NH State Representative Steven Smith

The DEA’s Prescription Drug Take Back Day event will be held next Saturday, April 22^nd, between 10-2pm with participating Police Stations across the region! If you have any unused or expired prescription medications that you are looking to get rid of, do it safely by bringing them to one of the drop off locations that is listed below. These Take Back Day events help us prevent substance misuse within our community, while also ensuring that we are not contaminating our drinking water by putting medication down the drain.

Participating locations in Greater Sullivan County will include:

• Claremont CVS
• Charlestown Police Department
• Cornish Police Department
• New London Police Department
• New London Hannaford (this event has been added as a way to make drop offs more convenient for those who will be out and about shopping already!)
• Newport Shaw’s
• Sunapee Police Department

House Passes Bipartisan Compromise Budget on Voice Vote

Concord, NH- House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) released the following statement after the House passed the state budget, HB1 and HB2, on a voice vote. 

“Passing the budget out of the House is just the first step, and the product that passed today is the result of working together and finding a bipartisan compromise that both sides can live with. There are many parts of this budget I do not support, but there are many parts of this budget that I do support and are in the best interest of the state of New Hampshire.”

“The House has done its job today, and I look forward to the Committee of Conference process in June where we can put all the chess pieces on the board and come up with a final product that we and Granite Staters can be proud of. I thank my colleagues on the Finance committee for their hard work over the last 6 weeks, and my colleagues in the House for coming together and passing HB1 and HB2 on a voice vote.”

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐮., 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟑, 𝟕𝐏𝐌 – We continue to collect trail user feedback about the public trails within Sullivan county, which includes the towns/city of: Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington … and … we’re holding a second public forum on Thu. 23-March, at 7:PM via Zoom. To register for the forum, scan the QR code on the left side of the picture shared with this email or register at the SRR Trails website (see below).

Background: we all enjoy a little outdoor recreation, and one of the easiest ways is to hit the trails and explore your own backyard. Whether hiking, mountain biking, snowmobiling, OHRVs, horseback riding, traveling by sled dog or more – 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀? 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀? We kicked off the public feedback phase with a Zoom forum on 5-Feb; we’ll continue to run the online survey for about 15-more days; and we’d love you to join us at our next forum. To stay connected, register for events, access the online survey, and learn more about the trails plan initiative, visit https://sctrailsplan.com/   The Sugar River Region Trails initiative is a project supported through UNH Cooperative Extension- Sullivan County, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, the Upper Valley Trails Alliance and Sullivan County New Hampshire Government ARPA State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program.

Feel free to share this email with the flyer, widely. We’ve also added a post announcement on Facebook pages for @SullivanCountyNewHampshireGovernment and @DiscoverSugarRiverRegionNH

Shared by: S Callum | Administrative Assistant

County Manager & Board of Commissioners Offices

Sullivan County NH, 14 Main Street, Newport NH 03773

T. (603) 863-2560   E. sharonjc@sullivancountynh.gov  | www.sullivancounty.gov