2 new coronavirus cases in Grafton and Rockingham counties – now 4 total in NH

Monday, June 10, 2024Sunday, March 8, 2020

State health officials abruptly ended a press conference on Sunday about the third and fourth cases of COVID-19 in New Hampshire identified over the weekend – including the first in Rockingham County – while refusing to say whether the third person works at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon as do the first two.

$46M federal grant to increase charter schools gets new life in GOP bill

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday heard testimony about newly proposed legislation to accept a $46 million federal grant to increase the number of charter schools in New Hampshire.

Sununu backs Feltes’ bill to import prescription drugs from Canada

Monday, June 10, 2024Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Senate Democrats introduced six bills Tuesday to combat rising prescription drug costs with Republican Gov. Chris Sununu testifying in favor of three of them, including one introduced by state Sen. Dan Feltes.

Dozens allege sexual and physical abuse at NH’s juvenile detention facility

Monday, June 10, 2024Monday, January 13, 2020

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the state claiming dozens of youths suffered physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and solitary confinement while incarcerated at New Hampshire’s juvenile detention facility.

Nov. 12: ‘Why the Future of News Matters With Gloria Norris’ in Manchester

Sunday, June 16, 2024Friday, November 8, 2019

An evening with author Gloria Norris examining today’s media landscape at the Derryfield Restaurant in Manchester Nov. 12 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Hillsborough County to re-indict strangulation cases following policy change

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Hillsborough County will re-indict people who have been indicted for strangulation, but whose cases haven’t yet been resolved, according to County Attorney Michael Conlon.

Executive Council Nixes Mara’s Assistant AG appointment

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Executive Council refused to confirm David Mara, Manchester’s former police chief, to become an assistant attorney general to take over duties at the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office at its Wednesday meeting in Peterborough.

Suspended prosecutor: Manchester Police withheld evidence in toddler death

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, September 16, 2019

Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Don Topham has been suspended with pay since Manchester Police Chief Carlo Capano publicly criticized his plea agreement with Joshua Garvey earlier this month.

Prosecutor suspended soon after controversial plea in Hillsborough County

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, September 12, 2019

The prosecutor who negotiated the recent plea deal for the father of a toddler who died from a cocaine overdose that infuriated Manchester police was suspended with pay soon after, according to Hillsborough County Attorney Michael Conlon.

Deputy AG blasts cries of politics, but CA Conlon says maybe that’s the case

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Deputy Attorney General Jane Young held a news conference Wednesday in Concord to rebuff allegations that the takeover of the prosecutorial duties from embattled Hlllsborough County Attorney Michael Conlon was politically motivated.

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