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LtoR: Joanne Lenke (volunteer, toys purchaser), Adam Shapiro (store manager), and Karen Terry (volunteer, jewelry purchaser). Terry and Lenke are wearing necklaces purchased at the shop.

'The gem and the tiara' of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center turns 60

Olivia Richardson

The medical center’s volunteer-run gift shop has a bit of everything for patients, medical staff and locals.

New Hampshire Employment Security office in Manchester.

Unemployment pay available for 3,000 federal workers in NH as shutdown continues

Josh Rogers

New Hampshire's top official overseeing unemployment benefits says the state is ready to assist any federal worker furloughed or laid off during the government shutdown.

UConn’s Innovation Partnership Building on the Storrs campus in January 2024.

Lights out: UConn green energy project loses funding, part of $7.5B in federal DOE cuts

Áine Pennello

The project would have helped Connecticut towns switch to solar energy and battery storage during power outages caused by extreme weather.

A wind turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

Trump administration cuts hit three local research projects on offshore wind and wave energy

Jennette Barnes

The Department of Energy said the $7.6 billion in canceled grants do not meet the Trump administration’s goals.

Trump calls for investigation into Blumenthal for military service claims

Molly Ingram

President Donald Trump (R) wants an investigation into U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) over claims that he made about his military service. Blumenthal has admitted that he "misspoke" about serving in Vietnam multiple times.

Hauling water and hoping for rain: Upper Valley farmers cope with extreme drought

Sabine Poux

Vermont is in a drought, and the Upper Valley area is seeing some of the worst of it. Farmers there are wondering: Will they have enough water to last them through the winter?

Claire Ladd calls a friend to tell a joke.

Maine Public

Maine parents say getting an old school landline for kids is revolutionary

Patty Wight

What's an easy way to delay getting a smartphone? For these parents, the answer to that riddle is: get a landline.

Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi after entering a plea to criminal solicitation in a Concord courtroom.

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With plea deal official, Hantz Marconi ends high profile legal fight

Todd Bookman

NH Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi agreed to a plea Tuesday that avoids jail time, after she was charged with trying to use her position to influence an investigation into her husband.

A line of people walking on a sidewalk near an entrance to a brick building

Immigration authorities ordered a Panton man to an ICE check-in. 200 friends decided to join him

Peter Hirschfeld

Juan De La Cruz and his family feared the worst when he showed up for a check-in with immigration officials in St. Albans Tuesday. But the Panton resident will be allowed to stay in Vermont while his asylum case is pending.

State Senator Stephen Harding, Senate Minority Leader at the podium as State GOP leaders announce proposals "aimed at rooting out what they call a culture of corruption in state government, seeking to increase transparency in nonprofit funding and prevent abuse of taxpayer dollars as a federal probe examines ties between lawmakers, state agencies, and community organizations,” at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Connecticut October 7th 2025.

Connecticut Public

CT GOP calls for increased oversight of shadowy 'earmarks' in state budgets

Michayla Savitt

Earmarks let state lawmakers funnel money to favored groups in their districts. But they’re subject to little oversight. Now, Republicans want to change that.