Hundreds of people came from across the state Sunday to express their opposition to the Northern Pass power transmission project.
The $1.6 billion plan to bring electrical power from Canada to markets mostly in Southern New England is working on getting approval from the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee. More…
| WMUR
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After a pot giveaway that led to eight arrests, marijuana legalization supporters are returning to the U.S. Capitol — and this time they plan to light up. Activists say they expect to be arrested during Monday’s “smoke-in” outside the Capitol. More…
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Though Starbucks’ new Unicorn Frappuccino has garnered national attention for its whimsical name and enchanting, pink-and-blue color scheme, at least one local group in Connecticut is cautioning people about its oh-so-sweet content.
On Friday, the Stratford Health Department succinctly called out the drink’s high sugar content on its Facebook page. “While the Unicorn Frappuccino may be pretty to look at, it’s loaded with 59 grams of sugar! That is over two times the amount of sugar recommended by the American Heart Association!” More…
| WMUR
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A lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages has been filed in federal court in Boston by a former four-term member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, alleging she was sexually abused by a teacher while enrolled at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., in the 1980s.
Marie Sapienza, now a Hampstead-based attorney, alleges that novelist and former teacher Alexander Theroux sexually abused her when she was a student at the prep school. More…
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The Question: what is your ratio of direct to indirect labor (both ways: head count and fully burdened costs).
When I was on my hamlet’s Budget Committee, I had to ask that for a few years and then, given the declining student enrollment but increasing costs (pretty much NOT “for the children” but “FOR THE UNION”), it became a question they could not ignore and overhead positions started to get cut. More…
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The Pew Research Center released a poll showing very little buyer’s remorse among Trump voters. The poll showed just 7 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say Trump has performed worse than they expected him to. Fully 38 percent — five times as many — say he has performed better.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll confirms this — in spades. And, in fact, it shows more buyer’s remorse for Trump’s opponent in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton. And were the 2016 election held again today, it shows Trump would avenge his popular-vote loss. More…
| MSN
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Ira Einhorn was on stage hosting the first Earth Day event at the Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Seven years later, police raided his closet and found the “composted” body of his ex-girlfriend inside a trunk. More…
| NBC
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Cops, goats, how do you pass this one up?
Police officers in Belfast, Maine, treated a couple lost goats to a ride around the neighborhood.
Sgt. Daniel Fitzpatrick, of the Belfast Police Department, said two goats were found roaming on a street Sunday morning. More…
| WMUR
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Payne says his business is thriving. A “now hiring” sign even hangs out front. Seneca Sawmill has weathered the past few decades better than many of Oregon’s other timber operations.
The region’s logging industry says it has struggled under the cumulative weight of a tough economy, unfavorable trade deals, job-stealing automation and environmental regulations that have restricted the supply of timber from federal lands. More…
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