Live From Durham, NH, It’s the 45th NHPBS Spring Auction Right Now

And this year, the largest and longest-running LIVE fundraising auction in New England is celebrating its 45th anniversary! The NEW HAMPSHIRE PBS SPRING AUCTION airs LIVE from April 25-28 and May 2-5 on NHPBS and online at nhpbs.org/auction. Online bidding remains lively every night, including the non-broadcast days (4/29-5/1 ).

Black Heritage Trail of NH: Can Tourism Deliver a Valuable Message

Given the significant presence of black people in New Hampshire during the last three hundred years, it is truly disappointing that today’s public school children (and their parents and grandparents) are unaware that black children and young adults were once sold on the wharf in Portsmouth, that Governor Langdon supported the efforts of George Washington to recover his “runaway property,” that Richard Potter was one of the most popular entertainers in America two hundred years ago, or that Harriet Wilson was the first African-American woman in North America to publish a book.

This Small Room in Dover Is Flush With Fine Art

I muse joyfully this week on art galleries and bathrooms. As you know, Joyful Musers, I am a fan of the used, the re-used and the frugal.  And at this moment, where the verb “downsize”  is utilized as often as “to get a coffee” this is prime time to search out art – original, eclectic, lovely to you. 

Canary in the Coal Pond

New reports provide an unprecedented look at contaminants leaking from coal ash ponds and landfills. But the chasm between information and environmental protection may deepen thanks to a proposed Trump administration rollback.

Empower Coos Youth Grants Committee Application Due May 4

Do you know a high school student that is interested in partnering with other youth from the North Country to develop leadership skills, engage in grantmaking activities and learn what role philanthropy can play in the region’s development?

A Conversation With James Dean, 20th President of UNH

PODCAST: The University of New Hampshire welcomes its 20th president this summer.  With the retirement of Mark Huddleston, University of North Carolina Provost James Dean takes over the three campus system.  Roger Wood speaks with the incoming president in this InDepth conversation.

Winds of Change Blow For Antrim

CONCORD — The Antrim Wind Energy project may have a new owner while intervenors wait for a state Supreme Court decision they hope overturns the project’s approval. According to a press release by Canadian energy giant TransAlta, the company has agreed to purchase the Antrim project along with another wind farm ready for construction in Pennsylvania.