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‘The real story of Nathan Carman may never be told,’ lawyer says at funeral

About two dozen people, including Carman’s lawyers and a handful of journalists attended his funeral Mass in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday.

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NHPR podcast expands on investigation into sexual misconduct at addiction treatment centers

“The 13th Step,” the seven-episode podcast hosted by Laura Chooljian, expands on her bombshell 2022 story about the founder and former owner of Granite Recovery Centers — a story that made her and a colleague the target of threats and vandalism.
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Aldermanic candidate in Manchester, N.H., charged with keying school superintendent’s car

The candidate, who also serves as chief diversity officer for YWCA New Hampshire, said the situation stemmed from “a minor accident.”

Cheshire Medical Center to pay $2 million in opioid settlement

The settlement comes after the hospital failed to keep accurate records of its drugs, which allowed them to be stolen, according to the US Attorney Jane Young.

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What new federal ruling on lobsters means for N.H.
The state has hundreds of commercial and recreation trappers, and Governor Chris Sununu celebrated the decision as a win for New Hampshire’s lobster industry

NH POLITICS
Nashua board rejects plan for asphalt plant
Newport Construction’s bid to build a plant in a central part of the city had faced steady opposition. Still, an attorney for the company said it may appeal the board’s unanimous decision.

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Some N.H. residents will see electricity prices plummet
After reaching historic highs last winter, Eversource customers could pay about 38 percent less per month starting in August

New Hampshire AG signs off on Beth Israel Lahey Health acquisition
If approved by Merrimack County Superior Court, the transaction would solidify another Mass.-owned hospital system in New Hampshire, where Mass General Brigham operates Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover.

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N.H. state senator accused of assaulting employee of restaurant he owns

Keith Murphy is accused of spitting on and slapping the victim, and surveillance video from Murphy’s Taproom shows up picking up a chair “in an aggressive manner,” police said.

Manchester, N.H., woman’s death ruled a homicide

The cause of Laurie MacLellan’s death was multiple stab wounds, according to the deputy chief medical examiner.

Maine man arrested on DUI charges after multi-vehicle crash in New Hampshire

Douglas McKay, 50, of Cape Neddick, Maine, is facing charges of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs or liquor, driving under the influence of drugs or liquor, reckless conduct, and vehicular assault, officials said.

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover

Federal and state court documents, as well as interviews, lay out the unlikely origins of a grisly case that led investigators from small-town Pennsylvania to an Arkansas morgue to Harvard Medical School.

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Men charged with vandalizing homes of New Hampshire journalists

The vandalism came after New Hampshire Public Radio published an investigation into Eric Spofford, the founder of the state’s largest network of addiction rehabilitation centers. Three men now face federal charges.

Crematoriums and funeral homes get legal inspections. Medical school body donation programs like Harvard’s don’t.

State and federal laws govern the process of gaining consent and how bodies are obtained, handled, and disposed of. But in most places no agency inspects to see that proper processes are in place.

‘There’s no words’: Relatives feel victimized by alleged scheme to sell donated human remains

Prosecutors alleged that the former manager of the medical school morgue spent years diverting organs and cadaver parts that had been donated and were supposed to be cremated.

Nathan Carman, accused of killing his mother at sea, found dead in his cell at N.H. jail

Carman, 29, is believed to have killed himself, according to several people familiar with the investigation.