At 10:22 a.m. the earthquake hit a little over six miles off York Harbor, Maine, according to USGS. A spokesman for Seabrook Station nuclear power plant said there was no impact from the earthquake.
Business & Economy
About 98,000 People Lived in Poverty in New Hampshire During 2023, NHFPI Says
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Coos County residents in northern New Hampshire have a median income that is about half as much as someone living in Rockingham County in the south and they face higher costs of living than their counterparts near the Massachusetts border, according to some statistics gleaned from recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.
Environment & Science
Op-Ed: NH Leaders Must Pull Together To Fight Climate Change
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Planning and designing a bridge for climate change is a good thing; the question for our elected officials is, Why Stop There? Sea level rise won’t stop at the bridge.
Environment & Science
Distant Dome: State Revenue Shortfall Bodes Ill for State Budget
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The early turmoil in the Republican House caucus over the Majority Leader’s position does not bode well for what lies ahead for the GOP majority in the upcoming session.
Environment & Science
Forever Chemicals Commission Gets Update on Saint-Gobain Demolition, Future Legislation
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The Commission on the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of PFAS Compounds met Friday to discuss progress on the clean-up around Merrimack’s closed Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant at 710 Daniel Webster Highway (Route 3), efforts to investigate possible links to cancer and adverse health impacts in that area and discussed proposed legislation to allow for a longer time for people to file civil claims related to PFAS’ impacts on their lives.
Arts and Entertainment
Old Growth Forest in Stewartstown, Historic Buildings in Hebron, Atkinson Among LCHIP Recipients
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An old growth maple forest in Stewartstown, Hebron’s Town Library and the Center School in Atkinson are among more than two dozen treasured community assets that will be preserved by a grant match from the state’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program in 2025.
Arts and Entertainment
Everyone’s Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds
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Duncan Watson explains the big lie from the plastics industry “is by default, that something should be recyclable because it’s got the chasing arrows on it.”
Business & Economy
Citing Overwhelming Public Comment, Panel Objects to Landfill Rule Changes for Now
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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.
Environment & Science
NHACC Hosts ‘Something Wild’ 54th Annual Meeting and Conference: Come Network
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This conference is open to the public and offers a great day of learning, networking, and fun with fellow conservation commission members and offers dozens of workshops on natural resource conservation, climate change, and wildlife. See NHACC.org.
Business & Economy
NH Counties Upset Over Aurora Sustainable’s North Country Timber Cutting Proposal
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The New Hampshire Association of Counties is expressing concerns about a proposed 10-year agreement with the state that would significantly reduce the amount of timber cut from the 145,000-acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract.