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Love in the shadow: Couple gets engaged amidst eclipse viewing in Nashua
Hundreds of eclipsers in Nashua spread out through the city finding their little corner of a cloudless, cerulean sky on what felt like the true first day of spring Monday. Some chose corners of the city’s parks, others chose parking lots, backyards, and bridges crossing the Merrimack and Nashua rivers.
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Rare 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattles NH residents
Some reported shaking lasted as long as 20 or 30 seconds. According to the United States Geological Survey, this event was a shallow earthquake—which has more severe shaking than deep quakes. The agency stated that in the northeast, 23 million people felt light shaking, 300,000 experienced moderately shaken, and 9,000 felt strong shaking.
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Meet New Hampshire’s new poet laureate
An award-winning poet today, Militello now lives in Goffstown. She was recently named New Hampshire’s new poet laureate, a governor-nominated position that she’ll begin this month. She will serve as an ambassador for all poets in New Hampshire through the next five years.
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How solar eclipses have inspired cultures across history
According to NASA, Granite Staters are among 31 million Americans who live in the path of this year’s solar eclipse, that’s more than twice as many as the 2017 eclipse, and 10 times as much as when the skies darkened in 1979.
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New Hampshire’s tartan stitches together the state’s culture
The New Hampshire state tartan (a plaid-like fabric used in Scottish culture) was designed by Ralf L. Hartwell in 1993 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the NH Highland Games & Festival.
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EXCLUSIVE: Over 100 back Van Ostern for Congress on reproductive rights platform
Fresh off his announcement as a candidate for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, former Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern is announcing a 100+ member reproductive freedom coalition, bolstering his bona fides on one of the top issues going into November. Dubbed “Van Ostern Voters for Reproductive Rights,” the list is a who’s who of Democratic…
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Need eclipse glasses? Here’s where to find them in NH
While businesses, libraries, and museums have been offering solar spectacles for the April 8, celestial event, supplies are running low. Here’s a list, as of now, where you might be able to find a pair or two.
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Who NH Democratic insiders are talking about for NH’s CD2 seat after Kuster’s surprise announcement
Congresswoman Annie Kuster’s surprise announcement she would not run for reelection in November has set off a raft of speculation on who could succeed her in the NH2 seat. We’ve compiled a list of possible candidates top New Hampshire Democratic insiders are saying would be up for the task.
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NH’s state butterfly is an endangered species
Karner Blues became the official New Hampshire state butterfly in 1992, but by 1995, there were only an estimated 50 Karner Blue butterflies in the state due to habitat loss.
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Top Trump staffer, Ayotte advisor says campaign will deploy “soldiers” to polls
Top Trump staffer and advisor to GOP gubernatorial Kelly Ayotte Karoline Leavitt, who ran a failed campaign for congress in New Hampshire in 2022, said in an interview Monday the campaign would deploy “soldiers” to polls in 2024 to prevent election fraud.
