NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, Dec. 3 (TNSper) -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: Colby-Sawyer College has hired Valerie Leclair of Windham, N.H., as its vice president for admissions and financial aid. Leclair, who will begin her role Jan. 3, comes to Colby-Sawyer with more than 20 years of experience in higher education enrollment. Most recently, Leclair served as the executive director of undergraduate and graduate admissions at Rivier University in Nashua, N.H., where she overs  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Striations and residue found on stone tools in China reflect harvesting methods. * * * A new Dartmouth-led study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvesting, dating to as early as 10,000 years ago. The researchers identified two methods of harvesting rice, which helped initiate rice domestication. The results are published in PLOS ONE. Wild ri  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 10 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * A new Dartmouth study investigates how social interaction is perceived. * * * Although people are generally predisposed to perceive interactions to be social even in unlikely contexts, they don't always agree on exactly which information is social, according to a new Dartmouth study. The findings show that much of the brain responds more strongly to information that is interpreted as socia  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Two Dartmouth professors were among 169 academic inventors named on Thursday as fellows by the National Academy of Inventors. Charles Sentman, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, and Charles Sullivan, a professor at Thayer School of Engineering, will be inducted as NAI Fellows at the organization's 12th annual meeting in June in Washington, D.C. "This year's  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: Governor Phil Scott today announced that the State of Vermont has hired The Hartford to create the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance Plan (VT-FMLI), a voluntary paid family and medical leave program that will give all working Vermonters access to affordable paid family and medical leave insurance by 2025. The innovative plan, similar to a previously proposed Twin State Volunta  more

KEENE, New Hampshire, Dec. 7 (TNSacc) -- Keene State College issued the following news: The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced that Keene State College is one of 55 providers from 28 states and the United Arab Emirates to receive accreditation for their educator preparation programs. The Fall 2022 review brings to 507 the number of providers approved under the CAEP Accreditation Standards. The rigorous, nationally recognized standards ensure excellence in ed  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 6 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, the Union Leader published an op-ed by former State Senator and candidate for Secretary of State Senator Melanie Levesque discussing her vision for improving the office and our election system. Read the full op-ed here (https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-eds/melanie-levesque-new-hampshire-needs-fresh-leadership-in-the-secretary-of-state-office/article_2c91154a-8cfb  more

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Coastal Program is excited to announce that four new grant projects have officially begun, providing $121,279 of federal grant funds and mobilizing $47,250 of local match, to enhance resilience of New Hampshire communities in the face of increasing coastal flood risks. Selected for funding as part of the 202  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 7 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following water order (No. 26,741) on Dec. 6, 2022, involving Hampstead Area Water Co. Inc.: * * * Request for Change in Rates Order on Motion for Confidential Treatment In this order the Commission grants, pursuant to N.H. RSA 91-A:5, IV and N.H. Admin. Rule Puc 203.08, a request for confidential treatment of certain proprietary information, including service agreement expenses, filed by Hamp  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 1 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,739) involving Low Income Electric Assistance Program: * * * 2021-2022 Program Administrative Budgets Order Approving 2021-2022 Administrative Budgets On September 30, 2021, the Commission approved the Electric Assistance Program (EAP) administrative budgets on an interim basis pending further proceedings. See Order No. 26,530. The parties submitted a consultan  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 6 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,740) on Dec. 5, 2022, involving the Town of Walpole: * * * Request for Approval of Walpole Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan In this order, the Commission approves the Town of Walpole's (Walpole) Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Plan). I. BACKGROUND On October 5, 2022, Walpole submitted a request for approval of a community power aggregation   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 2 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 22-072) involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * Petition for Approval of a Regulatory Asset and Petition for Waiver of Puc 2203.02(b)(5) COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE On October 27, 2022, Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) filed a petition requestin  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 2 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DE 22-072): * * * Re: Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy Petition for Approval of a Regulatory Asset and Petition for Waiver of Puc 2203.02(b)(5), Hearing Guidelines To the Parties: To facilitate the hearing scheduled in this matter, the Presiding Officer has adopted the following procedures. All participants will be expected to appear in pers  more

PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Plymouth State University issued the following news: Teaching lecturer and acclaimed writer, translator, librettist, creator, director, curator, performer, and producer Niloufar Talebi recently returned to the U.S. after six months abroad as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Fellow affiliated with Ilia State University in the country of Georgia and researching her next book. Talebi has been teaching lecturer at PSU since 2015 where she teaches the popular co  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Researchers from the University of New Hamsphire's Crimes against Children Research Center were instrumental in a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that presents ways to address the growing worldwide concern of keeping children safe online. "Technology can be a wonderful tool but it's important that we also make it a safe one," said David Finkelhor, professor o  more