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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 | Grafton County Attorney Lara Saffo made her points about the impact on homeowners and businesses of burying 52 miles of Northern Pass cable from Bethlehem to Bridgewater by showing photos of various properties and the massive equipment it would take during construction.
Nancy West | CONCORD – As the Northern Pass adjudicative hearings continued Thursday, InDepthNH.org obtained a new study that claims its competitor – National Grid’s Granite State Power Link – would be far better for the environment, a claim that Hydro-Quebec was quick to rebut.
Nancy West | CONCORD – Over Northern Pass’ objection, Site Evaluation Committee Chairman Martin Honigberg has ordered the project to recall its construction experts for limited cross-examination about “purported inaccuracies” and exceptions it is seeking from the Department of Transportation.
ERROL – Authorities believe they have located the skeletal remains of Tony Imondi, who was 26 when he was last seen on July 1, 1998, after attending a horseshoe tournament at Bill’s Seafood in Errol.
Nancy West | The action doesn’t stop at Northern Pass adjudicative hearings in Concord.
Nancy West | CONCORD — Northern Pass’s expert on the visual impact of the proposed 192-mile, high-voltage transmission line says he still doesn’t know which side of the road 52 miles of the project would be buried from Bethlehem to Bridgewater.
Many small towns and cities dream about the financial security of becoming a tourist attraction. Coaticook, Quebec, which sits right on the Vermont border, pulled it off. Local officials took an unusual idea, made a $1 million gamble and hit a tourism geyser.
Colebrook – Plans for a key part of the redeveloped Balsams – a hotel and conference center – are moving ahead after the Coos Planning Board unanimously approved the site plan Wednesday night.
Replace the decrepit Thoreau Falls Bridge in the Pemigewasset Wilderness instead of removing it: That’s what the overwhelming majority of people told officials from The White Mountain National Forest.
JOHN HARRIGAN: I’ve been out of the loop for a while, self imposed. When I came back from camp the other week I heard about this special Trump election commission, whose mission is to try to restore faith in the U.S. election system, which I did not know was missing.