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 begin to turn to red, orange, yellow or purple. The variables: Weather conditions, and to some extent, forest health. And each year is different. *| More…
Salem officials investigate reports of threatening video made by high school student
SALEM, N.H. — Salem officials are telling parents not to worry after a Salem High student who had been suspended from school for hateful speech reportedly made a video targeting students last week.
Two weeks ago, an unidentified student was suspended from Salem High after yelling what the school district said was an inappropriate and hateful comment about sexual orientation to a small group of students, according to Superintendent Michael Delahanty.
While serving his suspension, the student posted a video on social media with viewpoints that Delahanty said were “inappropriate and contradictory to our school and community values.” | More…
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 list of 13 candidates vying for seats in municipal office in Manchester who are labeled as participants in FSP. The individuals on the list are candidates for positions which include alderman, clerk, selectman, school committee, and moderator. | More…
Posted in Elections, Local NH Politics
Tagged Election, Free State Project, Manchester, Primary
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UNH Students question religious tolerance of academic calendar
There are many students and faculty in the UNH community who have been unable to celebrate Jewish holidays due to an academic calendar that does not grant time off to observe them. This year, Homecoming and Family Weekend will fall on the same weekend as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Events like Homecoming are created to bring the UNH community together, but each year the academic calendar allegedly pulls students apart by making it impossible for Jewish students to watch the Homecoming game when their priorities lie in spending the holiday with their families at home. | More…
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Parents of Teen Accused of Nearly Hanging 8-Year-Old Say It Was an ‘Accident’
In what may be a classic case of CYCA (insert “child’s” into usual abbreviation), the parents of the young teen involved in what many call an attempted lynching in Claremont, N.H., have spoken out, saying that their son is innocent of racially taunting and trying to hang an 8-year-old boy from a tree.
Going on record for the first time, Eric Sullivan, 33, and Rhianna Larkin, 32, spoke to Newsweek and spun a completely different version of the events of Aug. 28 than the account the mother of the biracial child gave when she spoke with The Root. | More…
| The Root
Posted in Crime, Culture, New Hampshire News
Tagged Claremont, Lynching, NH, The Root
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“…It Takes You” to launch 40 Days for Life
Gatherings in Manchester and Greenland set the stage for New Hampshire’s 40 Days for Life campaign, set to begin September 27. Worldwide, campaigns will soon be underway in more than 300 cities.
Jen Robidoux, vice-president of New Hampshire Right to Life and a former 40DFL campaign leader, told the Manchester crowd, “It doesn’t take a whole bunch of people to make a difference. It takes you. Be that one.” | More…
Dan Itse: Autumnal Thoughts From the NH State House
Beginning in September, we resume our activities in determining the public policy of the state of New Hampshire. We begin holding public meetings on retained bills, those bills that we felt had merit, but we could not resolve in the regular session.
We must issue Committee reports on those bills in early November and they will be the first order of business when we begin the session in January. | More…
N.H. Right to Know Study Commission seeks public input
The Right to Know Study Commission has met twice so far and is making progress on its agenda to study alternate processes to resolve right-to-know complaints.
Future meetings of the Right to Know Study Commission will be held each Thursday at 1:30 pm through the end of October in the Legislative Office Building, 33 N State St, Concord. Directions are here.
A public comment period is included in each meeting. Attend a future meeting and share your thoughts on this important issue. Help us shape the future of how Right to know complaints will be resolved in New Hampshire.
Posted in Right to Know Law, Right to Know NH
Tagged Right to Know, RSA 91-A, Study Commission
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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 fallen behind schedule. | More…
| InDepthNH.org
Posted in Energy, Local NH Politics
Tagged Hydro-Quebec, Martin Honigberg, Norther Pass
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The New Media Militia 