Category Archives: Local NH Politics
Gatsas, Craig To Debate On NHPR’s The Exchange
Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas and former alderman Joyce Craig will take part in a debate hosted by NHPR’s The Exchange. The debate will air live Thursday, Nov. 2 at 9 a.m. It will be rebroadcast at 7 p.m. later that … Continue reading
New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus Comments on Speaker Jasper’s Effort to Tear Apart Republican Party
Concord — The New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus (NHHFC) today offered the following comments in response to House Speaker Shawn Jasper’s efforts to split the Republican Party through division. WMUR reported that Jasper told NHGOP Chair Jeanne Forrester that “no … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Republicans
Tagged Free State Project, NHHFC, Shawn Jasper
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Judd Gregg on Laundry List of ‘Also’ Candidates to head HHS
Also rumored for consideration are former New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, talk show host and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz; Florida Governor Rick Scott, a former hospital executive; and Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a longtime critic of Obamacare in the … Continue reading
Jon DiPietro seeks release of Tessier Report
Manchester, NH– Jon DiPietro, candidate for school board in Ward 6, submitted a Right to Know request to Manchester Board of School Committee Clerk Maura Leahy today. He is seeking access to documents related to the breach of confidentiality by … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Board of School Committee, Jon DiPietro, Manchester, Nancy Tessier
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Predicting The Vibrancy of NH’s Leaf-Peeping Season
Predicting the vibrancy of fall foliage is as much a guessing game as it is a science. The constant factor: The amount and duration of sunlight determines when the green leaves of deciduous trees like maple, ash, birch and oak … Continue reading
Free State Project Impact Felt in Manchester Municipal Elections
A split has recently emerged in local Republican circles on how to address the Free State Project (FSP) in the lead-up to Manchester’s municipal elections this fall. On Sept. 13, Granite State Progress (GSP), a progressive political advocacy group, released a … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Local NH Politics
Tagged Election, Free State Project, Manchester, Primary
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Panel Chair Accuses Intervenor Of Trying To Delay Northern Pass Hearing
CONCORD — Site Evaluation Committee chair Martin Honigberg accused an intervenor Monday of attempting to deliberately delay adjudicative hearings on the Northern Pass Transmission project. The hearings on the $1.6 billion, high-voltage transmission project to bring Hydro-Quebec electricity to New England have … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Local NH Politics
Tagged Hydro-Quebec, Martin Honigberg, Norther Pass
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A Contentious Manchester Board of School Committee Meeting
If anyone doubts that fact is stranger than fiction, let’s take a look at last night’s meetings of the Manchester Board of School Committee. It’s first meeting at five o’clock got off to a contentious start. At-Large Committee Member Rich Girard challenged the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, Local NH Politics
Tagged Manchester, Rich Girard, School Board
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Interfaith Group Turning Trashed Home into NH Mosque
It’s been a crazy week, but major progress has been made turning a house that was trashed by its previous “libertarian” tenants into NH’s first full-time mosque. The Masjid al Latiff and Interfaith Community Center (MALIC Center) is Will Coley‘s vision that … Continue reading
Piers Morgan: It’s Kanye West’s fault that white college students (at UNH) used the ‘n’ word
For those who aren’t familiar with the song, it contains the line ‘But she ain’t messin’ with no broke n****a’. Some people maintained that they had done nothing wrong by singing along to the song, while others contended that it was … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 