Feature
Chasing Winnipesaukee Landlocked Salmon
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As another flock of geese flew overhead, I remembered that I was going to meet my son Reed on a river that flowed into Lake Winnipesaukee later that afternoon.
Jurors Deliberating Charges Against Bradley Asbury in YDC Abuse Case
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Jurors must decide if former Sununu Youth Services Center house leader Bradley Asbury held down a 14-year-old boy during a 1998 rape, or if the victim, Michael Gilpatrick, is a fantasist looking for money.
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Groveton Funeral Director
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Grief, Determination, and Community on Transgender Day of Remembrance
It was Concord’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, drawing upwards of 150 people for a solemn community vigil.
YDC Abuse Case Against Bradley Asbury Going to Jury
Closing arguments are set for Friday as the state’s second criminal trial against an alleged abuser in the Sununu Youth Services Center, also known as YDC, scandal is wrapping up after just three days of testimony.
More Headlines
Bill Threatening Nonprofit Organizations Passes; Kuster, Pappas Opposed
NH One of Top Ten States for Outdoor Recreation Economic Activity
Citing Overwhelming Public Comment, Panel Objects to Landfill Rule Changes for Now
Courts & Corrections
Manchester Police Chief Retiring After 27 Years in Law Enforcement
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After 27 years in law enforcement, Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg says “it is without reservation that I submit my formal letter of retirement.”
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Danger of Ignoring Transparency and Accountability
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With the 2024 election days away, the issues being debated can be boiled down to how one defines freedom, investing in a sustainable economy, and the role of government. Integrity and ethics are also on voter minds – and not just for the top of the ticket.
Environment & Science
NHACC Hosts ‘Something Wild’ 54th Annual Meeting and Conference: Come Network
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This conference is open to the public and offers a great day of learning, networking, and fun with fellow conservation commission members and offers dozens of workshops on natural resource conservation, climate change, and wildlife. See NHACC.org.
News
Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme
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An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Bosen Takes on Berlin City Council Vote on AG’s Northern Border Task Force
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On December 4, 2023, The Berlin City Council voted to have our police force participate in the Attorney General’s Northern Border Task Force along the Swanton Sector, stretching from parts of New York, through Vermont, and including the entire northern New Hampshire border.
Courts & Corrections
Mother Gets 53 Years in Prison for Murdering Son Elijah Lewis, 5
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NASHUA — Danielle Dauphinais will be 91 years old by the time she’s eligible for parole now that she’s been sentenced to at least 53 1/2 years in prison for the murder of her son, Elijah Lewis.
Courts & Corrections
Ex-Senator Andy Sanborn, Concord Casino Indicted for Theft of $188,473 in Main Street Relief Fund
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Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Win Win Win, LLC d/b/a “Concord Casino” (“Win Win Win”) and owner and former New Hampshire State Senator Anthony M. “Andy” Sanborn of Bedford have both been indicted for theft by deception (RSA 637:4, I) and theft by unauthorized taking (RSA 637:3). These indictments follow the arrest of Andy Sanborn last week.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Dartmouth Researcher; Radio Station Owner
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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.
Energy
Recreation Plan OK’d Through 2028 for Conn. Lakes Headwaters Tract, Issues Remain
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PITTSBURG – Aurora Sustainable Lands is resisting calls to allow for more ATV trail miles on the Connecticut Lakes Headwater Tract under a new recreation plan approved by the state Oct. 21.
Salem Police Deputy Chief Accused in Drinking Party Tip-Off
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When Salem Police officers started hauling teens out of a house party this summer for alleged underage drinking, two of the alleged party goers were missing from the group of the detained: the two sons of Deputy Police Chief Shane Smith.
News
NH Makes Progress on Affordable Housing with Davis Ridge in Concord
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New Hampshire’s considerable workforce housing crisis eased a little on Thursday when federal and local leaders came to celebrate the completion of a new, 48-unit multifamily housing development for the Concord area, just off Interstate 393.
News
Housing Is Big Issue in Race for Governor: Ayotte, Craig Weigh In
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With estimates that the state will need close to 90,000 new affordable housing units by 2040 to address the state’s needs and it is already 23,000 units behind, housing is a big issue in the upcoming governor’s race.
Feature
NH Secrets, Legends & Lore Podcast: ‘What the Chicken Knows,’ Talking with Sy Montgomery
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A conversation with NH Author Sy Montgomery about her newest book.
Courts & Corrections
Hantz Marconi: Chief Justice MacDonald Said She Had Right To Speak with Sununu, But She Was Later Indicted For It
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Associate Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi says Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald told her she had every right to speak with Gov. Chris Sununu on behalf of her husband Geno Marconi’s criminal investigation, the June 6 conversation that led to her to her being indicted.
Op-Ed: Has public education in America reached a tipping point?
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Voucher schemes allow politicians to divert vast sums of public money to private schools by using parents as middlemen.
News
Friends of InDepthNH.org: You Know You Wanna and We Need You
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Friends of InDepthNH.org’s goals include helping us spread the word about the work we do, asking your friends to sign up for our free newsletter, and raising money.
Health & Mental Health
Biden, Sanders Tout Success in Bringing Down Drug Prices at NHTI Event
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President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., came to New Hampshire Tuesday to tout “consequential progress” in taking on what Sanders called “the greed of the pharmaceutical industry” through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Feature
Solidarity Town Hall Held to Keep Dartmouth Labor Movement Growing
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More than 100 Dartmouth College students, joined by faculty, staff, and community members, rallied Monday evening at an on-campus church in support of the college’s growing labor movement.
Courts & Corrections
Judge Losing Patience With Delays in Jail Sex Abuse Lawsuit
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It’s been more than two years since two alleged sexual assault victims brought a civil lawsuit against Grafton County and former Corrections Officer Max Fournier, but the trial in that case is still years away at best.