One Valley Street Jail Worker in Manchester Tests Positive for COVID-19
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Hillsborough County House of Corrections, also known as Valley Street Jail, where one employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
Indicted Justice Hantz Marconi Seeks Undisclosed Evidence, Witnesses From AG
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Lawyers for embattled state Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi want prosecutors to turn over the names of witnesses and evidence they have only hinted at so far allegedly showing she had a criminal purpose meeting with then-Gov. Chris Sununu and speaking with Pease Development Authority Chairman Steve Duprey.
No Pot of Gold for NH Budget Writers Anywhere
If Senate budget writers were looking for a silver bullet to help undo some of the draconian cuts in the House budget, they did not find one Wednesday.
Portsmouth Appeals Back Pay Awarded To Disgraced Ex-Cop
Portsmouth is going to the New Hampshire Supreme Court to try to get out of paying fired cop Aaron Goodwin almost $150,000 for two years salary.
May 1, a Day for Pro-Immigrant and Pro-Labor Rallies
The first day of May, which has been an occasion for labor rallies since 1886 and immigrants’ rights marches since 2006, has taken on new significance this year due to President Donald Trump’s assaults on immigrants and unions.
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Katy Burns Local Journalism Match Extended To May 3, World Press Freedom Day
SNHU Students Help NonProfits Improve Their Social Media
Mellon Foundation To Fill Funding Gap For Humanities Caused by Elon Musk’s DOGE
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Councilors Seek Details From Sununu On COVID-19 Spending
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District 2 Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky, D-Concord, and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, wrote to Sununu Monday noting the council’s advice and consent is required under Part 2 Article 56 of the state Constitution to withdraw the money.
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Bettencourt: Sununu To Announce Some Reopening Plans on Friday
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Gov. Chris Sununu intends to make an announcement Friday on stay-at-home orders and what aspects of the state’s economy he may be able to reopen and when, the governor’s policy director said Tuesday.
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Port-a-Toilets Placed in Manchester Homeless Camps To Curb COVID-19
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Fire Chief Dan Goonan told aldermen that there has been heightened anxiety among people at the New Horizons homeless shelter and many shelter clients have begun to leave the facility.
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Laconia Bike Week Postponed Until Aug. 22-30
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The event, which has brought as many as 300,000 riders and motorcycle enthusiasts to the state over the course of the nine-days, always ending on Father’s Day, has brought millions of dollars in tourism to the state.
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Gardner Forms Advisory Panel on Use of $3.2M CARES Act Funding
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This money will help cover additional costs incurred at the local level for the handling and processing of absentee ballots over and above the number of those cast four years ago, and protecting the health and safety of voters and poll workers.
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NH Reports 75 new COVID-19 Cases Bringing Total to 1,938
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No new deaths were reported leaving the number at 60.
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Outside Help Sought for COVID-19 Money Distribution
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The office charged with distributing federal COVID-19 funds may use outside groups to help screen applications and distribute money.
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NH Allows More People Tested for COVID-19 and Opens Five New Test Sites
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Sununu announced five new drive-in test sites going up this week in Tamworth, Claremont, Lancaster, Plymouth, and Rochester – mostly at National Guard bases – and a mobile unit in addition to existing testing facilities at 11 ConvenientMD sites.
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77 New COVID-19 Cases Brings Total to 1,864: NH Data
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There were no new deaths reported Sunday so the total remains at 60 deaths from COVID-19.
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Nashua Telegraph Moves Mostly Online As COVID-19 Alters NH Newspapers
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Readers have responded to the Valley News through a fundraising campaign that had raised $131,764 as of Sunday night in donations that were not tax deductible.
COVID-19; Dean Kamen; U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen; Lori Shibinette
Time To Rebuild New Hampshire, Are We Ready?
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While the unimaginable destruction the virus has inflicted on the world’s health, families, economy and our daily lives, there are lessons we need to learn.
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For Want of a Nail . . .
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Ironically, defunding the World Health Organization will do more harm to the U.S. and our economic allies in the developed nations.
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Spike in COVID-19 With 7 New Deaths, 69 More Cases: NH Data
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All of the seven people who died were older than 60 with three women and one man from Strafford County, and two women and one man from Hillsborough County, according to the daily report released by the state Department of Health and Human Services.
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11 Staffers at NH Department of Corrections Test Positive for COVID-19
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Only 10 state prison inmates have been tested for COVID-19 and all were negative.
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Lawmakers Blindsided by Federal COVID-19 Money Rules; Emergency Extended
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Michele Perkins, New England College president and chair of the NH College and University Council, told the committee estimated loss for the state’s private and public colleges and universities is $185 million this year, which she called a conservative estimate.
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Total COVID-19 Deaths Reach 53, All Cases Hit 1,720 in NH
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The two men who died were over age 60, one from Strafford County, the other from Rockingham County.
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Retailers Tell Task Force: Reopen Stores By Appointment, Allow Cash
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“There isn’t any going back whatsoever to the way things were before,” said Nancy Kyle, president and chief executive officer of the New Hampshire Retail Association, told the new Governor’s Economic Re-opening Task Force on Friday.
COVID-19; Dean Kamen; U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen; Lori Shibinette
National Forest Closes Popular Picnic, Shelters and Some Trailheads in NH
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Connie Carpenter, acting forest supervisor, said the move was made in keeping with federal and local guidelines and intended to protect the health and safety of the public and its employees during the pandemic.
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Laconia Motorcycle Week Mulls August Back-Up Date Due to COVID-19
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Sununu said this week he wants to hold out as long as possible before deciding.