By State Senator Bob Odell To see the Chief Justice of New Hampshire essentially begging the legislature not to further cut the budget of the Judicial Branch and suggesting that the Governor with his new proposed $4 million cut is leading to the closing of our court system was a shocker. Add to that the [...]
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Sunapee Green-Up Day is a new tradition in town. It’s a town-wide road side clean-up day. This year it will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to noon. Community members are invited to join in. Sign-up forms are available at the the Town Office and Abbott Library and on-line. The Sunapee Green-Up [...]
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Front Door Politics describes itself as “a jargon-free legislative update for all citizens affected by New Hampshire laws. No pundits, no positions! Just the facts, explained with context, to show how state government is affecting you.” The political blog reported this week on the Granite State’s $210-220 million budget shortfall–the Budget Breakdown–and the Governor’s three-part [...]
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“The pastel medium is a wonderful vehicle for both drawing and painting and I love doing both,” says Sunapee artist Susan E. Parmenter. Parmenter is a member of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire and is one of several artists participating in the Society’s 5th Annual Member’s Exhibition at the Red Roof Gallery in Enfield, [...]
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The NH Senate voted today to allow for the continued operation of district courts in Claremont, Colebrook, Milford and Keene that were slated for closure in 2011. House Bill 1516 would require these four communities to pick up the costs for leasing the courtroom space if they want to maintain their local district court. But [...]
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Image via Wikipedia It went out on Easter Sunday. The official Lake Sunapee Ice Out date for 2010 is April 4th–not the earliest date, “but is amongst the earlier ice outs since they have been recorded in 1869,” said June Fichter, executive director of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association in a broadcast email. “The Osborne [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Equipped, one of the Appalachian Mountain Club blogs, reported yesterday on the Monadnock Sunapee Greenway Trail Club and its new map and shelter. The Greenway stretches from Mount Monadnock north to Mount Sunapee and “makes for excellent early season hiking and offers backpackers the opportunity–and shelters–for a 5-day, 4-night excursion through the [...]
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By State Senator Bob Odell There will be a critical vote Tuesday at a special meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on whether the Claremont District Court will stay open for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The current two year budget contains an appropriation for the operations of district courts in Claremont, Colebrook, Milford [...]
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Capital Comments: Budget Cuts Stir Things Up in Concord
By State Senator Bob Odell The Governor’s proposed budget cuts for the next fiscal year that starts on July 1 have stirred up things in Concord. The spending reductions are in an amendment to Senate Bill 450. In its original form, the SB 450 deals with costs and expenditures at the Department of Health and [...]
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