The consulting firm hired to develop an action plan to pay for upgrading the Coos County transmission system is holding a public meeting next Thursday, June 24 to gather public input. The meeting will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at White Mountains Regional High School in Whitefield.
KEMA, an international firm with its U.S. headquarters in Burlington, Mass., was hired to do the study out of six bidders. The $189,900 contract for the study was approved by the Governor and Executive ...
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