Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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State Officials Urge Residents to Avoid Driving as Winter Storm Hits Northeast
Feb 15 2017 // Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region’s newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of...
Gun-Toting New Hampshire Lawmakers Not Required to Take Safety Classes
Jan 31 2017 // A proposal to require firearm safety training for New Hampshire lawmakers wishing to carry guns on the House floor has been defeated. Democratic Minority Leader Steve Shurtleff proposed the rule Thursday after a...
Wal-Mart Owes New Hampshire Pharmacist $16.08M for Gender Bias
Jan 13 2017 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $16.08 million to a former New Hampshire pharmacist in a gender bias case, but the amount is only about half what a jury awarded and may fall substantially...
New Hampshire Car Dealer Incurred Damages from Municipal Sewer Line
Jan 4 2017 // A judge has ruled that a Portsmouth, N.H., auto dealership incurred damages caused by a city sewer line running through the property. The Portsmouth Herald reports Rockingham County Judge William Delker says Toyota dealer...
Pollution from New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College Lab Dump Worries Neighbors
Dec 27 2016 // Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater...
New Hampshire Town Seeks Municipal Water from City after Coakley Rejection
Dec 21 2016 // Officials and residents in the New Hampshire town of Greenland are urging Portsmouth’s City Council to support running municipal water to homeowners whose wells are vulnerable to contamination from a Superfund...
Former Gunpowder Plant Owner to Surrender $65K in Maine Case
Dec 16 2016 // A former gunpowder plant owner imprisoned over a deadly 2010 explosion in New Hampshire has agreed to surrender some money to the federal government in a separate wire fraud case in Maine. Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone,...
Massachusetts Women Sue After Being Hit by Drone at New Hampshire Event
Dec 13 2016 // Two women are suing a groom and the event company that ran his wedding reception after they allege he flew a drone that hit them in the head at the New Hampshire event. Kneena Ellis, of Seabrook, and Kelly Eaton of...
Auto-Owners Insurance Proposes Affiliation with New Hampshire-Based Concord
Dec 9 2016 // Auto-Owners Insurance, a Lansing, Michigan, based insurance provider, has announced its proposed affiliation with the Concord, N.H., based Concord General Mutual Insurance group of companies. The transaction has been...
Report Calls on New Hampshire to Prepare for Rising Seas
Dec 2 2016 // Though the worst impacts of rising seas in New Hampshire are decades away, a state commission is warning that coastal communities must act now to ensure vulnerable buildings are protected and roads, bridges and other...
Circus Operator to Pay $24K Over Deadly Tent Collapse in New Hampshire
Dec 2 2016 // A Florida-based circus operator has agreed to pay $24,000 in fines issued by federal safety officials for a tent collapse that killed two people and injured dozens in New Hampshire last year. Robert Young, 41, and his...
Student to Return to New Hampshire Prep School After Sex Case
Dec 1 2016 // A federal judge has temporarily reinstated a teenager at an elite New Hampshire prep school after his mother said he was wrongfully expelled after having sex with another student. The Portsmouth Herald reports Judge Joseph...
A New Hampshire Prep School Faces Trial Over Boy’s Dismissal After Having Sex
Nov 16 2016 // A New Hampshire prep school criticized for how it’s handled sexual assault cases faces trial on a lawsuit brought by a former student’s mother who alleges the school wrongfully withdrew her 15-year-old son...
Foresters Say New Hampshire Drought Has Increased Threat of Wildfires
Oct 26 2016 // Drought conditions are making it harder to fight wildfires and New Hampshire residents should be vigilant about the increased threat, state forestry and fire officials say. Conditions range from abnormally dry to extreme...
Windham Group Launches New IME Company in New Hampshire
Oct 25 2016 // The Windham Group has launched Logical IME, an independent medical examination company that serves workers’ compensation payers. Based in Manchester, N.H., Logical IME provides independent medical exams (IMEs) as...
New Hampshire Prep School Sued Over Withdrawing Student Who Had Sex
Sep 13 2016 // A New Hampshire prep school criticized for how it has handled sexual misconduct and assault cases is facing a federal lawsuit from the parents of a 15-year-old boy, saying it was wrong to withdraw their son after he had...
New Hampshire Encourages Proper Coverage for College Students This Fall
Aug 31 2016 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department is advocating that families sending students to college get the right insurance coverage for their children. “We recommend that when college students and their families prepare...
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Nonprofit Insurer Sues Over Federal Assessment
Aug 3 2016 // A nonprofit health insurer with 25,000 customers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire has filed a federal lawsuit claiming it is being illegally punished for offering lower-cost products. Under the Affordable Care...
New Hampshire Town Wary of ‘Peeping Drones’
Aug 2 2016 // The growing concern around the country about “peeping drones” may have come to a town in New Hampshire. Police in Hollis say they’ve received more than 20 complaints about a drone flying outside...
Drought in Northeast Could Last Through October
Jul 27 2016 // At Lavoie’s Farm in New Hampshire, beans and corn haven’t broken through the ground yet and fields of strawberries are stunted. The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast is especially felt at John...
