Union representatives can be required to testify before grand juries about something a worker told them in a disciplinary proceeding, even though they can withhold the information from employers, the state Supreme Court said.
A state prison correctional officer and union steward for the Service Employees International Union, which represents state workers, had asked the court to…
June 15, 2007
Rindge
A National Guard soldier who had been charged with desertion after leaving Iraq to care for her daughter will keep temporary custody of the girl, but permanent custody remains undecided.
Spc. Lisa Hayes's ex-husband, Tim Knight, withdrew his petition for emergency custody of 7-year-old Brystal yesterday. He sought the order last week after Hayes took Brystal with her while she surrendered…
June 13, 2007
Nashua
A company that provides translation services and cultural sensitivity training to other organizations is being accused of sexual discrimination and racial insensitivity in its own ranks.
Nataly Kelly, 31, of Nashua, the former director of product development for NetworkOmni Multilingual Communications Inc. of California filed a sexual discrimination and retaliation complaint with…
June 12, 2007
Rindge
A New Hampshire National Guard member charged with desertion while trying to gain custody of her 7-year-old daughter has been honorably discharged from the Army, her lawyer said yesterday.
Spc. Lisa Hayes, 32, and her daughter Brystal are back home in Rindge, said Merrimack lawyer Linda Theroux, who has been representing Hayes in her custody battle.
Hayes got the good news Friday…
June 10, 2007
Rindge
A New Hampshire National Guard soldier charged with desertion while trying to get custody of her 7-year-old daughter could receive a hardship discharge from the Army soon - but might not get home in time for a court hearing on custody next week.
Spc. Lisa Hayes, 32, of Rindge, returned to the state on emergency leave from Iraq in late February, after learning the police had twice…
June 9, 2007
State House
A proposed update to the state right-to-know law would let government officials arrange a meeting time by phone or pass out the agenda by e-mail, but would not let a majority of a board discuss any policy issues outside public meetings.
A Senate committee endorsed the proposal last week. It now goes to the full Senate; if it passes, it will have to be reconciled with the House-passed…
June 4, 2007
Arthur Ginsberg says lies by his ex-wife's divorce lawyer harmed his daughters, forced him into bankruptcy and damaged his reputation - yet the well-connected lawyer got off with a warning.
The lawyer, John Griffith, says he didn't even merit a warning. He was simply advocating vigorously for his client based on the evidence he had, he says.
Earlier this year, the state Supreme…
June 4, 2007
An agreement by Tyco International Ltd. to settle shareholder lawsuits in a massive corporate fraud case puts the industrial conglomerate on firmer ground as it prepares to split into three companies.
Tyco, formerly headquartered in New Hampshire, said last week it had agreed to set up a $2.975 billion cash fund to pay claims filed by shareholders against the company arising from…
May 20, 2007
Dartmouth College
For two decades, Dartmouth College has tried to rein in underage drinking at its fraternities - one of which inspired the movie Animal House - and make the Hanover campus more welcoming to women and minorities.
In the past four years, some conservative-leaning alumni have pushed back, electing by petition four trustees who support football, fraternities and free speech.
As a result,…
May 20, 2007
Carl Wallman used to raise prize-winning Black Angus cattle on 211 acres of pastures, woods and swamp in Northwood.
Now retired, Wallman has changed his focus to making Harmony Hill Farm hospitable for all animals, some as large as moose and others as unimposing as butterflies.
He says he would be hard-pressed to do…
May 7, 2007
A Keene State College student distraught after wounding a roommate with a rifle early this morning killed himself as the police tried to enter his bedroom, authorities said. The police, prosecutors and Keene State officials said the two off-campus shootings, which started about 12:30 a.m., appeared to be an isolated incident with no obvious motive.
Alcohol might have been involved,…
May 4, 2007
Nashua
The state Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that a repeat criminal is "libel-proof" - in other words, that his reputation was already so bad that even false statements about him in a newspaper article couldn't make it much worse.
The ruling means Terry Thomas, in state prison for receiving stolen property, according to the prison website, can proceed with a libel lawsuit…
May 3, 2007
Environmental activists say the effects of climate change are already evident in New Hampshire, but a new international report shows more drastic changes ahead if global warming is not halted.
"Sections of this report read like the Book of Revelations," said Virginia Robnett, of Environment New Hampshire. "But there is still time to protect future generations if Congress puts strict…
April 8, 2007
Lyme
The parents of a student who died a year after crashing into a tree during a Dartmouth College skiing class have sued the college in federal court.
Christina Porter, 21, of New York, wasn't wearing a helmet during the February 2004 accident at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme. She suffered severe head injuries and was in a coma for six months, then died in January 2005 of complications…
April 3, 2007
