Expect One No Vote Tonight on Peirce Island Sewage Treatment Expansion
Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine is urging other elected councilors to back off from voting a $75 million bond to cover most of the costs of the multi-year project.
Portsmouth Protesters Gather Monday Night Against Peirce Island Plant
Roger Wood InDepth caught up with a number of the residents who oppose the more than $80 million Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, which passed its hurdle of $75 million dollars in bonding by an 8 to 1 Portsmouth City Council vote, with Councilor Eric Spear voting from telephone.
Is Your Government Keeping Secrets? We Ask Right To Know NH’s David Saad
Here Comes The Sun: in Part 2 of InDepthNH.org’s celebration of Sunshine Week, Roger Wood gets the skinny on what you should know about holding government accountable from David Saad, president of Right to Know NH.
Guindon’s Death Reminds Portsmouth Chief of Domestic Violence Dangers
Police Officer Ashley Guindon, 28, was memorialized at a funeral in Springfield, Mass., on Monday.
Sen. Ayotte Questions Gen. Austin On Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
There’s been no deterrence of Iran’s ballistic missile program. That was the assessment of General Lloyd Austin, asked by U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, if Iran had changed course.
Take a Right-Hand Turn With Circle of Honor UPS Drivers
You have seen their brown panel trucks around your town, and often benefit from the packages they deliver in a timely fashion. But do you really know the men and women who go out in all kinds of weather – morning and night – to do their jobs?
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Ayotte Pushes Addiction Recovery Act on Senate Floor
Calling it critical legislation, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, has taken to the Senate floor to call for passage of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act.
Lawmakers Mull Rail Line Linking Lowell and Manchester
Now, the question is, can the state support a rail line connecting with the existing MBTA commuter rail terminal in Lowell to Manchester. The House Transportation Committee may start answering that question as soon as Tuesday when it considers a $4 million dollar study.
Fishermen Upset About Rule Requiring Costly Catch Monitoring
This spring, an expensive federal rule takes effect unless a federal judge rules otherwise. The rule requires a monitoring device on each fishing boat that tracks the day’s catch. The device costs more than $600 a day to operate so the fishermen are not only limited in their catch, but are required to monitor it as well.
What To Do When Your Podcaster Starts Interviewing Himself
ROGER’S RAMBLINGS: Roger Wood may have gone a bit off the deep end to remember a great singer/songwriter who turned up on his doorstep in Portsmouth one day, but who has since passed away. If you are old enough to remember the song “100 Pounds of Clay,” you will remember him right away. Roger Wood has never forgotten him.