Tag: New Hampshire

Sunday School Teacher Arrested After Attending School Board Meeting Without Mask

Authorities in New Hampshire arrested a Sunday school teacher who was attending a school board meeting without a mask and was protesting the board’s mask mandate, according to attendees and family members. Kate Bossi, the mother of a child, attended the Timberlane Regional School Board’s meeting at the district’s Performing Arts Center in Plaistow without a mask….


New Hampshire Gov. Drops Federal Unemployment Boost: ‘Let’s Get Back to Work’

New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday that his state will soon be ending the $300 weekly federal jobless supplement that business groups and others have blamed for discouraging people from taking jobs and fueling a hiring crunch. Sununu said in a statement that New Hampshire would be ending the federal $300 unemployment boost,…


Windham, New Hampshire 2020 Election Audit Starts

A 2020 election audit in a small New Hampshire town started on Tuesday. A three-person team in Windham, which has a population of roughly 15,000, will examine ballot counting machines and their memory cards, and the hand tabulation of ballots, that were used and cast in the general election on Nov. 3, 2020, in the…


Explosion at Gender Reveal Party Rocks Homes Miles Away

One New Hampshire family’s gender reveal party was such a blast that it rattled towns, set off reports of an earthquake, and could be heard from across the state line, police said. Police in Kingston, a town not far from the Massachusetts border, received reports of a loud explosion Tuesday evening. They responded to Torromeo…


Schools Canceled After Teachers, Staff ‘Ill From the Effects of the Vaccine’: Superintendent

A school district in New Hampshire canceled school on Monday when too many staff called in sick after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine the day before, Superintendent Kathleen Murphy said in a message to parents. “Early this morning, after receiving communication from our building Principals, I made the decision to close school for the day,” Murphy…


Classes Canceled as Teachers, Staff ‘Ill From the Effects of the Vaccine’: NH School District Superintendent

A school district in New Hampshire canceled school on Monday when too many staff called in sick after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine the day before, Superintendent Kathleen Murphy said in a message to parents. “Early this morning, after receiving communication from our building Principals, I made the decision to close school for the day,” Murphy…


New Hampshire Senate Rejects Bill That Would Make No Excuse Mail Voting Permanent

The New Hampshire Senate on March 18 rejected a bill that would have made permanent the temporary no-excuse absentee voting put in place last year due to the CCP virus pandemic. New Hampshire relaxed the rules around absentee voting last year, first through guidance from the state’s attorney general and secretary of state and subsequently…


The Omni Mount Washington Resort: ‘An Enchanted Cottage at the Edge of the Wilderness’

In the late afternoon light, the woods of the White Mountain National Forest appear quiet at first, muted by a blanket of soft, fresh snow. All I hear is my own breath and the swish of my cross-country skis as I push my way through the tracks. My husband is ahead of me, trudging up…


New Hampshire Sues Massachusetts in Supreme Court Over Extraterritorial Income Tax

Backed by 14 other states, New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts because the Bay State is taxing New Hampshire residents who work remotely in their home state for employers located in Massachusetts, a practice New Hampshire says is unlawful. “Massachusetts’ current position is a far cry from our country’s rallying call of ‘no taxation without representation,’…


Massachusetts Taxes New Hampshire Residents. New Hampshire Goes to the Supreme Court.

Backed by 14 other states, New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts because the Bay State is taxing New Hampshire residents who work remotely in their home state for employers located in Massachusetts, a practice New Hampshire says is unlawful. “Massachusetts’ current position is a far cry from our country’s rallying call of ‘no taxation without representation,’…