Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Hampshire AG Balks at Malpractice Fund Settlement
Sep 12 2011 // New Hampshire’s attorney general objected Friday to a proposed settlement in a tug-of-war over $110 million of surplus money in a state-created malpractice insurance fund because lawyers would get up to $27.5 million...
New Hampshire’s Mitchell to Hear Health Insurance Pools Case
Aug 24 2011 // New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner has named a Sandwich attorney to hear a dispute between a nonprofit organization and New Hampshire regulators over how the nonprofit manages health insurance pools for...
Hunter’s Lawsuit Stirs Landowner Liability Concern in New Hampshire
Aug 22 2011 // Some New Hampshire lawmakers worried a lawsuit by a hunter will prompt landowners to close their lands to hunting and other recreational activities will meet Tuesday to discuss how to tighten the state’s law...
New Hampshire Insurance Department Seeks New Logo Design
Aug 16 2011 // New Hampshire’s Insurance Department is seeking proposals for the design of a new logo to be used on a variety of publications and items. The scope of services requested includes supplying the blanks for exhibit...
New Hampshire City Probes 5 Fires as Arsons
Aug 10 2011 // Authorities in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating five fires of the past week as possible arsons. The latest occurred Monday morning when firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze that gutted a vacant apartment...
Dispute over NH Insurance Plans to Go to Hearing
Aug 4 2011 // A dispute between New Hampshire regulators and a nonprofit group over how it manages health insurance risk pools for public workers and retirees is headed for a state hearing. The state Bureau of Securities Regulation...
HUB Acquires N.H. Benefits Firm
Jul 12 2011 // Hub has acquired the assets of Workplace Benefit Solutions (WBS) a Manchester, New Hampshire-based employee benefit brokerage and consulting firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. WBS will become part of Hub...
Whistleblower Sues N.H. Insurance Regulators
Jun 20 2011 // A health policy analyst with the New Hampshire Insurance Department who was fired after challenging her bosses over a federal health care contract is now suing them under the state’s whistleblower statute. Concord...
New Hampshire Association Repaying $17M
Jun 6 2011 // A nonprofit that manages New Hampshire’s public employees’ health insurance risk pool is repaying the health insurance pool $17 million diverted to support a workers’ compensation program. The Local...
Beach Rebirth: Popular New Hampshire Beach Gets Spruced Up
May 9 2011 // Bob Mitchell can’t wait to reopen Mrs. Mitchell’s Gift Shop. His business was one of several Hampton Beach businesses destroyed in a fire last year, but Mitchell plans to be back by Memorial Day. Just as...
New Hampshire City Investigates Five Arsons in Six Days in
Mar 18 2011 // Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating five arson fires in six days in a one-block area of the city’s west side. Investigators say all the fires went out on their own, but they caused some...
New Hampshire Bill Would Repeal Boat Speed Limits
Feb 25 2011 // A year after New Hampshire established permanent speed limits on its largest lake, lawmakers are considering repealing them. The Senate is considering a bill that replaces a daytime speed limit on Lake Winnipesaukee of 45...
OSHA Fines New Hampshire Paper Company in Worker Death
Jan 27 2011 // A federal agency is fining a New Hampshire paper company for intentional safety violations in the death of a 34-year-old worker who was pulled through a paper rolling machine. The Occupational Safety and Health...
State: Utility Not to Blame in New Hampshire Power Shutoff Death
Dec 14 2010 // State regulators said an electric utility acted appropriately when it shut off power to a woman who didn’t pay her power bill and died after an oxygen machine she needed stopped working. The state Public Utilities...
Sky-High Premiums Force Closure of New Hampshire Flight School
Dec 7 2010 // The flight school at New Hampshire’s Lebanon Municipal Airport has disbanded. Greg Soho of Signal Aviation, which ran the school, says the decision to drop the program had nothing to do with demand for flight...
New Hampshire Supreme Court Rejects Golfer’s Negligence Claim
Dec 5 2010 // You play golf, you assume risks. So says New Hampshire’s Supreme Court. The state’s highest court has upheld dismissal of a negligence lawsuit brought by an injured golfer against Candia Woods Golf Links. Paul...
New Hampshire Firefighter Gets 3 to 10 for Setting Fires
Nov 30 2010 // A former New Hampshire firefighter is going to prison for at least three years after pleading guilty to setting a series of fires. Forty-four-year-old Stark Liedtke of Alton had pleaded guilty to three charges that he set...
New Hampshire Supreme Court Rejects Golfer’s Negligence Claim
Nov 29 2010 // You play golf, you assume risks. So says New Hampshire’s Supreme Court. The state’s highest court has upheld dismissal of a negligence lawsuit brought by an injured golfer against Candia Woods Golf Links. Paul...
Report Looks at Use of New Hampshire Insurance Group’s Funds
Nov 2 2010 // A preliminary state report says New Hampshire’s Local Government Center may have violated the law by reorganizing improperly and by failing to return surplus money from its insurance programs to communities. Center...
Eight Fires Within 16 Hours in New Hampshire are Deemed Arson
Oct 12 2010 // Authorities say eight fires in 16 hours in Manchester, New Hampshire were arson. Fire officials say they started Saturday afternoon and ended Sunday. No injuries or serious damage have been reported. District Fire Chief...
