KEENE, New Hampshire, July 22 -- Antioch University New England issued the following news release: Mike Akresh in the woodsWe sat down for a quick, get-to-know-you interview with Mike Akresh, new Environmental Studies faculty member at Antioch University and instructor for Ornithology and Quantitative Research Strategies. Mike joined Antioch from a post-doc at UMass and specializes in ornithological research. We caught Mike just after his return from the American Ornithological Society confere  more

KEENE, New Hampshire, July 29 -- Antioch University New England issued the following news release: Department of Clinical Psychology Professor Emerita, Gargi Roysircar, EdD, and students will be presenting and/or attending several events during the month of August. Friday, August 9th, 9:00-9:50 am. Gargi Roysircar presents in Susan Morrow Symposium on Social Justice, Collision of social justice concerns with scientific research concerns. Friday, August 9th, 4:00-6:00 p.m. APA/American Psychol  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, July 25 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of the brightest young stars known, according to a study published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Aged at approximately 45 million years old, the star and its planet could provide valuable information on how planetary bodies form. Known as an exoplanet because it is outside of the solar system, the planet was found as   more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, July 24 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: A new study could hold the key to learning languages, teaching children colors or even studying complex theories. The research, published in Cognitive Science, adds to the existing evidence that adults, children and students of all ages learn better when seeing an object before hearing its description. The study builds on past research by focusing on learning in "inconsistent" environments featuring differe  more

KEENE, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Keene State College issued the following news release: Halie Martineau '20 and Glenna Taylor '20, both Keene State computer science majors, are spending their summers participating in undergraduate research programs funded through the National Science Foundation. For ten weeks, Halie is living and working at the University of Connecticut and Glenna is doing the same at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The students were first introduced to th  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 29 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: * * * - Unhealthy Air Pollution Levels Predicted for Tomorrow * * * The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) is expecting air pollution concentrations to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive individuals in Coastal Rockingham County on Tuesday, July 30. This includes the city of Portsmouth and the towns of Hampton, Hampton Falls, New Castle, North   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release, dated July 26: A cyanobacteria bloom has been observed on Dublin Pond. Samples have not been collected by NHDES at this time. Photos revealed that the bloom appears to be concentrated at the surface. Surface blooms can rapidly change and accumulate in various locations around a waterbody. As a result, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) has issu  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release, dated July 26: A cyanobacteria bloom has been observed on Greenwood Pond. Samples have not been collected by NHDES at this time. Photos revealed that the bloom appears extensive, and similar to conditions on this pond last summer when there was an advisory. Surface blooms can rapidly change and accumulate in various locations around a waterbody. As a result, the New Hamps  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: Elevated concentrations of cyanobacteria are present in Long Pond in Henniker, NH. The bloom appears as small chunks of blue-green flecks throughout the water. Samples were collected from the boat launch and the deep site of the lake on 7/31/2019 and concentrations exceeded the State threshold of 70,000 cells/ml of cyanobacteria. Samples contained Oscillatoria/Planktothrix  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release, dated July 26: A cyanobacteria bloom has been observed on Marsh Pond. Surface samples have not been collected by NHDES at this time. A deep layer of Oscillatoria (Planktothrix isothrix) was >150,000 cells/ml, and has been observed to come to the surface at certain times of the day. Surface blooms can rapidly change and accumulate in various locations around a waterbody. A  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has REMOVED a cyanobacteria advisory issued on 7/26/2019. The advisory was issued based on photos showing large surface globs of blue-green (cyano) bacteria. Samples collected 7/30/2019 from the beach and boat revealed that the cyanobacteria were Oscillatoria/Planktothrix. While the bloom has dissipated and is n  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has REMOVED a cyanobacteria advisory issued on 6/26/2019. Samples collected 7/26/2019 contained 47,000 cells/ml of cyanobacteria. While the bloom has mostly dissipated at this time, DES advises that lake-goers look out for green surface accumulations or green water throughout the pond. Please continue to monitor  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release: * * * - Website details proposed decreases for health plans to be sold in NH * * * The federal government has published information on proposed rates for New Hampshire's health insurance exchange (HealthCare.gov) in 2020. The New Hampshire Insurance Department looks at premiums each year from a market-wide perspective, comparing the median premium for an on-exchange silver-level pl  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following gas order (No. 26,280) involving Liberty Utilities: This order exempts from public disclosure certain supplier and pricing information filed by Liberty Utilities. This order also confirms that competing gas suppliers will not be permitted to view each other's confidential information during this proceeding. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On December 22, 2017, Liberty Utilities (Energy North Natural Gas  more

NASHUA, New Hampshire, Aug. 3 -- The Community College System of New Hampshire issued the following news release: For many students, summer serves as an opportunity to catch up on their learning to prepare for the upcoming school year. The Nashua School District has been running the Power Scholars Academy each July since 2015 to help students in grades 1-8 be ready for the fall. This year, the district worked with Nashua Community College (NCC) to add a new dimension to the Academy, focusing on  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesperson Holly Shulman on New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu's poll tax and vetoes of legislation that restore voting rights: "Chris Sununu just reaffirmed that he wants to institute a poll tax for certain Granite Staters he doesn't agree with politically. "Most Republicans who are attempting to strip Americans of their right to vote try to be coy about it. But not Chris Sununu. Sununu lai  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: On Thursday, August 1, more than 100 youth will gather at New England College in Henniker for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Youth Voices Summit. The theme for this year's 15th annual summit, developed by youth, is "Rap Music," which will highlight the positive aspects of this art form as a me  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 29 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Stephen Stepanek regarding the minimum wage bill: Last week, Congressman Chris Pappas and his House Democrat colleagues passed a job-killing $15-an-hour minimum wage bill (H.R. 582) while the Puritan Backroom, Congressman Pappas' restaurant, has a job listing out this week with a starting wage of $12.50 an hour. "In a booming economy, Congressman Chris Pappas wants to do everything   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: GOP Governors are in agreement: it's time for Congress to review and ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Following last month's release of a letter of support signed by all 28 Republican governors, two of the most popular governors in the country are teaming up to keep the pressure on to pass USMCA. Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire and Governor Phil Scott of Vermont penned  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, July 31 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: As the Trump administration opens millions of acres of once protected land and coastline for oil and natural gas exploration, there is mounting concern about the potential impact on the environment as well as those who enjoy the outdoors. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire took a closer look at one of these industries, shale natural gas energy development (SGD),   more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, July 29 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Pathologists with the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire have identified the first reported virus in chimney swifts, a small bird that catches insects and spends most of its life airborne. The finding may represent the first member of an entirely new group of adenoviruses. Chimney Swift Adenovirus 1 (CsAdV-1) was diagnosed in f  more