New Hampshire Senate Eyes Harsher Penalties for Elder Abuse
The New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9 amended and passed SB 207 to widen penalties for abusing or defrauding the elderly or disabled. Sponsored by Senators Clark Hassan Estabrook and others, the bill adds misdemeanors and theft to protections for those aged 60 and older, aiming to deter crimes and give courts a broader range of sentences.
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Ewee Wee Omine
State Senate
New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee
Martha Fuller Clark
Portsmouth
Maggie Hassan
Exeter
Iris Estabrook
Durham
Consid
Senate
Clark
New Hampshire
Joe Foster
Nashua
David Gottesman
Judiciary Committee
Ted Gatsas
Manchester
Gatsas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Steel frame takes shape on Portsmouth library project
Portsmouth library construction resumes after a dormant period as the steel frame goes up. Library director Mary Ann List notes the delay was due to Novel Iron Works of Greenland not being available and explains the construction management approach with a $7.9 million guaranteed maximum price. Completion is targeted for fall or early winter 2006 with a hoped opening before 2007.
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Portsmouth
Parrott Avenue
Mary Ann List
Greenland
List
North Branch Construction
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Portsmouth hotel plan blocked after variance vote
Raymond Ramsey's 20 year effort to build a 100 room hotel on Kearsarge Way faced a setback as the Board of Adjustment did not approve required variances. David Witham's bid to uphold a 2002 permit failed 3-2 with Marchenka and Parrott opposing. Open seats and absent members left decisive votes unclear.
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Portsmouth
Raymond Ramsey
Kearsarge Way
Board of Adjustment
David Witham
Bob Marchenka
Arthur Parrott
Steve Berg
Alain Jousse
Marchenko
Parrott
Ramsey
Witham
Charles LeBlanc
Nate Holloway
Veteran officer gains FBI Academy graduate and captain promotion
PORTSMOUTH Police Captain Janet Champlin was lauded as a star by colleagues after she graduated from the FBI National Academy Program on December 16 and was promoted to captain in charge of the detective division. Champlin began her career in 1983 in Connecticut and rose through the ranks to lead the city’s detective work.
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Portsmouth
Janet Champlin
Champlin
FBI
Connecticut
Intelligent design ban marks major evolution ruling in Dover
U S District Judge John E Jones III ruled that intelligent design is not science but religion. He barred Dover Area School District from teaching the concept in high school biology, framing the board’s 2004 policy as a violation of church state separation and calling the design policy deliberately deceptive.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
U.S
John E. Jones III
Dover
Dover School District Free to Teach Evolution, Not Intelligent Design
Tammy Kitzmiller and Christy Rhein smile at a Harrisburg news conference after a verdict bars the Dover Pennsylvania School District from teaching intelligent design in biology class. The ruling underscores that intelligent design is not science and cannot be taught as such.
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Tammy Kitzmiller
Christy Rhein
Harrisburg
Dover
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Portsmouth Public Library
Lee Champlin
Martha Raffaele
Associated Press
John E. Jones
Seacoastonline.com
Tri-State
Mass
Maine
N.H
Portsmouth High School
Spaulding
Seacoast
Newington
Josiah Mayo
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