CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 27 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: Cheri Patterson, Acting Marine Division Chief at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, has been promoted to Chief. She will take over the position following the retirement of Douglas Grout in November of 2019. Patterson has been at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department in various positions for over 40 years and has a wide range of experience. Patterson served as the Supervisor  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 TNSmedicalresearch] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * - Information Intended to Debunk Myths May Have Spillover Effects * * * When disease epidemics and outbreaks occur, conspiracy theories often emerge that compete with the information provided by public health officials. A Dartmouth-led study in Science Advances finds that information used to counter myths about Zika in Brazil not only failed to reduce misperceptions but also redu  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Researchers have developed a process that could sharply reduce the work involved in computational protein design, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The technique uses 3D structural models to project how novel combinations of molecular blocks might work together to achieve a desired effect. The advancement, which focuses on a relatively small numbe  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Each day, humans and animals rely on habits to complete routine tasks such as eating and sleeping. As new habits are formed, this enables us to do things automatically without thinking. As the brain starts to develop a new habit, in as little as a half a second, one region of the brain, the dorsolateral striatum, experiences a short burst in activity. This activity burst increases as   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Gov. Chris Sununu is having a no-good, horrible, very bad day. For the first time since 2010, more Democrats than Republicans are registered to vote in New Hampshire and Sununu's disapproval rating is at an all-time high. Democratic voters in New Hampshire are fired up about voting Republicans out of office: the week of the presidential primary, Democratic party registration rose from 276,385 to 324,593, a re  more

KEENE, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 -- Keene State College issued the following news release: Keene State College is pleased to announce that Mr. Peter McBride has been appointed to lead Keene State College's Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Peter will take on the role of endowed director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on July 1, 2020. After growing up in the context of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, Peter became a post-conflict mental health specialist w  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 27 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Governor Chris Sununu has directed flags to be flown at half-staff on Saturday, February 29th, in memory of Captain Ryan S. Phaneuf of Hudson, New Hampshire, who was killed in a plane crash on Monday, January 27, while serving in Afghanistan. "Captain Phaneuf made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may continue to live freely," said Governor Chris Sununu. "Captain Phaneuf was an Am  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 25 -- The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: More than 2,600 New Hampshire residents died from heart disease in 2018, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), making it the leading cause of death in New Hampshire. That marks the first time in over a decade that heart disease surpassed cancer as the leading cause of death. February is American Heart Month, making it an ideal   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 26 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,334) involving Public Service Company Of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy: Petition for License to Construct and Maintain Electric Lines Over and Across Franklin Pierce Lake in the Town of Antrim Order Nisi Granting License This order grants Eversource a license to construct and maintain an existing 115 kV electric transmission line over and across the public water  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DG 19-161): RE: Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities Request for Change in Rates Docket Closure To the Parties: On February 18, 2020, Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. ("Liberty") filed a notice of withdrawal of its gas distribution rate increase filing "after careful consideration of the issues raised at the prehearing conferen  more

MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, Feb. 27 -- NiSource, a regulated utility company, issued the following news: NiSource announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Eversource Energy will acquire Columbia Gas of Massachusetts' business. Eversource is New England's largest energy delivery company serving approximately 4 million electricity, natural gas and water customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With Columbia Gas, Eversource will serve 626,000 natural gas   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news: * * * - Panel Discussion Set for Monday, March 2, 4-6 p.m. * * * University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy will be joined by Greenfield Community College President Yves Salomon-Fernandez and Southern New Hampshire University President Paul J. LeBlanc for a panel discussion, "Higher Education in a Time of Social Change," from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 2, in th  more