SoS Gardner: Time to check how you’re registered.
The offices of the New Hampshire Secretary of State and Attorney General are alerting voters that today is the last day for Republicans and Democrats to change their party registration before the September’s primary. Both offices are encouraging voters to ensure they’re registered in the party pf primary they intend to vote in to ensure they can. Voters can confirm their party affiliation on the Secretary of State’s website at sos dot nh dot gov by clicking the “Check Your Party Registration” link. Voters can also check with their town or city clerk.
Last day to declare party
As we know, undeclared voters have the option of deciding which party primary they would like to vote in on Election Day. However, those who do not re-register to undeclared after voting in a primary will remain a member of the party primary they voted in, which means they will only be able to vote in that party’s primary again. Changes to party affiliation may be made with each community’s Supervisors of the Checklist at the advertised sessions they will all hold today.
The filing period for candidates running for state, federal and county offices opens tomorrow, Wednesday, June 1st and runs through Friday, June tenth. Candidates running in a party primary must be registered as a member of that party by May 31st.
Pappas: Mulling run
Speaking of the filing period, Girard at Large has learned that Manchester Ward Six Alderman Nick Pappas is mulling a run for Executive Council. Were he to win the G O P nomination for the seat in September’s primary, he would square off against incumbent Democrat Christopher Pappas, no relation, leaving many to wonder whether or not the race would be dubbed Battle of the Pappi or Battle of the Pappasses…not even sure how to spell Pappasses…will the winner be considered “Lord of the Pappi?” Oh My HEAD!
News from our own backyard continues after this.
West Library: Upper floors redone
The West Side Library and Community Center is now open! It will be open Monday through Thursday from twelve thirty to five thirty and on Fridays from nine-thirty in the morning until one thirty in the afternoon. It will be closed on weekends. The library was shuttered for fifteen months after a sprinkler pipe burst in February of two thousand fifteen, filling the basement with water and pretty much totaling the place. Because of the extent of the damage, the city decided to overhaul the entire facility, which was long overdue, to improve its offerings and functionality. By all accounts, it was a job well done which will, no doubt, please the many families who will look forward to the library’s summer offerings.
West Side Library: Basement brand new
In making the announcement, Library Director Denise van Zanten thanked the Board of Library Trustees and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for their support and the public for its patience. She also said they’d be taking a break from any renovation work over the summer before they start replacing the main library’s carpets and flooring.
Another woman swings for the fences in Hooksett! Remember when we had a bunch of stories about women in Hooksett being picked up for domestic violence for beating the stuffing out of their male companions? Well, one woman took it a step further yesterday, at about a quarter after midnight when she took on a couple of Hooksett cops!
Sutherland-White: Feisty
Officer Michael Carpentier stopped a motor vehicle on West Alice Ave. for a traffic violation. While Carpentier was speaking with the operator, the front seat passenger exited the vehicle multiple times. The female passenger attempted to interfere with Carpentier while he tried to speak to the operator.
Officer Daniel Byers arrived to assist Carpentier, but the woman continued to interfere. Officer Byers told the female passenger to stay in the vehicle multiple times, according to a statement released by the Hooksett P. D. While Byers was standing at the front passenger side door, the female swung at him, striking his left forearm. She was then taken into custody by both officers. While Byers was placing the female in the backseat of his patrol car, she kicked him in the chest with the heel of her boot. He wasn’t injured.
Hooksett PD: Radioed for mutual aid
As if that wasn’t enough, while the fifty one year old female, Winona Sutherland White of Hooksett, was being transported directly from the crime scene to the Merrimack County House of Corrections, Byers was forced to pull over and call for assistance at Exit 12 on 9 3 North because she escaped from her handcuffs. Officers from Concord and Bow arrived to help Byers secure Sutherland-White in transport restraints.
She is being charged with two counts of simple assault on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest and is being held on six thousand dollars cash bail until her arraignment this morning. I’m thinking maybe Hooksett P D should send this story to the Cops TV show and see if they can get that gig since Manchester’s pulled out.
MPD Chief Willard: Unleashes operation
Speaking of Manchester P D, they’ve launched a new team they call G H O S T, which stands for Gangs High Risk Offenders Strike Team. Led by Lieutenant Joseph Mucci, their mission is to research and locate outstanding offenders. Once located, the team will affect the arrest, which the department says will lead to additional charges in some circumstances. If research indicates the offender resides in another jurisdiction, the appropriate authorities will be notified in order to seek the offender and make an arrest based on their warrant. The group sprang into action with ten arrests last week.
That’s news from our own backyard! Girard at Large hour ___ is next!
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