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Ski areas across New Hampshire notched the fourth best ski season in the past two decades this past winter thanks to a classic cold winter with lots of snow and few thaws or rain events. Particularly strong were the numbers for those who visited snow tubing hills at alpine areas.
On the day House members learned House Speaker Sherman Packard was stepping down, lawmakers Thursday killed a bill that would have limited cities’ and towns’ ability to write ordinances or rules for firearms and self-defense tools as well as state agencies.
The legislature has passed a business enterprise tax cut which Democrats claim can only mean that property taxpayers will pick up the difference.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte told reporters in her office Wednesday afternoon she is looking forward to getting out and doing a lot of grassroots campaigning for reelection and said she is among many who are looking forward to an end to the legislative season Thursday.
The state has to either come up with a 10 percent deposit on the $68.72 million purchase and sales agreement for the 146,400 acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters at the northern tip of the state, within 45 days, or waive the right of first refusal, the governor and Executive Council were told Wednesday.
Facing closure under the Trump Administration, more than 50 forest experts and supporters of the Bartlett Experimental Forest met here with Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, on Monday to begin to work on a plan to save it and all the information developed over almost 100 years.
Pawtuckaway Lake in Nottingham, Swains Lake in Barrington, Arlington Mill Reservoir in Salem and Haunted Lake (Scobie Pond) in Francestown are all on the current state list with reported blooms.
Lakes Region business leaders who represent a variety of tourism interests met with U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, Friday to share concerns for the summer season.
Moose sightings are rare but more common in May along the state’s highways. But they are also a hazard, and in some cases an eyesore that the state is not dealing with on a timely basis, an Executive Councilor said this week.