Portsmouth, We Have a Problem

by Ed Naile Jim Splaine and RSA 91-A – again. Assistant Mayor of Portsmouth, NH, Jim Splaine, is in a self-created Right-to-Know jam. As an advocate for openness in government for as long as New Hampshire has taken the issue seriously, he should know the ropes as well...

Free Speech Wins

ALTON — The man who was arrested for disorderly conduct last year at a selectmen’s meeting for what one selectman called “character assassination” has been awarded $42,500 in damages by a federal court judge. Jeffrey T. Clay, 57, of 53 Mallard Drive, was arrested...

Moultonboro Selectman Punturieri: Pied-Piper, Flip-Flopper or Hypocrite?

Last week CNHT sent out an eBlast stressing the importance of attending your town meetings and deliberative sessions ESPECIALLY if you do not have SB2 where you can vote by ballot.  We mentioned that your town meeting is where you might vote on items which came from...

Forster Still Fighting for Right to Agritourism Use

Steve Forster has been hosting weddings on his Christmas tree farm. This practice is traditional for the area. Steve has plenty of land to accommodate the amount of people expected at these events, and to park their cars. The planning board in Henniker is trying to...

NHMA Property Liability Trust is DOA

New Hampshire’s phony municipal liability insurance monopoly is dead. Here is the financial part of it: https://www.pltnh.org/Resources/GetAttachment/909 The real story is about how Property Liability trust operated as a political organization not a real insurance...