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MANCHESTER — Over $100,000 in federal funding is on its way to fire departments in the Lakes Region from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. More than $2.9 million is coming to the Granite State through the efforts of the New Hampshire Congressional delegation.
SOMERSWORTH — In what is being called the first venture of its kind in New Hampshire, city residents and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broke ground on a new solar array at Somersworth’s former landfill.
On Monday, the EPA joined U.S. Congressman Chris Pappas and local officials to celebrate the groundbreaking at the site of the former Somersworth Sanitary Landfill. This is the first time in New Hampshire that a portion of a Superfund site has been redeveloped into a solar farm.
CONCORD — Federal and state officials said emails rather than telephones have become the most popular way for predators to try and steal the identity of New Hampshire senior citizens.
Derick Rill, a congressional relations specialist with the Federal Trade Commission, said consumers should never make a purchase or enter into any agreement online or on the phone with someone that they did not solicit in the first place.
MANCHESTER, NH – Earlier this year, the VA announced that more than one million PACT Act-related claims had been approved, including for more than 3,300 Granite State veterans.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced approximately $10.6 million in funding for rural communities, farmers and small businesses in New Hampshire this week.
MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester Transit Authority will receive $19.9 million of $22.6 million in federal funding allocated for public transit improvement projects through fiscal year 2024.
In Manchester, the money will be used for construction of a new transit center to replace the city’s outdated center and enable an expansion of transit services in the region.
MANCHESTER, N.H. – New Hampshire leaders were in the Millyard on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate a $44 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
MANCHESTER — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) in the Millyard and its partners received a $44 million federal grant, one of 12 tech hubs getting money to strengthen the U.S.’s position in cutting-edge industries.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, both D-N.H., joined Deputy Commerce Secretary Donald Graves to reveal those sites to receive this first funding round of $504 million in grants across the country.
WASHINGTON — Veterans advocacy groups on Wednesday urged House lawmakers to update eligibility rules and payment rates for a little-known program that gives a tax-free monthly benefit to veterans who are unable to work but lack a 100% disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
ROCHESTER — A celebration of the new Champlin Place senior affordable housing complex was joyous Monday. Residents and leaders paid tribute to Easterseals for the project and held it up as a model.
"I'm home," said Donna Horne, as her tiny dog ZuZu peeked out of her pocket, to the delight of children who spotted her. "I moved away from New Hampshire and always regretted it, always wanted to come back home."