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Here’s what else is inside today’s newsletter:

📸 Lupines bloom in Claremont 

⚽ New Hampshire is the only New England state without a professional soccer team. This couple wants to change that. 

📢 Question of the week: How do you feel about New Hampshire’s primary moving from September to June?

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(Courtesy of Julie Burke)

Shoutout to Julie Burke, who shared this photo from three years ago of lupines blooming around her Claremont home.

“The lupines are growing wild in one of my flower beds. I love them!” Burke said.

Related: Where to see lupines bloom in New Hampshire

Got a photo you’d like to share? I’d love to see it. Reply to this email with pics of your pet, your backyard, wildlife, or any glimpse of your NH life!

(Courtesy Caleb Ginsberg)

By Katy Savage

New Hampshire is the only New England state without a professional soccer team. A Portsmouth couple hopes to change that.

Caleb and Samantha Ginsberg launched the New Hampshire Soccer Project a year ago to gauge interest. Since then, they’ve been gathering community feedback, hosting events, and building support for the idea.

They hope to bring women’s and men’s professional soccer teams to New Hampshire by 2028 or 2029.

Starting in 2028, New Hampshire’s state primary will move from September to June after years of bipartisan efforts to change one of the nation’s latest primary dates. Supporters say the earlier primary will give candidates more time to campaign before the general election, while critics worry a summer election could lead to lower voter turnout.

So this week’s question is:

How do you feel about New Hampshire’s primary moving from September to June?

Here’s what you’re saying:

“I think it’s a good way to see the election results in the rest of the country. Whichever side wins the contest will have an impact on the ‘uninformed’ voting the same way. Same with Iowa, et al. I believe all elections should be on the same day throughout the country, whether for primaries or the general election, to level the playing field. The only difference then would be the time zone difference. Being an independent, I’m all about equality!” —Mike Blackledge 

“A longer cycle means candidates would need to spend more money. Therefore, only the super-funded candidates (you know the type—money to burn) would make it through. If you think campaign finances are a mess now, imagine what it would be like with a longer cycle. Think about where that money would come from and why.” — Bruce Denis

“I think it might make a difference to candidates. They’d have more time to plan and campaign. To me, it makes no difference.” — Ruth Carr

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🧬 In Maine, researchers are speeding up the search for treatments for age-related muscle loss …

Researchers have engineered a zebrafish (dubbed the “atrofish”) that can reproduce decades of age-related muscle decline in just days, dramatically accelerating the search for treatments for sarcopenia, the muscle loss condition affecting millions of older adults. MDI Biological Laboratory

⚛️ Meanwhile, Connecticut is making a major play to become a national leader in quantum computing …

UConn and Yale are bidding for $160 million to make Connecticut the country’s quantum computing capital, backed by $61 million the state has already committed through a public-private partnership called QuantumCT. UConn Today

👁️ And in Massachusetts, scientists are developing new ways to monitor health and treat disease at the source …

MIT and two Boston biotechs won federal awards to develop a sensor that monitors your health through your tears in real time, and drugs that repair damaged lymphatic vessels rather than just managing symptoms. Massachusetts has now secured more than $330 million in ARPA-H funding since the agency launched. Mass.gov

💙 Know someone in New Hampshire who’s doing something worth celebrating? Whether it’s a neighbor, volunteer, small business owner, artist, or community leader, we want to hear about it!

Send us their name, what they’re doing, and why it matters to you at info@granitepostnews.com.

Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Katy Savage with stories from USA Today via Reuters Connect and Granite Goodness. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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