NHBR to co-host gubernatorial debate

New Hampshire Business Review has joined with New England College and four other news organizations as co-hosts of an Oct. 4 debate between the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor.

Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne will debate at NEC's Simon Center at noon Oct 4. NHBR, the Nashua Telegraph, Concord Monitor, WGIR radio and cable TV news station NECN are joining the Henniker college in presenting the debate.

The debate will be broadcast by WGIR and NECN.

Scott Spradling, former political director at WMUR-TV, will moderate. Questions will be prepared by a panel of journalists, and additional questions will be solicited from readers and listeners.Attendance at the debate is limited, and seats must be reserved in advance by emailing events@nec.edu