By Barbara Tetreault
BERLIN — Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier called the N.H. Site Evaluation Committee’s stunning 7-0 decision denying Northern Pass’s application to build a 192-mile transmission line a major blow to North Country economic development efforts.
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