The rivers are slowly receding. For some homeowners, the cleanup's just beginning. Some streets are still flooded, including a portion of rt 111 in Windham. Officials continue to urge drivers to avoid going through them. Last night, firefighters had to rescue a couple trapped in high water in their SUV in Newmarket.
A Dover High School student who was electrocuted while in class is back home making a stunning recovery. WMUR reports Kyle Dubois has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston just days after he was shocked while using alligator clips, that knocked him unconscious.
The jury has recessed for the day in the case of a New Hampshire man accused of beating his landlord to death so he could steal his new pickup truck to trade it in for a motorcycle. The jury received the case of 50-year-old Paul McDonald shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday. He's accused of first-degree murder and alternate counts of second-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Richard Wilcox in his Danville home.
The House Finance Committee is recommending 47-million dollars in the first phase of budget cuts. The committee approved cuts to social services and the courts. Public workers would also have to pay a bigger share of their retirement for a year.
Small business owners hoping to get rid of the so-called LLC tax will not likely see that happening soon. House lawmakers voted 190 to 150 today to send a repeal bill for further study.
As Democratic leaders in Washington push for health care overhaul, Tea Party activists in New Hampshire are planning a rally in Manchester tomorrow. Organizers, including Former Senator Gordon Humphrey and Former Mayor Frank Guinta, plan to protest outside City Hall and ending at Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter's office to demand that she vote against the plan.
Some federal dollars will be helping some local firefighters. FEMA is providing the fire departments in Manchester, Candia, and Nottingham with more than $670,000 for new equipment.
Manchester Alderman voted 9-5 last night in favor of merging the parks and recreations department with the highway department. A task force created to trim the fat in city government, made the recommendation. Task Force Chairman Bradford Cook says putting parks and rec under the umbrella of the highway department makes sense....According to this morning's Union Leader, the plan puts the longtime acting parks director at risk of losing his job. A second park's employee may also be in jeopardy.
The attorney representing a man accused of cursing at police and citizens while jogging through Portsmouth, New Hampshire, says an order barring his client from the city while he is free on bail is unconstitutional. Craig O'Brien, from Eliot,Maine, is charged with disorderly conduct for the alleged while jogging last summer.
A group of Dartmouth College graduates is taking its lawsuit over the makeup of the school's board of trustees to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. A lower court in January dismissed the suit that challenged Dartmouth's expansion of the board from 18 trustees to 26, increasing the number the board could appoint.
A nonprofit shelter in New Hampshire for neglected and abused horses has been forced to close because it can no longer meet its financial obligations. The nonprofit, Equine Protection of North America, had operated for more than a decade. The New Hampshire SPCA says it has taken custody of four horses that will be available for adoption soon. Three other special needs horses all will need homes by end of month.
