Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Newport — A Claremont man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years to seven years in New Hampshire State Prison yesterday after pleading guilty in Sullivan County Superior Court to stabbing a man with a box cutter in the Walmart parking lot in January. Eric Sanborn, 25, who was …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Town Meeting vote and the revote on the school district ballot is Tuesday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Newport Opera House. ■ Newport — In addition to voting on the town budget of $8.7 million, a new ambulance, and $250,000 for road repairs, …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Newport — Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. plans to expand and create 500 to 700 new jobs, the company’s president and CEO announced last week. But that expansion won’t be in New England. Michael O. Fifer told the firm’s shareholders at their annual meeting last week that company …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Newport — Bob Teschek directed the Mount Washington Road Race long before timing and registration were as automatic as they are today. When the event’s Hall of Fame debuted three years ago, Teschek was an automatic choice for …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Newport — Voters likely will vote for a second time on the school district warrant after a judge yesterday reaffirmed his earlier ruling that defects in the March vote made it necessary for a return trip to the polls. Superior Court Judge Brian Tucker yesterday denied a motion …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Newport — Instead of asking for a clarification from a Sullivan County Superior Court judge on his April 8 ruling calling for a revote on last month’s school district warrant, the school district’s attorney is asking the judge to order a revote on just three of the warrants …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Newport — Newport native Sarah Josepha Hale is known to most everyone as the woman who persuaded President Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. Though significant, that accomplishment, which was achieved after a letter writing campaign to …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Enfield — Unseasonably icy weather yesterday wreaked havoc for the morning and evening commutes and all the hours in between, prompting fender benders, slide-offs and rollovers throughout the Upper Valley. By the evening, authorities had not reported any …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Newport — It appears the School Board won’t appeal this week’s court ruling ordering the school district to revote the annual school meeting, but it does want some clarification. The board met in a non-public session with its attorney, Kathleen Peahl, for about 90 minutes yesterday afternoon to …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Newport — Kathleen Peahl, attorney for the Newport School District, said yesterday she will meet with the School Board tomorrow to discuss the board’s options following Monday’s ruling by Judge Brian Tucker ordering a second vote on the school district ballot. “Naturally, I am disappointed with the decision,” …
By Don's Early Light
