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What Do You Think About Frisbie Memorial Hospital Since Bought by HCA?

By News Release | 2 hours ago

The Healthcare Consumer Protection Advisory Commission will hold a public meeting at the Rochester Library Community Room on May 28, 2025, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM in person or virtually to share their healthcare experience since the acquisition of Frisbie Memorial Hospital by HCA.

Q&A for the OCA on Electric Rates

And I don’t have any reason to doubt that electricity rates in New Hampshire have climbed, on average, by 36 percent in the nine years I have served as the state’s official advocate for the interests of residential utility customers.

Sharing Our Reporting and Hiring: What’s New at InDepthNH.org After 10 Years

We are also thrilled to encourage all other news outlets to share our excellent reporting for free by using the “Republish This Story” link at the end of every story as we have been doing this year, and started out doing.

Shaheen Leads Effort To Protect Connecticut River Watershed

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, is leading the New England Senate delegation in reintroducing a bill that will promote and fund restoration and protection efforts in the five-state Connecticut River Watershed.

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NH Supreme Court Sides with Former Litchfield Police Chief in Harassment Case

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | July 31, 2024

LITCHFIELD – Fired and criminally prosecuted for sexually harassing a subordinate officer, former Litchfield Police Chief Ben Sargent scored a victory as the New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned his misdemeanor conviction.

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Seacoast Lawyer Charged with Fraud

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | July 31, 2024

Disbarred for allegedly stealing from a disabled client and then faking evidence during the ensuing ethics investigation, Portsmouth attorney Justin P. Nadeau is going back to court as a defendant.

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Ex-YDC Staffer Dies Waiting Trial for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Teen Boy Held There

By Nancy West | July 31, 2024

Gordon Thomas Searles, 68, one of the 11 former employees of the Sununu Youth Services Center – formerly called YDC, who was charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault has died in Manchester, according to his attorney Joseph Fricano of Nashua.

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Help InDepthNH.org Plan Our Future By Taking This Very, Very Short Survey

By Nancy West | July 31, 2024

It will help us tell funders how lucky we are to have you and so many devoted readers. It is because of all of you that we are growing in revenue and readers.

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Ex-Sen. Woodburn’s Appeal Rejected; Plans To Fight Jail Time For Kicking Doors

By Nancy West | July 30, 2024

The state Supreme Court rejected former Democratic state Sen. Jeff Woodburn’s last appeal related to domestic violence charges dating back to 2018, this one about two criminal mischief convictions for kicking his former fiancee Emily Jacobs’ dryer door and breaking a door at her home.

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Susan Dromey Heeter Looks Ahead

By SUSAN DROMEY HEETER, InDepthNH.org | July 30, 2024

Today I muse joyfully on looking ahead to my final school year, my final going back in September, my final creation of roll books and seating charts.

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UNH Stormwater Center Gets Grant to Find Solutions To Lake Pollution

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | July 30, 2024

A big parking lot at the University of New Hampshire where students’ vehicles will soon be parked could be the site of a national study of stormwater and its impacts.

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Being Restorative with Leaf Seligman

By Beverly Stoddart | July 30, 2024

Leaf Seligman’s experiences in her bio include “jail chaplain, prisoner educator congregational minister, college instructor and human being.

Under Enrollment in Key Aid Program and Increased Available Funds Provide Opportunities for Enhanced Outreach and Assistance

By Jessica Williams, Policy Analyst | July 29, 2024

These federal funds are available for deployment to help Granite Staters though enhanced FANF outreach and assistance, and may be used to help ease financial hardships for families with lower incomes due to rising costs and expiring federal supports associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fishing New Hampshire’s Connecticut River Trophy Stretch

By George Liset | July 29, 2024

        Hidden in the headwaters of the Connecticut River in northern New Hampshire lies the Trophy Stretch. This two and a half miles of fly fishing only water connects First Connecticut Lake and Lake Francis in Pittsburg, New Hampshire.

Business & Economy

Laconia State School Sale Advisory Committee Meets Thursday

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | July 29, 2024

A meeting is planned for this Thursday by a committee that will review five proposals offered to the state for acquisition of the former Laconia State School.

Business & Economy

Coos County Leaders Told Public Meeting on Logging v. Carbon Credits Being Planned

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | July 29, 2024

A public meeting is being planned in Pittsburg later this summer when the new owner of the 146,400-acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Tract will present a new version of its plan to cut wood for the next 10 years on land it has enrolled as a carbon credit farm, but which also has a state easement attached.

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Distant Dome: Once Scorned, Casinos Have Proliferated

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | July 27, 2024

Take for example prison reform that sought to address the inmates who refused to take any of the rehabilitation programs while in prison and were back on the streets after their sentences ended.

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Trump Supporters Rally in Manchester

By Jeffrey Hastings | July 27, 2024

Hundreds of people gathered with their vehicles in a Manchester parking lot on South Willow Street to assemble for a short rally Sunday in the parking lot.

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Gov. Sununu Signs 53 Bills Into Law, Vetoes 2

By News Release | July 26, 2024

Gov. Sununu signs bills into laws and vetoes two.

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AG Identifies Man Killed in Police-Involved Shooting

By News Release | July 26, 2024

The adult male involved in Monday evening’s officer-involved shooting has been identified as Anthony J. Previte, age 29, of Kensington, New Hampshire.

Business & Economy

Biologists Have Theories on Why Lake Winnipesaukee Had Cyanobacteria in June

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | July 26, 2024

An unprecedented outbreak of cyanobacteria blooms across Lake Winnipesaukee in mid-June has aquatic biologists looking at a few potential causes, including one that relates to a newly discovered invasive species.

Business & Economy

State Assessing Damage to Trails in Pittsburg and Access Issues for Camp Owners

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | July 26, 2024

State officials are working with their federal counterparts to take stock of the damage inflicted on trails in the Great North Woods that suffered catastrophic damage from a rain storm July 10, which also impacted vast parts of Vermont.

Courts & Corrections

NH Supreme Court Justice Hantz Marconi Relieved of Her Duties for 90 Days, No Reason Given

By Nancy West | July 26, 2024

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has issued an order stating that Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi is on administrative leave with pay for a period of 90 days, which may be shortened or extended by further order of the court.

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Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Londonderry Man Has a Flower Named for Him

By Staff Report | July 26, 2024

The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.

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