Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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New Hampshire High Court Limits Landowners’ Recreational Use Immunity
Apr 4 2022 // New Hampshire landowners who make their properties available to the public for recreation at no charge do not enjoy complete immunity under the state’s recreational use statute. Landowners have immunity from...
New Hampshire Police Officer Fails in Bid for Qualified Immunity for Truck Driver Arrest
Mar 30 2022 // An Ossipee, New Hampshire police officer failed in his bid to have an excessive force and unlawful arrest complaint against him dismissed based on his contention he is entitled to qualified immunity protection. A federal...
New Hampshire Seeks Insurer for Voluntary Family Medical Leave Plan
Mar 29 2022 // New Hampshire is looking for a commercial insurance carrier to fully insure and administer the Granite State Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan. The plan provides participating employees in New Hampshire with 60% of their...
New Hampshire Directs Federal Funds to Help Homeowners Pay Mortgage, Insurance
Mar 15 2022 // A new, federally funded program will provide relief to eligible homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage, property taxes, utility bills, and other costs during the coronavirus pandemic, New Hampshire authorities said...
New Hampshire Ex-Police Officer Settles With Driver in Assault Case
Mar 15 2022 // A former New Hampshire state trooper who was caught on video punching a man following a 2016 car chase has settled with the driver. Andrew Monaco had resigned and pleaded guilty to simple assault charges in 2016 in an...
New Hampshire Reaches $25M Deal With Monsanto Over PCB Pollution
Feb 24 2022 // New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with agrochemical giant Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution in waterways and other state-owned property, the attorney general’s...
New Hampshire Hospital to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback Claims
Feb 14 2022 // New Hampshire’s Catholic Medical Center has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law against kickbacks. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Manchester hospital...
Man Injured in 2019 New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Sues Massachusetts Registry
Feb 1 2022 // A Massachusetts man severely injured in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven members of his motorcycle club has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles for allegedly failing to...
New Hampshire Opioid Trial Against Johnson & Johnson Delayed Until September
Jan 24 2022 // New Hampshire has postponed a pending trial against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over opioid distribution and marketing from February to September because of COVID-19 concerns. The state of New Hampshire was scheduled...
Environment Groups, Waste Management Firm Settle Lawsuit Over New Hampshire Landfill
Jan 18 2022 // Two environmental groups have settled a federal lawsuit with a waste management company over allegations the company’s landfill in New Hampshire leaked toxic chemicals into a nearby river. Under the settlement...
Disaster Declaration Extended for New Hampshire Storms
Jan 3 2022 // The federal government has expanded is disaster declaration following damaging storms in southwestern New Hampshire this summer. The Federal Emergency Management Agency originally declared a disaster related to storms...
Tenant in New Hampshire Gets $35K After Emotional Support Dog Dispute
Jan 3 2022 // A company that owns and operates offices and apartment complexes in Massachusetts and New Hampshire agreed to pay $35,000 to a tenant in Nashua, New Hampshire, who was denied permission to keep an emotional support dog,...
Choice Financial Group Acquires New Hampshire’s Bernier Insurance Agency
Dec 29 2021 // Choice Financial Group announced acquired New Hampshire-based Bernier Insurance Agency, adding a presence in New England. Based in Rochester, New Hampshire, and led by President Troy Dillow, Bernier is a full-service...
Man Gets Prison Term After Pleading Guilty to New Hampshire Diner Fire
Dec 28 2021 // A man has been sentenced to three to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to setting fire to a New Hampshire diner in July. Police had said the man kicked out the bottom window of the Daddypops Tumble Diner in...
New Hampshire Restaurant Fined After Fatal Crash by Intoxicated Customer
Dec 27 2021 // The New Hampshire Liquor Commission has fined a restaurant in Windham, New Hampshire, $2,500 and suspended its liquor license for 10 days in connection with a fatal vehicle crash in April. Four employees at the Old School...
The Hilb Group Acquires New Hampshire’s Clark & Lavey Benefits Solutions
Dec 3 2021 // The Hilb Group acquired Clark & Lavey Benefits Solutions Inc., increasing its New England presence and bolstering its range of employee benefits offerings nationwide. The transaction became effective November 1,...
Partial Storm Disaster Declaration Granted; New Hampshire to Appeal
Oct 7 2021 // President Joe Biden partially granted a request for a major disaster declaration in response to storms that severely damaged much of Cheshire and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire, Governor Chris Sununu said Monday. The...
Disaster Declared for July New Hampshire Storms
Oct 4 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved New Hampshire’s request to declare a major disaster after the mid-July storm that caused severe flooding in Cheshire County. Southwestern New Hampshire already had experienced record...
New Hampshire Governor Asks for Second Disaster Declaration After More Storms
Sep 22 2021 // New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu on Monday requested a federal disaster declaration for New Hampshire as a result of storms and flooding that happened July 29-Aug. 2, a week after he asked for one covering storms from...
University of New Hampshire Gets $1.8M to Study Road Damage from Coastal Flooding
Sep 15 2021 // The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to study how and why coastal hazards like excessive flooding are causing roads to crack and crumble. “We’re trying to better understand the...
