CONCORD â Three big-ticket capital projects in the 60.3-acre Mount Washington State Park will be built and paid for with federal funds available under the American Rescue Plan and state and local fiscal recovery funds designed to boost the post-pandemic economy.
The N.H Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources sought $22.5-plus-million federal dollars to pay for various capital projects at state parks across New Hampshire.
Both members of the Legislative Fiscal Committee and governor and Executive Council quickly greenlighted this bold âask.â
Nearly a quarter of the total sum â $5,495,000 â will be spent on the 6,288-foot summit: $3 million to replace its undersized and failing sewage treatment plant; $1,020,000 to upgrade its water system and $1,475,000 on maintaining the integrity of the Sherman Adams Summit Building and ensuring compliance with todayâs life safety codes.
OSSIPEE — Along with attending the dedication of the new North Conway Fire Station on Saturday, Gov. Chris Sununu made a wide sweep across the North Country last Thursday, starting
Should NH add de-escalation and implicit bias training for police to state law?
A NH Department of Safety State Police vehicle GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor file
Published: 5/18/2021 2:54:27 PM
Earlier this year, the New Hampshire Senate unanimously passed SB 114, a bill to require law enforcement officers to complete training on de-escalation, ethics, implicit bias, and cultural diversity. The bill mirrors action from the Police Standards and Training Council to voluntarily add this training. Now that SB 114 is in the House of Representatives, some legislators argue a state law is unnecessary.
A bill to address implicit bias
SB 114 was originally introduced to address discrimination at state parks, in particular. Among other things, the bill would have created a database of racist attacks and other civil rights violations in publicly-accessible areas. After debating the concept of “verbal violence” and other language in the bill, Republicans in the Senate moved to greatly narr
CONWAY â A group advocating for responsible short-term rental ownership today plans to ask selectmen to hold off on enforcing a ban on STRs. The local chamber of commerce slso seeks a grace period on enforcement.
The Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce recently released a statement on the STR issue, saying it supports a grace period through Columbus Day weekend to allow STR owners and those who have made their vacation plans to include an STR stay time to adjust to the new rules passed by majority vote at the April Town Meeting.
âWe feel confident that the Town of Conway Board of Selectman will approach this issue with fairness as they begin the process of administering the will of the voters,â said the chamber.
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