Sununu Blasts Democrats in New Fundraising Appeal

Former Governor and new Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee John Sununu blasts Democrats in Concord in a new fundraising e-mail obtained by NowHampshire.com.
“Today, I officially came out of ‘political retirement’ to accept election as Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party,” Sununu writes in the e-mail. “I am doing this because [...]

Boston Globe cutting nearly 20% of staff over 3 months

Less than a month after Pew Research published its finding that Americans now get more of their news online than from newspapers, the Boston Globe has announced further staff cuts. The slashing of up to 50 jobs from the current full-time staff of 379 will be the fifth major staff reduction for the paper since [...]

NH Senators push for F-22 and 7,000 NH jobs

Sen. Judd Gregg and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen are among 44 members of the United States Senate who are urging President Obama to continue the production of the F-22 Raptor fighter. Nearly 7,000 New Hampshire residents work on the fighter that was developed to replace the Air Force’s F-15 fighter jets that first entered service in [...]

Six Towns Send Engines to Portsmouth Fire

A fire broke out just before sunrise this morning in Portsmouth, bringing in firefighting crews from six different towns. Firefighters from Portsmouth, Dover, Kittery, York, New Castle and Newington battled the blaze at 827 State Street until it had been extinguished around 9:00 A.M. this morning.

All of the residents of the apartment building made it [...]

NH’s Gay Bishop to Participate in Inauguration

New Hampshire’s openly gay and now world famous Episcopal Bishop, Rev Gene Robinson, will lead a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial during the inauguration events for Barack Obama’s innaguration. Both President Elect Barrack Obama and Vice President Elect Joe Biden will attend Rev. Robinson’s prayer on Sunday the 18th to give way to the upcoming [...]

Groups unite to address health care and the economy

Over the last few years, few issues have been as important in national politics as health care has. Obama and Hillary very publicly sparred over it in the primaries and Republicans offered their own ideas as well. Now in a sagging economy where neighbors are losing their health care coverage and costs are still rising, [...]

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Unitil CEO Apologizes for Length of Blackout

The CEO of Unitil apologized by letter to New Hampshire customers after what he said was “the worst and most damaging ice storm we have ever seen.” Unitil is one of the four electric utility companies in the state and Robtert G. Schoenberger, has been the CEO since joining the utility company in 1997.