AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Monroe New Hampshire. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/monroe-nh 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/monroe-nh https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:32:41 -0600 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Senate https://www.americantowns.com/news/signed-into-law-senior-member-of-senate-appropriations-committee-senator-shaheen-secures-numerous-nh-priorities-in-fy23-government-funding-bill-31512247-plaistow-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/signed-into-law-senior-member-of-senate-appropriations-committee-senator-shaheen-secures-numerous-nh-priorities-in-fy23-government-funding-bill-31512247-plaistow-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Chairman of the Oversight and https://www.americantowns.com/news/pappas-veterans-bill-signed-into-law-31512957-hollis-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/pappas-veterans-bill-signed-into-law-31512957-hollis-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 CONCORD, NH— This morning, NHDP Chair Ray Buckley sent the following letter to the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee. Attached with this response https://www.americantowns.com/news/nhdp-chair-ray-buckley-releases-response-to-dnc-primary-demands-31514726-loudon-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/nhdp-chair-ray-buckley-releases-response-to-dnc-primary-demands-31514726-loudon-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) was sworn in for her second term, once again taking her oath of office. “It is one https://www.americantowns.com/news/us-senator-maggie-hassan-sworn-in-for-2nd-term-31513298-franklin-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/us-senator-maggie-hassan-sworn-in-for-2nd-term-31513298-franklin-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Harold (Harry) Armstrong of Canaan and John Bayliss of Hanover as December’s Granite https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-hassan-recognizes-harry-armstrong-of-canaan-and-john-bayliss-of-hanover-as-decembers-granite-staters-of-the-month-31513304-henniker-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-hassan-recognizes-harry-armstrong-of-canaan-and-john-bayliss-of-hanover-as-decembers-granite-staters-of-the-month-31513304-henniker-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan issued the following statement after the President signed into law the bipartisan government funding https://www.americantowns.com/news/signed-into-law-government-funding-bill-with-key-nh-priorities-secured-by-senator-hassan-31513301-swanzey-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/signed-into-law-government-funding-bill-with-key-nh-priorities-secured-by-senator-hassan-31513301-swanzey-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 The nonprofit organization 2020 Mom recently praised the passage of Senator Hassan’s bipartisan bill that creates a federal taskforce and https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-hassans-bipartisan-bill-to-improve-maternal-mental-health-now-law-supported-by-leading-maternal-health-advocacy-group-31513910-merrimack-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-hassans-bipartisan-bill-to-improve-maternal-mental-health-now-law-supported-by-leading-maternal-health-advocacy-group-31513910-merrimack-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 The bills led by Shaheen will protect small businesses from cybersecurity threats and expand access to disaster assistance. (Washington, DC) – https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-shaheenled-bills-to-support-small-businesses-are-now-law-31513913-laconia-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-shaheenled-bills-to-support-small-businesses-are-now-law-31513913-laconia-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Shaheen is the only woman on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has long-championed the rights of women and girls around the world https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-lauds-biden-administration-for-firstever-us-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-31513915-ossipee-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-lauds-biden-administration-for-firstever-us-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-31513915-ossipee-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 CONCORD, NH— Today, the New Hampshire Democratic Party released a statement from Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Maggie Hassan, Congresswoman https://www.americantowns.com/news/statement-full-democratic-federal-delegation-and-senate-democratic-leader-donna-soucy-write-to-dnc-31514030-concord-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/statement-full-democratic-federal-delegation-and-senate-democratic-leader-donna-soucy-write-to-dnc-31514030-concord-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 As the 118th Congress begins, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is urging House Democratic and Republican leadership to include a ban on https://www.americantowns.com/news/pappas-calls-for-rules-change-to-ban-stock-trading-by-members-of-congress-31514216-rindge-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/pappas-calls-for-rules-change-to-ban-stock-trading-by-members-of-congress-31514216-rindge-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 In case you missed it, WCAX reported on two of Senator Maggie Hassan’s bipartisan bills to strengthen public safety that were recently signed https://www.americantowns.com/news/hassan-bills-on-human-trafficking-prevention-deescalation-training-signed-into-law-31514636-jaffrey-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hassan-bills-on-human-trafficking-prevention-deescalation-training-signed-into-law-31514636-jaffrey-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 (Washington, DC)?– U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement ahead of the second anniversary of the insurrection at the https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-statement-ahead-of-2nd-anniversary-of-insurrection-31514638-nashua-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-statement-ahead-of-2nd-anniversary-of-insurrection-31514638-nashua-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) lauded landmark legislation she introduced with Bob Casey (D-PA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-applauds-pregnant-workers-fairness-act-being-signed-into-law-31514640-rindge-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-applauds-pregnant-workers-fairness-act-being-signed-into-law-31514640-rindge-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Highlighting Democrats’ successful efforts to cap Medicare beneficiaries’ insulin costs at $35 – included in Shaheen’s https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-renews-call-to-comprehensively-address-soaring-insulin-costs-through-her-bipartisan-bill-in-118th-congress-31514644-sunapee-nh.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/shaheen-renews-call-to-comprehensively-address-soaring-insulin-costs-through-her-bipartisan-bill-in-118th-congress-31514644-sunapee-nh.html Government and Politics Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600