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...

Gas tax is considered

December 5, 2008 Union Leader CONCORD – Lawmakers from both parties say the state needs to increase its gasoline tax to keep highways maintained, but Gov. John Lynch is not convinced of that yet. Lynch said this week he hasn’t changed his stance against a gas...

Monadnock School Chair Apologizes

Keene Sentinel – Monadnock’s school board aims to bring civility to its meetings SWANZEY CENTER — With people still reeling from an overexcited meeting Nov. 18, Monadnock Regional School Board Chairman Eugene M. White 3rd of Swanzey said he’d try to maintain a...