Untimely Death Reported at State Prison in Berlin

Late yesterday evening, corrections officers were made aware of an unresponsive resident in a housing unit. Life-saving measures were immediately started, including a response by the facility medical team, calling for an ambulance, and providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR

Snowball Fight in Portsmouth, Just For the Hearty

 Today I muse joyfully on some of the heartiest New Englanders who I witnessed at a  Portsmouth snowball fight, an unofficial event after Saturday’s blizzard that brought young and old out to fling some snowballs, laugh under a blue sky on Market Square.

AG Wants 25 More Abuse Lawsuits Against YDC Dismissed for Lack of Information

 Because the state has a need to have sufficient information regarding these claims, on Jan. 27, 2022, the state moved to have twenty-five additional suits dismissed because of a lack of information; again with the understanding that these suits may be refiled with additional information included. To the extent permitted by law, the Plaintiffs may also ask to file any new complaints under seal.

Panel Mulls COVID-19 Protocols in the Workplace

COVID-19 protocols in the workplace were the subject of three bills heard Thursday by the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee, including the concept of allowing an employee to use “conscientious objector” status as a protected class against being required to be vaccinated as a condition of work.