Push for gambling at Rockingham

December 10, 2008 Union Leader Rockingham Park officials are ready to begin a concerted effort to bring video lottery machines to the Salem racetrack. Track officials and officials of a Nevada firm with an option to buy the track say they plan today to announce a...

Regional Police Join Forces

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire’s Safety Department and the state police chiefs association are planning to conduct joint training for state and regional special operations units. The effort is aimed at enabling the agencies to become more familiar with...

Hudson pushes ahead with kindergarten suit

December 9, 2008 Nashua Telegraph HUDSON – Instead of meeting its Dec. 1 deadline by submitting a plan to implement kindergarten by fall, the Hudson School District sent a letter to the state Department of Education reminding it the district is suing instead....

County Commissioners’ Wrists Properly Slapped

Caledonian Record Late in November, the Grafton County Commissioners managed to get a $38 million bond vote passed after officials pushed and shoved in public and private meetings. Two citizens, Robert P. Hull and John J. Babiarz, brought suit, charging that the...

Audit Reveals Poor Supervision of State Vehicles

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire does a poor job keeping track of the nearly 2,000 passenger vehicles used by state employees, according to a recent audit. There is no formal statewide monitoring of the vehicles, nor is there any statewide agency in charge of...

Wants vs Needs and a big screen TV

December 7, 2008 Union Leader Liquor Commission Chairman Mark Bodi is in hot water with the Executive Council for spending federal grant money that was available but not specifically needed or approved in buying a drunken-driving enforcement van. Although his use of...