Telemedicine In New Hampshire Gets Boost

Todd Bookman — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:50:30 +0000

Let’s say you are one of the 904 or so residents of Warren, New Hampshire. Let’s say you get sick. Maybe you just started on a new prescription and are having unwanted side effects.

“Today, they have one of two options,” says Shawn Tester, who runs the day-to-day operations at Ammonousuc Community Health Services, which has five primary care clinics in Grafton and Coos County.

“They either do without. Or they have to travel, oh, I don’t know, 45 miles to our Littleton office to receive that consultative service.”

Protecting The Land

Chris Martin and Francie Von Mertens — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:00:00 +0000

In New Hampshire we value rural character—a value that's reflected in a strong history of land conservation. Central to that history is conservation of privately owned land by means of what's called a "conservation easement deed" that limits future development. It's typically a family decision. A family chooses to conserve their land so that future generations will know the land as they do. The property stays on a town's tax rolls and its natural resources are protected in perpetuity. Land conservation be