March 03, 2021WOLFEBORO Each of the six candidates running for the two open seats on the Board of Selectmen had the opportunity to make a pitch to the voters during the Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce s Candidates Night held at the GWRSD s Kingswood Arts Center. It was broadcast live to those at home and may be viewed on Wolfeboro Community Television s You Tube channel. Luke Freudenberg has previously served a three term on the board and is seeking to return to the post. A graduate of Kingswood Regional High School and the University of New Hampshire, Freudenberg worked for FEMA in years past, and returned to Wolfeboro, where he is the owner of Northeast Dock and Barge.
Arguing that Massachusetts will not be able to meet the goals of a major emissions reduction bill without additional funding, Rep. Bill Driscoll and environmental activists unveiled a new bill aimed at raising and investing $10 billion in green infrastructure and other mitigation strategies by 2030.
Driscoll s legislation (HD 1972) would extend carbon pricing on emissions to industries that do not face those mechanisms currently, such as heating, which the Climate XChange Education and Research group said could raise $500 million to $750 million per year. The bill calls for market-based pricing mechanisms on electricity, transportation, heating and the industrial sector.
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USM grows scholarship program for disadvantaged and first-generation students
A Scarborough couple s effort to help a handful of Portland-area students pay for college has grown to an endowed scholarship fund that aims to help 100 Maine students at a time graduate debt-free.
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Elizabeth Muana, originally from South Sudan, came with her mother and two sisters to the U.S. She is a freshman at the University of Southern Maine and a Promise Scholarship recipient.
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Elizabeth Muana remembers her reaction last spring when she checked her email and unexpectedly found out she was receiving a scholarship to the University of Southern Maine that would help cover tuition costs and allow her to go to school without taking out any loans.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Summary:
New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh