J&J wins lawsuit claiming asbestos in talc caused cancer
A police officer working a nearby construction detail and a good Samaritan are credited with reviving a woman after she crashed her car on South Willow Street Tuesday morning.
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DOT says airlines sharply cut involuntary passenger bumping
A police officer working a nearby construction detail and a good Samaritan are credited with reviving a woman after she crashed her car on South Willow Street Tuesday morning.
State Rep. from Rye latest to enter race to replace Carol Shea-Porter NEW
State Rep. Mindi Messmer of Rye on Tuesday became the sixth Democrat to officially launch a campaign for New Hampshire's First Congressional District. "I bring a proven track record of being able to get legislation passed in the State House that's helped citizens of New Hampshire," Messmer told the Monitor in an interview conducted hours before she formally kicked off her congressional bid at an event in Portsmouth.
Providing a PATH for veterans
Ed Perkins balked when a group from Northeast Passage playing sled hockey on the rink at Strawbery Banke asked if he wanted to try it out. “I said 'hell no, I can't do that' and I walked away,” Perkins, 69, recalled this week.
Ex-NH labor executive makes 1st Congressional District bid official
Charging his critics have created a "hostile work environment," Northwood Supt. of Schools Robert Godomski has announced he will leave at the end of the school year.
With Shea Porter out, N.H.’s First Congressional District could become free-for-all contest
Just days after U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter's surprise announcement that she won't run for re-election in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, two Democrats who are seriously considering bids are taking concrete steps towards launching campaigns. State Rep. Mark MacKenzie, who served 25 years as president of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO, announced on Tuesday that he'll set up an exploratory committee by the end of the week.
NH’s Congressional delegation calls for improvements to women’s facilities at VA
The top three officials who were removed from their jobs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center over the past three weeks continue to pocket a VA paycheck, and two have been reassigned to jobs in the system, the VA has acknowledged.
Agriculture secretary highlights ‘rural prosperity’ in visit to New Hampshire
An 11-4 season-ending win against Portland on Monday, giving the Fisher Cats nine wins over the final 14 games, wasn't enough to prevent the team from posting its worst win total and winning... "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" was the title of an article by George Miller whose premise was that most people can keep a seven-digit number ... (more)
N.H. Republican headquarters tagged with Nazi vandalism
The New Hampshire Republican Party says "malcontents" are responsible for spraying the word "Nazis" inside a hand-drawn heart on the rear of his headquarters building in Concord. The vandalism happened sometime after 6 p.m. Wednesday and was discovered early Thursday when staff came to open the office, party adviser Patrick Hynes said.
UNH and NOAA join worldwide effort to map ocean floors
UNH research engineer Val Schmidt explains how an autonomous surface vessel works at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
Former GOP Sen. Gordon Humphrey: ‘Seriously Sick’ Trump Must Be Replaced ASAP
A former Republican senator is calling on lawmakers to use the 25th Amendment to kick President Donald Trump out of office. " He is sick of mind, impetuous, arrogant, belligerent and dangerous ," Gordon Humphrey, who represented New Hampshire from 1979 to 1990, said in a letter to his state's members of Congress obtained by Manchester ABC station WMUR.
Shea-Porter discusses ‘great divide’ in Washington, holds out hope for the future
First District Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., got a warm reception during a town hall Tuesday at Laconia Middle School.
Maxine Waters is joking about 2020 – but not about Trump
Yet the buzz surrounding the long-serving California Democrat has reached a fever pitch this year, as she's lobbed bomb after bomb at President Trump. Waters is emerging as the president's harshest congressional critic, enraging Trump's conservative supporters and electrifying the Democrats' liberal base, some of whom are pushing -- only slightly tongue-in-cheek -- for Waters to launch her own White House bid.
Sanborn won’t run for District 9 again NEW
Republican Andy Sanborn will not seek re-election in 2018 for the District Nine State Senate seat that he has held for the past four terms so he can pursue a bid for US Congress. Sanborn, in an interview Wednesday morning, said that it was the will of his constituents, combined with his belief in term limits that pushed him to be a congressional candidate for New Hampshire's First District.
Dan Tuohy’s Granite Status: Granite Staters still awaiting the call as Trump nominees
Twelve years after his father was brutally murdered, Jack Reid Jr. stood in a courtroom Wednesday as the victim of another crime - a violent home invasion last year in which a man barged into... The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday, sending a message of confidence in the U.S. economy despite evidence ... (more)
Biden returns to N.H. for Democratic dinner
Former Vice President Joe Biden is returning to New Hampshire to honor the nation's first all-female, all-Democratic congressional delegation. Biden is speaking Sunday night at the state Democratic Party's annual McIntyre Shaheen 100 Club Dinner.
Fire destroyed vet’s home in 2001; NH community now helping build new structure
A community mission is well underway to build Reimer a new house on his property at 213 Island Pond Road. Many visitors drive past and often stop to see the construction work in progress including friends, supporters and town officials.
House bill targeting employees’ genetics, medical history progresses
The bill - H.R. 1313 , called the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - would allow employers to seek the genetic and family health information of their employees and would allow employers to penalize employees who keep their information private, according to Stat , a health-oriented news site produced by Boston Globe Media. The measure was approved by the Education and Workforce Committee with a 22-17 vote as a part of two other proposals.
The Latest: Interstate exits closed by womena s march reopen
The Latest on a women's protest against Republican President Donald Trump in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire : Vermont interstate exits that were closed by police because of a massive protest against Republican President Donald Trump have reopened. Thousands of people turned out for women's marches and rallies in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire on Saturday as part of a series of protests a day after Trump's inauguration.
Thousands march in Northern New England for womena s rights
Thousands of people turned out for women's marches and rallies in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire on Saturday as part of a series of protests a day after the inauguration of Republican President Donald Trump. In Montpelier, Vermont, demonstrators overwhelmed the small city, causing traffic backups on the interstate that prompted the state police to close exits in and around the city for a time and the police chief to say that city roads could not support any more people or vehicles Saturday afternoon.