Courts/Oversight

Ex-FBI agent now focus of fraud case allegedly involving former NH lawmaker David Young

Mark Sisti to defend Amy Lafond in Laconia fatal accident with teen pedestrian

U.S. District Court denies PSNH motion to dismiss CLF suit over Bow plant

USA Springs property, once valued at $125m, on the market for $2 million

Winchester man indicted in connection with crash that killed his brother

New Hampshire earns ‘F’ for judicial financial disclosure

Judge upholds $10.5M ruling against Karl Hahn

RGGI states urge EPA to let success of regional plan guide power plant rules

Opinion

Howie Carr: N.H. rep draws wrath of misogynist moonbat

WaPo: The problem with public policy schools

WorkingWaterfront.com - Mick Devin: Rejecting bill on 'incidental' lobster catch was right move

Portsmouth Herald: Silence on Reams is not right

Paul Mirengoff: Dartmouth spends 14.5% more educating 36% fewer students than Brown

WaPo - Sean Sullivan: Why Scott Brown’s no sure bet to run for U.S. Senate from New Hampshire

National Review - Kevin D. Williamson: Taste and Taboo, the Id and the Ick

Gov. Maggie Hassan: All hands on deck - Inclusion can solve problems

General News

Pa. police probe '68 death of Marine with NH ties ID'd in 2012

‘‘I never thought for one minute that he took off someplace and started a new life,’’ said Cleary, 59, of Conway, N.H., who was 14 when her oldest sibling vanished. ‘‘I knew my brother wouldn’t just walk away.’’

N.H.’s Brotherhood of White Warriors Part 1: Origins

Forged for protective purposes eight years ago in the Berlin prison, the brotherhood, known as BOWW, had long presented a security concern for prison officials.

Former NH police chief, wife come to rescue of woman who lost family heirlooms

On Nov. 27, former Police Chief William May and his wife, Jeanne, came from their New Hampshire home to Donovan Schuster's house in the pouring rain.

Police: Claremont couple face charges of child sex abuse, producing child porn

Claremont — A Claremont couple is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to multiple counts of child sex abuse and production of child pornography.

Methadone clinic to straddle N.H. border

HAVERHILL — A methadone clinic is considering opening right on the border of Plaistow and Haverhill. “The building literally cuts through the state line,” Plaistow Town Manager Sean Fitzgerald said.

$75M bet at NH's mini casinos in name of charity

Wentworth-Coolidge Commission Co-chairwoman Gene Doherty says other fundraising efforts pale compared to the $37,744 the commission raised last year at Rockingham Park.

Great Bay coalition’s appeal of Newmarket’s water permit denied

DOVER — The Environmental Appeals Board has rejected an appeal from the Municipal Coalition of Portsmouth, Dover and Rochester of a Clean Water Permit issued to the Town of Newmarket.

Steve Solloway: Points for UNH sportsmanship

If Maine shrank from the bigness of the day, New Hampshire embraced it, much more familiar with the NCAA playoffs and the atmosphere that can tighten nerves.

Schools look to use more local foods in student lunches

Nine percent of districts’ food budgets go toward local products, and 21 percent of districts have vegetable gardens, according to the census.

Wentworth-Douglass giving sugary drinks, fried foods the boot

The change will affect the main cafeteria and a smaller cafe at the Dover hospital, a cafe at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Professional Center off Indian Brook Drive, and patient menus.

WaPo: Like Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola’s stories endure

NEW LONDON, N.H. — Children’s author and illustrator Tomie dePaola tackled a big stack of his books on the table. A longtime fan plunked them down at the book signing — just a sampling of the nearly 250 he’s worked on.

State removing 'nuisance' beavers near Exeter dam

EXETER — The state has hired a wildlife control operator who began trapping a group of beavers that built a dam off Brentwood Road and caused water from Little River to spill onto nearby properties, according to town and state officials.

Kuster co-sponsors renewable energy bill

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster wants to require utility companies to produce at least 25 percent of their power from renewable energy sources like wind, solar and biomass by 2025.

Great run, but mistake lands Bode Miller in 14th at Super-G

Bode Miller had a great run going — a hard-charging run resembling the Miller of old — before making a big mistake near the end to finish 14th.

UNH professor comes to rescue for Lakes Region EMTs

DURHAM — When some of New Hampshire's most experienced emergency medical technicians (EMTs) first learned about a tough new national exam they are required to pass, more than a few worried that the strong, steady pulse that had defined their careers was about to flat-line.

Nashua distillery opens with a white whiskey

Andy Harthcock designed and built a 20-foot-tall fractionating column so Djinn Spirits, a new company founded by Harthcock and his wife, Cindy, can make high-alcohol vodka and gin, or lower-alcohol liquors such as whiskey (no more than 160 proof) that are aged in oak casks.