Explosion in Kingston, N.H., linked to gender-reveal party, police say
By Nick Stoico Globe Correspondent,Updated April 22, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Police in Kingston, N.H., say a mysterious explosion that shook and rattled nearby homes Tuesday night was linked to a gender-reveal party.
The party was held in a quarry where officers discovered the source of the explosion was 80 pounds of Tannerite, an over-the-counter explosive target used for firearms practice and sold as a kit, police said in a statement.
When a detective met with the group holding the party, they cooperated and explained what they were doing, police said.
It s not just the amount of snow this month that s proven such a danger to roofs during this month s storms, experts say. It s the fierce winds that have piled it in drifts on roofs, along with the density of this particular snow and the fact that it still hasn t had a chance to begin to melt. The snow has drifted in incredible amounts, explained structural engineer Tony Coviello, the principal at Summit Engineering in Portsmouth.
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Our Turn: SROs and the impact of policing in schools
For the Monitor
Published: 4/19/2021 2:47:02 PM
The article “School Resource Officers: The ‘Gatekeepers’ of Juvenile Court Diversion” (Granite State News Collaborative, posted April 19 at concordmonitor.com) paints an inaccurate, incomplete picture of the role that police officers, called school resource officers (SROs), play in New Hampshire schools.
It ignores data-driven evidence and fails to question the unsustainable propensity to place society’s problems (mental health crises, substance misuse, and education deficits) at the feet of law enforcement, regardless of cost or result. We have put too much responsibility on police officers, trapping us in a false narrative that ultimately paints the role of SROs as partisan. It is not.
CONWAY â As a two-term state representative I felt it would be a service to constituents to let them know how each member of our county legislative delegation has voted on various bills.
In my March 10 article, I explained how an idea moves through the legislative process to become a law â or not.
This time, I will discuss some of the unusual activities that took place at the recent House Session and review the Carroll County representatives votes on 12 bills. Anyone can go to the NH General Court website (gencourt.state.nh.us) and click on âvoting recordâ to find out how their representative voted on every bill since they began in their first term.