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September 13, 2012

Economic Impact Of The Arts In N.H. Is At Least $115 Million

Just 21 percent of all arts and culture organizations in New Hampshire create a total of $115 million in economic activity in the state. That’s according to a report released today by the N.H. State Council on the Arts. Those 161 organizations support the equivalent of 3,493 full-time jobs, and generate $11.6 million in local […]

September 12, 2012

N.H. Leads Nation In Women-Farmers

New Hampshire is leading the nation in women farmers, U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture Lorraine Stuart Merrill announced earlier this week in an op-ed to the Union Leader. “One out of three New Hampshire farms has a woman as principal operator: nearly a 50 percent increase […]

August 29, 2012

Drive-Ins Struggle At A Digital Crossroads

This piece was written and produced for Word Of Mouth by Valerie Hamilton, and edited for StateImpact by Emily Corwin. Listen to Valerie’s story here. Hear about the Fairlee drive-in’s digital crossroads from NHPR’s North Country Reporter, Chris Jenson. Labor Day weekend is traditionally the end of the season for New England’s summer drive-in movie […]

August 15, 2012

Hassan Campaign: All Ice Cream, All The Time

Eating ice cream seems to come with the territory of campaigning in New Hampshire — but with nine ice cream socials scheduled across the state this month, gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan is going all out. The Hassan campaign has three socials down, six to go, scooping a total of about 1000 scoops of ice cream […]

August 9, 2012

Severed From State, Is McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Ready For Lift Off?

When celebrated Concord resident and high school teacher Christa McAuliffe died in the Challenger explosion in 1986, an out-of-state donor offered $500,000 to build a monument in downtown Concord. As then-mayor Jim MacKay remembers, the city declined. Instead, the state built a planetarium. Today – 26 years after the state opened the McAuliffe Planetarium — […]

August 7, 2012
August 2, 2012

Carsey Study Says Coos Youth Face Choice: Stay With Family Or Leave For Jobs

Just how much economic growth would Coos County need to entice the region’s youth to return after college? This is something the Carsey Institute’s Eleanor Jaffee hopes to reveal with the 10-year long Coos Youth Study. Carsey researchers are following Coos County’s class of 2009 as they move from high school to college and beyond. […]

July 25, 2012
July 23, 2012

Merrimack Valley Snapshot: Layoffs At Manchester School District Fit National Trend

Tomorrow morning on NHPR, we’ll hear from Jillian Corey, a high school English teacher recently laid off from the Manchester school district.  Jillian’s story is Part Five of our series “Getting By, Getting Ahead,” examining how people across New Hampshire’s seven regions are navigating a recovering economy. ___ As unemployment across the country has slowly […]

July 21, 2012
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