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Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi’s defense attorneys are making an appeal to dismiss most charges filed against her.

New Hampshire has joined several other states taking aim at illegal Robo calls.

There is a three year plan on the table to spend $4.8 billion to fix Maine’s road and bridge infrastructure.

The Maine Hospital Association has said that the state’s hospitals are in a precarious financial position.

President Trump‘s increased tariffs on most nations have been postponed for 90 days, but not China.

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She is the Dean of the New Hampshire Legislature, and now Laura Pantelakos has passed away at the age of 89.

New Hampshire and Maine legislatures are debating whether to change car inspections.

If you like playing the mega millions lottery game, you will find ticket prices increased.

Karen Read, accused of the murder of Boston police officer John O’Keefe her boyfriend, says she thinks opening arguments in her re-trial could begin next week.

President Trump’s increased tariffs on overseas goods go into effect today.

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Update: Despite support from President Trump, former New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu said he will not be a candidate for the US Senate in the 2026 race to replace New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen. He told WMUR TV that it could mean 12 more years, and a run would not be right for his family.

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Both New Hampshire US Senators Jeane, Shaheen and Maggie Hassan have combined to speak out against what they call the Trump Administration’s reckless actions to weaken services for America’s veterans.

March sales of single-family homes and condominiums in the 13 Sample Seacoast Towns produced mixed results.

Common man for Ukraine humanitarian aid cofounder Alex Ray of New Hampshire has just turned 80.

A newly filed lawsuit against the Trump administration by the state of Maine alleges that funding for food for children and adults by the USDA is being withheld unlawfully.

America’s trading partner and adversary China is pledging to fight to the end against President Trump’s boosted tariffs.

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President Trump is calling his tariffs medicine, and is sticking by them.

Icy conditions and winds Hampered rescuers who took a hiker from Quebec off Mount Washington safely.

Some New England colleges, including Ivy League ones have seen students’ visas revoked.

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This week on The Interview Voices from the heart are a female choral group based in Portsmouth. They have a program planned to help raise money for a future overseas performance trip. More about the group and that initiative today with Joanne Connolly, who leads the chorus. Note: this choral group is a nonprofit, and their CDs are available for purchase on Voices from the Heart.org

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There are new developments in the widely followed Karen Read murder trial in Massachusetts.

Unlucky motorists driving down a roadway in Maine found themselves shot at by a man who killed his mother and then himself.

Ivy League Harvard University has been tasked with meeting a list of demands by the White House to avoid billions in federal funding cuts.

Maine public schools are under the gun with a 10 day deadline to end diversity equity, and inclusion, DEI programs.

Two Democratic Congress members are in or potentially in the race for replacing retiring US Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.

It was a timeshare dispute that landed a Michigan couple into a Mexican jail for a month.

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This week on The Interview Voices from the heart are a female choral group based in Portsmouth. They have a program planned to help raise money for a future overseas performance trip. More about the group and that initiative today with Joanne Connolly, who leads the chorus. Note: this choral group is a nonprofit, and their CDs are available for purchase on Voices from the Heart.org

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One proposed piece of legislation in New Hampshire has sparked a group of business owners, safety officials and residents to start their engines.

Quit claim deed fraud is on the rise in New England, and the Boston FBI is warning property owners and real estate agents about it.

Nashua resident Lori Ortolano says she might take her right to know case to the State Supreme Court.

President Trump called her disloyal. He reacted to Maine Senator Republican Senator Susan Collins decision to join Democratic lawmakers to attempt to block his tariffs on imports. On the Senate floor, Collins pointed out in a 14 minute address that there was no need for tariffs against Canada.  You can view her address below or by clicking here.

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The White House says that President Trump‘s so-called liberation day tariffs to be announced will go into effect immediately.

There are more lawsuits arising from accidental discharge from the popular P320 handgun made by Sig Sauer based in Newington.

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England said it expects federal funding cuts to affect some tens of thousands of low income or uninsured patients.

After chronic health problems, actor Val Kilmer has passed away at the age of 65.

Coming up tomorrow, Joanne Connolly of Voices from the Heart talks about that choral group and their immediate plans. That’s on The Interview.

Updated yesterday: Last summer’s tragedy on the Piscataqua river bridge between Maine and New Hampshire has resulted in the clearing of three state police troopers, two from New Hampshire and one from Maine using deadly force. They were responding to a report that a man shot his wife, to death at a home in Kittery and his eight year old son in his car on the bridge. The officers were justified at shooting Trent Weston of Troy New Hampshire according to the Maine Attorney General. He had raised his gun in the direction of the officers, and then shot himself in the head, falling off the bridge deck. The medical examiner’s office in Maine found that he died from the gunshot wound to the head and not from police gunfire.

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Update: last summer’s tragedy on the Piscataqua river bridge between Maine and New Hampshire has resulted in the clearing of three state police troopers, two from New Hampshire and one from Main using deadly force. They were responding to a report that a man shot his wife, to death at a home in Kittery and his eight year old son in his car on the bridge. The officers were justified at shooting Trent Weston of Troy New Hampshire according to the Maine Attorney General. He had raised his gun in the direction of the officers, and then shot himself in the head, falling off the bridge debt. The medical examiner’s office in Maine found it. He died from the gunshot wound to the head and not from Police gunfire.

My YouTube channel Roger Wood at Large features the complete interview with Kathy Beebe of Haven NH.

This week on The Interview Voices from the heart are a female choral group based in Portsmouth. They have a program planned to help raise money for a future overseas performance trip. More about the group and that initiative later this week with Joanne Connolly, who leads the chorus.

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New Hampshire residents who are outraged at Elon Musk‘s budget cutting are rallying and promising more protests in the coming days.

April is distracted driving awareness month. As part of that, New Hampshire State Police are urging drivers to pay attention to the road, not their phones.

Merrimack County House of Corrections head Travis Cushman has been placed on leave after his arrest for alleged poaching.

Jury selection begins today in the Karen Read re-trial in Massachusetts.

The Federal Government is putting some $9 billion in funding to Harvard University under the microscope.

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While most Eastern New Hampshire areas have been spared a an early spring snowstorm, that is not the case in the western part of the state.

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte has formed a 34 member task force to work on traffic safety.

Jury selection in the second Karen Read trial starts this week in Massachusetts , in a re-trial expected to last several weeks.

Special Olympics Maine is getting a boost, thanks to a few police officers who aren’t afraid of wintry cold water.

President Trump finds himself in the middle of the dispute between Ukraine and Russia and their war.

Coming up this week, a conversation with Joanne Connolly, who heads up the all female Voices From the Heart choral group From Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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New Hampshire Senate and house are in agreement that most public space like Jails, sports teams, and bathrooms should be separated, segregated by sex.

The former owner of Toyota of Portsmouth Jim Boyle looks to be a half $1 million richer.

There has been a strong debate between supporters and opponents of legislation to ban hormonal puberty blockers in New Hampshire.

With a deadline approaching, the state of Maine has refused to abide by President Trump‘s order to ban school transgender athletes in the state.

Thousands of healthcare workers with the center for disease control will be losing their jobs today.

The case of a married Columbia University student from New York facing deportation

will be going to New Jersey before a federal judge.

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