Category Archives: Union Leader
Keene Gets New Police Chief
Acting Police Chief Steven Russo has been named chief permanently. City Manager Med Kopczynski made the announcement at Thursday night’s City Council meeting. Russo stepped into the position as acting chief last month after the death of Police Chief Brian … Continue reading
Drone Finds Missing Horse from Epping
A Morgan horse missing for nearly a week was reunited with her owner Saturday night after searchers located her with a drone. The horse named Amy was found around 8:30 p.m. in the area of thick brush near a beaver … Continue reading
Speaker Jasper Calls NH House Budget Opposition ‘Terrorism’
Much of the focus since the stunning defeats Wednesday and Thursday was over House Speaker Shawn Jasper’s public feud with members of the House Freedom Caucus, which is newly formed. “I am not a person that gives into essentially terrorism,” … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Union Leader
Tagged Budget, NH House, Shawn Jasper
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State Regulators Reject Northern Pass Delay
State regulators rejected a six-month delay in its review of the Northern Pass power transmission project setting the stage for long-awaited hearings to begin next Thursday. In a unanimous decision Thursday, the Site Evaluation Committee rejected the request of several … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Union Leader
Tagged Northern Pass
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Former School Board Member Pleads Guilty to Secretly Filming Girlfriend and Her Daughter
A former Manchester school board member will spend four months in jail after pleading guilty to covertly filming his girlfriend and her daughter in their home, authorities said. Jason Cooper, who served on the school board for a single year … Continue reading
Salem Wants to Keep Dead Man’s Seized Weapons
SALEM — The town is seeking ownership of a cache of seized weapons to cover back taxes owed by Charles Hill, the man who set fire to his 20 Irving St. home and committed suicide in its basement Monday night. … Continue reading
Woman Yelling Obscenities Arrested at City Hall
And no, it wasn’t Sherry Frost. Allison Lane, 32, was at City Hall to order a parking pass, police said, when she became visibly upset and started yelling profanities at City Hall workers. More… |Union Leader The New Media Militia … Continue reading
Bedford High School Students Target a Union Leader Reporter
Rich spoke to Londonderry Lancers’ Coach Jimmy Lauzon for Sports in Our Own Backyard. They spoke about social media, telling the listeners about an incident that occurred when some Bedford High School students targeted a Union Leader reporter after he … Continue reading
Posted in Girard At Large, New Hampshire News, Union Leader
Tagged Bedford, Social Media, Twitter, Union Leader
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Should Manchester Make Schools a City Department, Like Public Works, Police or Fire?
As reported Wednesday by the New Hampshire Union Leader, aldermen voted late Tuesday night to put a question on the municipal election ballot next November asking voters if they favor making the school district a city department — and putting … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Union Leader
Tagged Manchester, School Board
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NH Senate Goes after NHMA in Bill to Certify Town Elections
The [NH State] Senate voted 21-2 today to pass a bill designed to allow towns that postponed town or school elections, due to the March 14 snow storm, to ratify the results. … Sen. Dan Feltes, D-Concord, opposed the bill … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Legislation, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Union Leader
Tagged NH Senate, NHMA
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