NH School ‘Vouchers’ Praised And Panned; Knife Incident; Sports Results; More: PM Patch NH

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State EFA Program Expansion Panned And Praised At Public Hearing: Removing the salary cap from the Education Freedom Account program will expand alternative opportunities to all of NH's children, some say.

New Executive Council Gets To Work Scrutinizing Ways To Save Money: A new Executive Council got to work with many questions for commissioners and department heads about ways to get more with less money.

New Governor Sits Down With Press Discussing Budget, Getting Tough On Drug Dealers: Gov. Kelly Ayotte held her first post-Executive Council press conference, offering thoughts about education funding, pensions, and more.

Concord Wins; Bedford Beats Exeter; Nashua Wins: NH Wrestling Results: Plus: Milford beats Bishop Guertin, Salem beats Pinkerton in tight meet, and Souhegan wins over Kingswood Regional High School.

Brady-Valley Hockey Falls To Alvirne Milford, 6-3: The teams battled it out at the Skate 3 Ice Arena in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.

North Branch Construction’s Depelteau Named Training Specialist: Kimberly Depelteau brings more than 35 years of experience in construction, engineering, consulting, and project management to the position.

Hassan Nominates New Hampshire Students For U.S. Service Academies: Students from Amherst, Bedford, Exeter, Londonderry, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem, and other towns, have been nominated.

Knife Incident Reported At Riverbend In Concord: A patient was taken to Concord Hospital and placed on “involuntary emergency admission” after an incident on West Street on Friday morning.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Reverses Policy Banning Kidney Transplants Over COVID Status: NH AG Office: After a review, DHMC has changed its policies to align with patients' rights and state law requirements.

Another Arrest Made In Park Shooting; Illnesses Spike In NH: PM Patch: Track legislative bills, retirement planning; dissemination of private sexual images parolee wanted by NHDOC; Shaheen undecided on 4th term?

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