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NH Daily News Recap

Friday Mar 31, 2023

Thursday Mar 30, 2023

Concord Monitor

Deerfield voters reject sending students to Concord High School

Long-awaited Popeyes restaurant now open for business in Concord

Pamela Smart’s latest bid for sentence reduction dismissed

‘Listening to understand’ – Belmont High School students deliver a new mascot

Conway Daily Sun

Conway Village votes dissolution in 2025

Selectmen approve outdoor dining, starting Saturday

Solar arrays at treatment plant are paying off

Tamworth school incumbents re-elected; Effingham has new selectman

Eagle-Tribune

Dick's Sporting Goods seeking expansion of Salem store

Hampstead Budget Committee has not recorded meetings for years

Foster's Daily Democrat

Somersworth landlord arrested while attempting to file complaint

What's next for Barrington town center after voters reject TIF?

InDepthNH

Free State Founder Jason Sorens Loses Amherst Planning Board Race

NH House Budget Writers Approve $15.7 Billion Biennium Budget

Pam Smart’s Appeal Dismissed by NH Supreme Court

Keene Sentinel

Dublin voters reject plan to reduce minimum lot size in Rural District

Fall Mountain voters approve budget, reject petition articles

NH House speaker silent on requests for Passover scheduling change

Winchester reports smooth sailing in test of new ballot-counting device

Laconia Daily Sun

Inter-Lakes upholds non-discrimination policy governing bathrooms, amid community criticism, support

Updates to Gunstock lodge dining and parking lot to debut next winter

Winnisquam voters approve new career tech center

Nashua Telegraph

Milford town voting results

‘Active investigation’ underway into string of complaints against local, regional real estate broker

NH Bulletin

Citing a surplus, House Republicans propose dramatically reducing Education Trust Fund revenues

Dems oppose budget headed to the House. Will that risk state pay raises?

Seacoast state parks get revamped parking system

NHBR

Affordable housing shortage a major roadblock as federal hotel assistance ends

Report probes shortage of skilled preservation trades workers in Northeast

UNH's goal of building an ‘innovation ecosystem’ takes shape in Durham

Work begins on new residence halls at university's Rivier Village development

NHPR

The FDA approves the overdose-reversing drug Narcan for over-the-counter sales

UNH Law students walk out over ‘transphobic’ messages by campus group

Seacoast Online

AG: Seacoast, NH real estate agent broke law after suspension

Hampton Harbor bridge project slated to start in 2024: Here's the final $80M plan

How parking at Seacoast NH state parks and beaches has changed in 2023

Portsmouth racks up McIntyre costs as deadline looms with no deal

Union Leader

Liberty House gets $30,000 check from Swim With a Mission

Manchester diocese breaks ground on Trinity High expansion project

New Hampshire Supreme Court cannot force a clemency hearing for Pamela Smart

NH Veterans Home Receives $16,000 from Eversource

Raymond town moderator assaulted during Tuesday election

Seacoast state parks to debut enhanced parking system

SIG Sauer facing new lawsuit involving P320 pistol

Three NH teachers are finalists for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math, Science Teaching

Transgender advocates protest Senate's parental rights bill

WMUR

Are we done with snow? Taking a look at average snowfall in April, spring temperatures

Concord-based restaurant owner ordered to pay back wages, damages to underpaid workers

Hopkinton school teacher running Boston Marathon on Massachusetts Eye and Ear Team for her daughter

Housing, mental health care shortage creates 'perfect storm' for homelessness crisis in NH

Mobile clinic offers health care for people without homes in Nashua

New shelter in Nashua takes modern approach to helping those in need

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A tale of "Crookies and Cream": Should NH allow raw milk ice cream?
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Abortion ban after viability?
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Abortion ban after viability?
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