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A six-figure middle class

To be considered middle class in 2019, a household in New Hampshire needed a minimum annual income of $83,151. By 2023, that jumped to $108,470, according to new data from ConsumerAffairs, a journal of consumer research. That latest bit of data gives New Hampshire the distinction of having the second highest middle-class threshold rank in the United States, trailing only its neighbor Massachusetts.

Net metering in limbo

Net metering allows customers to receive credit for excess electricity they generate and then add back to the electrical grid. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in an early December decision let net metering stand at its current rate but left no assurances of what the future — if any — there is for continuing net metering.

The changing face of Cranmore

Cranmore Mountain Resort is no longer your father’s, or grandfather’s, cherished North Conway ski area. That’s not to say it’s not better. But it is certainly different. And the changes that have been implemented in many ways reflect the changing face of the ski industry.