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NH NEWS
Staffing shortage at N.H. men’s prison worsens with National Guard gone
The problem has long raised safety concerns among some corrections officers, who now say the problem has reached a critical point.
NH NEWS
Rare Wyeth painting bought for $4 at N.H. thrift store sells for $150,000 at auction
The auction house said the N.C. Wyeth work had been procured at “an antique shop” in Manchester. By that, they meant the local Savers secondhand store.
NH NEWS
Incandescent lightbulbs were being banned. A N.H. man spent $1,700 to hoard thousands of them.
“It’s the gold standard at producing a sunlight-quality color, whereas LEDs . . . often they’re casting out more of a bluish-green light, which is just terrible,” said Kevin Szmyd, 25, of Portsmouth, N.H.
Home insurance companies have pulled out of high climate-risk states. Could that happen in New England?
In the last year, multiple homeowners insurance companies stopped writing policies in states facing high risks of extreme weather events fueled by climate change. A dramatic exodus is unlikely in New England, but risks are rising.
State Street to bring employees back to the office four days a week
Managers will be expected to adopt the new cadence in October, with all other employees to follow in November.
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Extreme weather forces New England farmers to be more collaborative than ever
Our farm has bountiful tomatoes and squash but an iffy corn crop. Next door the story might be the opposite.
Witches and love spells abound in NH author’s cozy, queer rom-com
In “This Spells Disaster,” Tori Anne Martin brews magical mixups in new unabashedly ‘fluffy’ new novel.
NH BUSINESS
‘Not acceptable’: N.H. organic certification program at risk of shuttering
Local farmers say the loss could harm their businesses, forcing them to pay more on out-of-state certification or lose their organic certification all together.