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Trans teens file lawsuit challenging New Hampshire law banning them from girls’ sports
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — The families of two transgender teens in New Hampshire filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new state law that bans them from playing on girls’ sports teams at their public high schools. The issue of how to treat transgender athletes has been fiercely debated...
Catch These 5 New England Food Truck Festivals This Summer & Fall
There’s a handful of New England Food Truck Festivals rolling into towns near you this August, September, and October. They’re all part of Food Truck Festivals of America, who’ve been bringing dozens of trucks to feed tens of thousands of people in the region for over a decade. They recently kicked off their 2024 season with their 12th annual Cape Cod Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival.
New England’s Largest Candy Store is Home to Over 7,500 Sweet Treats
Do you gravitate towards chocolates? Gummies? Sweet? Sour? Hard candies?. This writer used to be a diehard fan of all things chocolate (still is, really). However, she's since gone down the sour route, and will never say no to a bag of Sour Patch Watermelon. Thankfully, for us candy lovers,...
August 2024: CDC Says New Hampshire and Maine Have ‘Very High’ COVID Levels
The CDC, according to WMUR, is reporting "very high" COVID levels in New Hampshire and Maine. The Association of American Medical Colleges, (AAMC) says that as of the beginning of August, 2024, the percentage of people reporting positive for COVID was at the highest point since January of 2022. Hospital visits due to COVID-19 have also increased.
Developers break ground on first net-zero NH housing units geared towards middle class
Developers, clean energy advocates and public officials celebrated the groundbreaking Wednesday for New Hampshire’s first net-zero energy housing development geared toward middle-class home buyers. The 26 market rate duplexes, developed by Aspire Residential, are designed to produce or save as much energy as they consume. They are expected to...
NH Board of Education OKs updated minimum standards for schools despite public backlash
The N.H. Board of Education voted Wednesday morning to approve a new set of minimum standards for schools, despite sharp criticism from educators and the public. Now, the proposal goes to the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, which will ultimately decide if the proposal is adopted, based on whether the revisions comply with state law. JLCAR is scheduled to review the proposal on Sept. 19. ...
'Food stamps don’t hack it:' Coös County residents experience highest rates of food insecurity in NH
This story is part of a series on NHPR's Morning Edition in which we explore how people are addressing food insecurity in New Hampshire. Tell us your thoughts on local food access at voices@nhpr.org. It’s a bright Saturday afternoon, and people are lined up inside the fire station on main...
Lindsey Stepp appointment to Department of Revenue Administration renewed
CONCORD — Lindsey Stepp, of Holderness, was recently re-nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu and confirmed by the New Hampshire Executive Council on Wednesday, Aug. 7, to continue serving as commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. Stepp, NHDRA’s first female commissioner, began her tenure as commissioner in...
Editor’s Notebook: Guys, I’m just not sure about the whole ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ thing
Like the rest of the country, New Hampshire has been bitten by trickle-down economics over the years, most recently with a series of business tax cuts that have not exactly been awesome for the good people of the state. A thorough assessment of those cuts conducted last summer by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute […]
Democratic voters in NH weigh electability and name recognition in primary for governor
James Fieseher went to the Dover Democrat’s Gubernatorial Forum on Tuesday to figure out who he would support in the Democratic primary for the next governor of New Hampshire. The retired doctor and Dover resident is leaning towards one of the two women in the race, former mayor of Manchester Joyce Craig and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington. While policy, particularly healthcare, is important to him, he said he’s looking for the “total picture.” ...
Racial profiling ban, AI guardrails, trespass signs: Bill signings you may have missed
As the State House voting chambers lie empty this summer, Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk has been flooded. Hundreds of bills passed by lawmakers in late spring have circulated from the Office of Legislative Services to the Secretary of State’s Office to the House speaker, the Senate president, and finally over to Sununu, who has signed the majority that have reached him. Some signings, such as a group of bills in July limiting transgender rights in the state, have attracted...
Karyn Gattermann: Ashland Zoning Board made correct decision Aug. 8
First, the owners of the Dew Drop In could continue their business by moving their food truck to an appropriate location per the Ashland zoning ordinances. Second, the owners were told about one year before opening their business, the process that was required to open their business in a rural residential zone and they chose not to follow the legal path and opened the business anyway at the current location. They did not pursue the special exception process, nor obtain any of the several building permits that were required before opening their business at the current location. Only after the town made it clear to them that they were in violation, and the town would pursue enforcement of the zoning ordinance, did they retrospectively follow the legal process required. Had they followed the process to begin with they would have known in advance that the location they chose was not appropriate for this business and could have opened the business in a legal location.
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