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Here you will find stories about the North Country. Just writing those words, though, I sense a fight coming. When I lived in Bethlehem, I could unequivocally state that I lived in the North Country, but things got muddy when I moved to North Conway. You see some folks believe the North Country includes only communities north of the state’s four notches: Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, Pinkham Notch, and Dixville Notch.
For InDepthNH.org’s purposes, we’ll use a little common sense and maybe stretch that a little farther south. And get ready for a call from our columnist John Harrigan, who has been called the King of The North Country, when we get it wrong.
-Nancy West
Nancy West | Amid ongoing confusion, the trial-like proceedings that will determine whether the state approves or denies Northern Pass’ application to build a 192-mile transmission line from Pittsburg to Deerfield will begin on Thursday, April 13.
BETHLEHEM – Kirsten Silfvenius of Colebrook liked Sen. Maggie Hassan’s idea: help the economy by providing a little fiscal relief for people who want a start a business, but are stymied by student loans.
BYOB: Bring Your Own Business
This is the first in an occasional series on entrepreneurs and innovation in the North Country. If you have a suggestion contact: nancywestnews@gmail.com
The program was designed to provide teacher training education opportunities to place-bound students in the North Country. Without leaving the North Country, students can earn a bachelor’s degree and K-8 teacher certification upon graduation from the program.
Nancy West | Manchester author Dan Szczesny is living at the Mount Washington Observatory for a week researching how the place works, talking to meteorologists, and experiencing the weather.
The fate of the Northern Pass transmission project lies in the hands of state regulators who are about to begin a key phase of the permitting process. Regulators decided Thursday not to suspend deliberations and continue with the current schedule.
In a few areas, the difference between Coos and Rockingham County, which ranked as the healthiest county, were not huge.
365 Days of Mountain Mischief: In mid-1951, just as Alton Weagle was beginning to contemplate the string of Mt. Washington record stunts he’d pull throughout the decade, an NBC Radio program called “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” played a 36-second wax-cylinder recording of Walt Whitman reading from his poem “America.”
The conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play and age affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes.
Nancy West | Utility giant National Grid provided lots of surprises Tuesday when it announced plans for a transmission project to deliver up to 1,200 megawatts of renewable energy from Quebec to Vermont, then down a corridor in New Hampshire.