Dartmouth to Negotiate with Basketball Players Union
The Legacy of ‘Trout Bum’ John Gierach
As I was reading a John Gierach article from my latest edition of Trout Unlimited’s Trout magazine, my phone started blowing up with messages about John’s passing.
NH Film Festival Announces Panel Including NH PBS on Public Media Distribution
The panel will take place on October 17 and feature representatives from New Hampshire PBS, GBH, Maine Public, Vermont Public and Rhode Island PBS.
North Country Chamber Players Reach Youth of Northern NH
The North Country Chamber Players is a non-profit organization of world class musicians who perform throughout the summer and periodically through fall and winter.
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Notable NH Deaths: Two Top Nashua Athletes; Former Dover City Manager
Ethel Kennedy (1928–2024), human rights advocate
Sununu Veto of Cyanobacteria-Related Bill Overridden; Most Sustained on Veto Day
Business & Economy
Possible Cyanobacteria Legislation Contemplated by ‘Lake Champion’
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MOULTONBOROUGH – While all is calm and crystal clear on Lake Kanasatka Monday, one of its summer lake residents is a lawmaker who is busy planning for new bills to take on toxic cyanobacteria blooms across the state if re-elected.
Feature
Distant Dome: Health Care Privatization Leads to Disaster
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Private enterprise and free markets may not be the answer to everything as some would have you believe. There are some things that perform better when the bottom line is not the driving reason for corporate decisions.
Business & Economy
Person With Infectious Tuberculosis Spent Time in Unidentified Manchester Daycare, DHHS Says
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An adult who was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis spent time in a childcare center in Manchester while infectious, according to a statement from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Courts & Corrections
Authorities Say Woman Arrested in 2019 ‘Death of Juvenile,’ But Don’t Identify Child Victim
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A Belknap County grand jury returned indictments charging Sherry Connor with manslaughter for recklessly causing the death of the juvenile. Further, the grand jury returned indictments on charges of negligent homicide, six counts of first degree assault, second degree assault and four counts of witness tampering.
Courts & Corrections
Next YDC Abuse Civil Trial Set For 2025
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Facing a potentially debilitating number of civil trials that could consume the court for decades, Rockingham Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman is pushing forward with a schedule for the 801 Sununu Youth Services Center – formerly called YDC – abuse cases on his docket.
Feature
Fly Fishing the Kancamagus
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One of my fly fishing challenges every year is to fish waters that are new to me. This is never a problem in a state like New Hampshire because there is so much water to fish.
Business & Economy
Roger Wood’s Podcast: NH Childcare Centers Finally Get Promised Checks
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It took a year, but childcare centers in New Hampshire qualifying for state funds have finally received them. The legislature appropriated $15 million for hiring and retention help for childcare workers.
Business & Economy
Fiscal Approves $6M Grant for Community Health Centers; Extends Rye Harbor Grant Date
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The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved the request for one-time support for eight Federally Qualified Health Centers and one similar center to address the continuing impact from the COVID pandemic.
Courts & Corrections
Fiscal OKs Changes to YDC Settlement Program; Chairman Suggests Lie Detectors
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Legislative budget writers Friday approved changes to the Youth Development Center Settlement Fund program to align with legislation passed this year to make it more attractive to victims of sexual and physical abuse from about 1990 to 2000 at the Manchester facility.
Arts and Entertainment
Henry Walters – Falconer and Poet
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Henry Walters is many things. He is an award-winning poet and Master Falconer, who at one point in his life climbed Pack Monadnock every day for three months to count birds of prey as they flew over.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: 20-Year Executive Councilor Ruth Griffin
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InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this
column.
Courts & Corrections
Judge Denies Ex-Sen. Woodburn’s Latest Motion To Avoid Jail Time
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Judge Peter Bornstein has denied former Democratic state Sen. Jeffrey Woodburn’s motion for sentence modification and ordered a hearing to impose his 30-day jail sentence, but Attorney Mark Sisti said his client isn’t giving up at this point.
Courts & Corrections
AG: Manchester Teen Wanted To Be Shot By Police
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A Manchester teen wanted a deadly confrontation with police when he pulled a BB gun replica of a 9 mm pistol on a police officer, according to the report released Thursday by New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella’s office.
Business & Economy
State and Coalition Communities Argue Education Funding Decision Is Wrong
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State attorneys reiterate arguments rejected by a Superior Court Judge in declaring the Statewide Education Property Tax unconstitutional in their legal brief to the state Supreme Court filed Wednesday evening appealing the lower court’s decision.
Courts & Corrections
Maine Law Firm Vets YDC Abuse Claims and Paid From Same Victims’ Settlement Fund
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The state is paying an out-of-state law firm to vet claims by victims who were abused as children while incarcerated at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester – then called YDC – out of the same $160 million the legislature approved to compensate victims through the settlement fund.
Business & Economy
State Education Board Adopts Controversial New Rules
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After more than an hour of fine-tuning the proposed overhaul of the rules governing the state education minimum standards, the State Board of Education unanimously adopted its controversial proposal Wednesday.
Feature
Absolute Clauses: Sometimes Just the Right Thing To Say
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“All things considered” is another common example, so common that since 1971 it has been the name of a news program on National Public Radio. Here the participle is “considered.”
News
Nominee for Fish and Game Director Praised at Public Hearing
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Dr. Stephanie L. Simek, Washington state’s expert on large game carnivores, including cougars and wolves, answered questions of the state’s Executive Council Tuesday as she is the governor’s pick to run the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department as its new executive director.
Arts and Entertainment
NHCJE’s Icon Series: Where Art Meets Justice and Equity
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This series pays tribute to those who have paved the way for equity and justice across various fronts, including civil rights, racial justice, disability rights, LGBTQ+ rights, workers’ rights, and more.