New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation law that aims to keep the prescription writing history of doctors from drug companies was upheld by a federal appeals court yesterday. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston overturned a previous decision by a lower court that the law would infringe [...]
In the penalty phase of his trial for killing Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs, Michael Addison has been deemed eligible to be put to death. After Addison was found guilty of capital murder last Friday for the shooting and killing Officer Michael Briggs on Oct. 16, 2006 in Manchester, the [...]
Michael Addison has been convicted of capital murder. Addison has been found guilty of shooting and killing Officer Michael Briggs on Oct. 16, 2006 in Manchester. The shooting occurred after Officer Briggs attempted to arrest Addison for his supposed role in several armed robberies just days before.
[...]The jury is still not out in the capital murder case of Police Officer Michael Briggs. Michael Addison has been charged with killing Officer Briggs with a gunshot to the head on Oct. 16, 2006 with a pistol on Litchfield Lane in Manchester. The shooting occurred after Officer Briggs attempted [...]
The Bretton Woods Conference that took place in July of 1944 at the Mount Washington Hotel ironed out the new rules that would guide the post-WWII global monetary system. With today’s global economic crisis, some are suggesting that the leaders of the world should have another economic summit at the [...]
All across New Hampshire today, veterans are being honored for their heroic service to our country. The importance of the day can best be told by a veteran, so here you can find a letter written by Glen Gardner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars about the significance of November [...]
New Hampshire will soon have its first large-scale commercial wind farm. Twelve massive wind turbines are being built on Lempster Mountain in Lemptster by Iberdola Renewables, a Spanish-based company. The turbines should provide 24 megawatts of electricity, enough electricity for 10,000 New Hampshire homes. The 400 foot tall giants each [...]
After a Brazilian court ordered it, Roberta Lima has her daughters back. Lima was reunited with the two, 8-year-old Dominique and 7-year-old Pietra, in Brazil today after their father, Cloves DePiante, allegedly forged documents and fled the country with them after a weekend visitation.
[...]New Hampshire’s State Senate is now unlike any in the country and unlike any before it. After Tuesday’s election, women now make up the majority of the New Hampshire State Senate. In an election year that saw Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Nancy Pelosi grab headlines and airtime across the [...]
Barack Obama will be the next president of the United State of America. Jeanne Shaheen will replace John Sununu on Capital Hill and here in New Hampshire John Lynch will remain governor. Obama gave an acceptance speech promising his daughters a new puppy and McCain eloquently and admirably conceded the [...]
All of the major cable news networks, citing exit poll results, have called New Hampshire for Barack Obama and Jeanne Shaheen. John Lynch appears to have won his bid for reelection with the largest margin out of the three. While numbers are not yet official, it appears that New Hampshire [...]
So New Hampshire, after two years it is finally time to sit and wait. The polls are finally closing and soon the results will finally be here. We'll fade from the national stage for at least two years (we hope) and we’ll get a much deserved vacation from national politics [...]
The New Hampshire Republican State Committee is filing a lawsuit against the New Hampshire Secretary of State, William Gardner, claiming that Republican election officials are purposefuly being kept away from new registration tables. Both Republicans and Democrats appoint election officials to ensure that neither party tries to tamper with votes [...]
Just as expected, the crowds are showing up. In Hampton this morning, cars lined every street adjacent to the middle school. The line was moving along and nobody seemed to be irritated by the wait - it was just the parking that people were murmuring about. The line remained about [...]
In what was surely his last stop in New Hampshire for the ’08 campaign, John McCain made his final appeal to New Hampshire’s voters in Peterborough yesterday. The election is only a day away and McCain is hoping that this battleground state swings his way as it has so loyally [...]
New Hampshire, like the rest of the nation, is expecting record voter turnout next Tuesday. There are nearly 900,000 registered voters so far and more are bound to register on Election Day at the polls. State officials are urging residents to show up as early as possible because of the [...]
Curt Schilling took to the stage in October again, but this time in the presidential race rather than in the pennant race. His support of John McCain is well known and this weekend the New England hero made a few stops in New Hampshire to build support for the senator [...]
The former Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Richard Carmona, visited New Hampshire on Friday to help bring attention to chronic disease awareness with stops in Manchester and Keene. In both cities he met with local health officials and mayors sharing with them the message of the Partnership to [...]
John McCain returned to his beloved New Hampshire today to rally support in the final push to the White House. With just days to go before the election, McCain returned to the state that pushed him to the front of the Republican Primary and asked his loyal base here to [...]
A day after Gov. Sarah Palin toured the state for John McCain, Barack Obama visited the Granite State and rallied his supporters the day after the final presidential debate. Right in Londonderry, Obama spoke to a bulging crowd of over three thousand at Mack’s Apples, an apple and pumpkin farm [...]
Governor Sarah Palin made an appearance at Dover High School this morning to rally support for herself and John McCain. The gymnasium was packed to the max with over 1,200 inside. A near equal number had to be turned away and sent to the softball field where the event was [...]
Senator Joe Biden made an appearance in New Hampshire today, trying to shore up support for the Obama/Biden ticket in the battleground state. Biden joked that there were two concerns on the minds of New Hampshire voters: Josh Beckett’s arm and the economy. Thankfully the Phillies fan focused more on [...]
Senator John Sununu and former Governor Jeanne Shaheen met with the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning in an effort to win over Seacoast voters in the tight senate race. The two gave separate speeches and answered questions separately as well while Chamber members listened over breakfast at the Wentworth [...]
Leeland Eisenberg, the man who took six hostages at Senator Hillary Clinton’s Rochester campaign office, has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges against him. Eisenberg was charged with kidnapping and criminal threatening when on November 30th of last year, entered the senator’s campaign office [...]
Yesterday on Capital Hill, New Hampshire Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes voted against the $700 billion bailout bill. The plan failed by less than 20 votes, with more Democrats voting for the plan than Republicans. Immediately after the vote, both NH Representatives explained their reasoning behind their votes.
Yesterday on Capital Hill, New Hampshire Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes voted against the $700 billion bailout bill. The plan failed by less than 20 votes, with more Democrats voting for the plan than Republicans. Immediately after the vote, both NH Representatives explained their reasoning behind their votes.
Today the University of New Hampshire is serving something a little different and a little less foreign to its thousands of hungry students. UNH dining will be having its third Local Harvest Feast where locally grown and produced foods replace standard items on the menu that may come from thousands [...]
The jury selection in the murder case of New Hampshire Patrol Officer Michael Briggs begins today. Michael Addison, originally of Boston, but living in Manchester at the time of the murder, has pled not guilty to the fatal shooting that occurred two years ago. Officer Briggs was shot after responding [...]
The New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) released the results of the latest science test administered to New Hampshire students in grades 4, 8, and 11. The test that was administered in May of this year was aimed at measuring comprehension in the areas of Earth and Space Science, Life [...]
With less than two months to go before the election, New Hampshire is still teetering in the middle. The most recent USA Today poll puts Obama ahead by 2-5%. The most recent CNN/Time poll published on the 10th of this month has Obama leading McCain 51% to 45%. These numbers [...]
Sen. Barack Obama’s selection of Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate is unlikely to help the Democratic ticket in the Granite State.
Biden, known for his caustic, shoot-from-the-hip style, had a nasty run-in with a New Hampshire voter during his 1988 presidential campaign, which Biden was later forced to [...]
New Hampshire regulators are taking action against UBS Securities for fraud according to a statement by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation (NHBSR). The charges relate to UBS’s representation of the New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corporation (NHHELCO) and the sale of bonds used to finance New Hampshire college [...]
This summer, New Hampshire has been pounded by abnormally destructive storms. Hardest hit may have been Belknap County which, in addition to the July 24 tornado, suffered heavy rains last week that resulted in severe flooding.
Today Senator John Sununu met with the Belknap County Police Chiefs Association to be [...]
President Bush has granted a request for federal assistance after a tornado ripped through 11 towns on the 24th of July. The assistance will be given to towns in Belknap, Carroll, and Rockingham counties. Merrimack and Strafford counties were not granted federal assistance even though Lynch included them in his [...]
New Hampshire residents are not being responsible with their credit cards. According to a new study done by Americans for Fairness in Lending Inc, New Hampshire credit card holders are the second worst in the country in median credit card debt. With the median debt at $2,109 per card holder [...]
How rapidly has the pendulum swung on the issue of domestic drilling for oil?
So fast that former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen is rapidly dialing back her rhetoric on the issue, even distributing an e-mail to supporters in which senior advisor Judy Reardon insisted, “The fact is Jeanne Shaheen supports more domestic [...]
While the recent poll showing Senator Obama with a slim lead in the state has made a splash, the University of New Hampshire released data today about another race between two candidates exclusive to New Hampshire. Former Governor Jeanne Shaheen has been pushing to claim Republican Senator John Sununu’s seat [...]
The Portsmouth Children’s Museum is no more. The museum that was well-known for its interactive exhibits is now going to be known as the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire. Along with the new name, the museum has moved and is set to open at its new location at 6 Washington [...]
