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Research Finds New Hampshire Seacoast Roads Under Rising Sea Level Threat

Jun 19 2017 // Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two miles from the shore, are facing a new hazard that currently cannot be seen by drivers – rising groundwater caused by...

Research Finds New Hampshire Seacoast Roads Under Rising Sea Level Threat

Jun 2 2017 // Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two miles from the shore, are facing a new hazard that currently cannot be seen by drivers – rising groundwater caused by...

New Hampshire Governor Requests Disaster Assistance for March Storm

May 22 2017 // New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has requested that President Donald Trump issue a major disaster declaration and provide federal emergency assistance for the blizzard and severe winter storm that happened in...

Police, Advocates Clash Over New Hampshire Pot Decriminalization Bill

Apr 18 2017 // With Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on board, advocates for marijuana decriminalization hope this is the year New Hampshire joins its New England neighbors in removing criminal penalties for possessing pot.But the measure is...

No Joke: Snow Hits Northern New England on April Fools’ Day

Apr 3 2017 // People across northern New England woke up to a foot of heavy, wet snow on parts of the region Saturday and conducted weekend business as more fell throughout the day.The storm caused power outages and numerous highway...

New Hampshire-Based SAN Group Names Huffman Insurance Portfolio Manager

Mar 17 2017 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast headquartered in Hampton, N.H., has named Alexandra Huffman as insurance portfolio manager.In this role, Huffman is...

Plunging Temperatures in Northeast Lead to Icy Conditions Following Storm

Mar 16 2017 // Concerns about falling temperatures and icy conditions on roads and sidewalks across the Northeast followed a late-season storm that plastered the region with sleet and snow.Tuesday’s powerful nor’easter...

New Hampshire House Adds Medical Pot Qualifiers, Backs Decriminalization

Mar 10 2017 // The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in support of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and expanding access to medical marijuana for people suffering from chronic pain or post-traumatic stress...

Report Assesses Addiction Treatment Insurance in New Hampshire

Mar 6 2017 // New Hampshire’s three biggest health insurers are largely in compliance in covering treatment for alcohol and drug addiction, and are committed to making changes when needed, state regulators said Thursday.The...

Student Allowed Back at New Hampshire Prep School after Sex Case

Feb 22 2017 // A judge has allowed a student to return to a New Hampshire prep school, months after his mother alleged the school wrongfully expelled him after he had sex with another student.Both sides reached an agreement signed by a...

The Concord Group Insurance Companies in New Hampshire Hires McCabe

Feb 17 2017 // The Concord Group Insurance Companies, a Concord, N.H.-based insurance carrier, has announced that Daniel L. McCabe has joined the senior leadership team as a vice president.“Dan will play an important role on our...

State Officials Urge Residents to Avoid Driving as Winter Storm Hits Northeast

Feb 15 2017 // Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region’s newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of...

Gun-Toting New Hampshire Lawmakers Not Required to Take Safety Classes

Jan 31 2017 // A proposal to require firearm safety training for New Hampshire lawmakers wishing to carry guns on the House floor has been defeated.Democratic Minority Leader Steve Shurtleff proposed the rule Thursday after a...

Wal-Mart Owes New Hampshire Pharmacist $16.08M for Gender Bias

Jan 13 2017 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $16.08 million to a former New Hampshire pharmacist in a gender bias case, but the amount is only about half what a jury awarded and may fall substantially...

New Hampshire Car Dealer Incurred Damages from Municipal Sewer Line

Jan 4 2017 // A judge has ruled that a Portsmouth, N.H., auto dealership incurred damages caused by a city sewer line running through the property.The Portsmouth Herald reports Rockingham County Judge William Delker says Toyota dealer...

Pollution from New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College Lab Dump Worries Neighbors

Dec 27 2016 // Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater...

New Hampshire Town Seeks Municipal Water from City after Coakley Rejection

Dec 21 2016 // Officials and residents in the New Hampshire town of Greenland are urging Portsmouth’s City Council to support running municipal water to homeowners whose wells are vulnerable to contamination from a Superfund...

Former Gunpowder Plant Owner to Surrender $65K in Maine Case

Dec 16 2016 // A former gunpowder plant owner imprisoned over a deadly 2010 explosion in New Hampshire has agreed to surrender some money to the federal government in a separate wire fraud case in Maine.Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone,...

Massachusetts Women Sue After Being Hit by Drone at New Hampshire Event

Dec 13 2016 // Two women are suing a groom and the event company that ran his wedding reception after they allege he flew a drone that hit them in the head at the New Hampshire event.Kneena Ellis, of Seabrook, and Kelly Eaton of Peabody,...

Auto-Owners Insurance Proposes Affiliation with New Hampshire-Based Concord

Dec 9 2016 // Auto-Owners Insurance, a Lansing, Michigan, based insurance provider, has announced its proposed affiliation with the Concord, N.H., based Concord General Mutual Insurance group of companies.The transaction has been...