Looking for Hope? You’ll Find it at The Dump on Buffalo Road in Rumney

Sonny greets me smiling and gives me the weather report and points out an immature Bald Eaglet sitting atop a large gravel pile where he or she has the best view of everything happening at the Transfer Station. “Its been here all day,” he says excitedly…No one, even the most partisan of activists, cares if you are a Democrat or a Republican.

Did NH Supreme Court Miss ‘The Forest for the Trees’ In Eversource Gas Case?

The PUC’s October 2016 decision prevented Eversource from entering a 20-year agreement with Algonquin Gas that would have expanded an existing natural gas pipeline through the Access Northeast project. The PUC said the proposal violated the state’s electric deregulation statutes, but the court disagreed.

Justice Souter Is Still a Ratepayer’s Rock Star 30 Years Later in PSNH Case

The date was August 5, 1988.  Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) had recently declared bankruptcy, the first electric utility in the U.S. to do that since the Great Depression.  The crushing debt and massive cost overruns associated with the Seabrook nuclear power plant had sucked PSNH dry.

Cell Phones Mean Fishermen Can Fib No More

 I got a text just before I went to bed, “Look what I caught today!” The text was accompanied by three pictures of Landlocked Salmon, 17”, 20” and 22”.

Voting Bill Heads to the Supreme Court As Lawmakers Head Home At Week’s End

You could ask how does a state budget go $100 million out of whack in a half-a-dozen months.

Lawmakers will grapple with that question this week in what are expected to be the final sessions of the 2017-18 legislature bar an adverse Supreme Court ruling on voting rights after lawmakers go home at the end of the week.

Ms. Haspel’s At The Helm

 First, be aware that an inmate at Guantanamo who had personally been tortured by the CIA kindly offered to give testimony to Congress about Ms. Haspel’s qualifications. He was rebuffed.