A 23-year-old man who threw burning flares into a Portland police cruiser and the downtown Target store during May 1 protests that overran downtown Portland admitted guilt Monday and will be sentenced to five years in prison.
A local TV station aired live footage of Damion Zachary Feller hurling a flare through a shattered picture window at Target, prompting employees to run with fire extinguishers to put out a burning section of carpet. | More…
New Hampshire –-(Ammoland.com)- I’m both elated and concerned at the same time. The summer is over and the bill filing period has opened and that means legislators may submit bills for the 2018 Session of the General Court. While I don’t want to rush to judgment, there are a few titles, sponsored by those Representatives who have in the past been hostile to your right to bear arms, which have me concerned. | More…
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The Nashua Board of Aldermen gave an initial nod Tuesday night to a plan to bring a commuter rail stop to the city.
The commuter rail line would run from Worcester, Massachusetts to Lowell and then up to Nashua and Bedford. The project would be led and fully paid for by the Boston Surface Railroad Company out of Rhode Island. | More…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says burying an additional 40 miles of Northern Pass transmission line in its most northern segment would be less damaging to wetlands and wildlife than as currently proposed and “appears practicable.”
A letter dated Sept. 26 from EPA’s Region 1 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District said guidelines to receive a Section 404 permit require the “least environmentally damaging practicable alternative.” | More…
Assisted suicide is up for discussion again at the Massachusetts State House – for the eighth time, according to the Boston Herald. The Joint Committee on Public Health held a public hearing on September 26 on a pair of bills “relative to end of life options” (H.1194 and S.1225). | More…
MANCHESTER — A judge dismissed a defamation suit Wednesday that centered on social media posts made by a prominent Bedford official [Kelleigh Murphy] regarding a quote from a local landscaping company.
The case appears headed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. | More…
Gov. Chris Sununu is convening a group of 25 Granite State millennials to provide insights and policy recommendations on issues affecting them.
On Sept. 21, Sununu issued an executive order establishing the Governor’s Millennial Advisory Council, which holds monthly meetings to discuss pertinent topics and provide feedback to the governor on how to provide solutions. According to the executive order, millennials are defined as those born between 1980 and 2000. | More…
The Secretary of State’s office says “miscommunication” is to blame for a message that appeared to direct local officials to strike the names of some voters from checklists without notifying them first.
“It was miscommunication, pure and simple,” Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan said. | More…
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The crypto-economy grew a little bit larger today when the popular downtown shop Portsmouth Smoke and Vape started accepting Ethereum, Dash, ZCash, Litecoin, and Bitcoin. Customers can now buy all the glass, incense, vaporizers, cleaning kits, tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and accessories they could possibly want — all using digital cash. | More…
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