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House says decriminalize pot ? again
CONCORD -- The House of Representatives strongly endorsed a bill to decriminalize possession of up to a quarter ounce of marijuana Wednesday. As amended, the bill would carry a $200 fine for possession of up to one quarter of an ounce of pot. Presently, possession at any amount is a misdemeanor that can carry up to a year in jail, although most judges just fine first-time offenders. The bill requires parents to be notified if anyone younger than 18 is caught for this possession and for a judge to compel the offender to complete a drug awareness program.

Voters pass amended $1.9m budget
MONT VERNON ? Gay marriage, budgets and fire trucks dominated Town Meeting on Tuesday night for the more than 100 residents who showed up at Mont Vernon Village School. In elections during the day, voters returned Town Clerk Jeannette Vinton to her job in the only contested race in the school or town. Voters also decided to switch the Mont Vernon School District from traditional town meeting to SB2, which means warrant articles are discussed in February and then voted on by ballot in March, instead of handled all at once in a traditional annual meeting. Soon after the evening began Tuesday, discussion skipped ahead to Article 12, a resolution asking to allow citizens to vote on what constitutes marriage, due to a request that it be decided by secret ballot rather than a show of hands.

Man pleads not guilty in stabbing death
NASHUA ? A bail hearing was continued Tuesday at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua for a Merrimack man charged with second- degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing from October. Corey Furgal, 24, of 16 Bel Air Ave., has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder after police say he stabbed 20-year-old Christopher Vydfol, of Nashua, once in the chest at around 1:30 a.m.

Former city man makes plea deal in rape case
NASHUA - More than two years after his arrest, a former city man accused of raping a teenaged girl plans to plead guilty to a reduced charge, court records show.William Thomas Jr., formerly of 8 C St., and now of Manchester, was arrested in January 2008, accused of forcibly raping a 14-year-old girl in Nashua on July 18, 2007.

Woman held in crowbar attack
MILFORD - A Merrimack woman is accused of breaking into an apartment in Milford, and beating someone with a crowbar.Candise Wilson, 23, was still there when police arrived at 19 Union St. Tuesday evening, and she was held overnight on a felony burglary charge, police reported this morning. Police charge that Wilson broke through a window into an apartment at that address at about 6:30 p.

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John DiStaso's Granite Status: No more racing at Rockingham Park

Rockingham Park has told state racing regulators that it intends to have no live racing at the historic facility, according to Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission Chairman Timothy J. "Ted" Connors.

CONCORD - The Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire tomorrow will file a class action lawsuit against the Local Government Center and its Health Trust alleging that the LGC "has been amassing a large amount of New Hampshire taxpayer dollars that must be returned to the cities and towns," union president David Lang said this afternoon.

Attorney General Michael Delaney and members of the Executive Council this morning criticized Liquor Commission Enforcement Chief Eddie Edwards for his public statements about a high-profile criminal investigation.

Disturbing, improper and unprofessional were their assessments of the way Edwards has handled himself.

Edwards has appeared on television and in the press discussing details of the allegations that led to a paid leave for Liquor Commissioner Mark Bodi.

CONCORD - The bill was a response to the October murder of Kimberly Cates and the machete attack on her 11-year-old daughter in their Mont Vernon home.

Doris "Granny D" Haddock, the Dublin resident who walked cross-country to protest the influence of big money in elections, died Tuesday, state Democrats said. She turned 100 in January.