City Hall debate over parking fee rise to aid schools
At Portsmouth City Hall on Monday, parents and city officials clashed over a plan by City Manager John Bohenko to raise parking meter rates from 50 to 70 cents and extend hours to 7 p.m. plus higher violation fees to bolster school funding. The measure, urged by parents and opposed by some business groups, advanced to a final reading with a budget vote set for June 28.
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Portsmouth
John Bohenko
Melinda Linane
Ocean policy rally urges action to save coastal waters
Jan Pendlebury of the National Environmental Trust warned that without quick action oceans face extreme peril. He cited studies by the U S Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Report on overfishing bycatch coastal development and pollution. Pendlebury announced 14 state groups joined a 300 plus coalition to Conserve Our Ocean Legacy aiming for 3000 groups. Seacoast Science Center leaders and ocean activists backed the call to educate the public about ocean importance.
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Rye
Jan Pendlebury
National Environmental Trust
Pendlebury
Seacoast Science Center
Odiorne Point
Benson
Congress
U.S. Commission On Ocean Policy
Pew Oceans Report
Ted Diers
New Hampshire
Wendy Lull
John Philips
New England
Ocean Conservancy
Walter Fries
Cohen left devastated by funds loss in Senate bid
New Hampshire state Senator Burt Cohen said he is broke after raising money for his US Senate campaign vanished along with his former campaign manager Jesse D. Burchfield. Cohen, who had planned to challenge Judd Gregg, dropped out on June 10. He called the situation devastating and said an investigation is ongoing to uncover what happened to the funds and the manager.
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Portsmouth
Burt Cohen
Senate
New Castle
U.S
Judd Gregg
R-N.h
Jesse D. Burchfield
Cohen
Burchfield
Sununu faces backlash over hate crimes vote
New Hampshire Senator John Sununu drew criticism from gay rights advocates after voting against a Senate hate crimes bill that would extend federal help to prosecute crimes based on sexual orientation gender and disability. Supporters led by Senator Judd Gregg argued for broader protections. Sununu cited concerns about special consideration for certain crimes.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
John Sununu
U.S. Senate
Susan MacNeil
Keene
Sununu
Judd Gregg
R-N.h
Somersworth man waives probable cause in teen murder case
Anthony O Leary 19 of Somersworth waived a probable cause hearing on a second degree murder charge involving 17 year old Treasure Genaw of Berwick Maine. Genaw who was 12 weeks pregnant died from stab wounds in Somersworth and her body was dumped near Route 23 in South Berwick. If convicted he faces life in prison.
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Dover
Anthony O'Leary
Somersworth
O'Leary
Strafford
Treasure Genaw
Berwick
Maine
Genaw
South Berwick
Route 23
Noble High School
North Berwick
Ruoff
Stephen Morrison
Heads of Tales and Mass Millions Playout Item
An odd OCR fragment from TriState Daily lists codes and numbers: Heads of Tales 11 13 19 22 28, Mase Dally 9 2 7 1, Mass Millions 3 5 8 12 15 30 45, with evening and day stamps and page references. The readable facts are sparse and numeric.
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TriState
Mase Dally
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