Feature
Pointers: Fly Fishing with Friends or Go Alone
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Choosing a fishing partner can be a difficult and a somewhat interesting challenge. It can sometimes be so anxiety producing that an angler would rather fish alone, which is not a bad thing.
Bill Would ‘Weaken’ Civil Rights Law, Senate Judiciary Told
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A proposed change to civil rights law was opposed as potentially weakening the state statute at a public Feb. 12 before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
ICE Detainee in Dover, NH Has Fighters in His Corner
Steven Tendo, the Ugandan pastor and asylum-seeker who was living and working in Vermont but is now being held by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Strafford County Jail, was initially denied medication by the facility, though things are getting better there, according to his attorney Christopher Worth.
AG Investigates ‘Suspicious’ Death in Manchester
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man in Manchester after responding Monday afternoon to a report of a man with an apparent gunshot wound, according to a news release from Attorney General John Formella.
NH Supreme Court Lets Asbury Pause YDC Appeal, Lawyer Claims New Evidence
Brad Asbury’s appeal of his Sununu Youth Services Center, also known as YDC, sex assault conviction is on hold after the New Hampshire Supreme Court gave him the green light to pursue a new trial in Manchester.
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Granite Staters Join ‘Not My Presidents Day Rally’ To Oppose Trump, ICE
Op-Ed: Three Ways to Sunday (A Day without Public School)
State Rep. Harry Bean ‘Stalwart of Belknap County’ Has Died
Feature
Speaking of Words: The Language of Nonviolence
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The national movement in opposition to Donald Trump and his regime has been growing at great speed, with demonstrations of various kinds taking place nearly every day across the country.
Business & Economy
January Revenues Ahead of Estimates Thanks to Tax Amnesty
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While the bottom line for January’s state revenues may look good, it belies some troubling trends that are likely to led to a revenue deficit at the end of the 2026 fiscal year.
Courts & Corrections
Daniel Will Mostly Praised at Hearing on Nomination to the NH Supreme Court
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Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Will was questioned by members of the Executive Council and the subject of a public hearing Friday on whether he should serve as an Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Feature
Radio Free New Hampshire: An Expert Opinion
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Confession: I don’t know how computers work. When mine goes south, I stab random buttons. I turn it on and off. I swear out loud. It usually works again after a while and then I move along. Ditto for my phone, ditto for my car, ditto for the other machinery on which I rely any given day.
Education
Oyster River, UNH Students Hold Walkout to Protest ICE
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Senior Class President Deems Brant said the group joined with students from the University of New Hampshire at Durham Community Church before marching down Main Street. More than 400 young advocates took part in the cause, according to Brant.
Courts & Corrections
House Criminal Justice Committee Approves Sexual Assault Bill
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For three years, based on her personal experience of an attempted sexual assault by a co-worker at a party, Rep. Ellen Read, D-Newmarket, has been trying to get a bill passed that would require health care providers, law enforcement and other responders to inform sexual assault victims of their right to obtain medical evidence.
Courts & Corrections
UVM Nursing Assistant Detained by ICE Held in Dover, NH, at County Jail
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Steven Tendo, a Ugandan pastor and asylum-seeker who was detained by federal immigration agents in Vermont on Wednesday, is now being held at the Strafford County Department of Corrections in Dover, NH, according to an online detainee tracker from ICE.
Courts & Corrections
YDC Abuse Survivors Ask NH Supreme Court To Overturn Settlement Dismissal Order
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Survivors of childhood sexual abuse want the New Hampshire Supreme Court to revive their lawsuit that claims Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s changes to the YDC Settlement Fund amount to a bait and switch.
Education
GOP: ‘No’ to Late Bill Giving Merrimack Some Say on ICE Facility
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House Republicans voted down an attempt to give Merrimack some say over a proposed ICE detention center planned for the community.
Business & Economy
Senate Republicans Shoot Down Dem-Backed Bills On Ed. Funding, Guns and Pot, All Agree to Booze Deliveries
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Republican Senators refused to increase the base cost of an adequate education across the state for the next biennium, didn’t go along with many Democratic bills but they all agreed that folks should be able to get booze delivered.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Former Derry Town Administrator Craig Bulkley; Writer Norman Abelson
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
News
NH House Approves Guns on Campus
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House Bill 1793 would prohibit colleges, universities and other institutes of higher learning from imposing restrictions on firearms and other weapons if they accept state funding.
Arts and Entertainment
State of State: Ayotte Aims To Make NH More Affordable, Healthier, Increase Nuclear Power
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte focused her State of the State address on public safety and affordability Thursday and said that together we can protect what sets the state apart.
Business & Economy
State Officials Grilled on What They Knew Of Potential ICE Facility in Merrimack
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Exactly what state officials knew of a possible federal ICE detention facility in New Hampshire – and when they knew it – were the subjects of an emergency meeting Wednesday by the state’s Executive Council.
Business & Economy
State Faces More Confusion and $55,000 a Day Fines Due To Flawed Law To End Inspections
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In addition to leaving the public and inspection stations now scrambling to understand what this all means, Commissioner Scott said the potential exists not only to pay the federal government $1.6 million a month for violation of the act, but the state could lose highway funds after 18 months of noncompliance.
Education
Bill Would Overhaul State Education Funding System
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Returning the Statewide Education Property Tax to a real statewide property tax would raise $1.4 billion for public education, a House committee was told Wednesday.
Courts & Corrections
Constitutional Amendment Proposed To Deal With ‘Judicial Crisis’ in NH
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After a year of New Hampshire Supreme Court scandals, it’s time to rein in judges, according to Rep. Susan DeRoy (R-New Durham.)
Business & Economy
Vaccine Bills Address Immunization Requirements, Religious Exemptions
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House Bill 1811 would repeal statutory immunization requirements for children, and House Bill 1022 focuses on religious exemptions from vaccine requirements.
News
Belknap County Republican House Member Joins Democratic Minority
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Saying he was “sidelined by the Republican Party,” state Representative David Nagel of Gilmanton announced Wednesday he is leaving them and joining the Democratic party in the New Hampshire State House.