NH News Roundup
NH News Roundup on Monday, Jan. 9
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NSA Adding Workers In Groveton As It Closes Londonderry Facility and other news from around New Hampshire and the world.
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NSA Adding Workers In Groveton As It Closes Londonderry Facility and other news from around New Hampshire and the world.
Mark Galvin, co-founder of mymedicalshopper.com, found that prices for similar medical procedures vary widely in the state and that many consumers aren’t aware of their power to take advantage of cost savings.
New Hampshire and Maine have now joined with 23 other states in the battle to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.
What do these Portsmouth folks want? They tell Roger Wood Indepth the answer is simple — Government Transparency.
Lane closures next week on Sarah Mildred Long Bridge in Portsmouth. Roger Wood Indepth reports.
Real estate sales are going through the roof on the Seacoast.
What would former Police Chief William Burke have done?
The Green Alliance salutes businesses that are environmentally friendly and offer sustainability initiatives to the area. Most recently recognized is the Gundalow Company, based in Portsmouth. Roger Wood indepthNH spoke with founder Molly Bolster about the success of the non-profit company’s newest craft, The Piscataqua. She talked about the emphasis on education and its financial accomplishments during his podcast.
The recent firing of Portsmouth Police Detective Aaron Goodwin and the resignation of Police Chief Stephen Dubois bring police ethics under the spotlight. Goodwin was fired after a city commission determined he acted wrongfully in accepting a 2.7 million dollar inheritance from an elderly woman he befriended. While the chief told the Portsmouth Herald that a thorough investigation of the officer’s relationship with Geraldine Webber found no wrongdoing, witnesses testified there was no investigation, and that police officials turned a blind eye toward one of their own. Roger Wood reached out to the head of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of police for an interview, and received no response on the issue of police ethics. But Richard Beary, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police responded.