Okay, but what kind of noodles?
MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — Police in Merrimack, New Hampshire, say a woman has been charged with disorderly conduct after she threw noodles at someone during an argument. More…
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Leftist Protesters Shout Down (a DIfferent) Gay Journalist at Portland State University
The latest example is a name many of us are unfamiliar with. Chadwick Moore did a profile of Milo for the gay magazine Out, and writes for various other gay-interest publications. This didn’t buy him any credence with the Left, as his speech at Portland State University was just targeted More…
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Phoenix Trump Nazi Billboard Funded with Taxpayer Dollars
A controversial billboard depicting President Donald Trump as a Nazi was funded with taxpayer dollars and was commissioned by an “arts advocate” paid by a U.S. city to “diminish barriers,” records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The massive billboard caused a ruckus when it was unveiled in downtown Phoenix, Arizona in mid-March because it features a menacing portrait of Trump surrounded by mushroom clouds—in the shape of laughing clowns—and swastikas modified as dollar signs. A pin of a Russian flag appears on the president’s lapel. More…
New Hampshire’s Economy Continues to Set the Pace In New England
New Hampshire’s economic output grew by 3 percent in 2016, the fourth-highest rate in the country. More…
A new report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows the state’s finance and insurance sector helped fuel that performance, along with gains in retail and durable goods manufacturing. More…
| NHPR
Posted in Around New England, Economy/Economics, New Hampshire News
Tagged Economy, GDP, Growth
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Democratic rep (Sherry Frost) in spotlight for Twitter comments
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire Democratic state representative Wednesday defended comments she made on Twitter that men telling her to calm down make her homicidal and that white, Christian men represent a terrorist problem. More…
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Posted in Democrats, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged Hearing, NH House, Sherry Frost, Twitter
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FairPoint upgrades broadband service in 13 NH towns
FairPoint Communications has completed the broadband expansion projects in 13 New Hampshire towns, providing them with faster speeds and in some cases first-time access to its 18,000-mile fiber-optic network, the largest fully-owned and managed fiber-based network in northern New England. More…
| NHBR
Sununu Says He’ll Sign Marijuana Decrim Bill
CONCORD, NH — After many years of back and forth arguing, bills approved, and then vetoed by governors that were Democrats, New Hampshire will probably soon be joining its neighboring New England states in decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. The state Senate on May 11, 2017, approved HB 640 – legislation that changes the penalty for possession of up to three-quarters of an ounce of marijuana from a criminal penalty to a violation – by a 17 to 6 to vote. With Senate approval, the bill now goes back to the House, where a different version allowing for an ounce of marijuana to be decriminalized was previously approved, and then will head to Sununu’s desk. More…
Posted in Culture, Drugs, Legislation, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged Decriminalization, HB640, Marijuana, Sununu
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Coos County looks to update zoning rules
For the first time in three decades, zoning regulations for the unincorporated areas of Coos County are being comprehensively reviewed and updated, and by early summer, it is expected that residents will have a chance to comment. More…
| NHBR
Posted in Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Zoning
Tagged Coos County, NHBR, Zoning
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Did House Rep. Sherry “F***er” Frost Violate RSA 15-b?
Good Question. Here’s the RSA.
Vermont Poised to Legalize Pot
Montpelier — With a historic vote on Wednesday, the Vermont Legislature became the first in the country to send a marijuana legalization bill to its governor.The House passed the latest version of a legalization proposal on a vote of 79-66. With the House’s approval, the bill, S. 22, More…
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Posted in Around New England, Culture, Drugs
Tagged Decriminalization, Marijuana, S 22, Vermont
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