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Beautiful Day in the Life of the State House
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On a picture-perfect day Tuesday, the State House lawn was filled with flowering shrubs, dogs on leashes, and visiting children in groups from schools in Keene, Durham, and Epping.
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On a picture-perfect day Tuesday, the State House lawn was filled with flowering shrubs, dogs on leashes, and visiting children in groups from schools in Keene, Durham, and Epping.
Last week, the third overhaul of the state’s education funding formula was unveiled before the Senate Finance Committee, which decided to include it in the Senate’s proposed state budget for the next two years.
When Keith Gentili was 44 years old, he had a goal: to become a member of the AMC Four Thousand Footer Club. According to amc4000footer.org, the list was formed to “introduce hikers to some of the lesser-known sections of the White Mountains of New Hampshire.” He planned to finish the list by his 48th birthday, which he did that night four years later.
Construction of New Hampshire’s largest electrical solar array is getting underway in Kingston. Unitil, which serves customers in southeastern New Hampshire, is building the solar farm after getting approval from the Public Utilities Commission.
In truth, we do this in Little League all the time. We always hope the other side does well. We always feel for them, if they don’t
Six weeks after informing company executives of their intent to form a union, workers at the Starbucks store in Rochester voted 10 to 4 on Tuesday to be represented by Workers United, a national union, in negotiations with the Seattle-based coffee giant.
Electricity is really important – it’s an essential commodity these days, and it has grown notably expensive over the past couple of years. Ergo, the annual election at the Electric Co-op is important.
Having walked my fair share of picket lines for The Newspaper Guild, which has provided me with a meager retirement fund, I understand why writers from the Writers’ Guild of America strike. The 2007-2008 strike lasted 100 days. That was a long time to wait for them to get back and gear up again to provide us with the words that, in truth, make whatever show we watch worth it or not.
They called the event a “Sip-In,” held three days before the local Starbucks workers will vote on whether their union will be legally recognized. Alongside the regular customers, union supporters filtered in and placed their orders.