Bedford baker wins $43K in cash and prizes, as well as shot at world cake-maker title

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A Bedford baker won a national competition of wedding cake design on Sunday, a feat that sets New Hampshire’s cake boss up for an international contest in Milan, Italy, later this month.

Bryson Perkins, owner of Triolo’s Bakery, said he put about 350 hours of work into “Eau de Romance,” a three-tiered cake inspired by limited-edition Shalimar perfume bottles. It won top prize Sunday in the Grand National Wedding Cake Competition, which is part of the annual Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show. | More…

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Did A Meteor Cause A Brush Fire In New Hampshire?

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

WOODSTOCK, New Hampshire (CBS) — Investigators and fire officials in New Hampshire are looking into the possibility that a meteor may have started a brush fire that has currently burned through 50 acres.

Crews were battling the fire in the Lost River Gorge area Wednesday and said it was still spreading. | More…

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NH Ranked 7th Best Overall for BusinessTax Climate

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The Tax Foundation has released their 2017 State Business Tax Climate Index, and New Hampshire ranks 7th best in the nation.

That’s impressive considering how poorly the Granite State did in some key categories. It ranked 46th for Corporate taxes (this report does not account for the recent reductions in that tax), 43rd for Property taxes, and 41st for unemployment taxes. | More…

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Belknap County Loses $650,000 Grant

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

LACONIA — Belknap County Commissioners learned Tuesday that the county’s application for a $650,000 three-year Second Chance grant to cover the cost of treatment and recovery services for inmates at the new Belknap County Community Corrections Center has been denied. | More…

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Doubling down: Shea-Porter attacks two amendments

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

For decades, gun control advocates have used every tragedy to push for unworkable, unpopular, unconstitutional laws that won’t do anything to deter murderers.

But New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter was not content to merely attack the 2nd Amendment. She also went after the first. *| More…

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NHHFC Reacts to Actuarial Report Showing Medicaid Expansion is Destroying Individual Marketplace

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Concord – The New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus (NHHFC) today responded to the release of an actuarial report showing that Medicaid expansion is massively driving up the costs of premiums in the individual marketplace. The report, prepared by Gorman Actuarial, showed that individuals buying policies in the exchange should expect 52% premium increases in 2018. As a result of these increases, the report suggests that between 5,300 and 13,200 individuals purchasing coverage will drop health coverage. | More…

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NH native who wrote biography of Tom Petty remembers the superstar

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

MANCHESTER, N.H. —Shock and condolences have poured in from superstar acts like Aerosmith, the Eagles, Eric Clapton and Def Leppard since the news of Tom Petty’s passing, but a New Hampshire native may have known the rocker better than any of them.

Warren Zanes first tuned into Petty as a boy, listening to him on the radio from his childhood home in Concord. | More…

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Plymouth Protesters Say No To Northern Pass

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A couple hundred people gathered on the Plymouth Town Common Tuesday to protest Northern Pass as members of the Site Evaluation Committee climbed off a bus nearby to walk the stretch of Main Street where part of the proposed 192-mile transmission line would be buried. | More…

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Security at New Hampshire Music Venues Reevaluated in Aftermath of Las Vegas Shooting

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The recent attack on a country music festival in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead and over 500 injured has prompted a reevaluation of how to maintain public safety at concert venues in the Granite State.

The locations of mass shootings in America tend to attract a call for additional security to prevent future occurrences, such as in schools, churches, movie theaters and nightclubs. Now, some are pushing for the same security upgrades to take place at music venues, including both open air facilities and music halls. | More…

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GAL: On Air News Read for October 4, 2017

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

As the investigation continues into the Las Vegas shooting, there seem to be more questions raised than answers.  Marilou Danley returned to the United States from the Philippines late last night.  Her sister is quoted as saying she was sent away a couple of weeks ago.  The investigation has also discovered that shooter Stephen Paddock wired one hundred thousand dollars to an account in the Philippines just a week before he unleashed his attack. | More…

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