HUDSON - Wednesday was The Day After, a time for deep breaths, for dusting off the proverbial drawing board, for putting heads together to answer the simple, but elusive query: "Where do we go from here?" For instance, the likelihood…
The results of Tuesday's town and school meeting votes would almost fit nicely into a popular Christmas song, if only the reality wasn't so grim. Across a half dozen Greater Nashua communities, voters defeated six union contracts, four long-term bonds,…
CONCORD - Supporters for legalizing slot machine betting came up short in the state Senate on Wednesday, opting to wait and see how much revenue would be needed to balance the next two-year state budget. At the close of a…
CONCORD - Lawyers around the state gave the state's courts a barely passing grade, rating the system 5-1/2 on a scale of 1 to 10, the New Hampshire Bar News reports. The state Bar Association, a professional association that all…
NASHUA - Public works commissioners this week endorsed a portion of a recommended sewer rate structure, approving a 15 percent increase for fiscal year 2010. That proposed increase will next be hashed out in an aldermanic committee before going to…
MONT VERNON - With the nationwide recession looming on their minds, voters at this year's Town Meeting were in the mood to cut spending. "We could make an argument for every one of these warrants, but we're in tough economic…
Voters were in approval mode early Wednesday night at Town Meeting but many failed to see the benefits of buying a new fire truck. The budget, which selectmen referred to as "level funded," was OK'd by voters after selectmen cut…
WILTON - The future of the town fire station takes up several warrant articles that will be considered by traditional Town Meeting this Friday. Voters will also consider a proposed operating budget of $3.98 million, which is $35,000, or about…
CONCORD - The legislative proposal to let 19- to 25-year-olds obtain health care coverage from the taxpayer-subsidized Healthy Kids program won overwhelming support in the State Senate Wednesday. State Sen. Kathy Sgambati, D-Tilton, stressed these young adults who are living…
CONCORD - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick shared an amusing anecdote with legislators last week, while pitching a proposal to spend $3 million more on court security. It happened in Manchester, in the mid-1990s. Now retired Justice Richard Galway…
