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New Hampshire’s lakes, mountains and seashores are not just pretty, they are places to hike, ski, boat, swim and big money makers for the state, according to a new national analysis.
After receiving hundreds of pages of documents and concerns about future landfill siting, a state committee has temporarily rejected proposed solid waste rules and asked the Department of Environmental Services to come back in December with revisions and explanations for how these changes are an improvement.
Instead of one standing committee on Education in the House of Representatives there will be two starting this session, with one that deals exclusively with education finance issues and the other to deal with Education Administration issues.
The winners were published Wednesday by the national publication, beating out places like Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Vail, Colorado and Stowe, Vermont which all made the top 10 list.
A lawsuit brought against the White Mountain National Forest Service opposing its plan to log and develop recreation opportunities and protect from runoff Lakes Tarleton and Katherine and a tract near Gorham known as the Peabody West project is not being supported by eight New Hampshire conservation organizations and one individual.
Recounts for the state’s general election were completed Monday with no changes to the posted winners, though in some cases a few votes were changed.
New Hampshire will officially open its 2024-25 ski season on Saturday with Bretton Woods dropping the ropes and cranking up the bull wheels for its 51st season while other ski areas have indicated their opening dates, which may change.
It’s not going to be “puppies and rainbows” in the House of Representatives next year as Republicans and Democrats work through a budget in 2025, two re-elected legislators agreed, as they addressed what the future might look like as part of a Post Election Brief, sponsored by the Dupont Group Friday.
After a general election that saw a record 834,651 voters casting their ballots Tuesday in the Granite State, members of the State Senate Majority Caucus unanimously chose Republican state Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, to serve as the next Senate President.