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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
Roger Wood Podcast: In a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on improving access to infrastructure, Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH. highlighted the importance of addressing challenges for rural communities in New Hampshire given the rural-urban digital divide.
Ari Moulton was a 14-year-old foster kid living in Gorham when she was selected for the Kismet rock climbing program in North Conway. Today, she serves on Kismet’s board of directors helping other young people find their way by climbing steep granite.
See schedule: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s staff will hold office hours in Littleton, Lancaster and Hillsborough in March to help residents seeking assistance with federal agencies on issues such as veterans’ benefits, federal taxes, housing, immigration, and Social Security in one-on-one meetings.
Seven health-care leaders in the North Country – deeply worried about the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act – met Friday in Berlin with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan as well as U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster. InDepthNH.org’s reporter Chris Jensen documents this gathering using video, audio, a detailed story and photos of their discussion at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital.
LANCASTER – The Coos Planning Board doesn’t have a formal proposal for a hotel high on the flank of Mount Washington. But it’s already exploring whether a hotel can be located in such a “protected district.”
Billed as “Not My President’s Day,” some of the issues addressed included fear about cutbacks in healthcare, weakening Social Security, remarks that demean women or people with disabilities, freedom of the press and immigration policies.
A 21-year-old Vermont man was rescued from Mt. Washington Friday after he injured his leg skiing, according to Matt Holmes of New Hampshire Fish and Game.
For the first time in decades, there’s a spate of hotels being built, proposed or upgraded in the North Country, with the newest being a Hilton in Bethlehem.
Richard Rosen is an entrepreneur who is proposing to build two high-tech greenhouses in the city. But over the last six years, similar projects he proposed in four other locations didn’t happen.
The use of wood chips and pellets for heating businesses, schools and government buildings has grown dramatically in the last five years and is reportedly saving three hospitals in the North Country alone about $750,000 a year.