Advocates hope NH court ruling helps mental health patients waiting in ERs
Modified: 5/20/2021 11:00:11 PM
WEST LEBANON Mental health advocates, lawmakers and providers say they’re hopeful that changes underway to address the persistent problem of long wait times in hospital emergency departments for patients in need of inpatient mental health treatment will make a difference.
“For patients, they hopefully will pretty quickly see a decrease in wait times and rapid admission to inpatient care when needed,” said Ken Norton, the director of the New Hampshire chapter of the nonprofit National Alliance on Mental Illness.
After the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention within three days of their arrival, Gov. Chris Sununu announced at a news conference last Thursday that he was issuing an executive order to try to address the matter.
Column: Both ‘critical patriotism’ and equity are necessary for social justice
Modified: 5/20/2021 10:10:11 PM
The continuing flow of opinion pieces to these pages on the concepts of “critical race theory” and on “equity vs. equality” reflects differing perceptions of patriotism in today’s America. Clarifying these concepts and providing some historical background may be useful.
Clarifying concepts can, of course, improve communications in our “siloed” society. But more than communication is at stake. Harmful actions are in question here, not just semantics. The attitudes and actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, the racist behavior of some police officers, and the actions of those who commit violence at Black Lives Matter events all show that words often lead to actions. The old schoolyard half-truth “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is misleading. As the May 16
Lebanon golf course appeal headed to NH Supreme Court
Modified: 5/19/2021 11:48:18 PM
LEBANON The New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a case that could determine the future of Carter Country Club, the historic nine-hole golf course off Mechanic Street in Lebanon.
Justices are being asked to decide whether New London developer Doug Homan owns the property outright and is therefore free to make changes or do away with the course, as a Superior Court judge ruled last year or whether protections planned more than three decades ago are still enforceable.
The nonprofit Carter Community Building Association argues it holds the rights to a 1986 retainer that could be used to prevent the golf course from being redeveloped for housing
LEBANON Lebanon moved one step closer to rescinding its mask mandate Wednesday night, when the City Council decided to schedule a public hearing on its ordinance.Councilors voted unanimously to set a public hearing for Wednesday, June 2, where they.
LEBANON Plans to use a study on equity and race to gauge sentiment about whether to keep or eliminate Lebanon’s school resource officer are in jeopardy after experts cautioned against polling students and teachers on the subject.The so-called equity.