This year’s proposal – House Bill 1652 – would establish a 10-cent deposit on beverage containers, including drinks like beer and soda that come in aluminum cans and glass bottles, plastic water bottles, and glass wine and liquor containers. READ MORE
Led by New Hampshire Civics and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics here in the Granite State, the program gives fifth-graders first-hand experience with government — through campaigning, elections, and voting. READ MORE
Supreme Court Justice Barbara Hantz Marconi presided over the hearing that included—at times—painful testimony from those recounting stories of domestic violence and their experience with the New Hampshire judicial system. READ MORE
State budget writers accepted more than $12 million in federal pandemic relief money for two projects public health officials believe will help relieve a long-running mental health crisis in the state. READ MORE
The widow of a murdered Manchester man was caught deleting emails from her joint account with the accused killer while being interviewed by police inside the Lawrence, Mass., police station, according to court testimony. READ MORE
Others see the affordable housing crisis as directly affecting their stability even as they work and volunteer within New Hampshire communities. Briefly looking at three of those populations who might not be thought of as being affected by housing insecurity and the lack of affordable housing might help explain why the housing crisis leaves many on the outside looking in. These three groups are those with intellectual or developmental disabilities (ID/DD), those with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and abuse survivors attempting to flee their abusers. READ MORE
On Friday, former Manchester Fire Department Chief and Hooksett Fire Department Chief Jim Burkush told Manchester Ink Link that he plans to officially file as a candidate next week in the upcoming Ward 9 Aldermanic Special Election. READ MORE
There now 18,462 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. READ MORE
On Thursday, the Planning Board heard a request to change the use of 568 Beech St. from a two-family dwelling to a six-bedroom congregate housing facility as well as additional information on the transformation of 1000 Elm St. READ MORE
The site has been on the Superfund priority list since 1981 and this year’s review will be its seventh. It’s one of four New Hampshire sites that will undergo the legally required five-year EPA review this year. Superfund sites in Plaistow, Dover and Milford also will be reviewed. READ MORE
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