Latest New Hampshire (NH) News

Payday lender can't charge 365 pct loan rate in NH
Forbes, NY -
By NORMA LOVE , 01.06.09, 04:16 PM EST New Hampshire's banking commissioner has denied a payday lender's request to charge 365 percent interest on --
Payday lender barred from 356% rate Nashua Telegraph
Payday lender denied Concord Monitor

Shaheen sworn in as NH's junior senator
NECN, MA -
(Lauren Collins, NECN: Manchester, NH) - Jeanne Shaheen is now New Hampshire’s junior senator, among the nine newly elected to take the oath of office --
Shaheen sworn in as NH's newest senator WCAX
New Senate to be sworn in Boston Globe
Shaheen sworn in to Senate Nashua Telegraph
The Union Leader - Politicker NH

NH asking for test toll at Mass. border
Eagle Tribune, MA -
By Terry Date New Hampshire is taking the first steps to placing a tollbooth on Interstate 93 near the Massachusetts border. Department of Transportation --
NH asking for test toll at Mass. border Boston Herald
It may cost $2 to drive into Mass. Concord Monitor
New I-93 toll eyed near Mass. border The Union Leader
The Union Leader

2 NH men charged with stealing firearms
WCAX, VT -
AP - January 6, 2009 4:45 PM ET CONCORD, NH (AP) - Two New Hampshire men face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of charges of stealing 70 firearms from --
Thieves Steal Cache Of Guns From Dealer's NH Home WBZ
Updated: Men arraigned in theft of 73 guns The Union Leader
Cache of stolen guns recovered in Manchester, NH WCAX

NH firm says its product thaws icy power lines
The Union Leader, NH -
Often, however, as with the historic ice storm in New Hampshire last month, the problem is ice on the trees, not ice on the lines. --
UNH, Dartmouth in new polar research agreements Chicago Tribune
Dartmouth to Lead Ice-Core Drilling Oversight Office Media Newswire (press release)

Rockefeller’s ex offers to return church to Cornish, NH
Boston Herald, United States -
By AP CORNISH, NH — The ex-wife of the man who called himself Clark Rockefeller has offered to give an historic church back to the New Hampshire town of --
Church may get new identity Concord Monitor

> Jim Roche: NH cannot tax businesses any more without doing harm
The Union Leader, NH -
What many people don't realize is that New Hampshire businesses are already the state's largest source of tax revenue. Businesses contribute more than $600 --
NH residents aren't alone in cap push The Union Leader

NH utilities, towns prepare for storm
Fox44 News, Vermont -
AP - January 6, 2009 5:25 PM ET NASHUA, NH (AP) - New Hampshire utilities and communities are preparing for the next winter storm, trying to remove weak --
NH students head back to school MSNBC
Snow and ice storm likely to hit NH on Wednesday The Union Leader
Ice Storm may extend NH school day NECN
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Strafford County, NH, announces cuts, layoffs
WCAX, VT -
AP - January 6, 2009 8:15 AM ET DOVER, NH (AP) - The economic slowdown has hit New Hampshire's Strafford County, which has laid off 20 employees. --
Strafford County cuts workers, open jobs The Union Leader
40 Strafford County Employees Laid Off WMUR
20 Strafford County layoffs confirmed; budget to be unveiled today Foster's Daily Democrat

NH Legislature to convene snow, or no snow
WCAX, VT -
AP - January 6, 2009 11:15 AM ET CONCORD, NH (AP) - New Hampshire's Legislature plans to comply with the state Constitution and convene Wednesday - snow or --