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New Hampshire House passes bill honoring fallen ‘Old Man’
03-23-2023 10:39 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

New Hampshire’s fallen Old Man of the Mountain would be honored annually under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday.The massive, naturally formed granite profile attracted tourists to Franconia Notch for about 200 years before it crumbled in 2003....


Pence defends joke about Buttigieg ‘maternity leave’
03-17-2023 8:54 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

The husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday he hasn’t heard from Mike Pence in the days since the former vice president mocked his family, but will continue to hold him accountable for his words.Chasten Buttigieg was asked on...


New Hampshire Senate passes GOP-backed parents’ rights bill
03-16-2023 6:30 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

A “parents’ bill of rights” that critics say is designed to target transgender youth passed New Hampshire’s Republican-led Senate on Thursday.Much of the debate among lawmakers focused on provisions to require school officials, when asked by parents,...


NH lawmaker arrested for obstructing snowplow
03-12-2023 1:40 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. — A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the confrontation and later reported him to police.Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was...


Transgender students at center of new bills in New Hampshire
03-07-2023 6:48 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Advocates for transgender youth in New Hampshire say four bills being considered in three legislative committees would lead to one result: harm to an already vulnerable population.Two of the measures heard Tuesday would create a “parents’ bill of...


New Hampshire House votes to delay youth center closure
02-14-2023 2:08 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

The New Hampshire House dealt a blow Tuesday to efforts to quickly close and replace the state’s troubled youth detention center.The Senate passed a bill last month that would require construction of a new 12-18 bed facility to be put out to bid by...


Ex-NH adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits
02-10-2023 4:48 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The girls at New Hampshire’s youth detention center called their dormitory leader “Peepin’ Dave” because they say he leered at them through a bathroom window. But David Ball, later promoted to chief of operations, also is accused of...


New Hampshire considers mental health days for students
02-08-2023 1:06 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A woman whose teenage son died by suicide in 2017 urged New Hampshire lawmakers Tuesday to pass legislation allowing kindergarten through 12th-grade students excused absences from school to deal with mental and behavioral health...


New Hampshire still challenged by youth center abuse scandal
01-31-2023 1:30 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

 Six years have passed since David Meehan told police he was brutally beaten and raped as a child at New Hampshire’s youth detention center. It’s been three years since he sued the state and almost two years since a broad criminal...


New marijuana legalization bill gets New Hampshire hearing
01-26-2023 5:57 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

The New Hampshire Legislature is once again debating recreational use of marijuana but efforts to legalize it still face significant hurdles.In the decade since the state legalized medical marijuana, the House has passed recreational marijuana bills...


Drive Free or Die? NH considers restricting pets in cars
01-23-2023 10:08 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

New Hampshire is the only state that allows adults to drive without wearing seatbelts. Want to use your dog instead? Go for it, for now.While the state currently has no lapdog-related laws, the Legislature is considering a bill that would make it...


NH Senate votes to delay closure of troubled youth center
01-19-2023 4:01 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

The state Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to legislation that would keep New Hampshire’s troubled youth detention center open for nearly two more years.Debate over the future of the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester began years ago,...


New Hampshire considers mandating cursive, communism history
01-13-2023 7:13 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Communism and cursive would be part of the mandatory curriculum in New Hampshire schools under a pair of bills harking back to bygone eras of history and handwriting.The House Education Committee held public hearings Wednesday on Republican bills to...


Confident Sununu calls for cooperation, local control
01-05-2023 6:48 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu was sworn in for a fourth term Thursday, exuding confidence and calling for increased cooperation, civic engagement and local control.Sununu defeated Democrat Tom Sherman in November, becoming only the second governor in...


Young hiker who died in NH remembered as caring, determined
12-26-2022 4:49 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Olivera Sotelo’s 19-year-old daughter was late returning from a solo hike, and she wasn’t answering her phone. Panicking at the trailhead, Sotelo called her husband for help.“I could not stop my anxiety,” she said. Emily Sotelo emerged from the woods...


Latest youth center lawsuit also targets other facilities
06-16-2022 12:41 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

A New Hampshire man who spent six years in state custody as a child is suing multiple facilities alleging physical and sexual abuse.The lawsuit filed Tuesday is the latest of more than 400 targeting the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly called...


N.H. explores turning Ruggles Mine into state park
07-15-2018 9:37 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

This mine is your land?      A 215-year-old mineral mine –       site of an enormous pit with tunnels and caverns that make up the oldest and largest mine of its kind in the United States – could someday belong to you and me. State officials are in...


Sununu signs full-day kindergarten bill
07-12-2017 11:42 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

With a crowd of youngsters looking on, New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill Wednesday that achieves one of his top priorities: state funding for full-day kindergarten.Nearly 75 percent of New Hampshire communities already offer...


Former N.H. governor Craig Benson gets official portrait in State House
04-27-2017 11:43 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Nearly 14 years after New Hampshire’s famed “Old Man of the Mountain” rock formation crumbled, its image endures on license plates, road signs and more. So, too, will the image of the man who led the state at the time, after the unveiling Thursday of...


Capture the colors of fall leaves
11-01-2016 10:21 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

As a lifelong New Englander, I know how beautiful and fleeting fall foliage is each year. Thanks to my latest test-drive of various crafting techniques, I now know how finicky and frustrating it is to try to preserve some of that color.Though some...

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