HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 16 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Similar in size and density to Neptune, the planets orbit a young, sun-like star. * * * Using data collected by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, Jack Duranceau '23 this year added two new planets to the rapidly growing roster of such celestial bodies found in the universe. Because they are outside our solar system, they are known as exoplanets, and more than 5,000 have been co  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 13 (TNSsel) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees, in town to attend the June 11 Commencement and weekend celebrations at the graduate and professional schools, and to hold their annual June meeting, bestowed an honor on now-President Emeritus Philip J. Hanlon '77, who concluded a decade of service to Dartmouth as he marched off the Green with more than 2,000 newly minted graduates. They also heard reports on undergraduate st  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Chris Christie damaged New Jersey's economy by propping up the richest Americans and big corporations, while leaving working people in the dust. Christie proposed tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations at the expense of the middle class. Asbury Park Press: "New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unveiled a sweeping federal tax cut plan in New Hampshire on Tuesday that some say is   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 14 (TNSper) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: With extensive experience in the industry, and having served on multiple teams within the organization, O'Keefe was named executive director on June 1. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) is one of eight regional councils established to conserve and manage fishery resources within the federal 200-mile limit off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 15 (TNSper) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: With extensive experience in the industry, and having served on multiple teams within the organization, O'Keefe was named executive director on June 1. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) is one of eight regional councils established to conserve and manage fishery resources within the federal 200-mile limit off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 15 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Charitable Trusts Unit and Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau have completed their respective reviews of the proposed transaction between Exeter Health Resources, Inc. ("EHR"), including Exeter Hospital, Core Physicians LLC, and Rockingham VNA & Hospice, and Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc. ("BI  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 16 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that former Merrimack Police Officer Ryan Milligan pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors relating to fabrication of traffic warnings and misuse of driver records. On June 15, 2023, Mr. Milligan, age 36 and of Manchester, plead guilty pursuant to a negotiated resolution of the matter in the 6th Circuit-District Division - Concord to two clas  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 15 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,847) on June 14, 2023, involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * Petition for Rate EV-2 Tariff Page Correction Order Nisi Approving Tariff Page Correction This order nisi approves a request of Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) to modify its electric service tariff for Primary General Delivery S  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 15 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following water order (No. 26,846) on June 14, 2023, involving Hampstead Area Water Co.: * * * Request for Change in Rates - Step I Order of Suspension On May 15, 2023, Ms. Karen Steele filed a motion for rehearing of Commission Order No. 26,809 (April 28, 2023). Mr. Shawn O'Neil filed a letter in support of the motion the same day. The following day the Office of the Consumer Advocate filed a respons  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 16 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,849) on June 15, 2023, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp.: * * * Request for Change in Distribution Rates Order Approving Transfer of Issues and Addressing Intervention Concerns In this order, the Commission accepts Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty (Liberty)'s filing in Docket No. DE 23-039 as compliant with the dir  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 15 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following water order (No. 26,848) on June 14, 2023, involving Pennichuck Water Works Inc.: * * * Petition for Approval of Special Contract with Merrimack Village District, Inc. Order Nisi Approving Special Contract In this order, the Commission approves a special contract for the wholesale supply of water from Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. (PWW) to Merrimack Village District Water Works (MVD). On Dec  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 17 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,850) on June 16, 2023, involving Unitil Energy Systems Inc.: * * * 2023 Schedule for Default Service Order Approving Petition for August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024 Rates June 16, 2023 This order authorizes UES to recover the costs of power supply through energy service rates/1 for effect for the six-month period of August 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024. The table   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 12 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-058) involving the Town of Newmarket: * * * Request for Approval of Newmarket Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On June 5, 2023, the Town of Newmarket (Newmarket) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall approve   more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, June 14 (TNSres) -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release: Vermont Law and Graduate School's Environmental Advocacy Clinic, on behalf of forest protection group Standing Trees, submitted an objection with the U.S. Forest Service on Monday, seeking reconsideration of the flawed Peabody West Integrated Resource Project (Project) proposed for the White Mountain National Forest, near Gorham, New Hampshire. The Project would authorize more than 2,200-acres  more