HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 1 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * New regulations require informed consent to use Native American objects. * * * In its second report since its launch in May 2023, the provostial Working Group on Human Remains at Dartmouth has described its work to date to review the management of the human remains in Dartmouth's care. The working group is part of Dartmouth's response to the discovery last year of Native American ancestral remains   more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 2 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Dartmouth scientists advance research of harmful PFAS chemicals and their impacts. * * * A bemused fishmonger at a seafood market in Portsmouth, N.H., weighed and packaged a dozen filets of fish and three lobster tails for his unusually exacting customers, Dartmouth researchers Celia Chen '78, Guarini '94, a research professor of biological sciences, and Nathan Giffard '21 on a warm afternoon in May   more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 1 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Policy Research Shop project meets with regional planning commission. * * * In the midst of a regional and national housing crisis, how can New Hampshire and Vermont towns in the Upper Valley create affordable housing for a larger, more diverse, and more mobile workforce while also considering budget-conscious development, the rural nature of the region, and the desire of many towns to maintain their  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Two years ago today, the disastrous Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision was leaked to the public - the direct result of Republicans' decades-long attack on women's reproductive freedom. Now, in New Hampshire, Republicans continue to double down on their extreme anti-choice agenda, including Russell Prescott, Hollie Noveletsky, and Chris Bright. REMINDER: Prescott, Novelet  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, April 30 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Franklin Pierce University is pleased to announce a remarkably generous $750,000 gift from donors Robert M. Patterson '69 and Nancy A. Patterson, that will provide the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication with greatly expanded production and education capabilities. This latest gift brings the Patterson's cumulative giving total to over $1 million. "Since its founding in 2002, the Fitzwater Center has   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Robert C. Ross, of counsel at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston Government Law & Policy Practice, will present a master class, "The Intersection of Public Administration and Non-Profits in Policy Implementation," at Clark University's Master of Public Administration (MPA) Senior Leadership Residency program, May 2 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Ross advises businesses and other organi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Attorney General John M. Formella joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general today in a lawsuit opposing a new federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule that would prevent law-abiding citizens from privately selling firearms. "This new rule represents an illegal overreach by unelected federal officials and the unlawful suppression   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, following approval by members of the Executive Council, New Hampshire's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced $1,000,000 in funding to improve the statewide trail system following damage caused by historic rain and flooding events in 2023. Initial damage to the trail network occurred in July 2023, particularly within Pittsburg and Swanzey, and   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, following approval by members of the Executive Council, New Hampshire's Department of Environmental Services announced two items totaling $1,000,000 in funding to make lakes and waterbodies across the Granite State cleaner and healthier by reducing cyanobacteria blooms (otherwise known as blue-green algae). To date, cyanobacteria blooms have been documented in   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 1 -- The New Hampshire House Republicans issued the following statement on April 29, 2024, by House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn: * * * House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) released the following statement after the House Republicans successfully blocked passage of HB1650, relative to the approval of alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation, and HB1654, relative to review of education freedom account service providers. "An  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 1 -- The New Hampshire House Republicans issued the following joint statement on April 29, 2024, by House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Lynn, R-Windham: * * * House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Lynn (R-Windham) released the following joint statement in response to the NH Senate committee action to Interim Study HB1115, relative to the termination of tenancy a  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,997) on April 30, 2024, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * Petition for Approval of Retail Rate Adjustments and Property Tax Adjustment Order Approving Rate Adjustments In this docket, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty) filed a petition to adjust two charges--the Stranded Cost Charge (SCC) and the Trans  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,998) on April 30, 2024, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * 2023 Vegetation Management Program Plan Order Approving Reconciliation On March 15, 2024, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty) submitted its 2023 Vegetation Management Program (VMP) Plan. In order to reconcile its Calendar Year Calendar Year (CY)   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 27,000) on April 30, 2024, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * Request for Change in Distribution Rates Order Approving Proposals by the New Hampshire Department of Energy This order approves certain proposals made by the New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE), in relation to the instant rate case for Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 27,001) on May 1, 2024, involving the Town of Francestown: * * * Request for Approval of Francestown Community Power Plan Commission Approval of Community Power Aggregation Plan In this order, the Commission approves the Town of Francestown's (Francestown or the Town) Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan). I. BACKGROUND On March 25, 2024, Francestown submitted   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 28 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 24-067) on April 26, 2024, involving the City of Berlin: * * * Request for Approval of Berlin Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On April 24, 2024, the City of Berlin (Berlin) filed its Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (the Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall approve   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following gas order (No. 26,999) on April 30, 2024, involving Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. dba Liberty-Keene Division: * * * Summer 2024 Cost of Gas Order Establishing Cost of Gas Rates In this order, the Commission APPROVES the 2024 summer cost of gas (COG) rate proposed by Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Keene Division (Liberty Keene). The new cost   more

BRENTWOOD, New Hampshire, May 4 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: A jury in Rockingham County Superior Court today awarded $38 million to David Meehan, a victim of sexual and physical abuse while in State care at the Youth Development Center (YDC) in Manchester, New Hampshire. The verdict was calculated as follows: 1. $18 million in compensatory damages to compensate Meehan for his pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. 2. $20 million in "enhanced da  more