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By TODD BOOKMAN
Students and faculty at the University of New Hampshire are putting out a unique set of holiday gifts this year, ranging from beer to smoked fish for the charcuterie board.For the beer lover in your life, this year, the UNH Brewery Science Lab is...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Attorney General John Formella, who previously served as Gov. Chris Sununu’s legal counsel, should be disqualified from a high stakes criminal case brought against a sitting Supreme Court justice, defense attorneys argued Monday. They contend that...
By TODD BOOKMAN
It started with a tip about a Gilmanton man baiting deer out of season. It turned into a multi-agency investigation that revealed one of the largest illegal poaching rings in recent state history.New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say five men have...
By TODD BOOKMAN
New Hampshire’s top election official is ordering cities and towns to use affidavit ballots for certain new voters during this November’s election, despite a conflicting law recently signed by Gov. Chris Sununu that repeals the use of such ballots.In...
By TODD BOOKMAN
A few weeks ago, Congressman Chris Pappas stopped by the Portsmouth Fire Station for a demonstration of new rescue equipment. Oxygen tanks equipped with bluetooth-enabled masks chirped as firefighters showed Pappas the latest in life-saving...
By TODD BOOKMAN
When New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed one of the strictest voter identification laws in the country last month, he said the timing was intentional: the law goes into effect 60 days after his signature, meaning the new rules would not be in place...
By TODD BOOKMAN
A new voter ID law is facing its first legal challenge.Gov. Chris Sununu signed the law last week. It requires all people registering to vote to show a passport, birth certificate or naturalization papers at the polls. Set to take effect after the...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Three former New Hampshire State Troopers may be able to remove their names from a publicly available list of law enforcement officers with possible credibility issues, in part because of how long ago their alleged misconduct took place, according to...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Nancy Sununu, the former first lady of New Hampshire, died over the weekend at the age of 85.Sununu was married to former Gov. John H. Sununu for 65 years, and was mother to eight children, including current Gov. Chris Sununu, and former U.S. Senator...
By TODD BOOKMAN
An overflow crowd of anglers piled into the state’s Fish and Game Department headquarters Tuesday night in Concord to express concerns about proposed regulatory changes to fishing in New Hampshire.The proposed rules, which are still being adjusted and...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Investigators say they now believe a 19-year old Rochester man found shot and killed four years ago was the victim of a home invasion and robbery, and are asking for the public’s assistance.Michael Mowry III was found inside his apartment in the early...
By TODD BOOKMAN
The state’s plan to redevelop Rye Harbor is dredging up angst among some longtime businesses, who claim they haven’t been able to provide input on the project.And with a looming deadline at year’s end to spend federal grant money, the future look and...
By TODD BOOKMAN
New data on the number of apprehensions of suspected migrants crossing New Hampshire’s remote international boundary with Canada show there has been little activity through the first six months of 2024.But whether that’s a sign that more aggressive...
By TODD BOOKMAN
A military police sergeant stood chatting with his supervisor inside an office at Fort Eustis in Virginia when another soldier, on his way to the refrigerator, tried to squeeze past him.That’s when their gun holsters made contact.“All I remember was...
By TODD BOOKMAN
It’s been a decade since a Democrat was elected governor in New Hampshire. In less than two months, Democratic voters will head to the polls to select a nominee who hopes to break that drought. The party’s primary ballot includes two candidates who...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Caelin Graber is now banned from entering the Market Basket grocery store in Milford, so she has to conduct an interview from across the street.“This was my Market Basket that I shopped at regularly,” she says, ducking into some shade on a recent...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Around lunchtime on Feb. 8, 2023, inside an administrative office at Fort Eustis in Virginia, a sergeant with the Army’s 221st Military Police Detachment stood chatting with his supervisor.Another soldier on his way to an office refrigerator tried to...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Nearly all federal court buildings around the country, including the Warren B. Rudman Courthouse in Concord, have a blanket policy: no recording, no electronics.It’s a policy Jason Gerhard knows well, but doesn’t accept.This past September, Gerhard, a...
By TODD BOOKMAN
The largest change to New Hampshire election laws in recent history: That’s how some are describing a setof Republican-backed bills that would create new requirements for people looking to register to vote. The bills would also make New Hampshire...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Abortion providers and some privacy advocates are rallying against a Republican proposal to collect abortion statistics, arguing the bill as written could put patient identities at risk.New Hampshire is one of four states that doesn’t collect and...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Geno Marconi, the longtime head of the New Hampshire Port Authority, has been placed on paid administrative leave.The Pease Development Authority, which oversees the ports, declined to provide a reason for Marconi’s sudden removal from his post, only...
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