Yesterday at the quaint and lovely New England College campus, the school hosted a town hall with Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut. The event is the first of its kind in the Granite State, at least in recent years. The event was held so Edelblut could interact with the community to discuss the future of education in New Hampshire. More…
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A bill to legalize firecrackers in New Hampshire passed both the House and Senate and the governor intends to sign it.
The bill passed the Senate Friday. Gov. Chris Sununu’s spokesman Benjamin Vihstadt said Sununu is expected to sign it into law.
Firework retailers in New Hampshire said the new law will bring them closer in line with states like Maine, where firecrackers are legal to sell. More…
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On April 20th, Manchester police conducted another DUI checkpoint, believed to be the first of 2017. As always, Cop Blockers and more than a dozen other liberty activists came out with signs redirecting peaceful motorists away from turning down Bridge St, where they would have hit the checkpoint. More…
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Thank you for reporting on the Lake View bus stop issue in Sandown, “Green and Gordon Discuss Sandown School Bus Issue.” As was reported, Sandown says the bus stop is a school district issue and the school district says the fundamental problem is a town issue.
Police Chief Gordon has noted numerous accidents at the intersection of Main St. and Lake View where the bus stop is located. More…
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The dean of students at a New Hampshire high school is facing charges after he allegedly got too close to dancers at a Salisbury, Massachusetts strip club, entered the club’s women’s room and struggled with police officers who attempted to handcuff him.
The Newburyport News reports that Peter A. Gagnon, the 37-year-old dean of students at Souhegan High School in Amherst, N.H., was arraigned Thursday on charges of disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting arrest. More…
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The New Hampshire, the UNH system student newspaper, is reporting on a dust-up over some posters displayed on a wall at the Memorial Union Building (MUB). The ‘We the people’ posters were placed by an employee without MUB management approval. While the article focuses on the various reactions to them going up and coming down, the unrecognized gem in this piece is this (emphasis mine). More…
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Higher sodium intake associated with lower blood pressure. You read that right.
Wait. WHAT?? You mean I have deprived myself (except on French fries and corn on the cob) all these years for nothing (reformatted, emphasis mine)?
In another blow against decades of accepted medical wisdom, one of the most prestigious, long-running studies reports that lowering sodium intake doesn’t reduce blood pressure. More…
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The drought is mostly gone and so are most – but not all – restrictions on water usage.
As the official drought designation in most of the state improved this month to “abnormally dry,” Concord, which uses Penacook Lake for drinking water with the Contoocook River as a backup, has decided to stop urging people to conserve water as of Friday. More…
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President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to sign an executive order that could open large parts of the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans to new oil and gas drilling, a prospect that elicited a fierce backlash in California and elsewhere even before details of the order were clear. More…
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