New Hampshire Category Archive

The Children’s Metamorphosis (Met) museum in Derry is in danger of closing after 16 years. According to an article in the Union Leader, the Met is hoping to raise $50,000 in pledges by the end of August. This would allow them to pay back rent and put them in a good position for the fall.
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Another NH locale has been recognized as a great place to live! This time it’s Hanover, coming in at #2 on Money’s “Best Places to Live 2007,” just behind the winner, Middleton, WI. To be eligible, towns had to have a population between 7,500 and 50,000.
At #85, Salem was the only other New Hampshire entry [...]

Seacoastonline.com has reported that New Hampshire ranks eighth in the nation for Internet access speed. Our median download speed is 2.7 mbps, compared to the US median of 1.9 mbps.
That sounds pretty good, but compare that to the other countries mentioned in the article:

Japan: 61 mbps
South Korea: 45 mbps
France: 17 mbps
Canada: 7 mbps

Pretty sad, huh? [...]

We’ve added the Nashua SummerFun 2007 event information to the SNHParents Calendar.
You can also find complete program information on the Nashua City Website.

Based on study of 44 factors, New Hampshire has been named the “Most Livable” state for the fourth year in a row in a study by Morgan Quitno Press. Rounding out the top five were MN, WY, UT and NJ.
From the press release:
“New Hampshire does an outstanding job in a number of quality of life [...]

Don’t forget that today’s Election Day. In some areas, polls opened at 6:00 and will remain open until 8:00 tonight. However, check the list below for hours at your polling places and times:
Click here for a list of polling places across New Hampshire.
The larger communities are divided into wards, each with a different polling place. [...]

A new report shows that graduates of NH colleges receive not only a degree, but also the highest level of education-related debt in the country. Graduates from NH state and private schools have an average of $22,793 in student loans. Compare this with Utah, which came in at the bottom (top?) of the list with [...]

When a baby is added to a family, we usually hear about the effects on the human members of the family. What little attention paid to the pets’ reactions is often focused solely on the animals. New Hampshire veterinarian and animal behavioralist Myrna Milani has written an article, Infants, Toddlers, Dogs, and the Human-Animal Bond, [...]

According to an article in NH Business Review, NH was among twenty-three states to receiving a failing grade in a study on nutrition done by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
However, there is a bright side: a new school food policy goes into effect tomorrow, July 1st. The article quotes the expiring [...]

From the 6/27 Union Leader:
For 4th year in a row, NH tops to raise kids
Despite a significant jump in its percentage of poor children, New Hampshire led the nation in a the annual Kids Count report on health and well-being of children and teenagers…The report measures each state’s progress on 10 statistics, including infant mortality, [...]