Mara Hoplamazian

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Julia Vaz |Mara Hoplamazian

Local advocates and community members packed a meeting of the Mount Sunapee Advisory Commission Tuesday to voice concerns over the ski resort’s wastewater treatment system. According to representatives from the Newbury Conservation Commission, the resort’s 50-year old system might be leaking, contaminating local water bodies, including Lake Sunapee — the main source of drinking water for the town.

3 weeks ago | keenesentinel.com | Mara Hoplamazian

Scott Bailey is a retired Forest Service ecologist, not a detective. But for the last few years he’s been trying to solve a mystery in northern New Hampshire. The case involves a rare kind of willow tree and one underlying question: Where are all the male plants? Specifically, Bailey has been inventorying satiny willow trees, also known as Salix pellita. They’re more shrub than tree, native to northern parts of the United States, and shiny.

4 weeks ago | vnews.com | Mara Hoplamazian

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN New Hampshire Public Radio Published: 05-29-2025 11:00 AM New Hampshire energy regulators have rejected a proposal from Unitil to charge all customers in their area for the additional costs incurred by their own electricity supply programs, instead of just the customers enrolled in those programs. State officials, community power advocates, and...

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Mara Hoplamazian

Two New Hampshire communities have been awarded funding from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to help clean up contaminated sites known as brownfields. In Concord, a $678,000 grant will go towards cleaning up the former Concord Stables, a half-acre site that was originally used for city work horses and later as storage space.

1 month ago | seacoastonline.com | Mara Hoplamazian

New Hampshire energy regulators have rejected a proposal from Unitil to charge all customers in its service area for the additional costs incurred by its own electricity supply programs, instead of just the customers enrolled in those programs. State officials, community power advocates, and commercial suppliers had opposed that plan, saying it would harm competition in the energy industry and could violate state law.