By Siena Kaplan-Thompson, Special to The Conway Daily Sun
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CONCORD — Gov. Kelly Ayotte last week joined a bipartisan group of legislators and first responders from across the state for a ceremonial sig…
Allegheny County can now order treatment for people with serious mental illness. But what’s driving results – the order itself or the services behind it?
A bill aimed at protecting people with disabilities from abuse and neglect is now law. Senate Bill 670 creates a developmental services oversight commission responsible for reviewing the state-regulated, taxpayer-funded care system for people with disabilities. The commission will be made up of lawmakers, state officials, private providers, advocates, parents of people with disabilities, and […]
BERLIN — Nearly 4,000 athletes from across the United States are preparing to compete in the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, taking place Jun…
Today, Nenia Ballard is 2026’s Miss Wheelchair New Hampshire, but her early days using the chair were filled with shame. She stopped leaving the house. She didn’t want people to take her photo. She didn’t tell her own parents about the wheelchair for six months. “I had this thought in the back of my head […]
A federal judge is set to weigh in on whether New Hampshire’s at-home care program for the elderly and people with physical disabilities is so lackluster it violates federal laws meant to protect people from institutionalization. On Wednesday, Judge Paul Barbadoro of the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire scheduled a trial to begin Nov. […]
SAD 61 Food Service Department is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and …
Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.
Campus carry, kratom, and classroom clinics: the graveyard of Republican bills killed by Republicans
Shortly after the New Hampshire Senate moved to water down the House’s “campus carry” bill that would allow college students to carry firearms, Rep. Sam Farrington, the bill’s sponsor, declared the fight wasn’t over. “We still have some time to work this out,” Farrington, a Rochester Republican, wrote on social media earlier this month, vowing […]