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A Raymond woman was in the midst of her pregnancy when her private well tested positive for arsenic at 43 parts per billion. New Hampshire’s maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water is 5 parts per billion.The woman received the...

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A person experiencing a schizophrenic episode is admitted to New Hampshire Hospital, unable to accurately convey information about themselves to doctors. That means weeks might pass before a co-occurring substance use disorder is identified.Dr....

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House lawmakers on Thursday sustained Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto of continued subsidies for Berlin’s Burgess BioPower plant.House Bill 142 would have helped keep the 10-year-old wood-burning facility afloat by providing a critical financial extension....

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Advertised as “the largest truck stop in New Hampshire,” a project under construction off Route 101 in Raymond will be outfitted with plug-in power pedestals to reduce truck idling and air pollution as part of the New Hampshire State Clean Diesel...

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A network of remote meteorological monitoring stations across the White Mountains gives the public real-time access to mountain weather intelligence, while its collected data simultaneously serves as a forewarning of New Hampshire’s climate future.And...

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In this competition, those sparring for the title are judged by their circumference. Some are scaly, furrowed, warty. Others are smooth and papery. One of John Wallace’s favorite prizewinners resides deep in Epping conservation land: the state...

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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the French multinational corporation at the center of New Hampshire’s PFAS controversy, has announced it will close its facility in Merrimack.The abrupt announcement comes less than a week after the state’s...

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The Nature Conservancy has added another 870 acres to its Maidstone Bends Preserve on the Upper Connecticut River, and more than half of the land is located in a drinking water protection area. A mix of farmland, woods, wetlands, and expansive...

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If and when future African American burial grounds are uncovered in New Hampshire, state law now explicitly outlines how their discovery should be handled. Senate Bill 11, signed into law this month by Gov. Chris Sununu, requires that descendants or...

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Where Route 16 winds north along the Androscoggin River, passing through the towns of Dummer and Errol, forests of northern spruce and fir trees surround the remote, rural roadway. There are large swaths of palustrine wetlands, like bogs, swamps, and...

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The state’s Department of Justice is seeking nearly $7 million in additional funds for ongoing legal expenses related to “the number of particularly complex and labor-intensive cases” in its criminal and civil bureaus.Detailing a high-volume caseload...

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With Gov. Chris Sununu’s signature last week, New Hampshire has removed fentanyl and xylazine testing equipment from the definition of “drug paraphernalia” in state law.Several efforts this past legislative session sought to decriminalize what harm...

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The State of New Hampshire owns and operates more than 700 buildings. That number doesn’t include space it leases, like its retail liquor stores, offices, and pump stations and wastewater treatment plants. In fiscal year 2022, the state government...

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Inside a Hooksett warehouse on a humid Tuesday, Joe Whitten explains that it can take up to three generations for a non-biodegradable T-shirt to decompose in a landfill.That means any clothing made of polyester, rayon, spandex, or nylon. Last year,...

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Dave Olmstead listened to the deluge of water carrying rocks and logs at high speed during the early morning hours of July 10. He didn’t get much sleep that night, after part of the Forest Lake Dam on his property in Winchester collapsed.The water had...

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The latest triennial energy efficiency plan filed by New Hampshire’s utility companies could save consumers $675 million, prevent 2 million tons of greenhouse gases from going into the atmosphere, and support 1,718 full-time jobs.But how much does the...

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Plump, briny oysters harvested in New Hampshire are finding their way onto more menus, and state officials say it’s time to start evaluating the risk for a naturally occurring bacteria that’s made headlines elsewhere. The Department of Environmental...

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In the “Live Free or Die” state, consumer fireworks are legal to purchase and use on private property. But not in all cities and towns. State law allows communities to implement their own restrictions, so residents are encouraged to check their local...

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Millions in federal funds coming to New Hampshire are earmarked for a major transportation infrastructure project that isn’t for motor vehicles at all. When the General Sullivan Bridge replacement project is complete, the restored link between Dover...

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Zipping across the sand and scurrying among sun-baked seaweed are some of the littlest and rarest seasonal visitors to New Hampshire’s beaches. In total, there are just over 2,000 pairs of them in the entire Atlantic population. Beachgoers in Hampton...