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At Sunnyside Maples on Thursday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte tapped a maple tree, gave it a hug and kicked off what is the sweetest weekend of the year for many farmers in the 603, Maple Weekend in New Hampshire.
Black Mountain’s new owner and general manager Erik Mogensen said he has decided against a cooperative ownership model for the state’s oldest ski area and will maintain ownership and also move his Colorado-based Entabeni data system company, which provides software for ski areas around the world and his wildly popular Indy Pass to the 603.
Michael Vose, R-Epping, wouldn’t say why Thomas was removed referring the question to House Speaker Sherman Packard, R-Londonderry.
It’s been a particularly good winter for the state’s outdoor economy, according to industry leaders who are looking at their own success and eyeing new federal data that shows its importance to the Granite State gross domestic product.
A federal judge ordered the state Commissioners of Safety and Environmental Services Thursday to “take all steps necessary to resume and ensure the continued implementation and enforcement of” New Hampshire’s vehicle inspection program.
The vehicle inspection program is suspended until further notice, but drivers are still responsible under current law to ensure “that any vehicle driven in New Hampshire is safe to operate, regardless of the status of the inspection program.”
The House Environment and Agricultural Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday for House Bill 1138, which aims to limit the placement of out-of-state waste going into landfills in New Hampshire.
Superior Court Judge Daniel E. Will, 59, of Loudon was confirmed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi who retired at the age of 70.
Advocates for the Derry Rail Trail will get a bicycling and pedestrian tunnel, as originally planned, under a six-lane access road being built to serve the new Exit 4A off Interstate 93 in North Derry, according to a settlement announced Tuesday.