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Granite State Landfill, LLC, the company seeking to site a new lined landfill in Dalton, is fighting local residents and a skeptical New Hampshire Wetlands Board to secure permission to begin the three-phase project that the company projects will be completed over at least three decades.
Members of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services’ Wetlands Bureau heard nearly six hours of testimony from citizens on Monday, with the majority of the speakers registering opposition to a proposed landfill in the adjacent town of Dalton.
If there is a fundamental truth that applies to ratepayer advocacy, it is this: The customer has the only wallet in the room.
The Senate Finance Committee proposed a budget that would spend $13.5 billion in total funds in the next biennium and $5.4 billion in general funds.
The Senate Thursday voted down party lines to keep alive a bill requiring appropriate and reasonable medical treatment for any child born alive.
There were more than 6,500 new Off-Highway Road Vehicle licenses sold this past year, a record, worrying Executive Councilor Joe Kenney of Wakefield and Fish and Game officials that they do not have enough enforcement help to manage a quickly growing and expanding ATV user group.
New Hampshire’s Great Bay, located in the Seacoast region, is beautiful and pristine. The towns and cities around it want to keep it that way.
Jerry Monkman, environmental videographer; Fred McNeil, Manchester city engineer; Dave Anderson, New Hampshire Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and John Macone from the Merrimack Valley Watershed Council, share their expertise.
The second day of a contentious House session ended Thursday with an hour-long discussion about two remonstrances – or grievances – submitted to the House.