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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 | The state Public Utilities Commission has dismissed Eversource’s petition for a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with Hydro Renewable Energy saying it would violate state law.
The MoonCatcher Project empowers girls by providing them with reusable menstrual pads, so that they can stay in school, avoid early marriage and pregnancy, and avail themselves of other educational opportunities that will, in turn, positively impact them and their communities.
GROVETON — Sometimes stuff just happens. Like you wind up owning a former paper mill in the North Country.
Nancy West | The Counsel for the Public wants answers as to why Hydro-Quebec now says it won’t pay for the controversial 192-mile transmission line from Pittsburg to Deerfield when Northern Pass’ application said that Hydro-Quebec would pay.
Balsams developer Les Otten has received a total of $5 million in loans from Northern Pass, spokesman Scott Tranchemontagne said Thursday.
The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation will hold a public information session to present proposed plans for the construction of a universally accessible trail between the Old Man Viewing Plaza and the Profile Lake boat launch in Franconia Notch State Park.
Helped by funding from Northern Pass, the Balsams Resort has moved significantly closer to a crucial funding step needed to bring the resort back to life and boost the economy of the North Country, the company said Wednesday.
BERLIN — Two high-tech commercial greenhouses expected to produce 15 million heads of lettuce and eight million pounds of tomatoes a year were approved unanimously Tuesday night by the Berlin Planning Board.
Coos County Family Health has strengthened its commitment to the health of local kids and families through a number of recent changes.
Late last year, a few months after Betsy Gray started working as an administrative staff member at Indian Stream Health Center in Colebrook, she was surprised when her supervisor shared some good news: her salary was bumped from $12 to $15 an hour.