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BERLIN — A public hearing on the proposed expansion of the Mount Carberry landfill in the town of Success brought only one comment, and that was largely in praise of the operation.
You don’t need a Kremlinologist to understand my perspective on these things in my capacity as the state’s official advocate for residential utility customers. Rolling blackouts are a small but real possibility this winter.
Kevin Roy of Casella Waste Systems urged the governing board of the Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District to consider reopening its contract with North Country Environmental Services to extend it for the life of the Bethlehem landfill at a Dec. 8 meeting.
John Casella, chair and chief executive officer of Casella Waste Systems, Inc., has withdrawn Granite State Landfill’s application for a wetlands permit for the company’s proposed landfill in Dalton, but he said the project remains vitally important “and we intend to see it through to completion.”
The Department of Health and Human Services’ press release Friday saying higher than expected cases of kidney and renal cancers were detected in Merrimack didn’t surprise those who want Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics closed because of a notice of deficiency it received from the state.
The Current Use Advisory Board has endorsed proposed changes in current use rates for tax year 2022-23 that represent modest increases in the forest land categories. Farmland would remain at its 2021-22 rate.
CONCORD — With New Hampshire residents facing skyrocketing energy costs this winter, Democrats said Thursday the governor’s energy plan has left the state unable to blunt the impact on families and businesses.
CONCORD — Describing the proposed Dalton landfill as the largest project that the state Department of Environmental Services has dealt with in the past 50 years, members of the bureaus reviewing the permit applications attempted through an online information session to shed light on the review process in the light of public complaints.
As the Commission To Study Offshore Wind and Port Development approaches a deadline for submitting recommendations to the governor and the legislature, questions about the role of fishermen and others who may be impacted by the project continue to arise.