Tobacco tax hike gains traction in New Hampshire
Portsmouth resident Tawnya Honaker, a smoker, sees potential value in a proposed 64 cent per pack tobacco tax increase to fund education, despite Gov. Benson signaling a veto. The House Ways and Means Committee endorsed the one year rise to assist towns affected by the school funding formula, moving the measure to the Finance Committee as debates over property tax relief continue.
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Ways and Means Committee
Benson and council win suit in NH Supreme Court
PORTSMOUTH The governor and the Executive Council have the authority to select who serves as a New Hampshire Supreme Court chief justice, not the Legislature. A unanimous unsigned opinion held the state Constitution trumps state law on selecting chief justices for the state's highest court.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Protests at Portsmouth Shipyard Over Union Rights
The Department of Defense moved after Portsmouth Naval Shipyard union members protested national security personnel reforms. More than 100 workers warned the law could threaten basic rights for all 700,000 federal employees amid chants of union busting.
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Portsmouth
Department of Defense
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
U.S
Apogent layoffs tied to Fisher Scientific merger
Fifty Apogent Technologies employees were notified their jobs will end after the Hampton based Fisher Scientific International completes its merger with Apogent on schedule for the third quarter. Thirty remaining personnel will transfer to Fisher. The merger, valued at about 2.7 billion dollars in stock, expands Fisher's global footprint to roughly 17,000 employees. Frank H Jellinek Jr will become chairman emeritus of Fisher, with four Apogent directors joining Fisher's board.
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Apogent Technologies Inc
Hampton
Dennis Brown
Apogent
Penhallow Street
Fisher
Fisher Scientific International Inc
Frank H. Jellinek Jr
Jellinek
Four York High vandalism suspects expelled after hearings
Karen Danduvant reports four of five York High School students charged in an April vandalism and burglary case were expelled after school committee hearings. A fifth student faces an expulsion hearing May 5 at York Public Library. The five, three adults and two juveniles, are to be arraigned May 18 in York District Court.
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York Public Library
York District Court
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Jonathan Boone
Ridge Road
Ciampa
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Reiner
Megabucks and Lotto Results Listed for April 28 2004
The Tri-State Daily reports lottery draws for April 28 2004 including Megabucks numbers 6 16 22 29 39 41 with 4 Heads or Tails 9 10 13 25 28 and Powerball 27 34 42 49 52 plus 23 Hot Lotto 28 25 29 35 and Mass Daily 0 4 9 with Mass Megabucks 7 15 17 20 34 37.
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Tri-State Daily
Mass
Benson's SoftDraw lenders back Golf Club of New England deal
SoftDraw Investments, created by Gov. Craig Benson, filed a motion to fund 485000 to bail out the Golf Club of New England near Stratham, planning a temporary loan through June while a bankruptcy reorganization progresses and could name Benson as the club's new owner. The move follows a prior offer that was withdrawn, reviving a potential reopening for wealthy club members.
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Golf Club of
New England
Craig Benson
SoftDraw Investments
Benson
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