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Conway’s Mark Hounsell Official Throws Hat Into The Congressional Ring
CONWAY, NH – Mark Hounsell has officially thrown his hat into the ring for Carol Shea-Porter’s Congressional Seat.
The Carroll County Commissioner and Conway School Board member announced yesterday afternoon at the Gibson Center that he is going to seek the republican nomination to represent New Hampshire’s 1st district.
Hounsell outlined his campaign, which covered a number of topics the forefront of which was elder care. Hounsell said that within the next 18 years the White Mountain Region of New Hampshire will experience a nearly 130% increase in residents age 85 and older. And he believes that state resources to provide for those citizens is greatly lacking.
The former Conway selectmen touted his years on the school board and Senate Education Committee as giving him a unique insight into education that he believes should be shared with congressional leaders.
When it comes to educations he said he believes in locally controlled education. Noting that he believe the U.S. Department of Education hinders the states ability to provide the best education it can.
He sad that he is in support of the recent GOP Tax Reform Bill, and that he believes the tax cuts will boost the economy
Hounsell said he supports the Northern Pass Project barring certain conditions.
On Healthcare he is in favor of repealing or amending the Affordable Care Act, and supports the recent repeal of the individual mandate.
Concerning the opiod epidemic Housell said he is very much for providing more resources to battle it saying “Everyone is harmed by this scourge.
Hounsell will be facing South Hampton Police Chief Eddie Edwards and Bedford State Senator Andy Sanborn during the state primaries will be on Sept. 11, with the general election on Nov. 6.
Woman Safe After Over Night Rescue On Mount Washington
SARGENT’S PURCHASE, NH – A New Hampshire woman was rescued from Mount Washington this morning.
Fish and Game officials responded to 45-year-old Amy Baker’s emergency locator beacon activation at 5:30 yesterday (Wednesday) evening after she became lost just above tree line.
Authorities said she had texted a friend prior to activating her beacon, saying that she had lost the trail due to high winds and drifting snow. Noting that she was in waist deep snow and moving slowly.
Using the information from the beacon Conservation Officers responded and hiked approximately 1.7 miles up the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail then bushwhacked off trail to Baker’s location, arriving at 1:55 am this morning.
Officers were able to assist her, slowly hiking down the trail arriving at the trail head at 4:00 AM.
Authorities said that Baker had a hike safe card, the most essential equipment needed for a winter hike, but had left her snowshoes in her vehicle not planning on going off trail.
Drug Arrests At Border Checkpoints Challenged In Court
PLYMOUTH, NH (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to suppress evidence against 18 people charged with drug possession after being stopped and searched by customs and border protection agents last summer in northern New Hampshire.
The group was arrested on Interstate 93 in Woodstock in two checkpoints. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped hundreds of cars about 90 miles from the Canadian border.
The ACLU argues New Hampshire’s Constitution is more protective of privacy than the U.S. Constitution, and that evidence from federal searches can’t be used in state prosecutions if it was gathered in a way that violates the state constitution.
Border protection officials have the authority to set up checkpoints within 100 miles of any U.S. “external boundary.” New Hampshire’s checkpoints were the first since 2012.
A hearing was scheduled Thursday in Plymouth.
Fish And Game Using Choppers To Collar Moose In The North Country
CONCORD, NH — Northern New Hampshire residents may see a helicopter overhead in the coming weeks as approximately 45 moose cows and calves are collared for the fourth year of a study of moose mortality and productivity.
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has contracted with Native Range, Inc., to collar the moose. Activity will be weather dependent, but could begin as early as January 9, 2018. During this time, residents of Success, Berlin, Milan, Cambridge, Dummer, Millsfield, Second College Grant, Wentworth’s Location, and Errol may notice a low-flying helicopter. Residents with questions can call Fish and Game’s Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461.
The collaring will take place in Wildlife Management Unit C2, the eastern side of WMUs B and C1, and southern A2.
The capture crew will use net-guns and tranquilizer darts to capture the moose so that they can be collared. Blood and other samples collected during the collaring process will help evaluate the health of the moose. The collared animals will be radio-tracked for four years and monitored for as long as the collars keep transmitting. A graduate student and several field technicians from the University of New Hampshire (UNH), which is partnering with Fish and Game in the study, will track the moose, recording how long the individual moose live, and when a moose dies, getting there as soon as possible to determine the cause of death.
Fish and Game’s moose project leader Kristine Rines indicates that the capture crew will be collaring moose in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, as the three states work together to learn how moose density and weather interact to boost tick-caused moose mortality and reduce moose birth rates.
“In comparing mortality and productivity from the New Hampshire study conducted in 2001-2006, versus the work done to date in New Hampshire from 2014-2016, we know that ticks are causing increasingly negative impacts to adult cow productivity,” said Rines. “In addition, as our winters become consistently shorter, more ticks are surviving and calf mortality is remaining high. We are also seeing clear evidence that tick loads are directly correlated with both moose density and shorter winters. We did have a break last year (2017) as the summer-fall drought caused many ticks to die, lessening the impacts to moose.”
The study, funded by federal Wildlife Restoration dollars with the support of matching funds from UNH, may help answer a question on the mind of many Granite State residents and visitors: What’s in store for New Hampshire moose?
“While regional moose populations are indeed facing some serious threats, moose are not on the verge of disappearing from the New Hampshire landscape, but they are declining,” said Rines. “We don’t know what the future holds, but as our winters continue to shorten, it may be best for moose if they are held at much lower densities. Based on our own work, we know that ticks have far less impact when moose densities are 0.25/square mile or less.” Current moose densities in the New Hampshire study area range from 1.14-1.71 moose/square mile.
For more information on the study, visit www.wildnh.com/wildlife/moose-study.html.
Story Contributed by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Good Samaritans Help After Serious Snowmobile Accident
PITTSBURGH, NH – A group of good samaritans helped to rescue a woman after a serous snowmobile accident Tuesday.
According to New Hampshire Fish and Game 68-year-old Colette Sandstrom, of Candia, lost control of her machine well navigating a turn and crashed into a group of trees on Indian stream road in Pittsburgh.
A group of people on the trail came upon the accident and assisted in calling local emergency services.
The emergency crews said they were very thankful for the help from the good samaritans who assisted in the extraction of the victim in conditions made difficult by steep terrain.
Sandstrom was rushed to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with serious injuries.
Authorities said Sandstrom was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and they don’t believe speed was a factor.
Story Contributed to by Matteo Lentini