Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Garry Rayno Speaks About 2025’s State House
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Thirty years ago Republicans had long controlled state government until Jeanne Shaheen and other Democrats helped make NH a two-party state in the latter part of the 20th Century.
Acquitted of Killing Motorcyclists, Zhukovskyy’s License Suspension Stands
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A jury found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcycle riders in the 2019 crash, but Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg ruled he is still responsible for the deaths.
House Budget Is Devastating for the State’s Most Vulnerable, Senators Told
Hundreds of people turned out to speak against the House-passed budget saying it harms the state’s most vulnerable including the developmentally disabled, the elderly, the mentally ill and the poor seeking health care.
Protesters Decry Proposed Budget Cuts In Advance of Packed Senate Budget Hearing
Protesters kicked off a lengthy public hearing on the state’s budget for the next two years which cuts services, programs and hikes fees throughout state government for the next two years, if passed by the Senate and approved by the governor.
Carbon Credit Bill Likely Headed To Study Committee, Called ‘Unworkable’
Called an “existential threat” to the state’s $1.4 billion annual timber and forest products industry, state Senators were warned that HB 123 was unfair and would tax lands enrolled in carbon credit programs at least twice.
More Headlines
Sudden End To Federal Pandemic-Related Grants Leaves Unplanned Service Gaps
Fly Fishing In Small Streams in the White Mountains
Child Porn Convict Featured in Netflix ‘Sextortion’ Documentary
Courts & Corrections
Tulloch’s Sentence in Zantop Murders Heads To Supreme Court Despite State’s Objection
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Prosecutors with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office do not want the state Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of a life sentence without parole for convicted killer Robert Tulloch.
Feature
Distant Dome: Christmas Comes for Some in New Hampshire
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New Hampshire lawmakers have decreed that most of the “gifts” from the state do not go to the needy, but to those on the other end of the economic spectrum.
Education
Another Union Forms at Dartmouth College
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The teaching staff at the Dartmouth College Child Care Center has voted to unionize and affiliate with Local 560 of the Service Employees International Union, which already represents hundreds of campus workers.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Nashua Community College President
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Feature
Immigrant Advocates Urge Ayotte to ‘Be Governor to All NH Residents’
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In a letter delivered Wednesday to Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte, more than one hundred New Hampshire immigrant advocates have called for the state to avoid involvement in President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation.
Health & Mental Health
NH Supreme Court To Consider Appeal in Camp Fatima Sex Abuse Lawsuit
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Even though New Hampshire removed the statute of limitations to allow victims of sexual abuse to bring lawsuits decades later, the old limits still apply to a man trying to sue the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester.
Feature
Christmas Shopping for Your Angler
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I just finished putting up my Christmas tree. Is it just me or do the manufacturers of tree lights put in extra bulbs to just mess with you?
Education
Reaction Forceful to Sununu’s Decision To Withdraw State Librarian Nomination
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Reaction to Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to withdraw the nomination of Mindy Atwood to be state librarian was forceful from both sides with some claiming she advances a “woke” agenda and others saying she simply opposes book censorship, which NEA-NH called a mainstream belief.
Business & Economy
Legislative Committee Approves New Landfill Siting Rules Amidst Objections
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After temporarily rejecting proposed solid waste siting rules last month, a legislative committee voted 9-1 Thursday to approve them, despite public objections that they don’t go far enough in protecting the public.
Courts & Corrections
Department of Corrections Ordered To Explain Right-to-Know Redactions
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Fired after his bosses reportedly covered up evidence in a use of force investigation, Department of Corrections Lt. Thomas Macholl continues to be stalled in his search for truth.
Op-Ed
The Imperial PUC Takes on Net Metering, Again
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Utility regulation in New Hampshire is broken. Exhibit A for that proposition is the endless squabbling at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over net metering.
Business & Economy
Executive Council Approves Hampstead Hospital Lease with Dartmouth Health
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A seven-year renewable contract between the state and Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth Health) to operate the state’s new psychiatric hospital for youths at Hampstead Hospital passed the Executive Council on a vote of 4-1 Wednesday.
Op-Ed
The Supreme Court Argument in ConVal-State Wants to Make Claremont Mythical; Court hints at avoiding Judicial Norms.
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The lawyers made their arguments in the ConVal case to a depleted Supreme Court on December 10th. Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald recused himself from the ConVal case (but not from our Rand case) because he was the Attorney General during the first year or so of ConVal. Justice Hantz Marconi is suspended while she fights criminal charges stemming from her speaking to Governor Sununu about an investigation of her husband.
News
Electoral College Votes Cast in Concord Featured Trans and Ethnically Diverse Women
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Four New Hampshire women: one transgender, an immigrant from Venezuela, an Indian American and an African American pledged the state’s four Electoral College votes for Vice President Kamala Harris to be President of the United States and Tim Walz vice president at a ceremony on Tuesday.
Business & Economy
About 98,000 People Lived in Poverty in New Hampshire During 2023, NHFPI Says
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Coos County residents in northern New Hampshire have a median income that is about half as much as someone living in Rockingham County in the south and they face higher costs of living than their counterparts near the Massachusetts border, according to some statistics gleaned from recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.
Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Chris Proulx as Executive Director
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The Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the appointment of Chris Proulx as its new Executive Director. With over two decades of experience in media, advertising, marketing, and communications, Proulx brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of success to the organization.
News
Former Landlords Resolve Allegations They Violated the Fair Housing Act
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United States District Judge Steven J. McAuliffe has approved a consent decree resolving allegations that former Manchester landlords Marc Morin and Tracy Stapula Morin violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA), U.S. Attorney Jane Young announces.
Arts and Entertainment
Ho, Ho, Ho – Granite Staters Prefer ‘Merry Christmas’: Survey Says
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Mild weather in the Granite State is dampening expectations for a white Christmas and more people will have artificial than real Christmas trees.
Education
Sunset Heights Elementary School recognized as a Nationally Distinguished School
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This honor, awarded to approximately 100 schools nationwide, recognizes Sunset Heights Elementary for their exceptional student achievement in 2024.