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Hampton Town Clerk Shirley Doheny has been directed to resign by Aug. 9 by the state Attorney General’s Office because of “serious breaches of your duties as Town Clerk.”
LITCHFIELD – Fired and criminally prosecuted for sexually harassing a subordinate officer, former Litchfield Police Chief Ben Sargent scored a victory as the New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned his misdemeanor conviction.
Disbarred for allegedly stealing from a disabled client and then faking evidence during the ensuing ethics investigation, Portsmouth attorney Justin P. Nadeau is going back to court as a defendant.
Gordon Thomas Searles, 68, one of the 11 former employees of the Sununu Youth Services Center – formerly called YDC, who was charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault has died in Manchester, according to his attorney Joseph Fricano of Nashua.
Ahead of the upcoming NH Maple Weekend, March 18 and 19, when almost 200 sugarhouses in the state are open to the public, Gov. Chris Sununu tapped a century-old maple on the grounds of the Remick Farm Museum with students from the Madison Elementary School Monday.
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.
Secretary of State David Scanlan and Attorney General John Formella sent out a news release at 1:14 p.m. today, Monday, reminding people they can absentee vote today in a municipal election under a National Weather Service winter storm warning.
The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, has issued Winter Storm Warnings for Southern New Hampshire from Monday evening through Wednesday afternoon. The New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) urges residents and visitors to take action.
The revelations that Lebanon put two armed officers into a dangerous situation in which they were prepared to use deadly force, despite the fact they had been drinking, comes from a right-to-know request filed by Scott Traudt, the man who has been fighting the department for 16 years, ever since he was convicted of assaulting now Chief Phil Roberts during a 2007 incident.
With a powerful nor’easter expected to hit New England Monday night through Wednesday, Eversource is closely monitoring the weather forecast and is ready for the heavy, wet snow and strong winds that are expected to impact New Hampshire.
Thursday’s regular House calendar has 15, yes 15 bills, that will come to the floor without a committee recommendation meaning the committee split 10-10 or 12-12 or some other evenly divided party line vote.
News item: Roald Dahl’s publishers have decided to change his language to better suit modern sensibilities. People in his books will no longer be called “fat,” for instance.
Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was arrested Friday after the local road agent recorded him allegedly obstructing snow removal efforts during the storm last Saturday on March 4 at 8:15 a.m., according to a state police news release.
Results from the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) have been released, showing both encouraging and concerning trends among New Hampshire teens and their behaviors.
Even though Tiffany Foss had reason to believe Department of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn broke the law when he requested a background search for an acquaintance, her whistleblower complaint can’t go forward since she no longer works for Quinn, according to a ruling issued this week.