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Man, 27, killed in explosion at N.H. mulch company
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New Hampshire authorities are investigating after a worker was killed in an explosion at a Weare mulch supply company.
A 27-year-old New Hampshire man was killed Wednesday in an explosion at a mulch supply company where he worked.
Zachary Spooner of Windsor, N.H., was killed in the blast, which happened around 2 p.m. at Haynes Mulch, located at 21 B and B Lane in Weare, according to local police.
“Upon arrival, it was apparent the incident occurred inside a building and one deceased victim was discovered on site,” Weare police said in a news release.
The New Hampshire State Medical Examiner identified Spooner as the victim on Thursday. The office determined the cause of death was an accident by blunt force injury.
The New Hampshire Union Leader reported that Spooner was an employee at the company and a father to a 1-year-old child.
“This is one of the world’s nicest guys. The world has a huge hole in it today, no question,” Spooner’s neighbor Laurie Hunt told the Union Leader. “He’s a young father, but also one of the most generous, giving and wise people I’ve met.”
Fire officials and police are investigating the cause of the explosion. Anyone with information related to the incident can contact Capt. Frank Hebert of the Weare Police Department by calling 603-529-7755 or emailing [email protected].
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N.H. lawmakers move to kill impeachment inquiry against high-ranking Democrat – The Boston Globe
CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire lawmakers have moved to reject a Republican-backed proposal to launch an impeachment inquiry into the lone Democrat on the state’s five-member Executive Council.
On Friday, a key committee of lawmakers delivered a unanimous 17-0 vote against an impeachment inquiry into Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill of Lebanon, N.H.
The vote on House Resolution 41 followed an abbreviated public hearing, after the bill’s sponsor withdrew his support for the proposal and instead asked lawmakers on the committee to recommend killing it.
The push for Liot Hill’s impeachment was led by Representative Joe Sweeney, a Salem Republican and the deputy majority leader in the New Hampshire House.
At issue were several emails Liot Hill had sent from her official account to help a partisan law firm identify voters impacted by a new state law. The law tightened voter ID requirements for absentee ballots.
Sweeney had previously called Liot Hill’s correspondence “political lawfare run out of a taxpayer-funded inbox.” In December, a review by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office found that Liot Hill’s conduct was not illegal and did not constitute a misuse of office, clearing the complaint against her.
Reached by the Globe on Friday, Sweeney, who was not present at the public hearing, said in a statement he preferred to let voters decide whether Liot Hill should continue to serve in the upcoming November election.
“After reviewing the matter and hearing the discussion, I believe the appropriate course is to move forward and allow the voters and the political process to do their work,” he said.
“The purpose of filing the resolution was to ensure that the constitutional questions raised were addressed seriously and transparently,” he said, noting that he stands by the process and the decision to recommend killing the resolution.
In an interview, Liot Hill said she was pleased with the unanimous vote from the House Judiciary Committee.
“The committee vote, I think, sends the message that there was no merit to this,” she said.
The proposal now heads to the full House of Representatives, which has the power to approve the committee’s recommendation to reject it.
Amanda Gokee can be reached at amanda.gokee@globe.com. Follow her @amanda_gokee.
A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her baby whose body was found in a pond in Manchester, New Hampshire last year. Hepay Juma, 26, of Manchester, is now charged with reckless second-degree murder.
The New Hampshire Attorney General said Juma was arrested for “causing the death of Baby Jane “Grace” Doe, her child, under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life.”
On March 27, 2025, the baby’s body was found floating in the water at Pine Island Park in Manchester. The baby’s death was treated as suspicious following an autopsy.
Investigators have not released any information about how they made the arrest or how the baby died.
At the time, Manchester Police Chief Peter Marr said the baby’s death was “extremely tragic.”
Police asked the public for help after the baby’s body was discovered. They wanted to know if anyone saw someone discarding anything in the water in the previous 14 days, or if anyone knew a pregnant woman who gave birth during that time who needed medical help.
A funeral was held for baby Grace Doe last May, and the public was invited to pay their respects. “The way she was discarded is heartbreaking, and it is important that we give her a proper farewell,” Chief Marr said last year.
The baby was named Grace by police “to celebrate the kindness extended to her by those who refuse to let her life go unrecognized.”
Juma is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday in Manchester District Court.
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