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Making snow for an answer
In order to create artificial snow, ski resorts must pump water uphill, which is then blown out of a snow cannon, or gun, to create frozen particles that fall to become snow.
New renewable technologies are being explored in NH
But will the technologies work, and are they economically and environmentally sound? Here’s how the technologies measure up so far in New Hampshire.
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Liberty Mutual to leave Dover, consolidate in Portsmouth
The move, a Liberty Mutual spokesperson said, does not affect the size of the company’s 3,100-employee Seacoast workforce.
Bill seeks tenant protections for abuse victims, disabled individuals
Rep. Ellen Read, D-Newmarket, learned about being forced to abandon an apartment as a teenager in Tennessee when an abusive boyfriend held her captive for three days and hit her with a car.
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Business Committee for the Arts revamps annual Arts Awards program
“With a significant increase in applications from the arts community last year, we were inspired to reimagine our signature business awards,” said Tricia Soule, the organization’s executive director.
Appeals Court backs DOL in wage case against Unitil
The ruling thus sends back to the court the U.S. Department of Labor claims that the company illegally deprived those workers of overtime pay.
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State takes action against 2 cryptocurrency firms accused of defrauding NH residents
The bureau said in a news release that it has submitted separate staff petitions against Jersey City, N.J.-based Voyager Digital Ltd.
Endowment for Health begins distributing $7m Mackenzie Scott gift
The Endowment for Health — New Hampshire’s largest health foundation — has received a $7 million gift from the MacKenzie Scott Foundation,...
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ABOUT TOWN
1. This past month marked the 110th anniversary of Cornerstone VNA, a nonprofit home health and hospice care organization serving communities in New Hampshire and Maine.
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THE BOTTOM LINE
The company said the investment will enhance its production and distribution processes.
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The road to the top
“Just remember,” Gov. Chris Sununu told Bill Cass after the Executive Council confirmed his appointment as transportation commissioner, “you asked for it.”
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Sooner is better than later
One of the first things anyone who is paying attention learns is that the best and cheapest way to handle a problem is to prevent it from happening in the first place.
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Solutions sought to ‘horrible’ state of child care
Massachusetts child care workers earn about $10,000 more a year than their New Hampshire peers.
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Now is the time to plan ahead
My day job involves a lot of planning with people concerned about passing on their assets when they die and having sufficient assets to live comfortably in retirement.
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College-business ties seen key to workforce development
‘It’ll be a real shame if we don’t work more closely with the university system,’ Dean Kamen of DEKA Research, center, said at the University System of New Hampshire roundtable.
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Business needs good teachers
A disturbing trend could befall the quality of job candidates available for business hiring in the not-too-distant future.
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How the state recovered on the backs of towns
Last month, I heard testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee that New Hampshire recovers from recession faster than other states.
NH’s misunderstood race, ethnicity demographics
The population profile for New Hampshire is often over simplified. Conversation typically revolves around New Hampshire’s population being predominantly rural, older and white.
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How to address the unsustainably rising healthcare costs
What we pay for hospital care remains anyone’s guess. When the bill arrives, charges vary with what employee-sponsored health insurance we might have that year.
Solar: a more resilient energy source
The result: NH Electric Co-op rates have increased by 77 percent, Liberty Utilities’ had risen 100 percent, and Eversource’s a whopping 112 percent.
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ClearChoiceMD opens Rochester clinic
“Rochester is one of New Hampshire’s largest and fastest growing cities, but until now, options for urgent medical care were limited.
New England College to expand nursing program
Plymouth State will be receiving $2.1 million in funding to help it renovate the Samuel Read Hall Building, which has housed PSU’s nursing program since 2015.
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Bill would expand cancer workers’ comp presumption for NH firefighters
Legislation filed in the NH Senate would make all types of cancer among firefighters a presumptive occupational disease eligible for workers’ compensation.
Caruso to retire as Cheshire Medical CEO
Caruso, who succeeded Arthur Nichols, who retired that year after 27 years with the hospital, has been with Cheshire Medical for more than three decades,...
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Engineering tech enhances project design in NH
Thanks to the continued surge in state-of-the-art construction projects happening all over the Granite State, engineering and project design firms have never been busier.
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Wind energy efforts in Gulf of Maine pick up steam
Last August, the Department of the Interior released a request seeking “commercial interest in obtaining wind energy leases in the Gulf of Maine consisting of about 13.7 million acres.
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Tuscan Village seeks to add 600 more housing units
The added units would bring the total number of housing units at Tuscan Village to 1,785, a mix of condominiums and apartments.
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Hoyle Tanner exec named 2023 Engineer of the Year
Sean T. James, who specializes in bridge engineering, has been named the 2023 New Hampshire Engineer of the Year by the NH Society of Professional Engineers.
$2.8m grant to fund energyefficiency project at MHT
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is receiving over $2.8 million to help cover the costs of an energy-efficiency upgrade at its terminal.
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Could ‘quadplexes’ help solve the housing crisis?
It might sound like a type of movie theater, and maybe it is somewhere out there, but in New Hampshire a “quadplex” is also a concept that could make a major impact on the state’s critical housing shortage.
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Q&A INTERVIEW
Jarnigan, a native of Utah, was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force, and his first assignment was at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts, which gave him and his family a taste of New England life.
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THE LATEST
Four new public trustees and one new physician trustee were elected to Dartmouth Health’s Board of Trustees: Dr. Laura M. Chiang,...
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FLOTSAM&JETSAM
You know all those dyspeptic folks who got all worked up about wearing masks and getting vaxxed?
