Ovide brings in just over $180K

Republican Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne announced on Monday that he raised $181,093.67 in the fourth quarter of 2009, his first as a candidate. Lamontagne has a little more than $150,000 on hand.
Lamontagne Senior Advisor Jim Merrill said, “Ovide’s numbers today reflect the beginning of a vibrant, grassroots campaign.”
Interestingly, Merrill was tough on Ovide rival Kelly [...]

Guinta raised $61K for Q4

First district congressional candidate Frank Guinta spent more than he raised during the fourth and final fundraising quarter in 2009, NowHampshire.com learned on Monday morning.
Guinta’s report, filed with the Federal Elections Commission, shows he took in around $61,000 during the final three months of last year but spending around $68,000.
Republicans have expressed concern over Guinta’s [...]

Leftwing blog repeats ‘big lie’ about Breitbart UPDATE: Breitbart punches back at critics

Andrew Breitbart was in New Hampshire this weekend and the leftwing blog BlueHampshire.com could not help but smear him.
Andrew Breitbart apparently took some time off during his speech in Manchester from explaining what liberals think, and used part of his timeslot to blast us liberals for our hypocrisy regarding a recent incident in New Orleans. [...]

Binnie Backs Scott Brown in Massachusetts

As Granite Status first reported this morning, New Hampshire Republican Senate Candidate Bill Binnie has begun airing two television ads in Massachusetts supporting Scott Brown’s U.S. Senate candidacy.
Dubbed “Americans for Responsible Heath Care,” the newly created 527 responsible for the advertisements will “remind the people of Massachusetts what is at stake with the proposed government [...]

PR: Business Industry Association – BIA urges fast-track repeal of I&D tax extension

Contact: Adrienne Rupp
Business and Industry Association
Office: 603.224.5388 x114
Mobile: 603.731.7754
arupp@nhbia.org
In a letter to legislative leaders today, the Business and Industry Association – New Hampshire’s statewide chamber of commerce and leading business advocate – called for fast-track repeal of the extension of the 5 percent interest and dividends tax on distributions from LLCs and partnerships.
“The debate over [...]

Bald eagles returning to area skies

The bald eagle population is rising across New Hampshire and Maine, a development that comes after the birds spent decades as an endangered species. 


Lakes Region residents long have been reporting sightings of the national bird, which relies on fish and other water life as its primary food source.


The state identified 20 bald eagle breeding [...]

Controversial polling firm raises eyebrows in Connecticut

Moore Information, a Portland, OR-based polling firm that was ensnared in one of the most peculiar side stories of New Hampshire’s 2008 Republican presidential primary, and which is still under investigation here in the Granite State, is now making news in Connecticut for producing surprising polling results.
The poll, conducted on behalf of former-WWE CEO Linda [...]

Local participant in ‘Jobs Summit’ a major Democrat donor

Frank Alix, a New Hampshire businessman who participated in President Barack Obama’s so-called ‘Jobs Summit’ last week—and offered a glowing review of the administration’s policies to state media—was a major donor to the 2008 campaign of Democrat U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, NowHampshire.com has learned.
Alix appears not to have shared that information with the media.
“We have [...]

Republicans blast Shea-Porter as a ‘flip-flopper’ on Afghanistan

In a new web video, the New Hampshire Republican State Committee blasts Shea-Porter for changing her position on the war in Afghanistan, of which she once said, “we should be working even harder there to make sure our Afghanistan mission does not fail.”

Source: Hodes joined Obama, stars for state dinner

U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, (D-NH), attended President Barack Obama’s State Dinner Tuesday night in Washington, NowHampshire.com has learned. The Second District congressman was accompanied by his wife, Peggo, at the star-studded affair honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Hodes was the lone member of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation to make the cut for what was Obama’s [...]

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