RINDGE, New Hampshire, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Steve Duprey, president of Concord-based The Duprey Companies and a former New Hampshire Republican National Committeeman, is Gov. Christopher Sununu's pick to chair the Pease Development Authority board of directors. Duprey, confirmed by the governor's Executive Council on March 9, succeeds Kevin Smith, who resigned his role as PDA chair in February, as well as his job as town manager in Londonde  more

NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, March 23 (TNSfund) -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: Colby-Sawyer College is set to receive $1.5 million in federal funding to support the construction of a new home for its School of Nursing & Health Sciences. The $1.5 million, allocated as part of the 2022 government funding legislation signed into law last week by President Joe Biden, is among more than $62 million being directed toward New Hampshire-based projects as a result of the advocacy of U  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, March 25 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Dartmouth will welcome 25 young African leaders this summer for a two-week leadership and professional training program sponsored by the U.S. State Department. This marks the return of a global initiative to bring leaders from Africa to Dartmouth since the last cohort visited campus in the summer of 2018. Dartmouth is one of eight educational institutions across the country that will host the Alumni Enrich  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, March 26 (TNSRep) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Experts say only a brief window of time is left to respond. * * * A dire report from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) focuses on the impacts that will occur from climate change and discusses opportunities for adaptation. When the report was released in late February, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it "an atlas of human suffering and a damn  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, March 22 (TNSJou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Professor Feng Fu's lab uses mathematical models to upend the "median voter theorem." * * * A long-standing theorem in the study of American politics holds that candidates will run to the middle in an attempt to win support from the average voter. But a mathematical model developed by a team in Associate Professor of Mathematics Feng Fu's lab found that growing voter polarization, impedim  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, March 22 (TNSconf) -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Lycoming College is excited to welcome Stephanie Brockmann, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics at the University of New Hampshire, as a guest speaker of the economics department. Her talk, titled "Keeping the Cup Full: Addressing Barriers to Sustainable Coffee Production in Less Developed Economies," is scheduled for April 5, 5:30 p.m. in Krapf Gateway Center's Trogner Presentation room. This free  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 23 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 22, 2022: The New Hampshire Democratic Party today is launching a brand new website and digital ad campaign highlighting how all three Republican US Senate candidates are competing for Mitch McConnell's support -- by selling out New Hampshire to McConnell and his corporate special interest backers. These are the first ads of this campaign cycle released by the New Hampshire Democra  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 24 (TNStalk) -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on March 23, 2022: * * * This morning, Politico reported that another extreme candidate is considering jumping into the chaotic and messy Republican Senate primary. In response to the news, NHDP Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement. "This is just the latest sign that Republicans are unhappy with their unknown and widely disliked field of candidates and that this messy   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 26 (TNStalk) -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * In response to the New Hampshire House Democratic Caucus voting to keep Representative David Cote as House Democratic Leader, NHDP Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement. "I want to congratulate House Democratic Leader David Cote on the House Democratic caucus' vote of confidence in him continuing to lead through the end of this term. "I am confident that Leader   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 26 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Eric Spofford, founder and former CEO of Granite Recovery Centers, New Hampshire's largest addiction treatment provider which received over $3 million no-bid from Governor Chris Sununu -- to whom Spofford has donated tens of thousands of dollars -- was credibly accused of sexual misconduct by multiple survivors employed at or in treatment at one of his recovery centers. NHPR reported the r  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 24 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: Twelve years ago today with the help of Democrats, President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act, which has substantially lowered the cost of health care for many Granite Staters. Today's anniversary is also a reminder that every single NH GOP Senate candidate would vote with Mitch McConnell to overturn the ACA, raising health care costs and ending protect  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 25 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: In case you missed it, NHDP Chair Ray Buckley, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy, NHDP Veterans and Military Families Caucus Co-Chair Maura Sullivan, and UNH College Democrats President Heath Howard gathered virtually today to discuss SB 418, a Republican-sponsored voter suppression bill that could take away the right to vote for active duty military service members and  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 25 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: On Tuesday, New Hampshire Public Radio broke a groundbreaking story investigating GOP donor Eric Spofford for multiple accusations of sexual assault and misconduct by employees and clients of the addiction treatment company he founded. In addition to being a prolific donor to New Hampshire Republicans, Spofford has touted his close relationship with high-ranking government officials as par  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 25 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) announced today that Governor Chris Sununu and the Executive Council at their meeting on March 23, approved $4,289,000, in a combination of grant and loan funds, for the Town of Charlestown for needed water system improvements. NHDES provided the funding through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) and  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 22 -- The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: The N.H. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has opened its Fiscal Year 2022 Conservation License Plate fiscal year 2022 grant round and is now accepting letters of intent for projects seeking funding to support the restoration, preservation and / or conservation of publicly owned items significant to New Hampshire's cultural heritage. Three of the DNCR  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 22 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following news: Tom Sherman launched the first Facebook ads of his campaign, and they don't exactly live up to doctor's orders for the prescriptions of a winning campaign. According to publicly available data from Facebook's ad archive, in one ad New Hampshire clocks in at #20 for states where the ad is targeted to be shown, trailing far behind liberal states like California, New York, New Jersey, and Michigan.   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: In New Hampshire, the state mask mandate was lifted in April of 2021. As of last month, the Granite State no longer recommends masks indoors at all. Even Washington, D.C. has lifted their mask mandate. Hard-working men and women have been going to work for a year now across New Hampshire, regardless of the onerous restrictions forced on them by their elected governments. Yet, in March of 20  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Gas prices are out of control in New Hampshire and around the country. Maggie Hassan, who has one of the most anti-American energy voting records in the Senate, has been trying to gaslight voters with a gimmick gas tax holiday. Which is funny, of course, because she personally profits from the oil and gas companies - it's a win-win for her! But this week, when confronted with a straightforw  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Vulnerable Senate Democrats are heading for trouble this November. Biden's approval rating is severely underwater in battleground states like Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Georgia, and New Hampshire. Biden's approval rating is only positive in 6 of the bluest states in the country. Here's a look at the latest survey from Civiqs: View table here: https://www.nrsc.org/press-releases/vulnerable-s  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The NRSC released a video exposing Joe Biden and the Senate Democrats' hypocrisy on American energy. They say gas prices are too high and that they're searching for solutions. Well, the first step to finding a solution is identifying a problem. And if they want to find the problem, they should look in the mirror. Additionally, the NRSC released videos highlighting rising gas prices in Arizon  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, March 24 (TNSconf) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Kenya's representative to the United Nations, president of a nonprofit serving people with intellectual, developmental and personal challenges, and partner-in-charge of the seventh largest law firm in the U.S. will address University of New Hampshire graduates at commencement ceremonies across its three campuses this May. All speakers are awarded honorary degrees. UNH-Martin Kimani '  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, March 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: The dramatic toll that COVID-19 has taken on the U.S. is apparent, but as caseloads come down and mandates are loosened it has become increasingly obvious how much of an impact the pandemic had on food service workers in industries like the fisheries. A study from the University of New Hampshire looked at the direct and indirect effects of the global pandemic on U.S. seafood workers by  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 25 (TNSconf) -- The University of New Hampshire School of Law issued the following news on March 24, 2022: John Greabe, professor of law and director of the Warren B. Rudman Center, will participate in a panel discussion on civic strength on April 5, from 6 to 7 pm, at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. Sponsored by NH Civics and NHPR, Building Civic Strength: NH Community Conversations is a series of candid discussions on how people and communities in New   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 22 (TNSPar) -- Wake Technical Community College issued the following news: Wake Tech Community College and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) have announced a new partnership and articulation agreement that provides direct transfer opportunities between the two institutions, in the spirit of academic cooperation. Under the agreement, students from Wake Tech will be able to transfer up to 90 credits and complete their bachelor's degree online with Southern N  more