NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, June 1 (TNSper) -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: On Tuesday, Interim Athletic Director Tom White and Associate Athletic Director Lisa Lacombe announced Tim Viola as the next head coach of the Colby-Sawyer women's basketball program. Viola will be the sixth head coach in program history and will take over a Chargers women's basketball program who finished 9-17 last season and finished the year with a 7-10 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) re  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 1 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * The new group supports research in the study of human interaction. * * * The new Consortium for Interacting Minds at Dartmouth is combining psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and other fields in an effort to go beyond the workings of the solitary mind and better understand the interconnection of thought between people. The interdisciplinary research could improve relationships, bolster men  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 26 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Jason Wei '20 talks about large language models with Machine Learning class. * * * An artificial intelligence researcher who formerly worked at Google Brain this month is teaching about some of the latest developments in the field with a graduate class in quantitative biomedical sciences. Jason Wei '20, who is now a researcher at OpenAI, and his former colleague from Google Research, Hyung   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 1 (TNSres) -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Education on Wednesday launched a new dashboard that uses GIS mapping to identify locally available high-wage, high-demand occupations throughout every region of the state, as well as its Career and Technical Education programming associated with those occupations. The new dashboard, Mapping Bright Futures for New Hampshire, will enable workfor  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 2 (TNSres) -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking for the public's help by reporting wild turkey brood sightings in New Hampshire this spring and summer. It's easy to participate and the survey is now open. If you observe groups of turkeys with poults (juvenile birds) between June 1 and August 31, report your sightings on NH Fish and Game's web-based Turkey Brood Survey by visi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 2 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Governor Chris Sununu issued the following statements regarding SB 45 and SB 50: Governor Sununu Statement Regarding SB 45, relative to National Guard educational benefits: * "Military service is a sacrifice of the whole family, and NH is supporting the men and women of New Hampshire's National Guard by expanding the transfer of educational benefits to spouses." G  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 2 -- The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources is pleased to announce that the State Historical Resources Council has added seven properties to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. Collectively, they illustrate how historic properties anchor their communities. Canaan's Knights of Pythias Hall was built in 1924 after a fifteen acre fire burned m  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,836) on May 31, 2023, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * Petition for Approval of Step Adjustment Order Approving Further Adjustments to Distribution Rates In this order, the Commission authorizes Liberty to apply an upward adjustment in its revenue requirement, associated with its investments placed in service in 2021. This adjustment aro  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following water order (No. 26,831) on May 31, 2023, involving Mill Brook Village Water System: * * * Request for Change in Rates Order Nisi Approving Revised Tariff Rates Mill Brook Village Water System (Mill Brook) filed a request for approval of a revised tariff page (Petition) to reflect a lower customer rate effective July 1, 2022, due to an increased number of customers served by its system. I. B  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 31 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,830) on May 30, 2023, involving New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Inc.: * * * Petition for Waiver of Portions of Puc 2200 Rules Order Nisi Granting Waiver of Portions of Puc 2200 Rules In this order, the Commission approves a settlement agreement and grants New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NHEC)'s request to waive identified substantive provisions of N.H. Admi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,834) on May 31, 2023, involving the Town of Hancock: * * * Request for Approval of Hancock Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan In this order, the Commission approves the Town of Hancock's (Hancock) Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan). I. BACKGROUND On April 13, 2023, Hancock submitted a request for approval of a community power aggregation plan to pr  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,832) on May 31, 2023, involving the Town of Jaffrey: * * * Request for Approval of Jaffrey Community Power Plan Order Regarding Conditional Approval of Plan The Commission approved the Town of Jaffrey's (Jaffrey) Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan) subject to the condition that its Education and Outreach Plan clearly communicate that participants' exit from  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,835) on May 31, 2023, involving the Town of New Boston: * * * Request for Approval of New Boston Community Power Plan Order Regarding Conditional Approval of Plan May 31, 2023 The Commission approved the Town of New Boston's (New Boston) Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan) subject to the condition that its Education and Outreach Plan clearly communicate th  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 1 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,833) on May 31, 2023, involving the Town of Warner: * * * Request for Approval of Warner Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan In this order, the Commission approves the Town of Warner's (Warner) Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan). I. BACKGROUND On April 6, 2023, Warner submitted a request for approval of a community power aggregation plan to provide   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,837) on June 1, 2023, involving Unitil Energy Systems Inc.: * * * Petition for Approval of Step Adjustment Order Approving Petition In this order, the Commission approves UES' revised step adjustment petition, authorizing UES to recover the annual revenue requirement of $1,206,209 associated with $15,227,771 in plant additions placed in service in calendar year 2022. Re  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 3 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,838) on June 2, 2023, involving Unitil Energy Systems Inc.: * * * Petition for Approval of LED Outdoor Lighting Service Tariff Changes Order Nisi Approving Petition In this order nisi, the Commission approves the Company-proposed changes to the UES Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Outdoor Lighting Service Tariff, to be effective on August 1, 2023, filed by UES in accordance w  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 31 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DG 23-027) on May 30, 2023: * * * Petition to Modify Cost of Gas Procedures Prehearing Order A prehearing conference in this matter was held on May 18, 2023. Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty), the New Hampshire Department of Energy and the Office of the Consumer Advocate appeared. The matters raised at the prehearing conference included the   more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, May 26 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: The University of New Hampshire's RIFC 50 Index added 4.7% in market value in the first quarter of 2023, signaling a continuation of the recovery of the franchise business sector. The Index has now risen 77.1% from its March 2020 level when it was heavily hit because of the Covid-19. "The RIFC 50 Index significantly outperformed the S&P 500 Index over the last three years when the pande  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 31 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire School of Law issued the following news: The Office of Career Services is proud to join the Rudman Center in administering Rudman Center Summer Public Service Fellowship Awards. The 2023 Rudman Summer Fellow class is comprised of an unprecedented 85 1L and 2L students. In addition to the traditional public interest opportunities with non-profit legal services organizations, public defenders' offices, and judicial interns  more