Speaking of Words: Arabic Words in English
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All languages borrow words from neighboring languages, and if a language has great geographical spread, as English has, it will absorb countless numbers of them.
Feature
Joyful Musings: Day of the Dead Is Coming
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As a Spanish Teacher, I muse joyfully on Día de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead. This is the Mexican holiday where families delight in and welcome back the souls of their relatives who have passed on, died, expired, kicked the bucket.
Courts & Corrections
Corrections Department Ordered To Take Back Guard Nabbed in Hunting Probe
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Corrections Officer Sgt. Gerald Williams learned that simply being accused of a crime is enough to get you fired from your job, even if the accusation never turns into a conviction.
Health & Mental Health
Last of ARPA Funds Committed by Fiscal Committee, Mostly for Mental Health Care
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CONCORD – With the clock running out on the state spending federal American Rescue Act funds, Gov. Chris Sununu went to the legislative fiscal committee Friday to ask for the last of the commitments to the almost $1 billion in post COVID-19 recovery funds received in New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
Half of NH’s Medicare Advantage Insured May Need New Plan: Insurance Dept.
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Based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2022-2023, around 44,000 seniors in New Hampshire – more than half of the state’s Medicare Advantage population – may need to choose a new plan or carrier.
Environment & Science
Record Cyanobacteria Season Ends with $500,000 ARPA Funds for Towns
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State officials saw records broken for the number of months of posted warnings for cyanobacteria on lakes and ponds and while awareness has increased, funding to address the problem has not kept up.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Dover Man Accompanied Nixon to China; Former Fire Standards Chief; Former Manchester Police Chief
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Courts & Corrections
Geno Marconi, Bradley Cook Indicted Day After AG Releases Justice Hantz Marconi Charges
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Attorney General John M. Formella announced Thursday that Geno Marconi of Stratham and Bradley Cook of Hampton have been indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury.
Business & Economy
AG Says NHEC Is Running ‘Competently’ While Wrapping Up Civil Rights Review of Board
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While a review by the Attorney General’s civil rights unit into NH Electric Co-Op after two women members of the board of directors resigned in June citing sexism, Attorney General John Formella told the governor and Executive Council Wednesday that the member-owned utility is running “competently,” though there may be some suggested changes.