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During American Education Week, I want to take a moment to highlight Education Support Professionals. These are your children’s food service workers, custodians, para educators, administrative assistants, library assistants, mechanics, nursing assistants, and school bus drivers.
On Thursday morning we woke up to news of yet another mass shooting—this one very close to home in Lewiston, Maine. My heart goes out to the victims, the survivors, and their families.
As House Bill 142 requires a new contract for Burgess BioPower, the Public Utilities Commission can use this as an opportunity to approve a path forward for this important facility that is agreeable to the state’s policymakers and ratepayers.
Recent action by NH Gov Chris Sununu and his Attorney General John Formella to showboat an increase of border patrol enforcement 10 fold and expend $1.4 million of NH tax money is way over the top and unnecessary.
While it is an enormous step forward, it is only one aspect on much needed reforms around the Secure Psychiatric Unit and management of the forensic population.
Senate Bill 61 was the last bill of the House legislative session concerning the highly contentious setback to surface water new landfill permitting rules. After many months of hearings, conversations, research, and, unfortunately, much-wasted paper, Senate Bill (SB) 61 was killed in non-concurrence on the House floor during the final legislative session of the year on June 29th.
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) recently acknowledged proposals to change the name of Mount Washington to Agiocochook, and the Baker River to Asquamchumauke:
T – Green Hydrogen (G-H2) will be key new player in our planet’s Clean Energy Future.
I live on Artist Falls Road in North Conway which some Residents may recognize as the oldest road in the Town of Conway.