Hanover
The school announced on Tuesday that 50 cruiser bikes would be available at eight locations around campus including the Sachem Village development. For a membership fee — $6 per day or $20 annual membership — people can take bikes for up to one hour, or three hours on a weekend, leaving them at one of the bike stops when the time is up. Excess rental time costs $3 per hour, or $24 for a 24-hour rental.
Bike rentals have become popular in many cities as a way to help people get around without using a car. Bike shares exist at other New Hampshire universities — the first such program in New Hampshire was started around Keene State in 2002 — but so far none exist in the state outside colleges.
In a news release, Dartmouth described the program as a 2-year pilot. Cambridge, Mass.-based Zagster has been contracted to supply the bicycles, racks and rental technology, and also manages repairs and maintenance while making sure the bikes stay evenly distributed throughout campus. This is Zagster’s first operation in New Hampshire.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Colin Van Ostern netted the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund PAC on Tuesday.
While Planned Parenthood officials commended all three Democratic gubernatorial candidates for their commitment to women’s health issues, they said Van Ostern stood out as a “tested and unwavering champion” for the organization.
Van Ostern has made Planned Parenthood and women’s health issues a pivotal focus of his political career; he cited the 2011 New Hampshire Executive Council vote to defund the organization as one of the reasons he ran for a seat on the council in 2012 and he has continued to hammer the issue in this year’s governor’s race.
Planned Parenthood has not always endorsed candidates during primaries, but New Hampshire Planned Parenthood Action Fund Chairwoman Jennifer Frizzell said the state group was following the lead of its national counterpart, which endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary for president earlier this year.
New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster said hackers may have accessed her personal information as part of a breach that targeted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Kuster said she is working with the FBI and national security experts.
Last week, after receiving a deluge of obscene voicemails and text messages, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi informed fellow Democrats of “an electronic Watergate break-in.”
Pelosi said the breach targeted the committee and other Democratic Party entities.
— Concord Monitor