The amount of construction and demolition debris handled in New Hampshire has increased by 50 percent over the last two years, yet there are fewer ways to dispose of it. New Hampshire lawmakers recently passed a moratorium on burning it.…
Dr. Karol LaCroix once looked through microscopes as a medical technologist. Now she views the world through a much larger lens as president of the newly renamed Granite State College, formerly the College for Lifelong Learning. Sometimes forgotten as New…
Writing a column is interesting business. Often, people comment that they have read it, bringing to mind that early advice I was given when this started: “Be careful what you say, someone might be reading it!” After writing my last…
Although there were few utility bills that attracted much attention during the recently completed state legislative session, the General Court did address a number of issues relating to utilities. The bill with perhaps the most far-reaching ramifications for telephone utilities…
Bob Anderson drives his US Cellular mobile unit carefully, with one eye on the road, the other on his computer screens, and his mind on problems he hopes the company’s customers will never discover. “Most of what I’m looking at…
To the editor: The Base Realignment and Closure Commission has heard loud and clear how the state of New Hampshire feels about the Secretary of Defense’s recommendation that the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard should be closed. Now it’s time to tell…
In the most recent legislative session, one of the topics that put New Hampshire lawmakers through the wringer was getting a handle on the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums. The debate over malpractice premiums is being played out…
Mixed review State Republican Party Chair Warren Henderson may have not have sent the precise message he wanted to when asked to respond to the recent suggestion that U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg might make a good replacement for Sandra Day…
Last month there was a new wrinkle in the debate over national forest management. In an attempt to save money, New Hampshire’s U.S. Sen. John Sununu, through an amendment to a federal spending bill, proposed to limit construction of new…
Move over Claremont and the other so-called property-poor towns that started the still-unresolved Claremont education-funding lawsuit. A new gang of towns - the self-styled New Hampshire Communities for the Adequate Funding of Education - are about to ride into court.…
