CONCORD — Lori Harnois, director of the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development, has resigned her post in state government.
In a letter to the state’s travel and tourism industry, Harnois said her last day will be Sept. 26 and that she is heading to Vermont to Delaney Event Management in Winooski.
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