BERLIN, New Hampshire, July 13 -- The Community College System of New Hampshire issued the following news release: The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) will be offering a significant, new need-based funding program for the 2023-24 academic year. CCSNH's Promise Program will help New Hampshire students who qualify based on financial need by bridging the gap between grants, scholarships, and the cost of tuition and required comprehensive fees, at all seven of New Hampshire's comm  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Jordan Fields is collecting data on river sediment during the flooding in Vermont. * * * The extreme weather Monday that washed out roads and flooded homes and businesses across the White River Valley set Jordan Fields, Guarini '21, on a wild race across Vermont with a plastic water bottle on a stick to collect streamflow and sediment data from every tributary that was still accessible. Fi  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, July 13 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Human memory is fundamental to everything we do. From remembering the faces of someone you just met to finding a cell phone that you just left on a table, "visual working memory"--the core cognitive system that retains visual information in an active state for a short period of time--plays a vital role. Prior work has found that visual working memory capacity is well correlated with other important  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 13 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following joint statement on July 12, 2023: * * * On behalf of the State of New Hampshire, Attorney General John M. Formella releases the following joint statement: Following the decision in federal court earlier this year and the permanent injunction issued by Judge McCafferty in May, the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), hospitals across the state, and the New Hampshi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 15 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for the replacement of municipally owned old diesel vehicles/engines/equipment with new diesel and electric vehicle (EV) models. The new program, Granite State Clean Fleets (GSCF), has made $10 million available, and project proposals will be accepted through Oc  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 12 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has recently reviewed its bulletin INS-17-007-AB, which pertains to life insurance policies that offer discounted premium rates, aka rewards, to consumers based upon their participation in healthy reward programs, and has released a revised bulletin, INS-23-023-AB, which rescinds INS-17- 007-AB. This revised bulletin provi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 14 -- The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources has announced that Sullivan House in Manchester has been listed to the United States Secretary of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places both for its high level of architectural integrity and for being a rare example of a "Little House" architectural design. Originally referred to as "The House That   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 14 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-068) involving electric and gas utilities: * * * 2024 - 2026 Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING On June 30, 2023, New Hampshire's joint utilities, consisting of Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty; New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy; Unitil   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 11 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-069) on July 10, 2023, involving the Town of Derry: * * * Request for Approval of Derry Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On July 6, 2023, the Town of Derry (Derry) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall approve  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 13 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following gas order (No. 26,859) on July 12, 2023, involving Northern Utilities Inc.: * * * Petition for Approval of Step Adjustment Order Nisi Approving Rate Adjustments Requested Pursuant to Order No. 26,675 In this order, the Commission approves on a nisi basis a Northern-requested adjustment to distribution rates associated with a Commission-approved step increase in Northern's distribution rates   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 14 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DE 23-068) on July 13, 2023: * * * Re: Electric and Gas Utilities, 2024-2026 Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan, Hearing Guidelines To the Parties: To facilitate the hearing scheduled in this matter, the Presiding Officer has adopted the following procedures. All participants will be expected to appear in person at the hearing, unless a written request for a particular individual t  more