HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 (TNSJou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs, may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities, according to a new study published in Medical Care Research and Review. The nature of their work in providing essential care to patients in rather close proximity, and the limited access to personal protective equipment for some workers  more

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 (TNSPer) -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: Kimberly S. Adams, Ph.D., professor of political science at East Stroudsburg University, has been elected to the board of directors for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in Washington, D.C. She was elected to serve the Northern district which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Her term on   more

DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 (TNSJou) -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news release: Results from a new study co-led by researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery at Kuma Hospital in Kobe, Japan show that active surveillance can be successfully implemented as a viable treatment option for patients with low-risk thyroid cancer. The study is the first to specifically analyze patient retention and adherence in an ac  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 11 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issued the following news release on Dec. 10: Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and New Hampshire Bank Commissioner Gerald H. Little, announce that their agencies have joined with 52 other state regulators, 51 state attorneys general and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a settlement agreement with Nationstar Mortgage LLC, d/b/a Mr. Cooper, one of the largest mortgage servicers in t  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Governor Chris Sununu joined Governors Larry Hogan (MD), Asa Hutchinson (AR), Charlie Baker (MA), and Phil Scott (VT) in urging Congress to pass a new, bipartisan COVID-19 relief package immediately. "As Republican governors on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, we strongly urge Congress to pass a bipartisan agreement on a COVID-19 relief package this month. "More   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 12 -- The New Hampshire House Republicans issued the following news release: New Hampshire House leaders released the following statement in response to the Fiscal Committee voting 7-3 to accept more than $10 million in federal funding for the purpose of expanding charter school opportunities for New Hampshire students. Acting Speaker Sherman Packard (R-Londonderry): "Education is not a one-size-fits all system for our children. We have waiting lists to enter char  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of notice (No. IR 20-192) involving New Hampshire Renewable Energy Industry: Investigation into the Effects of the COVID-19 Emergency on the Renewable Energy Industry ORDER OF NOTICE On March 13, 2020, Governor Christopher T. Sununu, pursuant to his authority under Part II, Article 41 of the New Hampshire Constitution and RSA 4:45 and 4:47 (State of Emergency), issued Executive Order 202  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 12 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DE 20-054): Re: Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy 2020 Energy Service Solicitation Scheduling December 15, 2020 Hearing To the Parties: In Order No. 26,368 (June 18, 2020), the Commission approved Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy's (Eversource) competitive solicitation of energy supply for its large and small customer gr  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DE 20-053): Re: Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities 2020 Default Service Solicitations Scheduling December 11, 2020 Hearing To the Parties: In Order No. 26,372 (June 29, 2020), the Commission approved Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities' (Liberty) competitive solicitation of energy supply for its large and sm  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 12 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DG 19-126): Re: Northern Utilities, Inc. 2019-2024 Integrated Resource Plan Scheduling Working Group Sessions on January 6 and 26, 2021 To the Parties: On December 9, 2020, Commission Staff (Staff), with the assent of the parties, filed a letter requesting the Commission to schedule remote working group sessions in the above-captioned proceeding as follows: January 6, 2021, from 1  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DM 20-190): To: Graig Joyce, Single Source Energy Solutions, Inc., 7 Bay Cliff Circle, Plymouth, MA 02360 Re: Single Source Energy Solutions, Inc. Application to Renew Registration as Provider of Natural Gas Aggregation Services Dear Mr. Joyce: On December 3, 2020, Single Source Energy Solutions, Inc. (Single Source) submitted an application to the Commission to renew its registra  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DE 20-002): Re: Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. 2020 Least Cost Integrated Resource Plan Changing Start Time of January 11, 2021 Hearing To the Parties: By secretarial letter dated November 30, 2020, the Commission scheduled a hearing in the above-captioned matter on January 11, 2021, starting at 10:00 a.m. The Commission has changed the time of the hearing, so that the hearing will n  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 12 -- The New Hampshire State Senate issued the following news release on Dec. 11: Sente Republicans on the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee today voted to accept the first $10.1M of a record-setting $46M federal grant to expand public charter schools in New Hampshire, a move that had been held up since it was first announced in August 2019. Senate President Chuck Morse named Sen. Majority Leader Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) and Sen. Erin Hennessey (R-Littleton) to s  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 11 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Former Speaker of the New Hampshire State House, Steve Shurtleff, is calling for Governor Sununu to provide answers about the failure to prevent and contain a COVID-19 outbreak at the New Hampshire Veterans Home. In less than one month, 28 veterans have died from COVID-19 with 46 more veterans and 45 staff members testing positive. This has led to calls of concern from New Hampshire Senate   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 12 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut today praised the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee for its vote to accept the first $10.1 million installment of a $46 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand public charter school options in the Granite State. "Charter schools are an important piece of New Hampshire's public school system, providing options   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 12 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 11: The State Board of Education, on the recommendation of Commissioner of Education, Frank Edelblut, approved its first Learn Everywhere program for life and physical science by the New Hampshire Academy of Science. Learn Everywhere, an innovative education program unique to New Hampshire, allows students to earn credit for learning outside of the classroom. The program, whic  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 (TNSGra) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release on Dec. 8: Scientists from the University of New Hampshire have received a five-year, $425,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to plan logistics for retrieving environmental samples in ice that could unlock the secrets of Earth's last warm period and help with future climate change projections. Research Project Managers Joe Souney and Mark Twickler will be part of a multi-inst  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 11 (TNSPer) -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE), the major coordinating body for the nation's colleges and universities. Crutcher will begin his term in March 2021. He will succeed Paul J. LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, and will serve for one year. Crutcher currently serves  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 9 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release on Dec. 8: Antarctica's next deep ice core, drilling down to ice from 130,000 years ago, will be carried out by a multi-institutional U.S. team at Hercules Dome, a location hundreds of miles from today's coastline and a promising site to provide key evidence about the possible last collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The National Science Foundation has funded the roughly five-year, $3 million pr  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, Dec. 10 (TNSPer) -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release: The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents has appointed Dr. Gregory Fowler as the next president of University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC). Fowler, currently the president of Southern New Hampshire University Global Campus, will begin his tenure as UMGC president on January 4. Fowler has served as president of Southern New Hampshire University's (SNHU) Global Campus s  more