New Hampshire
‘Wet Wood’ Causes Smoke Condition Inside Building In Homeless Camp At Concord’s Healy Park
CONCORD, NH — Concord fire and rescue teams, along with police and state troopers, were sent to another homeless camp fire in William Healy Memorial Park on Tuesday.
Around 3:15 p.m., capital region fire dispatch and police began receiving calls about heavy smoke filtering out onto Interstate 93 in the area of Exit 13 and Exit 14. Concord firefighters headed to the area after receiving a report of smoke near the Fairfield Inn on Gulf Street. When they arrived, however, they could not find a fire.
Later, a police watch commander told officers an employee with the city’s general services department reported the smoke between the two exits on the northbound side of the Interstate. A Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department deputy also offered assistance.
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The first arriving officer confirmed the fire was at a homeless camp near Mile Marker 37.5. The officer told dispatch the fire was “inside a building” and the homeless campers would “take care of the smoke.” The two campers were cleared on warrant checks. Because the logs were wet, the campers had issues getting their fire started.
“It’s just a little bonfire with wet wood,” the officer said. “They are going to put it out.”
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Around 3:30 p.m., the officer canceled the sheriff’s deputy, and firefighters confirmed the fire was being self-extinguished. The officers also double-checked the rest of the park to ensure no other fires were at the homeless camps and cleared the scene.
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New Hampshire
NH attorney general clears top Democratic official of ‘electioneering’ charge
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office has concluded that Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill did nothing wrong when she used her government email to assist a law firm that was suing the state over its voter ID law.
Assistant Attorney General Brendan O’Donnell wrote that Liot Hill’s use of her state email to assist a national Democratic law firm find plaintiffs didn’t amount to “electioneering” under state law.
The state Republican party alleged in August that Liot Hill — the only Democrat on the five-member Executive Council — misused her position by involving herself in a lawsuit against the state.
From the start, Liot Hill called that claim baseless, and the Attorney General’s office said Liot Hill’s conduct didn’t warrant sanction.
“This Office cannot conclude that the e-mails constituted a misuse of position or otherwise violated the executive branch ethics code. This matter is closed,” the office wrote.
In a statement Friday, Liot Hill, from Lebanon, welcomed the conclusion of the case.
“The AG’s findings underscore the partisan nature of the ongoing attacks against me: I am being impeached not for wrong-doing, but for being a Democrat,” she said.
The lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s voter ID recently failed in state court. But this issue may not yet be over: A top House Republican has filed a bill to explore Liot Hill’s impeachment next year.
As the lone Democrat on the Executive Council, Liot Hill is her party’s ranking member in the State House. That profile has made Liot Hill, who spent two decades in local politics before winning election to the council last year, a regular target for Republicans, who argue that her approach to the job, which she says honors the state’s volunteer spirit, has crossed ethical lines.
The New Hampshire Republican Party did not immediately respond to a request for comment to the Attorney General report Friday afternoon.
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