A frustrated Mayor Joyce Craig said homeless encampments on the lawn of the Hillsborough County courthouse likely will remain, after state officials told her they do not plan to force anyone off the property.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
A Hudson woman pleaded guilty in federal court this week to tampering and drug charges, after officials accused her of skimming prescription painkiller drugs intended for an elderly patient.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Members of the state’s congressional delegation say New Hampshire is getting $1.75 million to set up a new family drug court program.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Franklin Pierce University is rescinding its “transgender participation and inclusion policy” for school sports, after reaching an agreement to resolve a case filed against the university with the U.S. Department of Education.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
NEW YORK — The founder of the #MeToo movement marked its third anniversary on Thursday by launching an online platform to fight sexual violence, hoping to expand the reach of the campaign against harassment and assault.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
A Nashua woman has hired an attorney and filed an appeal with the city after her “Save Women’s Sports” flag was removed from the citizen flag pole in front of City Hall.
A University of New Hampshire researcher found the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with exposure to fake news led people to feel a joint desire to save for the future but also to spend a little bit more to make themselves feel better.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Statistics released Monday by American Medical Response show officials in Manchester and Nashua reported the lowest number of opioid-related overdoses since last spring.
Sunday, October 11, 2020
A new billboard on Route 3 in Hooksett features a simple line drawing of a person lying in bed and a question written in a child’s hand: “How late would it be right now if this was all a dream?”
For some college students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, returning to school this fall has been a blessing.
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Public records are a little more public in New Hampshire, thanks to a Keene State College journalism professor who guided five students through a class assignment that turned into a three-year legal fight over the public’s right to know.
Friday, October 09, 2020
The state’s top prosecutor has deemed that New Hampshire State Police troopers acted appropriately when they broke the windows of a parked car and dragged the Black driver, who refused to submit to an arrest, out of the car last May.
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Facebook Inc. and Twitter took action on posts from President Donald Trump on Tuesday for violating their rules against coronavirus misinformation by suggesting that COVID-19 was just like the flu.
Monday, October 05, 2020
The New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force saw its number of cyber tips triple at the height of COVID-19 here in the Granite State.
Hundreds of renters in New Hampshire have received eviction notices over the past month, even after a new eviction moratorium took effect on Sept. 4, state court data show.
Sunday, October 04, 2020
MANCHESTER — State officials are devising housing options for homeless people currently living on the lawns at the Hillsborough County Superior courthouse in downtown Manchester, a state official said.
Theater students and faculty at the University of New Hampshire wanted to add their voices to a difficult national discussion.
VANCOUVER — Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag.
Saturday, October 03, 2020
A controversial adoption case that has generated accusations of racism shows that police aren’t the only government officials who need to be aware of implicit bias and systemic racism, an official with the Manchester NAACP chapter said last week.
Friday, October 02, 2020
The New Hampshire Supreme Court last week rejected an effort by Black grandparents from North Carolina to upend a guardianship that eventually led to their grandchildren being adopted by two White families in New Hampshire.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
“No Camping” signs have gone up at one of the city’s most visible homeless encampments — the lawns of the Hillsborough County Superior courthouse in downtown Manchester.
Officials at the University of New Hampshire are investigating allegations that a professor used a fake social media account to make offensive statements.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
MANCHESTER — A Carisbrooke apartments resident fed up with homeless people camping in his Manchester neighborhood was charged with impersonating a police officer after pointing a handgun and trying to roust two men from nearby Wolfe Park, police said.
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Most of the times when reporters — and I include myself — write about the Valley Street jail, their focus is on inmates.
Saturday, September 26, 2020
When their three young grandchildren came up for adoption, Clyde and Sandra Lunsford believed they would make the ideal adoptive parents.
Friday, September 25, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A lawyer for Breonna Taylor’s family on Friday demanded Kentucky’s state attorney general release the evidence presented to a grand jury that decided against charging police officers with homicide in her death during a botched raid.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
CASA of New Hampshire will hold its annual “gala” Friday night, seeking to raise money for the state’s abused and neglected children, while also doing a little giving back of its own.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jails in eight of New Hampshire’s 10 counties charge their inmates more money to make an in-state telephone call than FCC-regulated out-of-state call, the federal agency said Tuesday.
Mars Inc. said on Wednesday it was changing the name and branding of its Uncle Ben's rice products after the brand came under fire for promoting racial stereotypes.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
CONCORD — The responsibilities of the New Hampshire Child Advocate have expanded beyond the initial oversight of the Division of Children, Youth and Families, advocate Moira O’Neill announced Monday.
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