BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 21 -- The Business Network for Offshore Wind, an organization that expands the adoption of offshore wind energy, issued the following news release: The Business Network for Offshore Wind, the leading organization working to accelerate offshore wind energy deployment and build a dedicated domestic supply chain, welcomes yesterday's release by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of a new draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine. The draft WEA covers ove  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 18 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: "Great institutions are not stagnant. Great institutions will not stay great, in a moment like this, unless they evolve," President Sian Leah Beilock told the General Faculty on Monday, delivering her first State of the College address since taking office in June. More than 200 people attended the meeting in the Grand Ballroom of the Hanover Inn or watched via livestream. The General Faculty is made up of t  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: As people nationwide turned their eyes to the sky Oct. 14 for the first eclipse to pass over the United States since 2017, Professor of Physics and Astronomy Kristina Lynch--despite having a prime viewing spot in the New Mexican desert--mostly watched the ground. Amid the low dusky scrub stretching toward the shadowy bulge of the San Andreas Mountains, scientific instruments built in her lab at Dar  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 18 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Attorney General John M. Formella announces today, New Hampshire, along with 32 other attorneys general, has reached a settlement with health care clearinghouse Inmediata for a coding issue that exposed the protected health information ("PHI") of approximately 1.5 million consumers for almost three years. Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to overhaul its d  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 18 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Attorney General John M. Formella announces today that New Hampshire has joined a coalition of attorneys general in a $10 million settlement with payment processor ACI Worldwide over a 2021 testing error that led to the attempted unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion from the accounts of mortgage-holders. New Hampshire will receive $42,788.00 from the settlement.  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 20 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Attorney General John M. Formella, and New Hampshire Department of Safety Commissioner Robert L. Quinn announce today the establishment of the Northern Border Alliance Task Force composed of state, county, and local law enforcement officers. The Task Force will conduct patrols along the northern border to: reduce the instance of crim  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 17 -- The New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources Division of Historical Resources issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources has announced that the Scammon Farm Historic District in Stratham has been listed to the United States Secretary of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places. Richard Scammon (1623-1691) came from England with his family first to Boston and then to Portsmouth in 1665, settling in wh  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 21 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, a new report revealed that Donald Trump neglected to pay law enforcement officers from his June rally in Concord, who keep him and our communities safe -- while New Hampshire taxpayers footed the bill. RawStory (https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-rally-police-bills-concord/): New Hampshire town eats Trump security bills while Haley pays local police * Ni  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 20 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: Grants totaling $4,594,698 have been awarded this month to 21 New Hampshire school districts as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Stronger Connections grant program. Aiming to reduce the risk of gun violence in schools and communities and improve student health and safety, the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) previously launched a Request for Application notify  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 20 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: During its third year of implementation, more than 4,200 students from economically disadvantaged homes throughout New Hampshire are now enrolled in Education Freedom Accounts. Education Freedom Account enrollment jumped from 3,342 at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year to 4,211 at the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, which represents an increase of about 20 percent, or 869 s  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 20 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: Since 2018, New Hampshire has made substantial investments in the safety and security of its schools, allocating about $52.7 million in federal and state funds to ensure the safety of students and staff. "While New Hampshire remains the safest state in the country, we know that no state is immune from the potential for tragedy," said Governor Chris Sununu. "The safety of our kids alw  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 17 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: With facilitating support from The Conservation Fund, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHFG) purchased approximately 820 acres of land in Dummer, NH today. The expanse will be known as the Glover Farm Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and was acquired to protect its outstanding wildlife, water, and upland resources and to provide the public with recreational opportunities such as   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 19 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following water order (No. 26,895) on Oct. 17, 2023, involving Pennichuck East Utility Inc., and Pittsfield Aqueduct Co. Inc.: * * * Petition for Waiver and Increase to the Short-Term Debt Limit Order Nisi Approving Financing This order permits Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. & Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, Inc. to incur short-term debt up to 18 percent of its net fixed plant until June 30, 2025. The pe  more

BERLIN, New Hampshire, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The Community College System of New Hampshire issued the following news release: On Friday September 29, Dean Michele Dillon of the UNH College of Liberal Arts (COLA), held a reception to honor this summer's cohort of NH Humanities Collaborative (NHHC) student scholars and faculty mentors. This included 14 students and six faculty members from the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH). Supported through generous funding from the Andrew W. M  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: This year's rain, floods and freezing temperatures are a reminder farmers need many strategies to find resilient crops, especially for food production. Researchers at the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at the University of New Hampshire believe they have an excellent candidate--Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum), an underutilized and lesser-known crop with hi  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: U.S. Climate policies can offer options for putting climate change efforts into place that solve environmental problems like excessive carbon dioxide in the atmosphere created by greenhouse gas emissions. Research led by the University of New Hampshire took a closer look at what would happen to agriculture if there was an extra cost, or so-called social cost, added to fossil fuels, whic  more