Category Archives: New Hampshire News
Teacher convicted of sex assault can keep $76,000/year pension
[Arthur] Peekel was an admissions officer at Phillips Exeter prep school in 1973 when prosecutors say he assaulted a prospective student. He then left New Hampshire and began an esteemed career teaching in the Northwest suburbs, even winning the 1991-92 … Continue reading
Posted in National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Arthur Peekel, Phillips Exeter Academy, Sexual Assault
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Comrade Volinsky Might Run for Governor of New Hampshire
Democratic Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky tells us that our item about him in last week’s New Hampshire Primary Source has prompted an uptick in calls from people urging him to consider running for governor. “As I do my Executive Council … Continue reading
Manchester New Hampshire battles bedbugs
MANCHESTER — Students returning to the Henry Wilson School on Tuesday were given plastic bags to stow their backpacks and other belongings from home in an effort to quell a bedbug problem at the inner-city school. A bedbug was reported … Continue reading
New Media Militia Stats for May 2017 And a Thank You!
The New Media Militia added 528 new posts to local and national news in the month of May. The content came from bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, humble radio hosts, and local and national media, viewed by visitors from 41 different countries. … Continue reading
Posted in International News, New Hampshire News
Tagged May, New Media Militia, Posts, Visits
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Report: NH tops nation in protecting children from death, other ‘childhood ending’ factors
New Hampshire ranks first in the nation in protecting children from death and other factors that could end their childhoods early, according to a new report by Save the Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The report says that the United … Continue reading
Jerry DeLemus sentenced to 7 years for role in Nevada standoff
LAS VEGAS – A judge called a New Hampshire man a “bully vigilante” and sentenced him to more than seven years in prison for organizing armed backers of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy after a standoff with U.S. agents in 2014. … Continue reading
UNH researchers say rising sea levels threaten Seacoast roads
So you’re telling me that drought we just had was good for infrastructure or are you saying rising ground water should have counteracted the drought? University of New Hampshire researchers have found that some roads, as far as two miles … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Environment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Infrastructure, NHBR, Sea Level Rise, UNH
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Lebanon NH: Officers Won’t Try to Enforce Immigration Laws
Not even when they are smoking in public places? WEST LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — The police chief in Lebanon, New Hampshire, says officers will not be used to round up people living in the country illegally who haven’t committed a … Continue reading
Federal Complaint Filed Against Dartmouth
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed a federal complaint against Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for its “unlawful use of live animals in its emergency medicine training program.” According to the complaint, “the medical center uses live sheep to teach procedural … Continue reading
Lebanon NH smoking ban to take effect in July
LEBANON, N.H. -Lebanon, New Hampshire is following the lead of other communities by banning smoking in designated public spaces. Scattered throughout the City of Lebanon it’s not uncommon to spot cigarette smokers and the butts they leave behind. “Both residents … Continue reading
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