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There’s concern among Lakes Region lodging and hospitality interests that the economy – combined with the loss of Canadian visitors due to the Trump Administration’s negative rhetoric toward them – will impact summer travel this year, and Laconia Motorcycle Week might be an indicator of the months to come.
Capitol Hill got a taste and feel for New Hampshire Wednesday as the state’s Congressional Delegation hosted its 15th annual “Experience New Hampshire Reception” in the Russell Senate Office Building.
Common Man founder Alex Ray, who took over the defunct Plymouth Theater and made it into the Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, is donating it to the Pemi Valley Habitat for Humanity, after 17 years of ownership.
Charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his 21-year-old sister, 18-year-old Logan Anderson waived arraignment in Plymouth District Court Tuesday afternoon.
It’s the busy season at the Secretary of State’s Office right now with candidates of all shapes and sizes and numbers of supporters cramming into the little office on the second floor of the State House to sign up to run for office.
Surrounded by supporters of some of the more than 700 nonprofit groups from across the state participating, Gov. Kelly Ayotte kicked off this week’s annual NH Gives, a 24-hour day of giving that starts on Tuesday, June 9 at 5 p.m. and runs to June 10 at 5 p.m.
House Republicans said they are ready to get out and start campaigning, noting there is still work to be done to ensure New Hampshire has no income taxes into the future.
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.