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Hillary Clinton endorses Maggie Goodlander, spotlighting N.H. congressional candidate’s political ties – The Boston Globe

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5 months ago

August 15, 2024

Hillary Clinton endorses Maggie Goodlander, spotlighting N.H. congressional candidate’s political ties – The Boston Globe

The high-profile endorsement underscores just how politically connected Goodlander is at the national level. She worked as an advisor to US senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain, clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice before her stint as a senior White House aide under President Biden.

Goodlander left the White House to move back to her hometown of Nashua, N.H., and launched her campaign in May. Her husband, Jake Sullivan, still serves as Biden’s National Security Advisor. He was a top aide to Clinton ahead of the 2016 election.

When Goodlander and Sullivan married in 2015, their guest list was a veritable who’s-who of Democratic power players. Clinton even delivered a reading during the wedding ceremony.

While Goodlander’s proponents see her connections and work experience in the nation’s capital as an asset, her opponents have sought to portray her as more closely linked to Washington, D.C., than to her district.

Colin Van Ostern, who is competing with Goodlander for the Democratic nomination, served four years on New Hampshire’s five-member Executive Council and ran for governor in 2016.

“We appreciate and respect the role Secretary Clinton has played in our nation,” Van Ostern’s campaign manager, Jordan K. Burns, said in a statement Thursday. “But respectfully, this primary election is for the people of New Hampshire to decide, not outside interests — no matter how powerful.”

Burns said the endorsements that Van Ostern has collected from Democratic mayors in the district, state lawmakers, labor unions, and others reflect the trust he has built locally.

Van Ostern had served as Kuster’s campaign manager in 2010 and locked in her endorsement in April very shortly after Kuster announced her retirement.

Colin Van Ostern and Maggie Goodlander are competing for the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire’s Congressional District 2 after Representative Annie Kuster announced she is not running for reelection.Colin Van Ostern/Maggie Goodlander

While Goodlander’s fund-raising in the second quarter alone outstripped what Van Ostern had raised since he launched his bid, she trailed him in terms of funds coming directly from Granite Staters, according to The Boston Globe’s analysis of their Federal Election Commission filing data.

About 88 percent of Goodlander’s campaign cash came from donors whose addresses are outside New Hampshire, while about 41 percent of Van Ostern’s came from out-of-staters — which means his in-state fund-raising more than tripled hers.

Goodlander has also faced critical coverage stemming from a comment she made to the Globe in her first interview confirming her candidacy. While sitting in her Nashua living room, she pointed out the window to the hospital where she was born, to the place where she cast her vote for president, and other sites where she said generations of her family had settled and made a living. She also confirmed that she and Sullivan still own their home in Portsmouth, which is in the state’s other congressional district, and recently signed a lease for the place in Nashua.

“I am a renter, and there should be more renters in Congress,” she added, leading to a round of dubious coverage from The New York Times, the Daily Beast, and other outlets.

During a radio forum Wednesday on “Good Morning New Hampshire,” Van Ostern made the case that he has a stronger sense for what Granite Staters want and need.

“I’ve devoted my adult life to the people of New Hampshire,” he said. “I’ve been here — a year ago, five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago — in our communities, fighting for us.”

Goodlander, meanwhile, defended the depth of her local roots and said her experience in all three branches of the federal government positions her for success in Congress.

“Look, the people’s house is a crazy place,” she said. “But we need people who are work horses, not show horses. We need people who are ready to roll up their sleeves and get things done, and that’s what I’ve been doing my entire life.”

In a statement Thursday, Goodlander said she is honored to have Clinton’s endorsement.

“She has led on so many of the toughest fights throughout her career,” Goodlander said. “Our freedoms are on the ballot this year: our reproductive freedom, our economic freedom, and our very democracy. … I’ll be ready to deliver on day one for the people of New Hampshire.”

Democratic primary voters will decide between Goodlander and Van Ostern on Sept. 10. The winner will face off with the GOP nominee in the Nov. 5 general election.

Republican candidates in this race include Lily Tang Williams, William P. Hamlen, and Vikram Mansharamani. Their FEC filings show they have raised significantly less than Van Ostern so far, in a district that analysts view as tending to favor Democratic candidates.

Steven Porter can be reached at steven.porter@globe.com. Follow him @reporterporter.

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Crash impacts traffic on I-95 northbound in NH

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4 hours ago

January 10, 2025

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Crash impacts traffic on I-95 northbound in NH

New Hampshire State Police responded to a crash Friday evening on Interstate 95 northbound in Portsmouth.

The crash happened near Exit 5 and closed the highway in the northbound direction, but police said around 7:45 p.m. that one lane had reopened.

Authorities did not have any word on injuries.

Drivers are being asked to avoid the area if possible. Delays and detours are expected.

No further details were immediately available.

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NH Butterfly Monitoring Network Offers Online Trainings

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15 hours ago

January 10, 2025

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NH Butterfly Monitoring Network Offers Online Trainings

CONTACT:
Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game: 603-271-2461
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Cooperative Extension: (603) 862-5327
January 10, 2025

Concord, NH — Butterflies serve as important biodiversity indicators for ecosystem health and provide food for many speciess, such as migrating birds. There are more than 100 typess of butterflies in New Hampshire, but data on their presence and distribution is limited. With butterflies using forests, fields, wetlands, and backyards all over the state, volunteer observations are critical to providing a landscape view of these species.

A five-part online training series hosted by the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network will provide information on butterflies in New Hampshire, butterfly biology and identification, and how to get involved with the Network. The NH Butterfly Monitoring Network is a collaborative effort with a goal of engaging volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. Data collected by volunteers can contribute to the understanding of long-term trends in butterfly populations and inform conservation actions for both common and declining species.

Webinars in the series will include:

February 12, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Intro to New Hampshire Butterflies
Mark Ellingwood, Wildlife Biologist and Volunteer with the Harris Center for Conservation Education

February 26, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Wetland Butterflies of New Hampshire
Rick Van de Poll, Ecologist and Certified Wetland Scientist

March 12, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Butterflying New Hampshire’s Woodlands
Levi Burford, Coordinator of the Errol Butterfly Count

March 26, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Identifying New Hampshire’s Grassland Butterflies
Amy Highstrom, Coordinator of the Lake Sunapee Butterfly Count, and Vanessa Johnson, NH Audubon

April 9, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Become a Volunteer Guide with NH Butterfly Monitoring Network
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Extension

All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience. For more information and to register for the session(s) you are interested in, visit nhbutterflies.org.

The NH Butterfly Monitoring Network is led by the NH Fish and Game Department and UNH Cooperative Extension with collaboration from partners statewide, including NH Audubon, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, the Harris Center for Conservation Education, and Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust.

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Cooper scores 20, UAlbany beats New Hampshire

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23 hours ago

January 10, 2025

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Cooper scores 20, UAlbany beats New Hampshire

by: UAlbany Athletics

Posted: Jan 9, 2025 / 11:20 PM EST

Updated: Jan 9, 2025 / 11:20 PM EST

ALBANY, NY (NEWS10) — A strong second half powered the UAlbany women’s basketball team to their third conference victory in as many contests on Thursday night.

COACH COLLEEN MULLEN: “To start the game, New Hampshire had great defensive intensity and pace. Once we settled in and started moving the ball, we were able to capitalize with our inside-out game. In the second half, we had solid offensive execution and grinded out multiple defensive stops. This was a great team win on both ends.”

KEY STATS

Graduate student Kayla Cooper led the team with 20 points, six rebounds, three steals, and three assists while shooting over 50% from the field.
Fellow graduate student Jessica Tomasetti followed with nine points and five rebounds. The point guard also shot 50% from the field.
Junior Gabriela Falcao tallied a team-high two blocks.
As a team, the Great Danes totaled nine steals with 19 points off turnovers.
The UAlbany defense did not allow any singular Wildcat to surpass seven points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Graduate student Lilly Phillips scored the first basket of the game after a combined four scoreless possessions.
That defensive nature continued throughout the rest of the half.
New Hampshire gained a 9-5 lead within four minutes of action but the Great Danes quickly answered to tie the score in the next two minutes.
UAlbany ended the quarter with a one-possession advantage, 14-11.
Throughout the second quarter, the Great Danes allowed just two field goals for five Wildcat points.
Four different Great Danes scored in a defensive quarter to make it a 24-16 game at halftime.
The second half was a different game – UAlbany nearly doubled its score from the first half in the third quarter alone.
The Great Danes began the third with a 12-2 scoring run. Ten of those points were scored in just two minutes and 23 seconds.
Kayla Cooper and Jessica Tomasetti combined to score 10 additional points and close the third quarter with a 22-point advantage, 46-24.
Cooper and Tomasetti scored all but three of the 22 points in the third quarter. Cooper tallied 12 alone.
Following two fourth-quarter layups from senior Laycee Drake and Phillips, the Great Danes held a 26-point lead.
UAlbany continued to extend their lead throughout the next seven minutes of action. The largest lead of the contest came with 1:24 left – 29 points (59-30).
The Wildcats got the final say to make it a 27-point decision, 59-32.