Nearly one-third of New England families with children are single-parent households. That’s according to a map published in Communities And Banking, a quarterly publication released by the Boston Fed. Using Census data, Robert Clifford mapped out the percentage of New England households that were single families. He also notes with pie charts the proportion that are single mothers vs. single fathers.
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2010 Census data shows that in New England, single-parent households are still primarily headed by women.
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The bulk of New Hampshire now qualifies for public FEMA disaster relief.
Governor John Lynch announced today that two more counties have been added to the Presidential Disaster Declaration, making them eligible for Irene-related FEMA aid.
Communities in Strafford and Sullivan Counties can now apply for help repairing public facilities and infrastructure. As StateImpact has reported, public assistance, for things like roads, is different from individual assistance for damaged houses. Continue Reading →
Following 9/11, Congress authorized creation of the Department of Homeland Security. And over the past decade, we’ve heard periodically that the state or local agencies have gotten new, upgraded equipment or funded special initiatives with Homeland Security money. So for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NHPR’s Jon Greenberg looked into exactly how much money has flowed into New Hampshire. The answer is: A lot. Continue Reading →
One of the key east-west routes through the White Mountains is set to reopen this weekend. The Kancamagus Highway has been closed since Tropical Storm Irene ripped through New England late
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Traveling through the White Mountains will be a lot easier for a number of residents and visitors starting Sunday.
last month. Although the deadline for opening the road was Thursday, September 15, it will actually open a few days earlier, on Sunday. Governor John Lynch’s office announced the highway’s planned reopening today. The Loon Mountain Pedestrian Bridge will also reopen Sunday.
Another important east-west thoroughfare across the White Mountains, Route 302, remains closed in Hart’s Location around the Sawyer River Bridge. The Department of Transportation hopes to reopen that stretch of highway by the end of the month.
You can read the announcement from the Governor’s Office here.
And you can find out how states apply for FEMA assistance to rebuild infrastructure here.
This afternoon, Governor John Lynch’s office announced that FEMA will start taking applications from Carroll and Grafton County residents for damage related to Tropical Storm Irene.
President Obama gave the go-ahead to offer individual FEMA aid to some New Hampshire residents on Wednesday. Continue Reading →
This week, we look into a key question for year-round New Hampshire residents: Do high concentrations of high-value vacation homes drive up local property tax rates? Read on for an interactive map that shows how your county compares with the rest of the state. Continue reading →
Despite varying degrees of damage across the state, Irene didn't detour tourists from visiting New Hampshire.
Four days ago, StateImpact, along with other New Hampshire media outlets, was questioning how many tourists–and how much tourism money–the state would bring in over the Labor Day weekend. After all, visitors and residents alike have been confused about the status some of New Hampshire’s remoter roads that are key to the tourism industry. Even Division of Travel and Tourism spokesman Tai Freligh told StateImpact, ““Last year, we estimated that there’d be about 530 thousand visitors to New Hampshire, and they would spend about 71 million [dollars]…This year is kind of a different situation. We’re not really looking at numbers, because everything’s kind of up in the air.”
It seems reports of a dead Labor Day weekend have been exaggerated.
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