CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 21 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: Recent assessment scores are showing an acceleration of growth for New Hampshire students, which now highlights a slow, upward recovery trend for two consecutive years. New Hampshire's preliminary performance scores from 2023 indicate modest improvements across nearly every grade level in math and reading, except for eleventh-grade SAT scores. "New Hampshire is bucking national tren  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 21 -- The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Trust for Public Land, Upper Saco Valley Land Trust and the State of New Hampshire announced the creation of the Dundee Community Forest spanning 1,250 acres in the Towns of Jackson and Bartlett. The newly conserved property connects to the White Mountain National Forest and the Tin Mountain Conservation Center's Jackson Field Station, whic  more