Category Archives: Around New England
New Identity for New Hampshire PBS Station
New Hampshire Public Television is changing its name to New Hampshire PBS on October 1, 2017. The change in name recognizes the strong relationship viewers express between New Hampshire Public Television and PBS. “New Hampshire Public Television has been a trusted … Continue reading
Investigation underway after police stop rabbi at gunpoint
New York assemblyman is demanding answers from Vermont State Police after he says a Brooklyn rabbi and his family felt “terrorized” by a trooper who ordered them out of their vehicle at gunpoint, and threw two of them down to … Continue reading
Weirs Drive-In Theater Back On The Market After Concerns Raised Over Native American Artifacts
During its 68-year run, the Weirs Drive-In Theater certainly played its fair share of “Indiana Jones” movies. Real life archeologists are also interested in what may be underneath the iconic outdoor movie theater’s thirteen paved acres. “I would characterize this site as … Continue reading
UK sustainable investment firm to acquire New Hampshire-based Company
Pax World Management, the Portsmouth-based firm that essentially created the sustainable investment industry, has agreed to be acquired by Impax Asset Management, a larger UK-based socially responsible investment firm, for at least $52.5 million, with a total eventual payout of … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, New Hampshire News
Tagged Impax Asset Management, NHBR, Pax World Management
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Hiker dies after becoming ill on New Hampshire mountain
SARGENT’S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a 66-year-old Maine man died after becoming ill while hiking up Mount Washington. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says Rolf Diamon, of Windham, Maine, was hiking up the Lion Head Trail … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, New Hampshire News
Tagged Maine, Mount Washington, Rolf Diamon, White Mountains, Windham
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Boston police arrest, charge man in murder of NH woman
Boston authorities have charged a man with Sunday’s murder of two people, including Michaela Gingras, 24, a Manchester, N.H., native who grew up in Goffstown and who was found shot in a Dorchester apartment building. Lance Holloman, 30, was arrested … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Crime
Tagged Boston, Lance Holloman, Michaela Gingras, Murder
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NH State Police planning Sobriety Checkpoint in Gilford
Belknap County Superior Court officials granted the order for the sobriety checkpoint because they believe it is an effective method of detecting and apprehending the impaired operators. The New Hampshire State Police have taken an aggressive stance on preventing intoxicated … Continue reading
NH shooting range shut down for now after bullet shatters windshield
EPPING (AP) — New Hampshire state police say shooting ranges at Sig Sauer Academy facing Route 101 have been shut down for now following their investigation of the origin of a bullet that went through a driver’s windshield in Epping … Continue reading
Chuck Schumer: “You know, we have three branches of government: we have a House, we have a Senate, we have a president.”
Ask someone to name the three branches of our federal government, and you might reasonably expect that most everyone in our nation would easily be able to answer such a simple question. Not so. Here was U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, … Continue reading
Business group wants NH to seek Amazon HQ2
PORTSMOUTH — A group of business people in the region is trying to persuade state officials to apply to Amazon to get the Seattle-based retailer to locate its second headquarters in New Hampshire. Several cities – Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Economy/Economics, Jobs/Unemployment
Tagged Amazon, HQ2
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The New Media Militia 