Brandon Ng - Portsmouth Herald

Squamscot Old Fashioned Beverages was started in 1863. It first bottled only beer, and branched out to sodas in the 1890s.

The bill rejected by the New Hampshire House aimed to repeal a state law signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte that prohibits lawsuits that focus on the Sig Sauer P320 and its reported trigger issues.

Rockingham County Commissioners tabled a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement indefinitely, halting for now a plan to house up to 150 adult male detainees in the county jail in Brentwood, New Hampshire.

If approved by the three Rockingham County commissioners, the jail would house — for at most five years — up to 150 adult men from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a rate of $151.66 per person per day.

Of scores of bills in 2026, the New Hampshire Legislature will consider a proposal to prohibit smoking in Hampton Beach State Park.