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Squirrels cause more power outages than you might think

Unitil found squirrels cause 11 percent of routine power outages. They sneak around safeguards, chew on lines and build nests in the equipment.

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EDUCATION

Why this nonprofit is using power tools to empower girls

Girls at Work is using hands-on learning and the socratic method to give girls confidence and help them get jobs in the trades.
COMMENTARY | Senator David Watters and Andrea LaMoreaux

Cyanobacteria threatens New Hampshire’s iconic lakes. Two bills could help address the problem.

The president of NH Lakes and and a N.H. state senator say warmer winters show the need for New Hampshire’s business and tourism leadership to start advocating for solutions on climate change.

Manchester mayor aiming to raise money to address homelessness

On Monday, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais announced the rollout of his latest initiative designed to combat homelessness: auctioning off 15 unused city-owned properties.

HEALTH
Bees, bugs, and the fight over using drones to apply pesticides in N.H.
New Hampshire farmers could soon be allowed to use drones to apply pesticides without notifying their neighbors, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.

HOUSING
Charts: R.I. has second slowest rate of housing growth in the US
The overwhelming majority of the housing stock in New England was build prior to 1939, and Rhode Island and Massachusetts have the oldest units in the area.

Owner of auto dealership in Plaistow, N.H., arrested for allegedly not providing customer with vehicle title on time
Nicholas Giangarra, 29, of Newton, N.H., and owner of JTS Auto & Truck, was arrested on a warrant and charged with one count of Anti-Theft Laws: No Title To Transferee, NH State Police said Wednesday.

BUSINESS
Move over filet mignon, meet the man who wants to make ostrich meat a staple
A self-described “city boy” created an ostrich farm in rural N.H. He believes it will be a winning business that can help the environment and people’s health.

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TV news jobs are rife with noncompete agreements. Banning them could be a boon for journalists.

The change could give workers in broadcast media more flexibility at a time when it is harder than ever to build a sustainable career in media.

NH BUSINESS

Home prices in New Hampshire set yet another record in April

The upward price trend continued even as more houses came on the market

FOOD

Toast someone special with Limoncello Spritz

Fabrizia, the family-run limoncello company from Salem, N.H., offers a new option.

TRAVEL

Laconia, N.H., is a city on the lakes — and on the rise

If you’d mentioned Laconia to us in the past, we’d think Motorcycle Week, honky-tonk Weirs Beach, and a sorry-looking downtown. We kept an open mind on a recent visit and were impressed with the changes.

TRAVEL

Exeter, N.H.: Come for the history, stay for the food

The small town, at the confluence of the Squamscott and Exeter rivers, has historic mill buildings, well-preserved Colonial and Federal architecture, leafy parks and green spaces, and a compact, walkable downtown. And its culinary scene is exploding.

ENVIRONMENT

Proposed funding cuts threaten New Hampshire’s coastal resilience efforts

As sea levels keep rising, the New Hampshire Sea Grant is helping communities prepare and adapt. But proposed funding cuts threaten its programs.

NH BUSINESS

Diaper spa owner fined $10k by N.H. Board of Medicine

The fine is for advertising the highly unusual business as a “physician-run” salon in Atkinson, N.H.

What to know about the controversy over tolls at Mass. borders

State Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt stirred controversy when she suggested Massachusetts could start charging tolls to drivers entering its borders.