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Tulsi Gabbard to Hit the Slopes

Tulsi Gabbard will be in the Mt. Washington Valley next week. Campaign staff have confirmed the Hawaiian representative and Presidential hopeful will be hitting the slopes at Cranmore for most of Tuesday. Organizers say they will be running a contest to win tickets to join her and that people will also be able to donate to get lift tickets to join her as well. Gabbard will be wrapping up the day with a 6:00 town hall in the Upper Lodge of Cranmore’s cafeteria. The candidate’s website says she will also be in Moultonborough Saturday evening and in Meredith on Monday. Tulsi is a current Major in the Army National Guard and an outspoken critic of the United States current strategies in foreign policy.

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Second Strategic Planning Session

The Second Strategic Planning Meeting for Conway School District and SAU9 is still scheduled for tonight as of right now. The planning session is open to the public, will include presenters and light refreshments, and is designed to have a community dialogue to shape a portrait of goals for the education system to fulfill when it comes to the average student. That will also include discussion on metrics of measuring if the school is meeting those goals. Further details can be found on the SAU9 website. The meeting is taking place tonight from 6-8PM at the Kennett High School Cafeteria.

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Cancellations & Delays – Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Thursday, January 16th, 2020

 

SAU 9 – Conway – CLOSED

SAU 13 – Freedom, Madison, Tamworth – CLOSED

SAU 49 – Wolfeboro, Ossipee – CLOSED

MSAD 61 – Bridgton – CLOSED

MSAD 72 – Brownfield – CLOSED

White Mountain Waldorf – Albany – CLOSED

Lillipution Montessori School – North Conway – CLOSED

Robert Frost Charter School – North Conway – CLOSED

Vaughn Learning Center – North Conway – CLOSED

 

Jean Limmer Dance Center – CLOSED

Gibson Center – NO MEALS ON WHEELS

Mountain Top Music Center – CLOSED

Ossipee Concerned Citizens- NO MEALS ON WHEELS (Use Your Storm Packs)

 

To Report a Cancellation or Delay, please contact our offices at 603-356-8870

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603-447-2101

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Together With Veterans Phase 1

A veteran suicide prevention program has taken its first steps at implementation in rural New Hampshire. “Together With Veterans” is a suicide prevention initiative that’s looking to develop community-based support structures for Veterans, particularly in rural communities. Former Army Captain Ray Gilmore graduated a national course meant to bring this initiative to the area last year. He says the program has created an open assessment with community providers and leaders in Coos county; assessing the strengths and weaknesses of systems already in place for veterans in the area. The next step, according to Gilmore, will be to train everyone from providers and first responders to community members, bar tenders and gun shop owners to build a community that supports veterans who may be at risk of suicide.

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Local Liquor Law Violations

In what has now been confirmed to be an operation of the NH Liquor Commission, 11 local businesses were cited for Liquor Law Violations this past weekend. The Conway Police Log lists the violations as all happening on this past Saturday, Jan. 11th. Conway Police Lt. Chris Mattei says the Liquor Commission carried out compliance checks on all businesses licensed to sell alcohol that were open. 11 local businesses sold alcohol to a minor. They included the state liquor Store, Table & Tonic, the Lobster Trap, Taste of Thai, North Conway Grand Hotel, the 1785 Inn, Black Cap Grille, Vito Marcello’s Italian Bistro, Café Noche, Stonehurst Manor, and Fire Pizza. Mattei says that all those responsible for selling to a minor were first time offenders and are being offered an option of training in lieu of a fine.

**This story has been updated. New information includes:

• This was an official compliance check operation for all open businesses in the area.
 
• All businesses that failed had sold alcohol to a minor.
 
• All failures were committed by first time offenders who are being offered training in lieu of a fine.
 
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Democratic Presentation on Healthcare

The Mt. Washington Valley Democrats say Representative Jerry Knirk of Freedom will be discussing healthcare at their meeting tonight at the Conway Library at 6 PM and again at Runnells Hall on the 26th of the month at 2 PM. The state representative is a retired spinal surgeon. The presentation is said to compare the American healthcare system to other countries and talk about proposed reforms.

**This story has been updated to correct the date of the Runnells Hall presentation.**

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Bill Weld Interview

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is running in the less talked about Republican primaries. The Presidential hopeful stopped by our offices shortly after visiting the Gibson Center in N. Conway. He says his top issues in the campaign are the national debt and climate change but that the real reason as to why he’s running is the toxic political environment in the country right now. Weld says, “The atmosphere has gotten so poisonous in Washington and everyone hates each other down there. It’s like a death spiral embrace between the two parties and they need each other to scare their own base into giving them lots of money so they can get re-elected and it’s kind of a sick situation.” Most polling listed under Real Clear Politics places Weld somewhere between 1 and 5% against President Trump. You can listen to the full interview below or by clicking here.

Click here to visit Bill Weld’s website.