Report: Woman stole city money to get butt lift

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Florida city says a former employee stole money to get a butt lift.

A Gainesville city report released Wednesday said Natwaina Clark stole $93,000 from the city, using $8,500 on the cosmetic surgery. The Gainesville Sun says the report shows the 33-year-old Clark also used city money for her cable television bill, food, highway tolls, a television and other expenses.

Clark was fired shortly before she was arrested last March 28 and charged with larceny and scheme to defraud. She has pleaded not guilty. | Source Page

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Art Forgery Case Involving Former Franklin Pierce Professor Will Proceed

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A federal judge says a civil case filed against a former Franklin Pierce University professor accused of selling forged art works can move forward.

The Wall Street trader and art collector Andrew Hall bought the complaint last September, accusing Lorettann Gascard and her son Nikolas, who were residing in Rindge at the time, of misrepresenting the authenticity and provenance of 24 paintings by the artist Leon Golub. | More…

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Yet Another Right to Know Tug of War

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Below is an email I sent out this morning.  It is in response to my Right to Know request to see Tom Geary’s resume and job application for the position of SAU 55 Business Operations Coordinator.  Mr. Geary was, until March 2017, an elected official on the Timberlane Budget Committee.  (Timberlane is administered by SAU 55.)

SAU 55 denied my request.  You can see their position following my email of today. | More…

| Donna Green

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Portsmouth Tall Ships Festival Scrapped For This Summer

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Boston Harbor will host more than 50 tall ships this weekend, bringing thousands of tourists to the area. But in a break from tradition, there will be no such display of the historic vessels along the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth later this summer.

Organizers of Sail Portsmouth say they’ve had to cancel this year’s tall ships festival due to contractual issues with the event in Boston. | More…

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90% Oppose Adult Seat Belt Requirement in NH

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

New Hampshire is still the only state the nation that does not require adults to wear seat belts in motor vehicles. …On May 4, Citizens Count, NH’s Live Free or Die Alliance decided to put the issue to its Facebook members, posting the question, “Should NH require adults to wear seat belts?” | More…

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Our goal…is to discern and map out a plan to grow a culture of Life

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The next 40 Days for Life campaign will begin on September 27, and applications are being accepted through June 23 from potential campaign leaders. Coincidentally, here in New Hampshire, the leader of the most recent 40DFL campaign in Concord is inviting people to join her on June 17 in a morning of retreat and prayerful discernment. | More…

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NH man gets 2 years in prison for mineral water investment scam

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A Nashua man convicted of fraud surrounding a bogus plan to sell mineral water was sentenced this week to two years in prison.

According to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office, Edmond P. LaFrance, 70, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to two years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, six months of which will be served in community confinement, restitution of $387,802 and forfeiture of $387,802. | More…

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If it’s THAT important, Gov. Sununu, Shouldn’t We Fund It Ourselves?

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

So let me get this straight…

If something is “essential” for our Live Free or Die State, why are you allowing us to be beholden to others to provide money for it?  Isn’t that kinda backwards – THIS must be funded but unwilling to make NH taxpayers pay for it?  If something is “essential”, shouldn’t we make sure “it” can be done or obtained ourselves? | More…

| GraniteGrok

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Henniker Planning Board Jokes About Bathroom Habits of Older People

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

At the April [Henniker] Planning Board meeting during a discussion about expanding the “Older Person” housing ordinance a joke was made about the bathroom habits of the elderly.

The reaction of the board members is quite disturbing. | More…

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Black Hawk Helicopter Training In Nashua NH

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

NASHUA, NH — Black Hawk helicopters descended on Nashua Wednesday for training exercises involving the FBI, National Guard, local police and first responders. The helicopters are from the Massachusetts Air National Guard, | More…

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