Would a Rudy Giuliani administration be populated with a Cabinet of Republican rivals and a powerful, all-knowing vice president like Dick Cheney?
Possibly, according to musings Giuliani shared in answers to questions from New Hampshire voters yesterday in Hooksett.
Giuliani pivoted from a question about potential picks for secretary of state to this: "Let me answer with the question…
January 3, 2008
A disciplinary committee wants to find out who leaked results of its vote in closed session to recommend suspending a judge for ethics violations.
Last week, the Associated Press and the Monitor reported that the Judicial Conduct Committee had voted to recommend a suspension for Rockingham County Superior Court Judge Patricia Coffey, who admitted helping to shield her husband's…
December 18, 2007
Same-sex couples plan to celebrate New Hampshire's new civil unions law by holding a group ceremony when it takes effect Jan. 1.
Organizers Gail Morrison, a Democratic state lawmaker, and Jen Major of Gilmanton announced yesterday they were organizing a group ceremony to take place just after midnight on the State House steps in Concord. Both are former board members of the New…
December 13, 2007
Plainfield
One defendant will represent himself and another will keep his lawyer as the case of four men charged with helping convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown moves toward trial.
Judge George Singal expressed misgivings but consented yesterday to Daniel Riley's request to represent himself, with an attorney on standby. He questioned Riley seriously about his understanding of the charges,…
December 8, 2007
Rochester
The man accused of taking hostages at a Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester last week watched impassively during his video arraignment yesterday as he was portrayed alternatively as a sick man desperately seeking psychiatric help and a manipulative longtime criminal.
The judge ordered Leeland Eisenberg held…
December 4, 2007
Campaign 2008
Presidential candidate John Edwards yesterday called for the resignation of the acting head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, saying the Bush administration has failed to protect the public from dangerous products.
Speaking to reporters after a visit to Amherst Middle School, Edwards sought to link a recent spate of Chinese-made toy recalls to Washington corruption - a…
November 8, 2007
Campaign 2008
Filing candidacy papers yesterday for the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Dennis Kucinich promised to be as constant as a star in his anti-war stance.
The Ohio congressman, whose campaign slogan is "Strength Through Peace," said his big-name rivals - Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards - haven't kept firm on Iraq, and he wondered whether, by extension,…
October 27, 2007
Concord
Joking about his physician's penmanship, Republican Rep. Ron Paul signed papers yesterday to put his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot.
"I have not used doctor's handwriting because you have to be able to read this, right?" Paul said to Secretary of State William Gardner.
"It's the right prescription," called…
October 24, 2007
When it comes to keeping risky teachers out of New Hampshire classrooms, background checks and other screening tools can miss crucial warning signs.
"I think it's a B," said Henry LaBranche, who dealt with several cases of teacher misconduct in more than 30 years as a school superintendent. "Even within our own protocols, there are ways in which you could fall through the cracks."
October 22, 2007
Campaign 2008
An American fugitive living in Italy slipped past a costume-wearing ex-convict yesterday to become the first to file as an official candidate in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary.
Jack Shepard's courier package from Rome beat Robert Haines's hand-delivered, incomplete petitions and $1,000 credit check to be the first accepted by the secretary of state.
October 16, 2007
At 89, Doris Haddock walked 3,200 miles across the country to draw attention to campaign finance reform. At 94, she waged a quixotic campaign for U.S. Senate against a powerful incumbent. And at 97, she will see those feats projected on-screen in a documentary.
Run Granny Run, by Brooklyn, N.Y., filmmaker Marlo Poras, depicts Haddock's 2004 decision - with no money and no campaign…
October 8, 2007
Concord
The state's largest health foundation is teaming up with local organizations to improve mental health care for New Hampshire's children.
The Concord-based Endowment for Health announced yesterday that it was embarking on a five-year project with several organizations to focus on three areas: integrating children's mental health care in schools and primary care settings, promoting…
October 6, 2007
Berlin
The demolition of three smokestacks at Berlin's former pulp mill was meant to be a spectacle, but the big event went awry when flying debris injured seven people, none seriously.
The demolition Saturday drew thousands of spectators to witness the end of an era when pulp mill smokestacks ruled Berlin's skyline.
The…
September 17, 2007
Campaign 2008
If presidential candidate Tom Tancredo had his way, New Hampshire lawmakers behind an immigration bill would be thrown out of office and prosecuted for helping illegal immigrants.
"If they actually implemented it, you bet. It's aiding and abetting. I think that's a pretty clear violation of the federal law," he said…
September 6, 2007
