Arts and Entertainment
Ho, Ho, Ho – Granite Staters Prefer ‘Merry Christmas’: Survey Says
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Mild weather in the Granite State is dampening expectations for a white Christmas and more people will have artificial than real Christmas trees.
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.
Courts & Corrections
Right to Know: YDC Suspect Buskey Fired as Cop After Lying About Bad Checks
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Former YDC staffer Jeffrey Buskey, accused of hundreds of rapes in the child sex abuse scandal at what is now known as Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, was fired as a Sanbornton police officer in 2004 after he got caught bouncing checks.
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.
Courts & Corrections
State Quiet, School Districts Cautiously Optimistic About School Funding Case
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Supporters of a group of school districts led by Contoocook Valley (ConVal) that sued the state over education funding were cautiously optimistic after oral arguments before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, while the defendants – the state Legislature, governor, Department of Education and Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut – largely remained silent.
Health & Mental Health
As Hospitals Cancel Surgeries, Sununu Seeks Action From Biden Administration on IV Shortage
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With elective surgeries now being cancelled and delayed in New Hampshire due to a national shortage of intravenous fluids, Gov. Chris Sununu has sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding more transparency and a plan to get the health care products the state needs calling it a national security issue.
Energy
Eversource Fires Back at Consumer Advocate on Credit Rating Downgrade
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Eversource officials are maintaining that the negative regulatory environment in Connecticut is the sole reason S&P Global Ratings downgraded its credit rating this week from A- to BBB+, and the utility fired back at the state’s Consumer Advocate for his criticism of them.
News
With Protests in Georgia, Shaheen, Risch Urge Administration to Hold Bad Actors Accountable
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U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC, spoke on the Senate floor today in support of the Georgian people’s aspirations to align with the West and to urge the Biden Administration to take strong action against individuals in Georgia responsible for the current violence and political crisis.
News
InDepthNH.org Goes On the Road Talking With Readers About the Future of Local News
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Readers of InDepthNH.org came out in the pouring rain Wednesday night to talk about the state of news in the North Country and showed their support for the nonprofit publication that will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2025.