High oil prices are teeing up a cold and stressful winter for many Granite Staters.
“If we didn’t get heat assistance, for instance, we wouldn’t make it at all,” said Per Garp, a retired farmer from Loudon, during a roundtable event with heating assistance providers and Congressman Chris Pappas Monday in Concord. “… We’re going to be cold, maybe even freezing. We need more.”
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