Another Snag for Bateman Project
Reporter: Dave Andreesen
Date: May 17, 2012
The Berwick Planning Board met with the developers of the Sullivan School affordable housing project last night to go over an amendment to the building plan. The controversial project was put on hold last month after it was discovered three bedroom units were being built in an addition, which wasn’t approved. Bateman Partners met with
|
Rochester Police Ask for Slight Increase
Reporter: Gregg Shaw
Date: May 18, 2012
Rochester Deputy Police Chief Mike Allen, who’ll take over the department next month, is hopeful that the budget he presented this week to the City Council will be approved. Allen is calling for about a three percent increase in operational costs, one he says is modest considering the demands placed on his officers. One area in which the
|
Suspect Caught in Dover Break Ins
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Pat Kelly
Date: May 18, 2012
A Barrington man faces arraignment today in Dover Circuit Court, in connection with a string of burglaries in Dover during the past couple of weeks. 24-year-old Kevin Agnew was already in the Strafford County Jail, after his arrest Wednesday for violating the terms of a previous release on burglary charges. He was charged with a series
|
Council Mulls Court Nominee
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 18, 2012
New Hampshire's Executive Council is holding a public hearing on the nomination of appellate lawyer Charles Bassett to the state Supreme Court.
The hearing begins at 1 p.m. today in the Executive Council Chamber at the Statehouse.
The 55-year-old Bassett is a senior litigator in the law firm of Orr & Reno.
If
|
House and Senate to Reconcile Homicide Bill
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 18, 2012
The New Hampshire House and Senate are at odds over the threshold for when someone could be charged with homicide for causing the death of a fetus.
Both bodies have voted in favor of expanding the state's homicide laws to include causing a pregnant woman to lose her child, with exceptions made for medical procedures such
|
Senate Approves Tax Ban Bill
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 18, 2012
New Hampshire voters would be asked to make a ban on a state personal income tax part of the constitution under a bill passed by the Senate.
The Senate voted 20-4 yesterday in favor of a constitutional amendment banning a personal income tax. The bill already has passed the House, but the Senate version includes different
|
NH Approves Prescription Tracking
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 18, 2012
A database to track the prescribing and dispensing of certain pharmaceuticals has passed the New Hampshire House in an effort to combat prescription drug abuse.
The database would track when often abused drugs like Ritalin, Adderall or Vicodin are prescribed and distributed, and to whom. Supporters say tracking these
|
Fire Destroys Lee Mobile Homes
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 18, 2012
A grill is believed to be the source of a fire that destroyed two neighboring mobile homes in Lee.
The fire broke out about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. No one was hurt.
Sgt. Tom Dronsfield says one of the homeowners was grilling outside and noticed it caught on fire. The flames spread to the home and to the one next to it.
In
|
Dover Residents Speak Out on Schools
Reporter: Dave Andreesen
Date: May 16, 2012
Over 300 Dover residents attended a rally at the McConnell Center last night before the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed school budget for next year. The majority of people were in support of the council fully funding the school department request, while a smaller crowd was urging the council to reduce the budget and stay
|
Hampton Falls Man Charged in Crash
Reporter: Gregg Shaw
Date: May 16, 2012
A 43-year-old Hampton Falls man faces aggravated DUI charges, after a single car accident last night on Brown Road in that town. Michael Brogna’s car left the road and knocked down a utility pole, near the intersection of Brown Road and Towle Farm road at around 8 pm. Brogna was taken to Exeter Hospital with serious injuries, and was later
|
Barrington Woman Died in Crash
Reporter: Gregg Shaw
Date: May 17, 2012
A Barrington resident has been identified as the victim of a crash which also injured a second person on Tuesday along Route 202. 55-year-old Cheryl Collins died when her vehicle crossed the center line and struck a car driven by 32-year-old Nicole Hawkins of Raymond. Hawkins was taken first to Frisbie Memorial Hospital, then flown to a Boston
|
Senate Approves Landowner Liability Limit
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associate Press
Date: May 17, 2012
New Hampshire landowners who let the public use their land for hunting, hiking and other recreational activities wouldn't be required to keep the land safe under a bill passed by the state Senate.
The Senate voted yesterday to expand liability protection for those who own, lease or manage land open to hunting, fishing,
|
Pair Sentenced in Portsmouth Beating
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 17, 2012
Two men charged with beating an Army veteran outside a New Hampshire restaurant until he became unconscious are going to prison.
Daniel May and Paul Hayes pleaded guilty to assault charges Wednesday. May apologized in court to the victim, Steven Bohn.
The judge sentenced May to at least two years in prison and Hayes to at
|
Legislature Passes Scholarship Bill
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 17, 2012
The New Hampshire's House and Senate have passed similar plans to give businesses a tax credit for donating to scholarship organizations to send students to private or public schools.
The House voted 236-97 yesterday to funnel the donations through organizations that provide scholarships of up to $2,500 to start. The
|
House Revives Internet Tax Ban
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 17, 2012
A week after it killed it, the House has resurrected a bill that would ban taxing Internet access in New Hampshire.
The House voted 245-80 yesterday to add the tax ban to a Senate bill on dredging. The House also added an appropriation for $1.5 million to provide services to the disabled. The Senate next considers whether
|
House Approves New Pension System
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: May 17, 2012
New Hampshire's House has voted to move ahead with a new public pension system for state employees and wants the Senate to reconsider its decision to study the issue instead.
The House voted 222-94 yesterday to create a legislative committee to come up with a defined contribution pension plan for new state employees
|
ME HHS Payment Errors Outlined
Reporter: Gregg Shaw/Associated Press
Date: April 28, 2012
The head of Maine's health and human services department is telling lawmakers that a computer problem resulted in the state inadvertently paying out $10.7 million in Medicaid services to more than 7,700 people who weren't eligible.
Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew released the numbers yesterday
|
Online Driver Ed Bill Up Today
Reporter: Gregg Shaw
Date: April 18, 2012
An online Driver Education Bill cosponsored by Rochester State Representative Laura Jones will be on the agenda today in the Senate. Senate President Peter Bragdon announced yesterday that House Bill 1440 will be taken up earlier than listed on the calendar when the Senate goes into Session this morning at 10. The move is referred to
|
Officers Shot in Greenland
NH Governor John Lynch is on his way to Portsmouth Regional Hospital following a a shooting in Greenland where multiple officers have been shot, including Police Chief Michael Maloney. In a statement, Governor Lynch said :this is a tragic incident, and my thoughts and prayers are with the officers and their families." The officers were executing a search warrant at a home on Post Road.
|
Motorcycle Crash on Flagg Rd
Motorcycle Crash
Reporter Judi Currie
Date April 12, 2012
A 27-yr old of Rochester man suffered minor injuries when he lost control of his motorcycle on the Flagg Road yesterday. Rochester Police say, Michael Combra, lost control and the motorcycle left the roadway, dropped down into a ravine where it struck several small trees. Combra was not wearing a helmet at the time of the
|
Little Bay Float In
Little Bay Bridge
Reporter Judi Currie
Date April 12, 2012
The main structural steel girders that will connect the Newington and Dover halves of the new Little Bay Bridge on the Spaulding Turnpike are scheduled to be “floated in” by barge and erected on Tuesday. The four, 155-foot long, steel girders will be floated into place, connected to cables
|
Dowdell for Congress
Dowdell for Congress
Reporter Judi Currie
Date April 11, 2012
A democratic contender in the first district congressional race, Joanne Dowdell, says she heard from many seacoast residents that jobs and the economy are the key issues. Speaking on WTSN’ Open Mic (Weds) the Portsmouth businesswoman says there is a connection between what she can offer and what voters are looking for.
|
Dover Waterfront Development
Dover Waterfront Development
Reporter: Judi Currie
Date: April 10, 2012
The chair of the Cocheco Waterfront Development Authority Committee, Jack Mettee (Metty) speaking on WTSN’s Open Mic, says development of the waterfront is hampered by the economy and ongoing site work but Dickenson Development still wants to go forward with the project. Mettee says Dickenson is
|
Rochester Police Promotions
Rochester Police Promotions
Reporter: Judi Currie
Date: April 11, 2012
Rochester Police Captain Scott Dumas, a 17- year veteran of the force, has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief of Police. In his new role he will serve as the department’s second in command and work closely with Incoming Chief Michael Allen with oversight of all department operations with a
|
Missing Gun
Missing Gun
Reporter: Judi Currie
Date: April 11, 2012
Barrington Police Chief Richard Conway is asking residents to be on the lookout for a 22-caliber pistol in a nylon holster that went missing during the weekend. The owner was target shooting in the area of Carriage Run Road. Conway says the gun was accidentally left on the roof of the vehicle and likely fell off as the car
|
Campus Master Plan
Campus Master Plan
Reporter: Judi Currie
Date: April 11, 2012
The University of New Hampshire will host a community forum to offer an update on the campus master plan on Tuesday Topics include the final preferred location for a new Center for the Arts, opportunities for public-private ventures on campus lands that might include a hotel/conference center, retail and office/research
|
Somersworth Housing Theft
Somersworth Housing Theft
December 13, 2011
Reporter: Judi Currie
Somersworth Police Department is investigating what they are calling an internal theft at the Somersworth Housing Authority.
Police say in excess of 100-thousand dollars is missing and a suspect has been identified. The suspect was employed at the Housing Authority at the time of the thefts. Somersworth police say they were alerted to the theft the Director of Somersworth Housing, Elizabeth Salinger.
The investigation is ongoing, and will focus on the total amount of money that has been stolen, the duration of the theft, and who was responsible.
|
Evacuation Underway
Route 108 in Rochester is closed and area homes are being evacuated. The water tank on Rochester hill is in danger of failing, according to police.
|
|
Skydiver Hospitalized in Accident
Reporter: Pat Kelly/Gregg Shaw
Date: August 23, 2011
An unidentified man is in a Boston hospital with serious injuries, after a sky diving accident in Lebanon. The man came to earth in a cow pasture just before 10 yesterday morning. He is said to be an experienced parachutist, with more than 35 hundred jumps to his credit. The victim was first taken to Frisbie Memorial Hospital by crews who responded to the scene, just off of Lower Barley Road. He was later transferred by Med flight to the Boston facility. Authorities believe his parachute had opened and was in working order .
|
|
