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Virginia Patnaude shops for food at the Gather Pantry Market in Portsmouth, N.H.

Calls for help with fuel, utility bills, and substance abuse rise dramatically in New Hampshire

More Granite Staters are calling the free help line this year for assistance with fuel, utility bills, and substance use.

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A federal government shutdown would have wide-ranging impacts in New England

More than 60,000 federal employees work in the region, and they could be facing halted paychecks.

GETTING SALTY

Vida Cantina’s David Vargas talks about the New England BIPOC Fest, bringing real Mexican food to N.H., and gas station pizza

The James Beard-nominated chef puts an emphasis on sourcing his food locally and says, "All you really have to do is take a couple of bites of a taco, and you’re really helping support your community, full circle."

FASHION

Project Upcycle runway: Serving runway looks, sustainably

New Hampshire designers will compete to create creative, sustainable style. The theme of this year’s competition is “New England streetwear.”

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Staffing shortage at N.H. men’s prison worsens with National Guard gone
The problem has long raised safety concerns among some corrections officers, who now say the problem has reached a critical point.

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Rare Wyeth painting bought for $4 at N.H. thrift store sells for $150,000 at auction
The auction house said the N.C. Wyeth work had been procured at “an antique shop” in Manchester. By that, they meant the local Savers secondhand store.

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Incandescent lightbulbs were being banned. A N.H. man spent $1,700 to hoard thousands of them.
“It’s the gold standard at producing a sunlight-quality color, whereas LEDs . . . often they’re casting out more of a bluish-green light, which is just terrible,” said Kevin Szmyd, 25, of Portsmouth, N.H.

Home insurance companies have pulled out of high climate-risk states. Could that happen in New England?
In the last year, multiple homeowners insurance companies stopped writing policies in states facing high risks of extreme weather events fueled by climate change. A dramatic exodus is unlikely in New England, but risks are rising.

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State Street, the Boston-based financial services giant, is becoming the latest large employer to ask employees to spend additional time in the office.

State Street to bring employees back to the office four days a week

Managers will be expected to adopt the new cadence in October, with all other employees to follow in November. 6:20 p.m.

IDEAS | JOHN GOVE

A puddle covers the road that leads to one of the barns at Gove Farm in Leominster.

Extreme weather forces New England farmers to be more collaborative than ever

Our farm has bountiful tomatoes and squash but an iffy corn crop. Next door the story might be the opposite. 3:00 a.m.

N.H.-based author Tori Anne Martin's new witchy rom-com, "This Spells Disaster," is out Sept. 12.

Witches and love spells abound in NH author’s cozy, queer rom-com

In “This Spells Disaster,” Tori Anne Martin brews magical mixups in new unabashedly ‘fluffy’ new novel. 2:32 p.m.

Shawn Jasper, commissioner of New Hampshire's Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food, said the state's organic certification program is in jeopardy.

‘Not acceptable’: N.H. organic certification program at risk of shuttering

Local farmers say the loss could harm their businesses, forcing them to pay more on out-of-state certification or lose their organic certification all together. 6:00 a.m.

Miriam Kovacs is suing the city of Franklin, N.H., and alleging a civil conspiracy to violate her free speech rights.

Fearful restaurant owner sues Franklin, N.H., alleging conspiracy of retaliation

“If something happens to me, who would I even call?” said the owner of the Broken Spoon, who has been harassed by white supremacists and rebuked by local law enforcement. 6:00 a.m.

NH BUSINESS

Patrons in front of a seafood restaurant in Alton Bay, N.H., on Aug. 6.

Report: No recession for now, but workforce shortage plagues N.H.

The labor shortage in the Granite State is worse now than before the COVID-19 pandemic. 6:00 a.m.

Boston-area utility Eversource is warning its customers that their personal data may have been compromised, due to a security breach.

Eversource, Unitil are latest utilities to warn of customer data breach

Over a thousand organizations worldwide have been affected by a flaw in a data transfer program made by Burlington-based Progress Software. 4:41 p.m.

TOURISM

Lifeguards watched over a few sunbathers and swimmers at Hampton Beach, N.H., on July 6, as the area was under heat and air quality advisories. Poor weather and higher costs seem to have kept tourists away this summer.

Rain + inflation = less tourism on N.H.’s seacoast

“It hasn’t been a good summer,” said John Nyhan, president of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce. “A lot of it has been driven because of the weather.” 10:10 a.m.