Return to Shop Class

FEATURED NEWS –  * COVER STORY * Power Up Your Basic Woodworking Skills Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Nobody takes up woodworking to save money. You’ll likely find a better deal on a jewelry box at a yard sale or on Craigslist after factoring in the cost of materials, tools, equipment and … [Read more…]

Working for Medicaid

FEATURED NEWS How a New Work Requirement Might Affect Recipients Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     If a work requirement proposal is approved by the federal government, thousands of Granite Staters could find it harder to keep their Medicaid health insurance. An amendment to the state budget trailer bill, HB 517, … [Read more…]

Special Election

FEATURED NEWS What the Race for Senate District 16 is All About Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     On July 25, voters will decide who will fill the seat left vacant by the death of Democrat Scott McGilvray in March. Their choices are Democrat Kevin Cavanaugh, Republican David Boutin and Libertarian … [Read more…]

Just Plane Fun

FEATURED NEWS  –  * COVER STORIES * Small Airports Small Airports Hidden Gateways to the Clouds Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Many towns and cities in New Hampshire have airports that you probably didn’t know existed. Primarily, they offer a travel destination to recreational flyers and business commuters, a place … [Read more…]

More Aid

FEATURED NEWS How the State Budget Could help Low-Income People Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Analysts say some of the state’s most economically vulnerable people will benefit from a few items in the 2018-2019 state budget, which the governor signed into law June 28.   Welfare Ceiling One of the … [Read more…]

Beach Trip Tips

FEATURED NEWS How To Navigate Lake Warnings Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     “ADVISORY. High levels of bacteria have been detected in this water.” If you see a yellow sign with those words at your local swimming spot, it means the state Department of Environmental Services wants you to know there’s … [Read more…]

Snakes in a Den

FEATURED NEWS How Timber Rattlesnakes Can Help Stop Lyme Disease Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     New Hampshire’s timber rattlesnakes are endangered, but that’s not a good thing, biologists say. Despite the venomous snakes’ stigma, they’re more likely to help people than harm them, by interfering with the process through which … [Read more…]

Less Staff at Women’s Prison

FEATURED NEWS How the Current Senate Budget Could Affect Staffing Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Earlier this year, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu proposed a budget that would have funded operations at the new women’s prison in Concord — due to complete construction this fall — to the tune of $48.7 … [Read more…]

Real Estate Rush

FEATURED NEWS  –  * COVER STORY * Why Buyers are Caught in a Feeding Frenzy for Homes and How to Buy a House in this Tough Market Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photos     When Eva Stenberg of Newport started looking for a house last fall for her two college-age sons and … [Read more…]

Foster Care Crisis

FEATURED NEWS Kids Rescued from Unsafe Homes have Nowhere Else to Go Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Foster care workers say an influx of kids entering the state foster care system, driven by the opioid addiction epidemic, has grown to the point where there aren’t enough foster families to take … [Read more…]

Tick, Tick, Boom

FEATURED NEWS Black-legged Tick Carrying Even More Diseases Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo     Though tick numbers may have been threatened by dry weather conditions from last summer, their arsenal of pathogens has expanded with a serious virus called Powassan. According to Alan Eaton, an entomologist with the UNH Cooperative Extension, … [Read more…]