HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 18 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * - Robotic boats and aerial drones combine with water sampling to study eastern lakes * * * A team of scientists from research centers stretching from Maine to South Carolina will develop and deploy high-tech tools to explore cyanobacteria in lakes across the East Coast. The multi-year project will combine big data, artificial intelligence and robotics with new and time-tested techniques for lake sa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 16 -- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz is pleased to announce a new partnership with United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, a nonprofit organization--servicing individuals in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine--focused on creating community-based and community-led solutions that strengthen the cornerstones for a good quality of life: education, financial and health. On behalf of Mi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 14 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Attorney General's Charitable Trusts Unit announces the release of its Report on the Withdrawal of Littleton Hospital Association, Inc. from North Country Healthcare, Inc. The report is attached. The report describes the terms of the 2016 affiliation agreement among the four North Country hospitals as well as the challenges that still exist to provide healt  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 15 -- The New Hampshire Employment Security issued the following news release: New Hampshire's preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September 2019 was 2.5 percent, unchanged from the August rate, which remained at 2.5 percent after revision. The September 2018 seasonally adjusted rate was 2.4 percent. Seasonally adjusted estimates for September 2019 placed the number of employed residents at 753,200, an increase of 850 from the previous month and a  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 17 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DM 19-171) : To: Laura Zepeda, V.P ., Corporate Affairs, AGR Group Nevada, LLC, 6275 South Pearl Street, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89120 Re: AGR Group Nevada, LLC Application to Register as Provider of Electric Aggregation Service Dear Ms. Zepeda, On October 15, 2019, AGR Group Nevada, LLC (AGR) submitted an application with the Commission to register as a provider of electric agg  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 18 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DM 19-173) : To: Clinton Foster, AVP, Energy & Facilities, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Limited Partnership, 1100 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd., Ste. 1100, Nashville, TN 37203 Re: HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Limited Partnership Application to Register as Provider of Natural Gas Aggregation Service Dear Mr. Foster: On October 17, 2019, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Limited   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 15 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DM 19-166) : To: Ben Roushey, Controller Power Management Co.,LLC dlb/a PMC Lighisavers 1600 Moseley Road, Suite 100 Victor, NY 14564 Re: Power Management Co., LLC d/b/a PMC Lightsavers Application to Renew Registration as a Provider of Electric Aggregation Service Dear Mr. Roushey: On October 11, 2019, Power Management Co., LLC d/b/a PMC Lightsavers (PMC Lightsavers) submitted a  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 16 -- The New Hampshire State Senate issued the following news release: Today, Senate Democrats filed a comprehensive package of prescription drug reform initiatives that will make prescription medication more affordable and more accessible as well as increase accountability for pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit managers. The package includes efforts to: * Establish the Prescription Drug Affordability & Access Act of 2020 (importation of low-cost Rx dru  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 17 -- The New Hampshire State Senate issued the following news release: Today, Senate Democrats unveiled their 2020 agenda to tackle energy costs, advance clean energy jobs in New Hampshire, and combat the climate crisis right here in New Hampshire, including: * Granite State Ratepayer Protection Act of 2020 - prime sponsor Senator Dan Feltes: With the 3rdhighest electric rates in the nation, the highest growing portion of electric bills is regional transmission co  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 14 -- The New Hampshire State Senate President Donna Soucy, D-Manchester, issued the following statement: Today, NH Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers announced he would not be seeking renomination for the position. After the announcement, Senate President Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) released the following statement: "It has been a pleasure working with Commissioner Meyers to advance the best interests of New Hampshire citizens--wh  more

CONCORD, N.H., Oct. 16 -- The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration issued the following news release: * * * - NHDRA breaks down formula for calculating property taxes and agency's role as new municipal tax rates are released * * * The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (NHDRA) will begin releasing municipal tax rates this month. Anticipating inquiries related to property taxes, the agency and James Gerry, NHDRA's new director of the Municipal and Property Divisi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 17 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Stephen Stepanek on a joint Legislative Administrative Rules Committee vote: "Partisan Democrats, backed by special interests groups, continue to obstruct efforts to expand educational opportunity and choice. "By voting against the Department of Education's innovative Learn Everywhere program, Democrats are putting unions and their special interests ahead of students. "Children are  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Oct. 16 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: The Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to support the police and forensic examiners whose job it is to review child sexual abuse images as part of criminal investigations. Because of an online surge in these images and new high-tech police techniques to intercept them, a growing nu  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Oct. 16 [TNSenvironmentresearch] -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: As global temperatures continue to rise, the thawing of permafrost in Arctic areas is being accelerated and mercury that has been trapped in the frozen ground is now being released in various forms into surrounding waterways, soil and air. According to researchers at the University of New Hampshire, this process can result in the major transformation of the mercury into   more