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From climbing up towers in howling wind on the summit of Mount Washington in winter, to walks at Pondicherry during bird migration or enjoying ice cream on a hot summer day at the Bath country store, Jeanne Shaheen has been to the North Country a lot the past 30 years as elected governor and U.S. Senator.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said the state has a very important role to play nationally as being the first in the nation to vote for a president and hopes the election for Secretary of State is not politicized for the sake of that role.
With the cost of home heating products soaring and federal assistance not keeping up, Gov. Kelly Ayotte told Executive Councilors she has joined with all the other governors of New England to seek a $3 billion increase nationwide for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ahead of winter.
The state has never had an all-Democratic Executive Council, but it appears from unofficial vote tallies that it will have one for the next two years after voters turned out and turned down re-election bids for four seats held by Republicans, Tuesday.
The state’s Republican-controlled, 4-1 Executive Council was appearing to tip Democrat at 11 p.m. on election night with the lone Democrat, Karen Liot Hill, D-Lebanon, moving safely toward re-election and all the Republicans on the edge of their seats, with all losing.
New Hampshire voters went out to their polling places in huge numbers Tuesday to vote for representation at the State House and three seats in Washington, with many saying their concern for the economy was front of mind.
A small group of Ashland area residents working on re-starting a community garden are among many of the beneficiaries of a federal grant given to the Lakes Region that aims to reduce waste through composting.
A new effort called “Keeping Coos Warm” is being launched this winter with a goal of keeping neighbors warm this winter with high energy costs.
While a Massachusetts judge has paved the way for a summer girls camp on Lake Winnipesaukee to be sold to a developer, town officials were asked Monday by more than 50 residents to get the state to intervene in an appeal to keep Camp Menotomy the 94 acres of undeveloped shorefront property.