Energy
Power Line Requiem or the Northern Pass Megawatt Blues
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Pounding nails to permanently close Northern Pass’ coffin began long before the state Supreme Court heard the case.
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.
Judge Denies Ex-Sen. Woodburn’s Latest Motion To Avoid Jail Time
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.
AG: Manchester Teen Wanted To Be Shot By Police
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.
State and Coalition Communities Argue Education Funding Decision Is Wrong
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.
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Maine Law Firm Vets YDC Abuse Claims and Paid From Same Victims’ Settlement Fund
State Education Board Adopts Controversial New Rules
Absolute Clauses: Sometimes Just the Right Thing To Say
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Updated: AG Seeks Person of Interest in Homicide of Concord Man, In Custody
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Update: Masslive.com reported that Methuen, Mass., police said they took Joseph King Hanright, 29, into custody on unrelated fugitive from justice charges at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Energy
Northern Pass
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Energy
Eversource Gives Up Northern Pass
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Eversource has decided Northern Pass “has no path forward” after the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously decided to uphold the Site Evaluation Committee’s decision denying the $1.6 billion project.
Energy
Radical Centrist Podcast: How Senator John Durkin Changed the World
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One Visionary Senator, One Great Staff, One Quiet amendment and 42+ years of Activism have set in motion America’s Renewable Energy Revolution
News
Sununu Budget Veto Intensifies Partisan Divide
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The Legislative Fiscal Committee had 35 items to decide in its day-long meeting, 22 were due to the budget veto by Gov. Chris Sununu and the three-month continuing resolution approved by the Democratically controlled Legislature and the governor.
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2 YDC Ex-Counselors Indicted for Sex Assault of Minor 2 Decades Ago; New Investigation Launched
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AG MacDonald: The investigation will address whether additional juveniles were subjected to physical or sexual violence at the YDC in this timeframe as well as whether there was conduct which constituted endangering the welfare of a child and any other crimes as dictated by the evidence.
Courts & Corrections
Former Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Financially Exploiting Elderly Adult
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James E. Knee (age 66), of Bow, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to one count of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Adult, one count of Perjury, and one count of Witness Tampering.
Education
Educator To Sununu: Spend Time in NH Classroom and the Dump To Find Supplies
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“We have to fix the way education is funded,” said Megan Tuttle, a former social studies teacher and now president of the National Education Association-New Hampshire chapter, which represents 17,000 public school educators and school workers.
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ACLU-NH, Concord Monitor File Suit Seeking Info On Secret Police Equipment
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They want unredacted copies of documents relating to a $5,100 line item in the Concord police department’s budget for “covert communications equipment.”
Courts & Corrections
Man Claims State Withheld ‘Laurie’ Misconduct Info On Two Lebanon Police Officers
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Strafford man who has been fighting his convictions for more than a decade says the prosecutor withheld evidence that could have negatively impacted the credibility of the police who testified against him.
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Realm of Possibility
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C
Feature
Vetoes, Vetoes
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Feature
NH Fly Fishing 101
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I would suggest using a terrestrial pattern like a flying ant, beetle or a small grasshopper and let the fun begin.
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Must Read: ‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes’
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Secret oaths were demanded by officials of our government to make sure security of our code-breaking secrets were not breached.
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Time For True Regional Approach In Building Our Electricity Future
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Approving Northern Pass would have done little directly for the people of New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
Sununu Signs Bill To Protect NH Businesses from Out-of-State Online Sales Taxes
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Calling it a “great first step” to protecting New Hampshire businesses from online taxes for their products, Gov. Chris Sununu signed the so-called “Wayfair” bill Friday.
Business & Economy
Sununu Holds Closed Meeting About Budget Veto for Municipal Officials
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Among those attending were officials from Derry, Manchester, Rochester, Epping, New Hampton, Chester, Keene, Charlestown, Antrim, Tuftonboro, Bedford, Canterbury, Milford, Nashua, and Berlin.
Business & Economy
Supreme Court Strongly Supports SEC’s Northern Pass Denial
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“We have reviewed the record and conclude that the Subcommittee’s findings are supported by competent evidence and are not erroneous as a matter of law” Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi wrote for the court.
Learn Everywhere Takes a Hit at Concord Hearing
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CONCORD – Learn Everywhere, a controversial statewide education plan that would let students gain up to a third of their graduation requirements outside the classroom, experienced a setback in its implementation on Thursday.