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Congressman Chris Pappas took a tour of the town's transfer station which, officials hope will undergo a $4 million makeover next year paid for with local and federal money.
On a sunny blue-skied morning Thursday, U.S. Rep Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) joined Conway selectmen chair David Weathers, Selectman John Colbath and Town Engineer/Deputy Town Manager Paul Degli Angeli on a tour of the Aligned Capital Solar Array on the Morrill Tree Farm property at 1393 East Main St. in Center Conway.
Leading the tour was Sarah Waring, U.S. Department of Agriculture State Director for Rural Development in Vermont and New Hampshire.
The Board of Selectmen held an outdoor meeting Thursday at the Snow Road Bridge during which they recognized a group of culvert-clogging beavers, town taxpayers, and USDA Rural Development for the bridge’s replacement.
About a decade ago, the 50-foot long, two-lane span over the ironically-named South River — the South River actually flows north from Province Lake in Effingham to the Ossipee River, which itself joins the Saco River — came to the attention of the board because of flooding to its approaches after heavy rainstorms, said Chairman Lenny Espie.
FIRST ON FOX: Texas Republican Rep. Troy Nehls and New Hampshire Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas are looking to finally give Medal of Honor recipients a big raise to their pensions.
Fox News Digital has learned that Nehls and Pappas will be reintroducing the bipartisan Medal of Honor Act of 2023 to bump up Medal of Honor recipients’ pensions from monthly payments around $1,500 to an annual $100,000.
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Freedom Selectman Melissa Florio sat in the gallery of the House chamber of Congress as a guest of U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.).
Each representative is allowed to bring one guest to the address. They are seated above the chamber floor in the gallery.
Asked by U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) what their needs are, local outdoor recreation business leaders last Wednesday resoundingly replied they need workers and housing for said workers.
The meeting was Pappas' first visit to the Mount Washington Valley since being sworn in for a third term in Congress. He met with a group of nine small- business leaders at the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce office in North Conway.
New Hampshire’s congressional delegation announced on Monday that Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) has received $2,821,120 to support modifications and rehabilitations for its terminal building.
This award was allocated through the Department of Transportation (DOT) using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds. The award will be used to increase energy efficiency at MHT by replacing 16,000 square feet of the terminal’s original translucent fiberglass canopy.
U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) paid a visit to Attitash Mountain Resort on Wednesday to get an overview from first-year general manager Brandon Swartz on how the ski season has been going so far as well as hearing updates on lift expansion and employee recruitment projects.
Afterward, Pappas, who said he learned to ski at McIntyre Ski Area in his hometown of Manchester, took to the slopes for a few runs.
At the Sweeney Post in Manchester on Tuesday, Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) joined veterans and leadership from veteran service organizations to discuss his new bipartisan veterans legislation that was recently signed into law by President Biden.
On Monday morning, U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) joined with Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, Manchester Fire Department Chief Ryan Cashin and Manchester Fire Department Emergency Coordinator Meghan Geoffrion to announce $348,000 in federal funding to renovate the city’s emergency operations center.